THE TRAILER

THE OFFICIAL IRON MAN 2 THE MOVIE TRAILER is finally here. (Watch as much as you like).

SYNOPSIS (Warning! >Spoilers)

According to a USA TODAY article, Jon Favreau, director of Iron Man 2

stated it will pick-up the story and take place beggining 6 months following the last scenes of the original film which he also directed. In the sequel, Tony's secret being known becomes a major issue in the film. Also Iron man Comic book villain The Mandarin will make his debut with their own personal twist on the character says the director as well as S.H.I.E.L.D. who is expected to be around for alot during the series. Iron man's problems from the "Demon in a Bottle" titled chapters of the comics will be evident. Before the making of Iron Man 2 even started Robert Downey Jr. stated it would be because of Tony's secret coming out, him getting older & dealing with Pepper his assistant from the 1st film, dating someone else. Mmmm ... wouldnt it be interesting if that person ... the other guy ... was the War Machine.

"The Video Game"

In August of 2009, the Iron Man 2 video game trailer was released at Comic Con in San Diego California.
The video game is to be released by Sega in April 2010, with a new story written by Invincible Iron Man scribe Matt Fraction. The game's trailer showed that the Crimson Dynamo is set to appear as a villain.
Click the link below for footage of Comic Con.
http://www.youtube.com/therealillwill#p/u/3/xGXxhnnaYVU

BEHIND THE SCENES

Jon Favreau said it was his intent to create a film trilogy for Iron Man, with Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) becoming Iron Monger during the sequels. However, Stane became the main villain in Iron Man after a meeting between Favreau and various comic book writers, including Mark Millar. Millar argued the Mandarin, whom Favreau originally intended to be the main villain, was too fantastical. Favreau concurred, deciding "I look at Mandarin more like how in Star Wars you had the Emperor, but Darth Vader is the guy you want to see fight. Then you work your way to the time when lightning bolts are shooting out of the fingers and all that stuff could happen. But you can't have what happened in Return Of The Jedi happen in A New Hope. You just can't do it."

Justin Theroux signed to write the script in July 2008, which is based on a story written by Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. Theroux co-wrote Tropic Thunder, and Downey recommended him to Marvel. Genndy Tartakovsky storyboarded the film. Shane Black gave some advice on the script, and suggested to Favreau and Downey that they model Stark on J.Robert Oppenheimer, who became depressed with being "the destroyer of worlds" after working on the Manhattan Project. Adi Granov returned to supervise the designs for Iron Man's armor. Filming will primarily take place at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach, California.

Principal photography began April 6, 2009, at the Pasadena Masonic Temple. The fake working title was Rasputin. And filming also took place at Edwards Air Force Base and at the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix. The film's principal photography concluded on July 20, 2009.

The Cast Of Iron Man 2

• Robert Downey Jr. as Anthony "Tony" Stark / Iron Man: The head of Stark Industries, inventor and the film's eponymous superhero.

• Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia "Pepper" Potts: Stark's closest friend, budding love interest, and business partner after Pepper replaced Obadiah Stane as CEO of Stark Industries ^[4]

• Don Cheadle as Lt. Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine:^[3] Cheadle is replacing Terrence Howard from the first film. Howard said, "There was no explanation, apparently the contracts that we write and sign aren't worth the paper that they're printed on, sometimes. Promises aren't kept, and good faith negotiations aren't always held up."^[5] Entertainment Weekly stated Favreau did not enjoy working with Howard, often reshooting and cutting his scenes; Howard's publicist said he had a good experience playing the part, while Marvel chose not to comment. As Favreau and Theroux chose to minimize the role, Marvel came to Howard to discuss lowering his salary – Howard was the first actor hired in Iron Man and earned the largest salary of the cast. The publication stated they were unsure whether Howard's representatives left the project first or if Marvel chose to stop negotiating.^[6] Theroux denied the part of the report stating "the role of War Machine was scaled back and then beefed up".^[7] Cheadle only had a few hours to accept the role and did not even know what storyline Rhodes would undergo.^[8] He commented he is a comic book fan, but felt there are not enough black superheroes.^[9]

• Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko / Whiplash:^[10] This version of the character also includes elements of Crimson Dynamo from the comics. In the film, he will be the son of Russian scientist Anton Vanko, who, in the comics, is the original Crimson Dynamo and creator of said armor.^[11] Downey offered Rourke the part during a roundtable discussion with David Ansen at the 2009 Golden Globes, and Rourke met with Favreau and Theroux to discuss his character's role. Rourke almost dropped out of the role due to Marvel's initial salary offer of $250,000, so the studio chose to increase the deal.^[12] Rourke researched for the part by visiting Butyrka prison.^[13] He suggested half of the character's dialogue be in Russian.^[14]

• Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer: Rockwell was considered for the role of Tony Stark in the first film, and he accepted the role of Hammer without reading the script.^[15] He had never heard of the character before he was contacted about the part, and was unaware Hammer is an old man in the comics, whereas in the film he will be significantly closer to Stark's age.^[16]

• Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow: An undercover spy posing as Stark's assistant.^[17] Johansson was cast after a scheduling conflict forced Emily Blunt to drop out of the part.^[18]

• Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury: Jackson initially had financial problems with Marvel and was unsure about reprising the part of Fury, until they reached a deal that would entail his appearance in nine films as the character.^[19]

• Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan:^[20] Tony Stark's bodyguard and chauffeur.

• John Slattery as Howard Stark: Tony's father.^[21]

Garry Shandling appears as a senator who wants Stark to give Iron Man's armor to the government.^[9][22] Paul Bettany will again voice Stark's computer, JARVIS.^[23] Clark Gregg will reprise his role as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson from the first film.^[24] Kate Mara will appear as Bethany Cabe.^[25] Olivia Munn has also landed an unspecified role in the film.^[26] Stan Lee will appear as talk show host, Larry King.^[27]

Terrance Howard as the guy who said "your gonna have to pay me a little bit more for this shit. And I dont blame him.\

Crew

Directed By : Jon Favreau Produced By : Kevin Feige
Screenplay By : Justin Theroux Story By : Jon Favreau & Robert Downey Jr.
Music By : John Debney
Cinematography By : Matthew Libatique & Dan Lebental
Editing By : Richard Pearson

The 1st Film (2008)

Studio :Marvel Studios, Fairview Entertainment Distributed By : Paramount Pictures
Budget : $140 Million Release Date(s): May 2, 2008 Running Time : 126 Minutes
Country : United States Language : English Gross Revenue : $585, 133, 287
Produced By : Avi Arad & Kevin Feige Directed By : Jon Favreau


Written by Screenplay:
Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby Art Marcum Matt Holloway
John August

Starring Robert Downey Jr.
Favreau had planned to cast a newcomer in the role,^[3] but ultimately chose Downey (a fan of the comic)^[4] because he felt the actor's past made him an appropriate choice for the part. "The best and worst moments of Robert's life have been in the public eye," the director explained. "He had to find an inner balance to overcome obstacles that went far beyond his career. That's Tony Stark. Robert brings a depth that goes beyond a comic book character who is having trouble in high school, or can't get the girl."^[4] Favreau also felt Downey could make Stark a "likable asshole", but also depict an authentic emotional journey once he won over the audience.^[5] Downey had an office next to Favreau during pre-production, which allowed him greater involvement in the screenwriting process.^[6] He brought a deeper sense of humor to the film not present in previous drafts of the script.^[7] He explained, "What I usually hate about these [superhero] movies [is] when suddenly the guy that you were digging turns into Dudley Do-Right, and then you're supposed to buy into all his 'Let's go do some good!'

Terrence Howard
Jeff Bridges
Gwyneth Paltrow
Leslie Bibb
Faran Tahir
Shaun Toub

Music by Ramin Djawadi
Cinematography Matthew Libatique
Editing by Dan Lebental

Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and master engineer who builds a powered exoskeleton and becomes the technologically advanced superhero, Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow plays his personal assistant Pepper Potts, Terrence Howard plays military liaison James Rhodes and Jeff Bridges plays Stark Industries executive Obadiah Stane.

The film was in development since 1990 at Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, and New Line Cinema, before Marvel Studios reacquired the rights in 2006. Marvel put the project in production as its first self-financed film. Favreau signed on as director, aiming for a naturalistic feel, and he chose to shoot the film primarily in California, rejecting the East Coast setting of the comics to differentiate the film from numerous superhero films set in New York City-esque environments. During filming, the actors were free to create their own dialogue because pre-production was focused on the story and action. Rubber and metal versions of the armors, created by Stan Winston's company, were mixed with computer-generated imagery to create the title character.

Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures, the distributor, planned a $50 million marketing campaign for the film, which was modeled on Paramount's successful promotion of Transformers; Hasbro and Sega sold merchandise, and product placement deals were made with Audi, Burger King, LG and 7-Eleven. Reviews were mostly positive, particularly praising Downey's performance.^[2] Downey, Favreau and Paltrow will return in the sequel Iron Man 2, scheduled for release on May 7, 2010. Downey also made a cameo appearance as Stark in The Incredible Hulk.

Tony Stark gambles at a Las Vegas casino, leaving his deceased father's friend and business partner, Obadiah Stane, to accept a prestigious award for him. As Stark leaves the casino with his entourage, he is approached by reporter Christine Everhart, whom he charms into a one-night stand at his Malibu house. When she awakens the next morning, Stark is gone and she is coldly greeted and helped on the way by Pepper Potts, his personal assistant.

Stark flies off to war-torn Afghanistan with his friend and company military liaison, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, for a demonstration of Stark Industries' new weapon, the "Jericho" cluster missile. On the way back, however, his military convoy is attacked. In the firefight, his escort is wiped out and Stark himself is critically wounded by one of his own company's bombs.

Waking up in an Afghan cave, he discovers an electromagnet embedded in his chest, placed there by fellow captive Dr. Yinsen. Powered by a car battery, it keeps shrapnel from working its way to his heart and killing him. Stark has been captured by a terrorist group known as the Ten Rings, whose leader, Raza, orders Stark to build a Jericho missile for him.

Instead, during his three months of captivity, he and Yinsen begin secretly building a crude suit of armor, powered by a miniature "arc reactor" which also runs the electromagnet in his chest. Finally, the terrorists grow impatient and give Stark 24 hours to finish. Unfortunately, the terrorists become suspicious of their activities before the suit is fully activated, so Yinsen makes a suicidal attack in a desperate bid to buy time. Once the armor is ready, Stark charges through the caves. Near the entrance, a dying Yinsen tells him not to waste his life. Forever grateful to Yinsen, Stark burns all the munitions the terrorists have accumulated and then flies away, only to crash in the desert; Stark survives, but his suit is destroyed. After being rescued by Rhodes, Stark announces at a press conference that his company will no longer manufacture weapons. Stane tells him shortly thereafter that his decision is being blocked by the board of directors of Stark Industries.

Stark focuses his energies on building a better version of his power suit, while making an improved arc reactor for his chest. Once the new reactor replaces the old one, Potts gives Stark a gift: his first miniature reactor encased in glass and bearing the inscription, "Proof that Tony Stark has a heart". During Stark's first public appearance since his return, he spots Potts wearing a dress gifted by him, and realizes that he has romantic feelings for his assistant. As they are about to share a kiss, Potts interrupts them by asking for a martini.

While ordering the drinks, Stark is accosted by Everhart, who shows him pictures of Stark Industries weapons, including Jericho missiles, recently delivered to insurgents. He realizes that Stane has been supplying both the Americans and their enemies, and attempting to remove Stark from power. Enraged, Stark dons the power suit, flies to Afghanistan and rescues Gulmira, Yinsen's village, from the Ten Rings. While leaving, Stark attracts the attention of the United States Air Force, which dispatches two F-22 Raptors to try to identify the mysterious flying object. Rhodes is consulted about the nature of the object, but cannot offer help, and the fighters are ordered to destroy the target. During the resulting dogfight, Stark has time to reveal to Rhodes that he is the unidentified target. One of the planes is accidentally destroyed when it collides with Stark. The pilot ejects, but his parachute does not deploy, so Stark rescues him before escaping.

Stark sends Potts to hack into the company computer system. She discovers that Stane hired the Ten Rings to kill Stark. The group reneged on the deal upon discovering who the target was, which ultimately seals their fate when Stane has them eliminated later. She also learns Stane has recovered the pieces of the original power suit and reverse-engineered his own version, one much larger and more powerful than Stark's. As she leaves Stane's office, she meets Agent Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D., a newly-established counter-terrorism government agency, who has been accosting her and Stark about an interview concerning Stark's escape from the Ten Rings.

After she leaves, Stane discovers what she has done. Stane goes to his group of scientists, and is angered when they state that they cannot duplicate the arc reactor technology that Tony created. Later that evening, Stane ambushes Stark in his house, using a Stark Industries device to paralyze him. While revealing his plan to take over Stark Enterprises, Stane removes the arc reactor from Stark's chest and leaves him to die. However, Stark gets to Potts' gift and re-installs his original reactor. Meanwhile, Stane returns to Stark Enterprises where Shield Agents, guided by Potts, break in to arrest him, only to be attacked by Stane in the now functional Iron Monger suit.

Although his original reactor is underpowered for his latest armor, Stark races to the rescue, and a battle erupts between him and Stane. Finding himself outmatched, Stark lures Stane atop the Stark Industries building. With no power left, Stark instructs Potts to overload the full-sized reactor in the building. This unleashes a massive electrical surge that knocks Stane unconscious and sends him falling through the ceiling into the reactor itself, apparently incinerating him.

The next day, it is revealed that the press has dubbed Stark's alter ego "Iron Man". Rhodes gives reporters a false explanation of what happened. Before speaking, Stark briefly makes an attempt to establish a romantic relationship with Potts, but is put on hold. During the press conference, Stark starts to tell the cover story given to him by S.H.I.E.L.D., but then instead announces openly that he is Iron Man.

In a post-credits scene, Stark is visited by S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury who notes that Stark is not "the only superhero in the world" and states he wants to discuss the "Avenger Initiative".

"THE HISTORY OF IRON MAN"

Iron Man, the title and name of the well known American comic book superhero character and series created by the genius, iconic and legendary writer and editor Stan Lee, and published by his company Marvel Comics. Iron Man's 1st appearance was debuted in "TALES OF SUSPENSE" #39, in March of 1963 and was illustrated by the famous Jack Kirby and Don Heck and scripted by Larry Lieber.

Stan Lee's conception of Iron Man, came from an idea he had to present a new character in his company, that can challenge Marvel's current audience and thoughts at those times of the Cold War, and it was almost like a dare to him. He thought it might be interesting having someone who fit the role and title of a person that the people generally disliked, and try to make him somehow likable by them and it worked.

The story of Iron Man would be about a rich weapons engineer and ladies man, named Anthony Edward Tony Stark, who had his own multinational military manufacturing corporation, Starks Industries and is taken hostage and ordered to design and construct a dangerous weapon for his kidnappers. During the process of being taken against his will, his heart is damaged and he nearly dies. He builds for himself an armored battle suit made of iron, so that he may escape from this hostile situation. After he does successfully, he decides to continue to use this new weapon as a way to do battle against the evils out there like the one's who captured him. Iron Man's persona and looks were inspired by billionaire inventor Howard Hughes. Jack Kirby designed Iron Man's 1st costume and the cover which was typically executed before hand and Don Heck did a heck of a job designing Tony Stark as well as his lovely Pepper Potts assistant in his busy line of work. According to writer Gerry Conway, Tony Starks' injury to the heart is a metaphor and simple illustration of a person scarred deep down inside but on the outside is an indestructible machine.

Iron Man was also part of a band of other heroes called The Avengers, and has gone through many changes in his series' of comics, cartoons and movies and also made a quick cameo in The Incredible Hulk film in 2000.
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Iron Man first appeared in 13- to 18-page stories in Tales of Suspense, which featured anthology science fiction and supernatural stories. The character's original costume was a bulky gray armored suit, replaced by a golden version in the second story (issue #40, April 1963). It was redesigned as sleeker, red-and-golden armor in issue #48 (Dec. 1963); that issue's interior art is by Steve Ditko and its cover by Kirby. In his premiere, Iron Man was an anti-communist hero, defeating various Vietnamese agents. Lee later regretted this early focus.^[2][9] Throughout the character’s comic book series, technological advancement and national defense were constant themes for Iron Man, but later issues developed Stark into a more complex and vulnerable character as they depicted his battle with alcoholism (Demon in a Bottle) and other personal difficulties.

Tales of Suspense #48 (Dec. 1963), the debut of Iron Man's red-and-gold armor. Cover art by Jack Kirby & Sol Brodsky.

From issue #59 (Nov. 1964) to its final issue #99 (March 1968), the anthological science-fiction backup stories in Tales of Suspense were replaced by a feature starring the superhero Captain America. After issue #99 (March 1968), the book's title was changed to Captain America. Iron Man stories moved to the title Iron Man and Sub-Mariner in April 1968, before the "Golden Avenger"^[10] made his solo debut with The Invincible Iron Man #1 (May 1968). Lee said that "of all the comic books we published at Marvel, we got more fan mail for Iron Man from women, from females, than any other title ... We didn't get much fan mail from girls, but whenever we did, the letter was usually addressed to Iron Man."^[4]

Writers have updated the war and locale in which Stark is injured. In the original 1963 story, it was the Vietnam War. In the 1990s, it was updated to be the first Gulf War,^[11] and later updated again to be the war in Afghanistan. However, Stark's time with the Asian Nobel Prize-winning scientist Ho Yinsen is consistent through nearly all incarnations of the Iron Man origin, depicting Stark and Yinsen building the original armor together. One exception is the direct-to-DVD animated feature film The Invincible Iron Man, in which the armor Stark uses to escape his captors is not the first Iron Man suit.

A List of Iron Man titles

• Tales of Suspense #39-99 (March 1963 - March 1968)
• Iron Man and Sub-Mariner (April 1968)
• Iron Man Vol. 1, #1-332 (May 1968 - Sept. 1996)
• Iron Man Annual #1-15 (1970 - 1994)
• Giant-Size Iron Man (Oct. 1975)
• Iron Man: Crash (1988)
• Iron Manual (1993)
• Iron Man 2020 (Aug. 1994)
• Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man (Feb. 1996)
• Iron Man Vol. 2, #1-13 (Nov. 1996 - Nov. 1997)
• Iron Man Vol. 3, #1-89 (Feb. 1998 - Dec. 2004)
• Iron Man Annual '98-2001 (1998 - 2001)
• Iron Man: The Iron Age #1-2 (Aug. - Sept. 1998)
• Iron Man: Bad Blood #1-4 (Sept. - Dec. 2000)
• Iron Man Vol. 4, #1-35 (Jan. 2005 - Nov. 2008)
  • Iron Man #1-16 (Jan. 2005-May 2007)
  • The Invincible Iron Man #17-28 (June 2007-June 2008)
  • Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #29-35 (July 2008-Jan. 2009)
• Ultimate Iron Man Vol. 1: #1-5 (Mar. - Dec. 2005)
• Iron Man: House of M #1-3 (Sep. - Nov. 2005)
• Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big In Japan #1-4 (December 2005 - March 2006)
• Iron Man: The Inevitable #1-6 (Feb. - July 2006)
• Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties Of War #1 (Dec. 2006)
• Iron Man: Hypervelocity #1-6 (March - Aug. 2007)
• Marvel Adventures: Iron Man #1-13 (May 2007 - July 2008)
• Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin #1-6 (Sep. 2007 - March 2008)
• Ultimate Iron Man Vol. 2: #1-5 (Dec. 2007 - Apr. 2008)
• Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Annual #1 (Jan. 2008)
• Iron Man: Legacy Of Doom #1-4 (April - July 2008)
• Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas #1 - (May 2008 - present)^[45]
• Invincible Iron Man #1 - (May 2008 - present)
• Iron Man: Golden Avenger #1 (Sep. 2008)
• Iron Man: The End #1 (Nov. 2008)
• Iron Man: Armored Adventures #1 (July 2009)
• Iron Man & The Armor Wars #1 - (Aug. 2009 - present)
• Ultimate Comics: Armor Wars #1 - (Sep. 2009 - present)
• Iron Man: Iron Protocols #1 (Oct. 2009)

As a team Member

• Avengers Vol. 1 #1-402 (September 1963 - September 1996)
• West Coast Avengers Vol. 1 # 1-4 (September 1984 - December 1984)
• West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 # 1-102 (October 1985 - January 1994)
  • West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #1-46 (October 1985 - July 1989)
  • Avengers West Coast #47-102 (August 1989 - January 1994)
• Force Works #1-22 (July 1994 - April 1996)
• Avengers Vol. 2 #1-13 (Marvel Comics/Extreme Studios/Wildstorm; November 1996 - November 1997)
• Avengers Vol. 3 #1-84, 500-503 (February 1998 - December 2004)
• New Avengers #1-25
• Mighty Avengers #1-23