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Iron Man 2
TheDozarian:
--- Quote from: Faker on 10 Jan 2009, 14:41 ---I was looking forward to seeing Terence Howard in the sequel too, but Don Cheadle is an excellent replacement, hell they could have gone for Eddie Murphy at the end of the day!
Apparently part of the difficulty over him coming back is because he was the highest paid actor in Iron Man, (he signed on before Downey Jnr.), and he wasn't prepared to take a cut for the sequel.
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While I didn't care for Howard as Rhodie, I don't think Cheadle is the right guy either. The whole, "I'm a punk and won't take a pay cut" was really ridiculous. In the comics, Rhodes was a real man's man. He wasn't slick or smooth like Howard can be. He wasn't soft-spoken. He was a tough, grizzled character. Stereotyped, maybe. But that's what it was. I don't really know who I'd pick to play the role... There are tougher, better black actors who could have played the part.
Thing is, I'm a huge War Machine fan. I have most of the B&W Max line of the Warmachine series. Seeing Rhodey put on the armor was something I was waiting to see... But we'll see... I'll give Cheadle a shot. Maybe he can change my attitude... Who knows...
atimholt:
This comment on the article linked to in the opening post of this thread made me laugh a bunch:
--- Quote ---the ending of this film is going to be amazing!
imagine 4 Iron Men flying around blowing shit up and looking shinny!!!! AWWWWWWWW YEAH!!!!
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Blyss:
I'll go see it. I like the new comic movies. Beats the hell out of the treatment they got in the 80's.
atimholt:
Actually, you know what really gets me is how surprised Hollywood always is when someone specifically makes a good movie in a genre that hasn't been doing well because directors/producers up to that point have specifically chosen to make bad movies*. They then decide that that genre's time has come, and they make a melange of both really good and absolutely horrible movies.
*They started making the Batman movies campy on purpose. Or so I have read.
0bsessions:
So, it was recently confirmed that Mickey Rourke dropped out of Iron Man 2, citing low salary offer.
Yesterday, however, he signed on the dotted line. Things have apparently been worked out. Reportedly, he's playing Whiplash, rather than Crimson Dynamo. While I'm more interested in the latter, the former is a lot less redundant. Many pointed out, and rightly so, that Crimson Dynamo and Iron Monger in back to back movies might be a bit repetitive.
But wait! There's more! Rourke isn't alone. Apparently, Scarlett Johansson has signed on as well, playing Black Widow.
Minor details here.
In related, but wholly shitty news, all three subsequent Marvel movies have been delayed. Iron Man 2 is still on target for next year, but Captain America, Avengers and Thor have all been delayed. Thor was pushed back a year to 2011, followed a month later by Captain America. Avengers will follow a year later in 2012. No news on why for Thor and Avengers, but Captain America was pushed back a few months as Sony have confirmed Spider-Man 4 for May of 2011, which would have conflicted with Cap.
Details.
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