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No Rourke For IRON MAN 2?? Seems To Be The Case...


Merrick here...

A while back, we heard that Mickey Rourke was offered a lowball amount to appear in a significant role in IRON MAN 2 (details HERE).

Now, it seems, he'll likely not be in the film at all.

"Right now, we're not doing Iron Man 2," Rourke told us grimly.

...says THIS ARTICLE in New York magazine.

The last I heard, Samuel L. Jackson hasn't resolved his negotiation with Marvel either - meaning Nick Fury will either be played by someone else in the movie, or removed from the film altogether.




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Its probably for the best
by Animation
Feb 18th, 2009
03:58:37 PM
Geez Marvel, you charge $4 for a 20 page comic
by blindambition238
Feb 18th, 2009
04:00:55 PM

by Particularly Hard Vato
Feb 18th, 2009
04:02:07 PM
Seriously...
by broken ring
Feb 18th, 2009
04:02:29 PM
Well the good Marvel Movie game was fun while it lasted
by IndustryKiller!
Feb 18th, 2009
04:03:23 PM
...
by broken ring
Feb 18th, 2009
04:03:25 PM
Will Marvel Studios self destruct
by WillyWonky
Feb 18th, 2009
04:03:28 PM
Lowball = Cheap
by Pseudo
Feb 18th, 2009
04:03:34 PM
Oh, Marvel Studios.
by rev_skarekroe
Feb 18th, 2009
04:05:13 PM
Drinkzzzzz fo all mah frienzzzzz!!!!
by Groothewarrior
Feb 18th, 2009
04:07:43 PM
Who cares as long as...
by Emperor_was_a_jerk
Feb 18th, 2009
04:07:52 PM
Stallone will pay ROURKE more for THE EXPENDABLES!
by ABking
Feb 18th, 2009
04:08:45 PM
Who cares when.. WHAT ? Arnie and Sly ? DAMN I"M IN !!!!
by Se7en
Feb 18th, 2009
04:08:50 PM
why does it seem that Marvel is screwing itself over?
by spooky2k
Feb 18th, 2009
04:08:59 PM
Rourke
by enderandrew
Feb 18th, 2009
04:10:30 PM
Hope Marvel gets its shit together
by D.Vader
Feb 18th, 2009
04:10:57 PM
Shit. I was hoping this would work out.
by a goonie
Feb 18th, 2009
04:14:03 PM
Dave Chappelle as Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
by turketron
Feb 18th, 2009
04:15:24 PM
Rourke would be good but Samuel L isn't necessary
by BackRiverCatfish
Feb 18th, 2009
04:15:47 PM
Who's the "we" in Rourkes Statement?
by Xiphos_2
Feb 18th, 2009
04:18:29 PM
The news just keeps getting worse and worse for this movie.
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
Feb 18th, 2009
04:20:05 PM
It's the royal "we"!
by BackRiverCatfish
Feb 18th, 2009
04:21:15 PM
RE: Dave Chappelle as Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
by AnarchyWorldsEnd
Feb 18th, 2009
04:22:00 PM
him and his agency.
by FleshMachine
Feb 18th, 2009
04:22:56 PM
Good for Rourke
by ArcadianDS
Feb 18th, 2009
04:29:06 PM
If they don't get Sam, just use Classic Fury.
by Shermdawg
Feb 18th, 2009
04:32:05 PM
Also, I'd rather see Hulk 2 than this.
by Shermdawg
Feb 18th, 2009
04:33:22 PM
Marvel are afraid to spend money
by V'Shael
Feb 18th, 2009
04:33:40 PM
AllPowerfulWizardOfOz WHAT are you talking about?
by Emperor_was_a_jerk
Feb 18th, 2009
04:35:54 PM
Use Classic Fury
by Toonol
Feb 18th, 2009
04:39:17 PM
@ ArcadianDS
by kronos6948
Feb 18th, 2009
04:41:51 PM
$4 for a 20 page comic? try $8 to $9 in australia.
by ironic_name
Feb 18th, 2009
04:45:03 PM
Samuel Jackson Beer
by bubbatwo420
Feb 18th, 2009
04:46:58 PM
Good
by Crooooooow
Feb 18th, 2009
04:53:14 PM
"We" = Rourke and his Chihuahua
by Mullah Omar
Feb 18th, 2009
04:56:45 PM
Terrence Howard, Sam Jackson, Emily Blunt...
by Raymar
Feb 18th, 2009
04:57:38 PM
Rourke is the new Will Smith
by Dingbatty
Feb 18th, 2009
05:00:45 PM
Emperor_was_a_jerk-- are you fucking high?
by BMacSmith
Feb 18th, 2009
05:01:53 PM
Rourke's dog actually died today
by blindambition238
Feb 18th, 2009
05:04:19 PM
No Rourke in Iron Man? Seem not..
by Cotton McKnight
Feb 18th, 2009
05:07:16 PM
This thing is turning into a casting debacle
by jimmy_009
Feb 18th, 2009
05:16:50 PM
Marvel...
by Captain RawBeard
Feb 18th, 2009
05:17:09 PM
DC>>>>>>>>Marvel
by BackRiverCatfish
Feb 18th, 2009
05:21:56 PM
Nice to see Marvel fucking over their Actors they way they did w
by misterk360
Feb 18th, 2009
05:29:46 PM
kronos6948
by gavdiggity
Feb 18th, 2009
05:30:36 PM
ArcadianDS and kronos6948
by Immortal_Fish
Feb 18th, 2009
05:30:42 PM
...with their comic book artists
by misterk360
Feb 18th, 2009
05:30:43 PM
Can Don Cheadle also play Fury?
by Jor-El23
Feb 18th, 2009
05:36:40 PM
What did all you guys say about how good Marvel films is?
by SomaShine
Feb 18th, 2009
05:41:39 PM
maybe they can get will smiff to play all roles.
by dr sauch
Feb 18th, 2009
05:47:47 PM
Good riddance
by ShiftyEyedDog2
Feb 18th, 2009
05:47:54 PM
Arcadian BS
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Feb 18th, 2009
05:53:01 PM
Bring back Terrence Howard
by abovo
Feb 18th, 2009
05:53:06 PM
oh my god!noooo. just kidding. he blows anyway.
by THE_ONE_MAN_GANG
Feb 18th, 2009
05:56:13 PM
ArcadianDS
by eule
Feb 18th, 2009
05:57:16 PM
Ripped of.
by Jaws Wayne
Feb 18th, 2009
06:02:50 PM
An Award Nomination....Still has alot to prove.
by conspiracy
Feb 18th, 2009
06:04:37 PM
Oh..and SAm Jackson ain't worth the
by conspiracy
Feb 18th, 2009
06:06:20 PM
Playing with the big boys now.
by Sithtastic
Feb 18th, 2009
06:09:45 PM
we're?
by Power_Girl
Feb 18th, 2009
06:10:23 PM
Sithtastic..Dude..Money is ALWAYS the object of movies
by conspiracy
Feb 18th, 2009
06:16:30 PM
meh I'm not disappointed
by quadrupletree
Feb 18th, 2009
06:29:31 PM
Toonol i echo that sentiment on Ultimate
by Rufferto
Feb 18th, 2009
06:31:08 PM
EvilWizardGlick...it isn't his acting thats in question..
by conspiracy
Feb 18th, 2009
06:39:34 PM
Ah, Avi Arad perpetuates further stereotypes of Israelis!
by YackBacker
Feb 18th, 2009
06:49:22 PM
Hey Avi, look to the lesson of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus
by YackBacker
Feb 18th, 2009
06:53:59 PM
How much money does a movie have to make...
by SoylentMean
Feb 18th, 2009
06:54:24 PM
WHINY FUCKING BABIES
by Touche_Douche
Feb 18th, 2009
06:55:03 PM
Marvel BORROWED all the money to make Hulk and Iron Man
by Chuck_Cobra
Feb 18th, 2009
06:55:17 PM
As long as they don't cast Shia Lebarf...
by SoylentMean
Feb 18th, 2009
06:59:52 PM
Chuck_Cobra, if Marvel hasn't seen a profit yet from IRON MAN
by YackBacker
Feb 18th, 2009
07:11:34 PM
the Royal "we" - they're gonna kill that poor woman!
by Maniaq
Feb 18th, 2009
07:24:57 PM
ThePilgrim
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Feb 18th, 2009
07:38:57 PM
Maniaq, I hope you were wearing a bathrobe when...
by SoylentMean
Feb 18th, 2009
07:39:39 PM
Oh Darn, Rourke Won't Do It
by thelordofhell
Feb 18th, 2009
07:49:21 PM
Kurt Russell & Emilio Estevez
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Feb 18th, 2009
08:01:24 PM
So sure they're trying to make it cheap?
by jsm1978
Feb 18th, 2009
08:08:38 PM
Told you suckers
by GeorgieBoy
Feb 18th, 2009
08:11:15 PM
Touche_Douchebag
by quantize
Feb 18th, 2009
08:13:32 PM
BOTH DC AND MARVEL ARE DYING
by DOGSOUP
Feb 18th, 2009
08:13:42 PM
DOESNT MATTER
by SpawnofAchilles
Feb 18th, 2009
08:16:42 PM
Just do SOLARBABIES 2: Electric Boogaloo.
by Fa Fa Fooey
Feb 18th, 2009
08:26:42 PM
Offered HALF of what Jack Bauer makes an hour...
by MyManD316
Feb 18th, 2009
08:30:05 PM
Kurth Russell=Nick Fury
by crazybubba
Feb 18th, 2009
08:45:46 PM
Kurt Russell=Nick Fury
by crazybubba
Feb 18th, 2009
08:45:54 PM
The Economy is TANKING PEOPLE!
by mistergreen
Feb 18th, 2009
08:46:30 PM
crazybubba
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Feb 18th, 2009
08:50:51 PM
That 200 lb. chimp was cut from this flick too
by YackBacker
Feb 18th, 2009
08:56:17 PM
I wanted to say Don Cheadle too
by kafka07
Feb 18th, 2009
08:57:52 PM
You're right mistergreen
by kafka07
Feb 18th, 2009
09:03:20 PM
Thank God Rourke's out...
by 11ZOMBIES
Feb 18th, 2009
09:05:00 PM
Terrence Howard as Nick Fury!
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Feb 18th, 2009
09:05:14 PM
Cheapasses
by Dr. Chim Richalds
Feb 18th, 2009
09:09:08 PM
Sell your Marvel stock while it still as some value
by Chuck_Chuckwalla
Feb 18th, 2009
09:10:57 PM
Marvel's vision of same actors across different franchises is fa
by Curious Jorge
Feb 18th, 2009
09:15:27 PM
BackRiverCatfish
by phit_demon
Feb 18th, 2009
09:19:27 PM
We all know that Don Cheedle is going
by Series7
Feb 18th, 2009
09:22:07 PM
I want Mickey and Samuel
by hallmitchell
Feb 18th, 2009
09:29:15 PM
every thing that was cool about the first gone from sequel
by greenstyle92
Feb 18th, 2009
09:50:16 PM
Ridiculous statement, greenstyle92
by Blanket-Man
Feb 18th, 2009
10:30:26 PM
FFS Marvel you gotta spend money to make money!!
by MrClark
Feb 18th, 2009
10:32:43 PM
Mickey Rourke wasn't asking for A-list money
by Jor-El23
Feb 18th, 2009
10:48:56 PM
Rourke needs to disappear again.
by Bob Cryptonight
Feb 18th, 2009
11:02:34 PM
MrClark
by BackRiverCatfish
Feb 18th, 2009
11:03:03 PM
I'll take Hasselhoff over Sam Jackson...
by lynxpro
Feb 18th, 2009
11:37:39 PM
IRON MAN 2.....to premiere on the Sci-fi Channel.
by JDanielP
Feb 18th, 2009
11:41:25 PM
Can't offer money up front? How about backend profits?
by JDanielP
Feb 18th, 2009
11:45:39 PM
Gosh...
by codymr
Feb 18th, 2009
11:46:37 PM
WHOEVER IS RUNNING MARVEL IS A GREEDY FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Illuminate
Feb 19th, 2009
12:04:10 AM
RON HOWARD FOR RHODES
by Mullah Omar
Feb 19th, 2009
12:04:51 AM
TO ADD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
by Illuminate
Feb 19th, 2009
12:05:26 AM
BMacSmith
by Emperor_was_a_jerk
Feb 19th, 2009
12:11:51 AM
Ron Howard.
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Feb 19th, 2009
12:13:35 AM
What does Rourke bring?
by My friends call me Killjoy
Feb 19th, 2009
12:30:59 AM
Seriously...
by jsm1978
Feb 19th, 2009
01:05:22 AM
This movie..
by armando
Feb 19th, 2009
01:09:35 AM
They could..
by armando
Feb 19th, 2009
01:10:32 AM
actually I want to see Rourk
by armando
Feb 19th, 2009
01:12:03 AM
At this rate, the Avengers won't be made.
by ganymede3010
Feb 19th, 2009
01:39:53 AM
I think Rourke would have been cool...
by Outlaw
Feb 19th, 2009
01:56:47 AM
Being Devil's Advocate for a moment here -
by Samson_K
Feb 19th, 2009
03:59:22 AM
Read "Men of Tomorrow"
by Dingbatty
Feb 19th, 2009
04:00:15 AM
"We"...as in Rourke and his dog
by Six Demon Bag
Feb 19th, 2009
05:05:26 AM
Marvel need to cough up the fucking cash
by photoboy
Feb 19th, 2009
05:09:53 AM
I guess Mickey Rourke will wrestle at Wrestlemania 25....
by Leafar the Lost
Feb 19th, 2009
05:54:12 AM
I can live without Mick. But losing Sam would be totally stupid
by Mr Nicholas
Feb 19th, 2009
06:18:00 AM
I hope Marvel Studios and company crash and burns
by Shub-Wankalot
Feb 19th, 2009
06:26:24 AM
rourke wouldve made a great creed/sabertooth.
by alice 13
Feb 19th, 2009
06:43:12 AM
Next shoe to drop...
by Kid Z
Feb 19th, 2009
07:26:19 AM
Dumb
by LaserPants
Feb 19th, 2009
07:45:52 AM
Bob Cryptonight
by KelseysNuts
Feb 19th, 2009
08:13:04 AM
'I'm putting together a team...' (end of Hulk)
by Mr Gorilla
Feb 19th, 2009
08:19:14 AM
They don't need Nick Fury..
by eule
Feb 19th, 2009
08:38:47 AM
Put Basinger in it and he'll DO IT!
by dead youngling
Feb 19th, 2009
08:41:02 AM
blindambition238
by Abominable Snowcone
Feb 19th, 2009
09:09:22 AM
The Squid > Van De Kamp's fish
by Cletus Van Damme
Feb 19th, 2009
10:26:55 AM
Boo hoo a famous actor cant make more millions...
by Bong
Feb 19th, 2009
10:28:38 AM
Let me get this straight...
by 420 Boylston St
Feb 19th, 2009
11:26:46 AM
Quantize - Douche much?
by Touche_Douche
Feb 19th, 2009
11:37:49 AM
shitty Spider-man films? LMAO
by SirBiatchReturns
Feb 19th, 2009
12:16:59 PM
You guys are seriously noobs
by SpawnofAchilles
Feb 19th, 2009
12:24:31 PM
End of Iron Man, first time cared about SLJ in a looong time...
by SK229
Feb 19th, 2009
12:26:15 PM
I don't get it
by CherryValance
Feb 19th, 2009
12:39:07 PM
Is anyone going to miss Howard?
by blindambition238
Feb 19th, 2009
01:55:42 PM
Personally, I don't really care
by superfleish76
Feb 19th, 2009
02:05:42 PM
Bruce Campbell as Nick Fury
by FCR
Feb 19th, 2009
02:08:13 PM
sam jackson was embarassing
by RedRockPest
Feb 19th, 2009
02:54:23 PM
Rourke is a crazoid - who cares?
by AnnoyYou
Feb 19th, 2009
03:26:35 PM
RON PERLMAN IS OPEN TO BEING LOW-BALLED
by eggart
Feb 19th, 2009
03:38:06 PM
AnnoyYou - thats why he would be perfect...
by JimmyJoe RedSky
Feb 19th, 2009
03:43:18 PM
Iron Man 2: To Catch a Hulk
by Wolfrankula
Feb 19th, 2009
04:12:01 PM
MICKEY ROURKE AS NICK FURY
by Mullah Omar
Feb 19th, 2009
08:55:02 PM
BRUCE WILLIS IS NICK FURY
by alice 13
Feb 20th, 2009
10:02:30 AM
They Finally Have a good Franchise and they fucking it up!
by drdoom_v
Feb 21st, 2009
03:42:01 PM

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