Iron Man 2

This movie is directed by Jon Favreau. The screenplay, which is inspired by the Stan Lee "Iron Man" comics, is made by Justin Theroux. The movie is set to be released worldwide on May 7th, 2010.

Robert Downey Junior and Gwyneth Paltrow will still be playing their respective roles in the movie, but Terrence Howard will be absent. He will be replaced by Don Cheadle due to financial reasons in the role of Jim Rhodes, the best friend of Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Junior). Jim Rodhes will also appear in the movie as an armor-wearing character of the Iron Man comic book known as War Machine:

Also, the main characters will be joined by other new faces;
Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) is a multi-billionaire businessman, rival of Tony Stark and adversary of Iron Man:

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is an ex-CIA agent who after serving the Central Intelligence Agency becomes the leader of a spy agency named S.H.I.E.L.D. Besides Iron Man, he appeared in many other superhero comics:

Ivan Vanko/Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) is a former worker of the Stark agencies, a very gifted electrical technician, who decides later to become a criminal and follow his own path, desiring more power and luxury than what he was offered while working for Stark industries:

Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) is a very agile female character, born in Russia and trained as a Soviet agent. She then starts working for Nick Fury's spy agency, S.H.I.E.L.D, executing special tasks and missions:


The whole world is finally aware that Tony Stark is the man behind the armored superhero. Now that this has been made public, the US government and special forces try to get Stark to share the advanced technology of Iron Man with them, but Stark refuses, fearing the danger and chaos that might take place if it fell into the wrong hands. Therefore, Stark now has to confront big companies and new more powerful enemies, with the support of his few partners, including the famous War Machine. Here is the trailer below. Enjoy.

STARRING(in alphabetical order)
Don Cheadle as Col. James Rhodes/War Machine
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
John Slattery as Howard Stark
Jon Favreau as Hogan
Leslie Bibb as Christine Everhart
Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko/Whiplash
Olivia Munn as Melina Vostokoff/Iron Maiden
Paul Bettany as Jarvis(voice)
Robert Downey Junior as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow