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Updated! Mickey Rourke & Sam Rockwell To Play Supervillains In IRON MAN 2??

Hey, guys. Quint here with a little update on Herc's great story below... First, regarding Mickey Rourke... I can't confirm his involvement, but I have heard that yesterday's EXPENDABLES story might have been... quite early, to say the least. I'd count his Expendables involvement as more of a maybe, not a definite, so that definitely leaves him open to appear in IM2.

And about who he is playing, if everything my sources inside Paramount have been telling me over the last few months is right, then Variety's assertion that he'll be playing Crimson Dynamo is the right one. I can at least say I've not once heard Whiplash mentioned as a possibility and if you listen to Favreau's statements about the villains coming out of today's headlines then the Russians certainly make more sense than a disgruntled Stark Industries applicant.

That's what I know... Please do continue on below for the full coverage from Herc!

I am – Hercules!!


Mickey Rourke is reportedly in talks to play an "Iron Man 2" supervillain, but there's some dispute as to which.

The Hollywood Reporter says the “Wrestler” star is negotiating to play Whiplash, a character who first appeared to combat Iron Man in 1968's Tales of Suspense #97.

But a story in Variety differs with the Reporter, claiming that Rourke is actually up to play the supersuit-sporting Russian Crimson Dynamo, whose first print appearace was in 1963's Tales of Suspense #46.

The Reporter also says Sam Rockwell ("Frost/Nixon") is up for Tony Stark's multibillionaire rival, Justin Hammer. Hammer first appeared in a 1978 issue of Iron Man. In the funnybooks, Hammer was an arms manufacturer who funded supervillains.

"Iron Man" helmer Jon Favreau starts shooting Justin Theroux's script this spring in anticipation of a May 7, 2010 release.

I’ve been a Rourke fanatic from “Body Heat” through “Diner,” “Rumble Fish,” “Year of the Dragon,” “Johnny Handsome,” “Harley Davidson,” “White Sands,” “Rainmaker,” and “Sin City.” As man and actor, Mickey Rourke rocks, and the idea of Marvel installing him as a key component of one of my favorite big-budget superhero franchises pleases me mightily!

Rockwell, meanwhile, can play anybody -- but it bears noting he already portrayed a sinister genius mastermind in the big-screen "Charlie's Angels."

Read all of the Reporter’s Whiplash-championing story on the matter here.

Read all of Variety's Crimson Dynamo-centric story on the matter here.

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first...
by spooky2k
Jan 7th, 2009
08:39:21 PM
First, eh?
by WhoDis
Jan 7th, 2009
08:39:40 PM
d'oh
by WhoDis
Jan 7th, 2009
08:39:53 PM
FAKE!
by GeorgieBoy
Jan 7th, 2009
08:40:51 PM
Bring it on!
by Chanoc
Jan 7th, 2009
08:42:48 PM
Now for real comment:
by spooky2k
Jan 7th, 2009
08:45:09 PM
how many villains now?
by ALDEN
Jan 7th, 2009
08:45:37 PM
@Alden...
by spooky2k
Jan 7th, 2009
08:47:16 PM
The Hollywood Reporter says otherwise
by danthemagnum
Jan 7th, 2009
08:47:41 PM
Downey Jr., Cheadle, and Rourke? Can too many good actors...
by tylerzero
Jan 7th, 2009
08:47:54 PM
I'd give my left teste
by dalbatron
Jan 7th, 2009
08:48:03 PM
tylerzero
by mr_l_74
Jan 7th, 2009
08:50:03 PM
AINT IT COOL LINKS
by Gungan Slayer
Jan 7th, 2009
08:51:37 PM
How much more acting ass does Sam Rockwell have to kick
by pzadvance
Jan 7th, 2009
08:54:00 PM
Rourke is actually playing NFL Superpro, in his later years.
by Flim Springfield
Jan 7th, 2009
08:55:17 PM
Don't do it Mickey!!!
by BobParr
Jan 7th, 2009
08:58:19 PM
And The Black Window will be in Iron Man 2!!!
by Suki_Jonze
Jan 7th, 2009
09:00:05 PM
Another "Guy in Robot Suit" villain? Is that all Iron Man has?
by flickchick85
Jan 7th, 2009
09:00:36 PM
Better as the Titanium Man
by Continentalop
Jan 7th, 2009
09:00:41 PM
Oh, but Rourke joining the cast...
by flickchick85
Jan 7th, 2009
09:02:42 PM
Damn, no edit button...
by flickchick85
Jan 7th, 2009
09:03:53 PM
Too Many Suits. Realism Has Its Down Sides
by Frodo T. Baggins
Jan 7th, 2009
09:06:11 PM
Great article....
by JimCurry
Jan 7th, 2009
09:07:45 PM
flickchick85
by Continentalop
Jan 7th, 2009
09:08:06 PM
Jan-Michael Vincent as MODOK
by Jollymorphic
Jan 7th, 2009
09:09:13 PM
Sweet maybe
by Series7
Jan 7th, 2009
09:19:12 PM
Mr. Zeddemore
by Yoda's Ball Sack
Jan 7th, 2009
09:20:40 PM
Harley Davidson and the Iron Man
by Groothewarrior
Jan 7th, 2009
09:22:03 PM
Whiplash?
by Fing Fang Foom
Jan 7th, 2009
09:27:47 PM
Whiplash
by Johnny Smith
Jan 7th, 2009
09:31:11 PM
Between Sin City, Iron Man 2, and The Expendibles
by Shut the Fuck up Donny
Jan 7th, 2009
09:32:26 PM
Ain't It Marv News- pzadvance is right
by YackBacker
Jan 7th, 2009
09:33:23 PM
Woops, looks like the story has been updated!
by YackBacker
Jan 7th, 2009
09:34:07 PM
So is Mandarin in or not, dammit?!
by D.Vader
Jan 7th, 2009
09:38:10 PM
I dunno...
by Royston Lodge
Jan 7th, 2009
09:39:49 PM
No Sam Rockwell love?
by robzass
Jan 7th, 2009
09:42:53 PM
But, I thought that one guy was going to become Mandarin.
by greenstyle92
Jan 7th, 2009
09:44:35 PM
Marv and Guy, eh? hellz ya'.
by future help
Jan 7th, 2009
09:51:59 PM
Sam Rockwell
by enderandrew
Jan 7th, 2009
09:55:49 PM
ARMOR WARS?!?!?
by SkidMarkedUndies
Jan 7th, 2009
09:56:03 PM
Is that a picture of TARKIN from Star Wars?
by Stormwatcher
Jan 7th, 2009
09:58:57 PM
Was Sin City Shit or something? Wasn't Marv a pretty big role?
by Stormwatcher
Jan 7th, 2009
09:59:54 PM
Also
by Series7
Jan 7th, 2009
10:00:19 PM
The Black Window?
by Rex Carsalot
Jan 7th, 2009
10:01:48 PM
That ruins my dream casting...
by jaddicoat
Jan 7th, 2009
10:02:09 PM
And STILL no story on Ben Burtt & STAR TREK???
by Nosferatu Jones
Jan 7th, 2009
10:04:42 PM
Great Casting and a little on Judge Dredd
by nerosday
Jan 7th, 2009
10:05:31 PM
Shouldn't Rourke be playing CLAYFACE instead...?
by Nosferatu Jones
Jan 7th, 2009
10:07:02 PM
This is fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!
by crackerfarmboy
Jan 7th, 2009
10:10:37 PM
Glad to hear about Sam Rockwell
by Lovecraftfan
Jan 7th, 2009
10:15:47 PM
Rockwell's too young
by The Funketeer
Jan 7th, 2009
10:17:50 PM
what about angel heart herc?
by logicalnoise01
Jan 7th, 2009
10:18:43 PM
Croc
by enderandrew
Jan 7th, 2009
10:22:59 PM
Ironman's real enemy is within
by JeanLuc Dickhard
Jan 7th, 2009
10:24:48 PM
So no Mandarin?
by Dapper Swindler
Jan 7th, 2009
10:25:59 PM
Rourke should have been Nick Fury.
by Ironhelix
Jan 7th, 2009
10:38:04 PM
Rockwell for Hawkeye maybe?
by Spifftacular Squirrel Girl
Jan 7th, 2009
10:53:47 PM
DON'T OPEN THAT! It's an alien planet! Is there AIR? You don't k
by ironic_name
Jan 7th, 2009
10:54:44 PM
now!
by ironic_name
Jan 7th, 2009
10:55:56 PM
Rockwell is the man
by MrClark
Jan 7th, 2009
10:56:27 PM
Am also on the boring Villians bandwagon
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Jan 7th, 2009
10:57:54 PM
I LIKE THIS DEVELOPMENT
by BurgerTime
Jan 7th, 2009
11:02:46 PM
Reasons I like the Mandarin and why he could work
by Continentalop
Jan 7th, 2009
11:03:09 PM
This would be absolutely brilliant casting.
by Kid Idioteque
Jan 7th, 2009
11:15:49 PM
A Chinese villian in this day and age - good luck
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Jan 7th, 2009
11:17:21 PM
You really think so Miyamoto?
by blindambition238
Jan 7th, 2009
11:35:05 PM
This post didnt mention the 2nd big tidbit:
by blindambition238
Jan 7th, 2009
11:43:27 PM
Just because Mandarin is Chinese....
by Continentalop
Jan 7th, 2009
11:50:02 PM
mandarin is a concept like anon or uncle sam
by ironic_name
Jan 8th, 2009
12:16:46 AM
The Jonas Brothers
by ChocolateJesus
Jan 8th, 2009
12:28:49 AM
I'm not an Iron Man afficionado...
by Brians Life
Jan 8th, 2009
12:31:47 AM
AICN = All Mickey Rourke News
by Cruel_Kingdom
Jan 8th, 2009
12:33:49 AM
Brian's Life
by Continentalop
Jan 8th, 2009
12:40:23 AM
So Russians, eh?
by waggy
Jan 8th, 2009
01:03:15 AM
Mickey Rourke gotta eat.
by palpatinefuckedmydog
Jan 8th, 2009
01:47:02 AM

by palpatinefuckedmydog
Jan 8th, 2009
01:50:50 AM
Contnetalop...appreciated...oh , and I'm geeking out this post.
by Brians Life
Jan 8th, 2009
01:58:44 AM
suit on suit
by killianx
Jan 8th, 2009
02:04:40 AM
Thanks Continentalop
by flickchick85
Jan 8th, 2009
02:10:46 AM
And with Rockwell now, this cast is becoming truly awesome.
by flickchick85
Jan 8th, 2009
02:12:06 AM
Iron Man's Enemies.
by Sithtastic
Jan 8th, 2009
02:18:58 AM
Also Kate Beckinsale is 200% right for Black Widow (nerd moment)
by blindambition238
Jan 8th, 2009
02:28:08 AM
My Hopes for Iron Man...
by Continentalop
Jan 8th, 2009
02:45:54 AM
Sam Rockwell as Peter Cushing!
by photoboy
Jan 8th, 2009
03:03:50 AM
Love it when Talkbackers break a story
by Heckles
Jan 8th, 2009
03:36:06 AM
Love it when Talkbackers break a story
by Heckles
Jan 8th, 2009
03:36:08 AM
Balls, a double click gone mad
by Heckles
Jan 8th, 2009
03:36:50 AM
Why not cast Christopher Lee as Justin Hammer?
by Stalkeye
Jan 8th, 2009
04:23:55 AM
X2, Spider-Man 2, The Dark Knight...
by Mr Gorilla
Jan 8th, 2009
04:32:29 AM
I am so damn happy for mickey
by Broseph
Jan 8th, 2009
04:42:03 AM
They might merge Justin Hammer with Obediah's son...
by blindambition238
Jan 8th, 2009
04:54:10 AM
Mickey Rourke!
by laraz
Jan 8th, 2009
06:08:41 AM
I'd be more than happy for both of those guys to be in it.
by Mr Nicholas
Jan 8th, 2009
06:14:36 AM
Rockwell in IM2 doesn't fit into my plans....
by morganmorgan
Jan 8th, 2009
06:36:08 AM
Armor wars!
by Dazzler69
Jan 8th, 2009
06:46:51 AM
rourke is brilliant. but he's not a fucking russian.
by Mr_X
Jan 8th, 2009
07:02:02 AM
dolph lungren to play crimson dynamo
by Mr_X
Jan 8th, 2009
07:12:36 AM
Speaking of, WHERE IS SIN CITY 2?!?!!?
by Judge Briggs
Jan 8th, 2009
07:20:23 AM
Bring back Terence Howard!!!
by npjs55
Jan 8th, 2009
07:26:59 AM
Tony Stark's Greatest Enemy Is Himself
by LaserPants
Jan 8th, 2009
07:30:16 AM
Iron Man's Rogues Gallery Is Kinda Lame
by LaserPants
Jan 8th, 2009
07:32:02 AM
Tony Stark's greatest enemy is his drink
by Abominable Snowcone
Jan 8th, 2009
07:39:47 AM
Yes, His Addiction To Drink, Ergo, HIMSELF and HIS CHOICES
by LaserPants
Jan 8th, 2009
08:03:31 AM
Frodo T. Baggins
by DoctorWho?
Jan 8th, 2009
08:03:33 AM
I say the movie should be...
by Aquatarkusman
Jan 8th, 2009
08:10:44 AM
Why Does FIN FANG FOOM, The Space Dragon, Wear Shorts?
by LaserPants
Jan 8th, 2009
08:13:21 AM
The Mandarin is being set-up to be the Major Villian in The Aven
by Sequitur
Jan 8th, 2009
08:22:24 AM
Terry Crews = Killer Croc
by terry1978
Jan 8th, 2009
08:33:40 AM
At least in the first Iron Man
by Abominable Snowcone
Jan 8th, 2009
08:35:35 AM
Killer Croc is a DC villain, no?
by Abominable Snowcone
Jan 8th, 2009
08:36:26 AM
Rourke might be a badass and a good actor
by I Dunno
Jan 8th, 2009
08:49:38 AM
You skipped Barfly and Angel Heart
by jmyoung666
Jan 8th, 2009
08:55:35 AM
Sam Rockwell is a Perfect Foil For Downey!!
by cowboyone
Jan 8th, 2009
08:58:43 AM
Boycott FOX STUDIOS
by T 1000 xp professional
Jan 8th, 2009
09:11:32 AM
Sam Rockwell is probably Ezekiel Stane
by SpyGuy
Jan 8th, 2009
09:29:59 AM
I just heard Downey is being replaced
by Cletus Van Damme
Jan 8th, 2009
09:35:46 AM
***** Jeremy Irons for Justin Hammer *****
by JDanielP
Jan 8th, 2009
09:36:32 AM
Rourke as the Crimson Dynamo or Titanium Man
by JDanielP
Jan 8th, 2009
09:42:14 AM
Bob Hoskins as Crimson Dynamo
by DeweyOxburger
Jan 8th, 2009
09:53:59 AM
IRON MAN VILLIANS SUCK......
by GoodTimeBobby
Jan 8th, 2009
09:55:03 AM
IRON MAN VILLIANS SUCK......
by GoodTimeBobby
Jan 8th, 2009
09:55:05 AM
No one ever mentions Angel Heart!
by judderman
Jan 8th, 2009
10:02:47 AM
Iron Man 2 cast
by kenjinattix
Jan 8th, 2009
10:04:52 AM
Disgruntled Stark Industries applicant makes sense.
by Diagnostic
Jan 8th, 2009
10:17:25 AM
So will they be swinging all over that long tall bank...
by Shepard Wong
Jan 8th, 2009
10:22:32 AM
Crimson Dynamo is a terrible name, must be changed
by Stormwatcher
Jan 8th, 2009
10:34:36 AM
Beckinsale for Black Widow
by JDanielP
Jan 8th, 2009
10:44:47 AM
Downey vs. Rockwell = awesome
by CPFA
Jan 8th, 2009
11:06:51 AM
Just as long as Mickey is a Vor
by zinc_chameleon
Jan 8th, 2009
11:24:59 AM
They should have cast RDJ in blackface as Rhodey
by Clangbang
Jan 8th, 2009
11:47:56 AM
More then one villain, cool
by Norm3
Jan 8th, 2009
11:53:42 AM
i bet its crimson dynamo
by joevfx
Jan 8th, 2009
12:01:51 PM
Fuckin J Lyman Stone.
by Chest_Rockwell
Jan 8th, 2009
12:07:27 PM
Here is perhaps the oddest thing I have ever seen..
by emeraldboy
Jan 8th, 2009
12:16:09 PM
both roles would cover a bad facelift
by ArcadianDS
Jan 8th, 2009
01:04:18 PM
Tony Leung for Mandarin!
by blindambition238
Jan 8th, 2009
01:14:22 PM
Mandarin and Dynamo
by KryptonsLastSon
Jan 8th, 2009
01:16:22 PM
Favreau said Mandarin will have mystical roots
by blindambition238
Jan 8th, 2009
01:27:10 PM
Whiplash already appeared in the first IRON MAN movie
by SpyGuy
Jan 8th, 2009
01:29:00 PM
wake Rickey when they cast Fing Fang Foom
by Rickey Henderson
Jan 8th, 2009
01:33:08 PM
Charlie's Angels???
by gringostar
Jan 8th, 2009
02:24:22 PM
Rockwell in the same movie as Downey is redundant
by Homer Sexual
Jan 8th, 2009
02:36:01 PM
IN THE FIRST PICTURE POSTED ABOVE,
by uberman
Jan 8th, 2009
02:53:18 PM
Crimson Dynamo works for Hammer
by Ash Talon
Jan 8th, 2009
03:34:06 PM
That last drawing...
by REDD
Jan 8th, 2009
03:46:36 PM

by ominus
Jan 8th, 2009
04:27:52 PM
How do you miss Angel Heart and Barfly
by landosystem
Jan 8th, 2009
04:42:12 PM
Bring in the Ani-Men
by Heckles
Jan 8th, 2009
04:56:41 PM
Someone Asked, "Where Is Sin City 2?"
by LaserPants
Jan 8th, 2009
05:11:59 PM
Sam Rockwell as Grand Moff Tarkin
by Zath_ras
Jan 8th, 2009
06:19:14 PM
Guess I should've read the posts
by Zath_ras
Jan 8th, 2009
06:20:08 PM
Mickey Rourke - is this guy on a roll or what?
by hallmitchell
Jan 8th, 2009
06:22:13 PM
Mickey Rourke will blow this...
by thecomedian
Jan 8th, 2009
06:27:49 PM
Don't pussy out of doing the Mandarin
by Drath
Jan 8th, 2009
06:40:31 PM
Fing Fang Foom
by ominus
Jan 8th, 2009
07:24:14 PM
Mickey Rourke - The Dark Knight Returns
by Ivan_Mtl
Jan 8th, 2009
07:33:38 PM
You know actually...
by thecomedian
Jan 8th, 2009
07:55:57 PM
FING FANG FOOM!
by blindambition238
Jan 8th, 2009
07:57:58 PM
Transformers 3
by crazybubba
Jan 8th, 2009
09:55:05 PM
If FIN FANG FOOM Isn't Wearing The Purple Shorts
by LaserPants
Jan 8th, 2009
10:21:19 PM
yea lets go with something safe
by crazybubba
Jan 8th, 2009
10:48:24 PM
has the luke cage movie been discussed on this site yet?
by crazybubba
Jan 8th, 2009
10:51:24 PM
Another Iron Man Clone Stupid At This Stage
by HornOrSilk
Jan 9th, 2009
02:25:59 AM
What I would do with IM 2
by HornOrSilk
Jan 9th, 2009
02:36:49 AM
Iron Man was ok, just ok
by masteryoda007
Jan 9th, 2009
04:05:01 AM
Huge cast
by Larry Sellers
Jan 9th, 2009
05:02:54 AM
Ivan_Mtl
by gringostar
Jan 9th, 2009
09:01:02 AM
The only way DKR would ever be a film would be if.....
by thecomedian
Jan 9th, 2009
02:45:05 PM
TDK I mean
by thecomedian
Jan 9th, 2009
02:49:04 PM

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