Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell are in talks to star as the villains in “Iron Man 2,” being directed by Jon Favreau.

Marvel has been keeping a very tight lid on the script for the sequel, being written by Justin Theroux, but it is known that Rourke would play a tattooed Russian heavy named Ivan who becomes [Crimson Dynamo], a man with deadly, technologically enhanced coils.

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

Source: thehollywoodreporter.com

LET IT BEGIN!

Official Press release:

Nick Fury has assembled the next generation of Marvel super heroes—the sons and daughters of super villains—to fight the new order that Dark Reign has brought to the Marvel Universe! Secret Warriors #1, written by award winning scribes Brian Michael Bendis & red-hot Jonathan Hickman and  featuring the stunning art of Marvel Young Gun artist Stefano Caselli, presents Fury’s battle to not only train the next generation of heroes—but to also defeat what may be the greatest threat he’s ever faced! You’ve seen the Warriors come together in the pages of Mighty Avengers and you’ve seen them push back the Skrull armada Secret Invasion—but what could rock their world even more? If that’s not enough, in addition to the eye-popping cover by Jimmy Cheung, Secret Warriors #1 also features the parents of these heroes on a variant cover by a top secret artist!

Without S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury and his super powered allies must face the Dark Reign alone—but are they part of something bigger than they could imagine? Don’t miss the double-sized Secret Warriors #1!

Also! Check out the latest Mighty Marvel Podcast in which Jeff Suter sits with Jonathan Hickman, co-writer of Secret Warriors, to talk about Secret Warriors, Dark Reign, and the current state of the Marvel U!

Hey there everyone! Hope 2009 is treating all of you well! Here is a selection of Marvel releases hitting the shelves this week for your previewing pleasure! Going forward, expect to see these previews every Friday! Enjoy!

NYX: No Way Home #5 Kiden Nixon has finally come face to face with the man who has made it his mission to destroy her life. But who is this shadowy figure that has sent assassins and headhunters after Kiden and her mutant friends? And what secret will he reveal about her long-dead father? Best-selling author Marjorie Liu reveals all in this chilling penultimate chapter… “I whole heartedly reccomend this. Pick it up!” - CyberNev, Check out her review here!

Punisher Dark Reign #1 The fight against the “Dark Reign” begins as the duty of chronicling Frank Castle’s war journal is passed to new regular team of writer Rick Remender (End League, Fear Agent) and Jerome Opeña (Wolverine, Fear Agent). One man with one bullet, in the right place, at the right time, can change the world. That’s why the Punisher is perched atop a building on the Jersey shore with a high-powered Skrull rifle, his crosshairs trained on a target in Midtown Manhattan. But who is his target — and why? One thing’s for sure: They’re anything but helpless. Someone is watching their back. Someone big. Enter: The Sentry! This book has received mixed reviews from us bots here at BSR!: “It’s sketchy, dulled and rings “blah.” Buy this book or don’t. But, if you do, be prepared for one craptacular ride.” - HumanJunk (Review here) “A solid intro to a new Punisher book that I plan on picking up next month, as well.” - Budgetron

Secret Invasion: War of Kings One-Shot It’s finally here…WAR OF KINGS! The Secret Invasion may be over, but the Inhumans are still reeling from the terrible wounds inflicted on them by the Skrulls. And this time, the Royal Family and their massively powered people have been pushed too far! You have never seen the Inhumans like this – and it’s only the beginning! Plus: How will the empire-expanding Vulcan react to these recent universe-shaking developments? Before this double-sized shocker is over, vengeance will be had, daring alliances will be forged, and the first shots in a destiny-changing battle will be fired!

Spider-Man: Fear Itself #1 The mucky man monster returns to meet the Amazing Spider-Man in a double-sized epic that connects to both Peter Parker’s youth and his present-day adventures. In the Florida Everglades, Spider-Man squares off against eight hundred pounds of menace — the savage, mindless Man-Thing! But after the battle, Spidey finds his own, radiation-altered body chemistry changing radically. To stop his hideous transformation, he’ll have to face his own greatest fear!

X-Men Noir #2 “Chief Detective Magnus had never seen Sebastian Shaw so angry before. The vein pulsating in the man’s forehead threatened to burst as he swept one arm around what remained of his looted Hellfire Club. “‘Look at this!’ Shaw seethed. ‘Just look! They stole everything that wasn’t nailed down — and then they took the nails out of the rest of it and stole that, too! “‘If you can’t catch these ‘X Men,’ Eric, I can just as easily shift my…support to someone who will…”

Of course, these titles plus much, much more will be available at your local comic shops on Wednesday!

…from a geeky fangirl’s point of veiw!

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Clang! Boom! Steam! and I were talking about this today and I decided to post it up here.

This is Brad Bird’s script for Ratatouille.

It is a thing of perfection, to be admired and studied.

Read it. Know it. Love it.

One of the graveyard shift minions at the robot factory was excited to show me this when I came into work this morning. Even though Fox is trying to stop us from seeing Watchmen, its still posting an exclusive on Myspace, which it owns. It’s pretty awesome, head over to aintitcool.com and check it out.

Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Hanukkah! What ever it is you celebrate, we hope this holiday season finds you and yours well!

Sincerely,
The Surly Robots of Big Shiny Robot!

There’s a lot of cool geek releases today.  First up:

The Clone Wars theatrical movie.  This was the kick off to the great show I’ve been ranting about. Granted, the film wasn’t as good as the series has been, but my thinking about it is that this was the first story they had to tell for the rest of it to make sense and the pacing seemed weird because it’s literally three episodes scotch taped together. Having said that, I really, really enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to picking it up. It’s also important to note that this is the first Star Wars title that is available on [Blu-ray]. And I think this is what, more than anything, is going to get me to switch over.

The next most important release today is Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and if you click that link, it will take you to Amazon where you can buy the fancy-schmancy 3 disc special edition for only $17.99, which is a bloody steal. I really, really dug this movie and I would like to assume that all of you did, too. If you didn’t, you have my sincerest sympathies. (This too is available on [Blu-ray])

My next most important nerd recommendation for the day comes in the form of Firefly: The Complete Series on Blu-Ray. It’s reasonably inexpensive for a complete series on Blu-ray and if you don’t like this series then there is, indeed, something wrong with you. And maybe if we can show enough love for the show by buying this for ourselves, we’ll get more installments of it, somehow.

Kung Fu Panda is also coming out this week, though for some reason they decided to release it on Saturday of last week instead of Tuesday. My expectation is that they just wanted to confuse people. Having said that, I really enjoyed this movie and though that it might be Dreamworks’ best 3D animated movie (though that isn’t saying much at all…)

For those of you who are into classic Disney shorts, Disney is releasing their fourth (and final) volume of Donald Duck 1951-1961 . This is certainly good times. And we all love to watch the duck that gets stuck with all the bad luck.

And finally, in honor of the Armistice signed on this day 90 years ago today that ended World War I, Band of Brothers [Blu-ray] is being released. I’ve never actually seen this, though I’ve wanted to for a very long time. Anybody have any opinions on it? I’ve been told it’s better than Saving Private Ryan, but that’s not a giant feat for anything set in WWII either..

Robin, Birds of Prey and Nightwing are canceled…but why?

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In our best efforts to make Salt Lake City a geek mecca akin to Austin, we have been teaming up with the Geekshow Podcast to promote and deliver geek-filled movie nights at local cinema brew pub, Brewvies on every last Sunday of each month. And seeing as this is October, what better way to celebrate Halloween than a double feature starring the king of geek royalty himself, Bruce Campbell! Yes, that’s right, Geekshow Podcast presents a very special double feature of Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn followed by Army of Darkness!

In addition to the awesomeness already presented, the Geekshow will be judging a costume contest with prizes, plus, let’s not forget that Brewvies has delicious brews and food! Come dressed up, ready to heckle the screen, and sing praises to the mighty Bruce Campbell

Did we mention it’s FREE?!  Bring yourself a like-minded bot and re-energize your batteries with brews, foods, and Bruce(s).

Brewvies Cinema Pub . Sunday October 26th . 5 PM . 677 South 200 West . Salt Lake City . Utah