Jon Favreau mentioned on his twitter that we might be seeing the first trailer for Iron Man 2 attached to Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, which hits theaters on Christmas Day (24 December in Malaysia).
Slash Film has made several points on what we have know so far:
- Sam Rockwell plays a fast-talking weapons manufacturer named Justin Hammer, “who fancies himself the next Tony Stark”. He sells Stark the weapons he uses to construct War Machine.
- Mickey Rourke plays Russian criminal Vanko/Whiplash, who creates his own battle-suit while incarcerated in a Soviet prison.
- Whiplash’s suit “shoots devastating, whip-like beams.”
- Hammer and Whiplash join forces to take on Stark/Iron Man.
- Scarlett Johansson plays Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff (aka the Black Widow), who is hired as Stark’s assistant which inevitably sparks romantic tension between Stark and former assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), who’s been promoted to CEO of Stark Industries.
- Tony is trying to learn more about his father’s mysterious past, specifically the Stark Expo, which must “play a major role in the energy crisis, which is a chief issue in the film.”
-- courtesy of Slash Film --
Iron man 2 is expected to amalgamate the theater on May 7, 2010. As usual, the beginning for the this summer's blockbuster season.
(Iron Man 2 starring
Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
Don Cheadle as Lt Col James Rhodes/War Machine
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer
Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko/Whiplash.)