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A Six-Figure Salary for Mickey Rourke

According to Digital Spy, Rourke will collect $250 000 for his role in Iron Man 2.

The salary seems low, particularly after the 51-year-old star was nominated for an Oscar for his work in the film The Wrestler.  Rourke is up for a trophy in the best actor category.

An inside source wrote on the Internet, "Studios are telling us, we need movies, but they want us to proceed with projects without spending money, and without actually pulling the trigger and making commitment."

In the meantime, we can next see Rourke in the films Killshot and The Informers, opening respectively on January 23 and April 10.

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Robert Downey Jr. Is Sorry About Terrence Howard

The actor who played Iron Man/Tony Stark in the film is speaking out for the first time about Howard being dropped from the cast.  Howard is being replaced by Don Cheadle for the Iron Man sequel, expected to be released in 2010.

Robert Downey Jr. talked about Paramount’s decision to replace Howard, saying, "I had nothing to do with that decision. I love Terrence very very much. That’s all I’ll say because I haven’t talked to him yet."

Downey Jr. doesn’t know what pushed the studio to hire Don Cheadle to play Tony Stark’s best friend, Jim Rhodes.  The actor added, "It’s one of those situations where I still don’t quite know what happened or why."

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Full Iron Man Trailer Now Available

The official trailer for Iron Man, featuring Robert Downey Jr. in the role of the famous superhero, is now available on the Internet.  A first trailer was launched in September.

In this adventure of Iron Man, the superhero becomes alter ego to Tony Stark, son and heir to the industrial Howard Stark.  To protect his weak heart, Tony Stark is obliged to wear a steel armor.  He will fight his hidden alcoholism and his enemies.  In the hope to save the world, he will resort to a revolutionary armor.
 
Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard star in Iron Man alongside Robert Downey Jr. Actors Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Leslie Bibb and Bill Smitrovich are also part of the cast.
 
The movie will be released on May 2.

 

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New Photo of Iron Man Released

Filmmaker Jon Favreau sent the picture of Iron Man to Comingsoon.net.  The film will be in theatres on May 2.

Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Leslie Bibb and Bill Smitrovich will star in the film.

This film, adapted from the Marvel comics, is the story of Tony Stark, a successful inventor, who is kidnapped and forced to create a destructive weapon.  But, the ingenious Stark creates a suit of armor on the leading edge of technology.  When he returns to America, he wants to make peace with his troubled past, and becomes a superhero called Iron Man.

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First Trailer for Movie Iron Man

In this movie, Robert Downey Jr. will play the popular superhero.  The movie will also have stars such as Terence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Leslie Bibb, Bill Smitrovich and Nazanin Boniadi.  The movie is directed by Jon Favreau.

In this movie Iron Man is Tony Stark, son of multimillionaire Howard Stark.  In order to protect his fragile heart, he must wear an iron armour.  He must manage his business affairs, fight an alcohol dependency, and fight against the villains wearing his revolutionary armour.

The film will be in theatres on May 2, 2008.

To see the trailer click here.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Lives Her Dream

Paltrow, who earned an Oscar in 1998 for Shakespeare In Love, is thrilled to have a chance to work with Robert Downey Jr.  People.com quotes Gwynnie as saying that working with Rob "has always been a dream of mine".

The 34 year-old actress will play Virginia "Pepper" Potts, an assistant to Robert Downey Jr.’s character, in the film.

Paltrow added that she had to work twice as hard to get back in shape after the birth of her second child.  She explained, "I worked really, really hard. I had an amazing trainer and I worked out twice a day."

Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau, will open in theatres on May 2, 2008.

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Robert Downey Jr. To Play Iron Man

Director Jon Favreau (Elf, Zathura) will lead the project for Paramount Pictures.

Robert Downey Jr. will play Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genious inventor.  When he is kidnapped, he is forced to build a devastating weapon.  Using his intelligence and ingenuity, Stark instead builds a high-tech suit of armour and escapes captivity.  Upon his return to the U.S., he uncovers a plot with global implications and must don his armour and protect the world. 

The comic strip first appeared in 1960.