Rourke and Rockwell are the Iron Man 2 Villains!

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Rourke and Rockwell are the Iron Man 2 Villains!

January 7, 2009

Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Sam Rockwell (Frost/Nixon) are in talks to star as the villains in Marvel Studios' Iron Man 2, being directed by Jon Favreau from a script by Justin Theroux, according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

THR says that Rourke would play a tattooed Russian heavy named Ivan who becomes a man with deadly, technologically enhanced coils. Variety adds that Rourke would play the Crimson Dynamo. "He's considered to be an evil version of Iron Man because he battles the superhero in a nuclear-powered suit of armor," says the trade.

Rockwell would play Justin Hammer, a multibillionaire businessman and a rival of industrialist Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man, being played by a returning Robert Downey Jr.

Rourke and Rockwell would be joining a cast that also includes the returning Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle, who is replacing Terrence Howard.

Another part -- one for Stark's assistant Natasha -- is still open.

The project is eyeing a spring start in Manhattan Beach. Paramount will release the movie May 7, 2010.

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Posted by: SocialMyth on January 7, 2009 at 20:23:13

You can have it, John. I didn't want to be first anyway. :)

But seriously... Still no Mandarin or Fing Fan Foom? Oh well, still looking forward to this movie. I really enjoyed the first one.

Posted by: barometron on January 7, 2009 at 20:23:56

No mandarin?

Posted by: Will on January 7, 2009 at 20:24:21

Whoa, very interesting.

Posted by: Hellfire on January 7, 2009 at 20:24:45

Rourke is playing Whiplash and Crimson Dynamo. I guess he's making up for all the years he was collecting dust on the shelf.

Posted by: Ricky C. on January 7, 2009 at 20:25:46

Whoa. That would absolutely rule if Mickey Rourke joins. 2 powerhouse actors in Downey and Rourke going at it. This movie will be EPIC.

Posted by: Oscar Academy on January 7, 2009 at 20:27:21

That's great, but shouldn't Thor have some casting by now???

Posted by: SpiderJiba on January 7, 2009 at 20:28:22

Awesome, Mickey Rourke will fit in perfectly with the cast.. he did an amazing job in The Wrestler and I know he will bring great chemistry between Robert Downey Jr. and himself.

Posted by: kidshamrock78 on January 7, 2009 at 20:28:55

THIS WILL RULE THEM ALL

Posted by: WB on January 7, 2009 at 20:30:12

But Rourke is owned by WB..so looking at another law suit

Posted by: Marvel Freak!!!!! on January 7, 2009 at 20:31:21

Is Don Cheadle still replacing Terrence Howard?

Posted by: BigKnGa on January 7, 2009 at 20:31:55

hmmmm....wonder if natasha is black widow...

Posted by: Jaymz77 on January 7, 2009 at 20:38:57

Love the actors, sound like it would fit for the iron man type movies.

Posted by: Pal-el on January 7, 2009 at 20:39:54

Wow creative...sounds exacly like iron man 1 with different actors.

Posted by: wardioso on January 7, 2009 at 20:40:11

Think about it! Mandarin? How the heck will you make that cool in a movie? shooting lasers and **** from those rings? I find that lame for a movie. I want real fights.

Posted by: DarkKnightGreatest on January 7, 2009 at 20:40:34

wtf type of villians Ironman has? Fing fan foom wtf>!??!?! name is that.

Posted by: jbsuperman on January 7, 2009 at 20:40:39

WTF are they doing to IRON MAN???? OH, well. At least I have Captain America to look forward to.

Posted by: Ironfan72 on January 7, 2009 at 20:46:32

Great to see Rourke join the cast, if he is playing Crimson Dynamo, he will make a nice contrast to the first films villian Iron Monger, Crimson Dynamo is much more a brawler and fits Rourkes roles of late.
Also interesting to see Justin Hammer added, the head of Roxxon Corp.
Movie is shaping up nicely.

Posted by: garos on January 7, 2009 at 20:51:52

didnt they say that they would have the mandarin in the next film what the hell are they rehashing for. i say it the same **** as the last one. who cares really who cares

Posted by: Mayatiz on January 7, 2009 at 20:52:10

interesting choice actor to play Crimson Dynamo...can't wait for this one!

BUT WE WANT - T H O R !!! any news on this one?

Posted by: Redn on January 7, 2009 at 20:53:06

OoooOoOoOooohh....That's the sh** right there!

Well it was cool they didn't pick the Mandarin, otherwise it would've been a sorta weird movie...Crimson Dynamo would've made a good choice Villain. Glad they picked him.

Posted by: Darkseid on January 7, 2009 at 20:55:02

Mandarin is going to be in the 3rd film. Thats the plan i have read for months anyway.I could see Natasha being black widow now that he has the SHIELD connection but making her his assistant seems a little weird unless she was at one point

Posted by: Kaejo on January 7, 2009 at 20:59:45

"deadly, technologically enhanced coils" That only sounds like Omega Red to me. Are they trying to make Omega Red become Crimson Dynamo, or the other way around? Also, Omega Red's name is Arkady and I don't think there was ever anyone named Ivan donning the Crimson Dynamo armor.
Maybe one of the reports is wrong about who Rourke plays?

Posted by: Xander Quinn on January 7, 2009 at 21:01:10

What the hell are 'technically enhanced coils'? That just sounds...dirty.

Posted by: Michael Parry on January 7, 2009 at 21:07:05

I think some researcher accidentally got Omega Red mixed up with the Crimson Dynamo when looking up Russian super villains, so I think we can safely forget about the coil reference.

Posted by: fdm on January 7, 2009 at 21:07:27

"...Don Cheadle, who is replacing Terrence Howard."....that's...cool...i guess =/

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