Here’s a bedtime story about, amongst other things, economies of scale. After appearing in the post credits geek-tease on Iron Man, Sam Jackson’s Nick Fury was slated for a bigger, better showing in the next installment. Seemed like a sure thing, until Jackson himself cast the assumption...

While Iron Man director Jon Favreau was walking the red carpet at the Oscars, the director apparently revealed to E! that Emily Blunt is officially out as Black Widow in Iron Man 2 . According the the Playlist, Favreau said that 20th Century Fox has decided to exercise their option on the actress, a...

I’m not sure what to believe anymore. Last month the Hollywood trade papers broke the news that Mickey Rourke was in talks to play the villain Whiplash in Iron Man 2 . Then earlier this week Rourke said that he’s “not doing Iron Man 2″. Could it be that Marvel didn’t of...

The appearance of Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell in Iron Man 2 was hardly in doubt -- but just in case you needed it from the horse's mouth, MTV got it ... from Rockwell, anyway. Once in talks to play Tony Stark (and watched real-life girlfriend Leslie Bibb bed him as investigative reporter Christin...

These are troubling times for America—unemployment is on the rise, and entire industries face their end—but one thing we geeks have had to look forward to in the next few years is everyone’s favorite bad motherfucker himself, Samuel L. Jackson, as Nick Fury. Now it seems we may eve...

We like to do things differently around here, and with every End of the Year Top Whatever List floating around the internet (which are bound by law to include The Dark Knight) and on our own site (which are bound by editorial edict to include Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo), we thought we&#...

Like most celebrants of cinema's smoldering, dangerous geek-stud archetype, we've been following actor Justin Theroux's career arc for a while — mostly in front of the camera, obviously, where his roles in Mullholland Drive, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Six Feet Under and elsewhere yielded...

It’s not really official yet, but Nikki Finke is reporting on her blog that a deal has been reached between Jon Favreau and Marvel Studios to make him the director of Iron Man 2 . Responsible for the massive success of Iron Man this summer, Favreau took his battle to the internet when he didn&...

This past Wednesday, Marvel Studios’ cinematic adaptation of the classic comic book hero Iron Man officially became the first film of 2008 to hit, and then to surpass, the $300 million-dollar mark at the box office. According to The Hollywood Reporter, several of this summer’s other recently rel...

When I posted the teaser trailer for Punisher: War Zone last Thursday, the 70+ comments from you guys were impressively heated and divisive. Until then, the R-rated Lionsgate/Marvel actioner from director Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans, karate) had flown under the radar, with many ...