Marvel Entertainment released this cool new movie still from the upcoming film “Iron Man 2″ by director Jon Favreau (Iron Man) and starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson. Here’s what we know about the plot from a Jon Favreau interview on EW. Synopsis: “Demon in a Bottle is one of the very strongest story lines of the of the series, and Iron Man is not a comic book character who is known for having wonderful storylines. He’s known for having great suits, great characters, but the villains kind of get thin at times, and it’s so very dated…

USA Today has the first exclusive official picture from the set of the now-filming “Iron Man II,” the sequel to 2008′s summer smash “Iron Man”. Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson, the sequel is continuing in the adaptation of the Marvel Comics’ “Iron Man” title, about the genius industrialist playboy Tony Stark who, after a deadly injury, builds a life-saving suit of armor and becomes the red-and-gold hi-tech hero Iron Man. You can check out the picture of Downey as Stark/Iron Man, as well as what appear to be multiple Iron Man armors in the background, below. The…

Jon Favreau has been keeping up a steady stream of updates from the set of “Iron Man II” at his Twitter account. You can follow along with him at Twitter here. “Iron Man II”, directed by Favreau and written by Justin Theroux, stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Mikey Rourke as Whiplash, Scarlett Johansson as Nathasha Romanova/The Black Widow, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Commander of SHIELD, and Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer. The film is slated to hit theaters May 7th, 2010. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source; Comic Book Resources)

Kate Mara and Clark Gregg have joined Marvel’s “Iron Man 2,” being directed by Jon Favreau and currently shooting in California. While Gregg is returning to his role from the first movie, SHIELD agent Phil Coulson, Mara’s role was not released, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg first appeared as agent Coulson of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division in 2008′s summer smash “Iron Man” starring Robert Downey, Jr. This is Mara’s first time working with the Iron Man films. Created in 1963, Marvel’s Iron Man has become one of the comic company’s most recognizable characters. Also known as the playboy industrialist and inventor Tony Stark, he is…

Collider.com recently talked with Robert Downey Jr. about his upcoming projects, including “Iron Man 2″, the sequel to the 2008 smash adaptation of the Marvel Comics character, the armored hi-tech armored hero and playboy inventor Tony Stark. On rumors that comedic actor Gary Shandling being in the film, he says that “I’m doing a Senate hearing where the government is saying the Iron Man tech needs to be turned over to the Senator and the Senator is Gary Shandling. And we had this fantastic day that was somehow this controlled chaos of a Senate hearing where I keep interrupting them and dah dah dah.” He also describes the Iron Man…

IESB is reporting that “Book Of Eli” star Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) was spotted on the set of “Iron Man 2″, and not just to visit apparently. No official announcements have been made regarding it but IESB is speculating that Oldman will have a role in the film, or at least a cameo. “Iron Man 2″, the sequel to the 2008 summer smash and adaptation of the classic Marvel Comics character, is scheduled for release May 7th, 2010 and stars Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, and Samuel L. Jackson. Iron Man first appeared in Marvel’s “Tales of Suspense” #39 in March 1963, and…

John Favreau has released details and updates about “Iron Man 2″, the sequel to the 2008 comic-book adaptation of Marvel’s red and gold Iron Avenger, starring Robert Downey, Jr. as the playboy genius inventor-turned-superhero. Favreau has said that shooting beings in two weeks and that rehearsals are going on now. Final casting has not yet happened but will be made next week, and that rumors regarding Mickey Rourke or Scarlett Johansson will not be addressed yet. However, Rourke at least seems confirmed, which a picture from IESB.net of him in what is described as being a stand-in for a Russian prison seems to back up. You can check it out…

Director Jon Favreau has released a set pic from the in-progress build of Tony Stark’s house from the set of “Iron Man 2″. You can check it out, with Favreau and cinematographer Matthew Libatique on-set, below. The sequel to the 2008 summer smash “Iron Man”, details on the sequel, as well as casting, have been murky, but the film will continue the adventures of the red and gold-armored hero, armor built by playboy industrialist Tony Stark to escape from terrorists and later on, to become the hero known as Iron Man. Robert Downey, Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow are returning to reprise their roles as Tony Stark and his trusty personal…

According to entertainment blog The Playlist, Jon Favreau commented to E! last night in a post-Oscars interview that Emily Blunt, rumored to be attached to the upcoming “Iron Man 2″, will not be in the film. The source says that according to Favreau in the interview, Fox studios exercised its option on her for “Gulliver’s Travels”, making her unavailable to appear in the sequel to the 2008 superhero movie from Marvel about the billionaire genius Tony Stark, who dons a suit of high-tech red and gold armor after a near-fatal accident and becomes the hero known as Iron Man. Blunt had been rumored to be in the running to portray…

Variety is reporting that actress Emily Blunt has emerged as the front runner to play Natasha Romanoff, aka the high-tech black-clad super spy heroine known as the Black Widow, in “Iron Man 2″, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the playboy industrialist with the alter ego of the mechanized hero known as Iron Man. This is the third speculative rumor about casting for new faces in the sequel to 2008′s “Iron Man” after Mickey Rourke as the armored Russian villain The Crimson Dynamo, and Sam Rockwell as the evil industrialist Justin Hammer. Blunt, who will be appearing with Benicio Del Toro in the Joe Johnston-directed “The Wolf Man” for Universal in…