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[Blader]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052904

Guy Pearce is in final talks to join Marvel Studios and Disney's "Iron Man 3" as the geneticist Aldrich Killian.

Shane Black is helming the film, that brings back Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Iron Man, along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Scarlett Johansson also set to return to the franchise. Ben Kingsley is set to play the villain.

Plot will borrow elements from Warren Ellis' six-issue "Iron Man: Extremis" comicbooks, that also heavily influenced the first "Iron Man" pic, and focuses heavily on the spread of a virus through nanotechnology.

In the books, Killian co-created the Extremis technology that Iron Man adopts after Killian sells it to terrorists.

Production on the film begins in May, with lensing to take place around North Carolina.

Disney has skedded "Iron Man 3" for May 3, 2013.

 

[NumberTwo]

Yes please?

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

He'd make for a better Stark.

 

[dankir]

Ben Kingsley??

But Mandarin isn't a white british actor who can play Ghandi.....

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

He'd make for a better Stark.

hellllls noo

 

[Pctx]

My pants just grew a little.

 

[3N16MA]

He'd make for a better Stark.

No.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

hellllls noo

No.

Yes.

 

[ToxicAdam]

After disappearing for the better part of a decade, he's all of a sudden in a bunch of flicks now.

 

[SmithnCo]

He'd make for a better Stark.

Disagree. RDJ is brilliant casting for Stark.

 

[3N16MA]

Yes.

I have seen it and it's still no.

 

[triplestation]

Iron Man trilogy is now > Nolan's Batman trilogy

 

[Jimothy]

He'd make for a better Stark.

Say what you want about the Marvel films, but RDJ was born to play Tony Stark. Pearce is great, but I mean c'mon.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

After disappearing for the better part of a decade, he's all of a sudden in a bunch of flicks now.

Small supporting role in Best Picture winner = everyone remembers who you are?

 

[Slayven]

He'd make for a better Stark.

LOL RDJ couldn't be the more perfect Tony Stark. Pierce would make a good Arno Stark though.


Extremis confirmed.

 

[Az]

I like Guy Pearce, hope it happens.

 

[3N16MA]

Iron Man trilogy is now > Nolan's Batman trilogy

Not after IM2.

 

[richiek]

He'd make for a better Stark.

 

[Menelaus]

"lensing" is a really dumb verb

 

[JDSN]

Holy shit the director is Hawkins!

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Guy Pearce as Namor, the Sub-Mariner.

.

Helping Iron Man take on Ben Kingsley's Modok.

 

[T.M. MacReady]

Perfect.

 

[Daft_Cat]

YES!

Most criminally underused actor!

 

[ToxicAdam]

Small supporting role in Best Picture winner = everyone remembers who you are?

Zuh?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Iron Man trilogy is now > Nolan's Batman trilogy

Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and ScarJo were suppose to make Iron Man 2 > TDK too, remember?

Yeah... No.

Actors can do what they can do best, but if the story and script and direction itself it a piece of shit, no brilliance could fix it.

 

[WJD]

Awesome. He looks chunky as fuck in Lockout though, I prefer Memento Guy.

 

[Endo Punk]

Now Im interested.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Iron Man trilogy is now > Nolan's Batman trilogy

You can't be serious after the mess that Iron Man 2 is?

 

[Snkfanatic]

He'd make for a better Stark.

Get out! How dare you!

 

[triplestation]

Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and ScarJo were suppose to make Iron Man 2 > TDK too, remember?

Yeah... No.

Actors can do what they can do best, but if the story and script and direction itself it a piece of shit, no brilliance could fix it.

I was joking.. The point was to say that Guy Peirce is that extraordinary a presence.

 

[Fry]

He'd make for a better Stark.

He was born to play Stark just like Jackman was born to play Wolverine.

YES!

Most criminally underused actor!

I agree with this.

 

[triplestation]

Hugh Jackman makes a terrible Wolverine.

Jackie Earl Haley would be far more fitting for that role.

 

[vitaminwateryum]

Hugh Jackman makes a terrible Wolverine.

Jackie Earl Haley would be far more fitting for that role.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Hugh Jackman makes a terrible Wolverine.

Jackie Earl Haley would be far more fitting for that role.

Now you're just being silly.

 

[wenis]

He'd make for a better Stark.

Spoiler

no

 

[triplestation]

JEH is actually able to look weathered and intimidating. He's got that look in his eyes, like if he were to be cornered you'd get shredded.

 

[Discotheque]

I really hope Marvel lets Shane Black do his thing with this one. IM2 was a forgettable popcorn flick. No heart at all.

Same. I really hope this isn't a Marvel film and more of a Shane Black comic book film.

Doubt that will happen though.

 

[Grifter]

Dougray Scott was born to play Wolverine.

He'd make for a better Stark.

Make him Stark, swap Terrance Howard back in.

 

[vitaminwateryum]

 

[badcrumble]

Saw thread title, assumed he'd be playing Rhodey.

 

[triplestation]

Make him Stark, swap Terrance Howard back in.

Unless Don Cheadle somehow ups the chemistry between himself and RDJ, please get Howard back..

vitaminwateryum: He looks like he's in a cheap X-MEN based porno.

 

[LiK]

YES

 

[Live Free or Die]

He'd make for a better Stark.

No.

 

[Tobor]

I'm still bummed they're bringing back Cheadle. Everything else about this movie sounds great.

 

[Schattenjäger]

Why is there no Madarin ? That is Iron man's arch nemesis ! Wtf !

 

[Buckethead]

Hugh Jackman makes a terrible Wolverine.

Jackie Earl Haley would be far more fitting for that role.

JEH is actually able to look weathered and intimidating. He's got that look in his eyes, like if he were to be cornered you'd get shredded.

Jackie is 5'5''. Jackman is 6'2''.

Oh you're like a little baby daddy Wolverine.
It's a little baby Wolverine.

 

[JdFoX187]

After disappearing for the better part of a decade, he's all of a sudden in a bunch of flicks now.

There's an interview I read online somewhere where he talked about hating the roles he was in from Count of Monte Cristo and The Time Machine, so he decided to take a step back and examine his roles more carefully. After he sort of got through that "hating everything" phase, as he called it, he started picking up more movies. He was great in Lockout, so I'm looking forward to him in this.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

JEH was meant to play Rorschach, not Wolverine. Jackman is perfectly find as Logan.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Why is there no Madarin ? That is Iron man's arch nemesis ! Wtf !

The plot is still under wraps. I'm actually guessing that he might make it in, considering that they are filming partially in China and Ben Kingsley would make an awesome Mandarin.

 

[triplestation]

Jackie is 5'5''. Jackman is 6'2''.

Oh you're like a little baby daddy Wolverine.
It's a little baby Wolverine.

Taller doesn't mean more imposing, dude. Watch Tom Hardy in Warrior.