Variety has just reported that Justin Theroux will be writing the script for Iron Man 2. Loads of people have been waiting for this movie to come out but little do they know Robert Downey Jr has been doing some nepotism for his favorite script writer. Justin just finished his work on the Tropic Thunder movie and is already set to write the much awaited Iron Man sequel. If all goes well we will probably seeing the new Iron Man movie in April 2010.

The first film was written by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, so chances are that at some point someone else will be brought onboard for rewrites. There is also discussions on the table for the actor and the director to reprise their roles once again. Here is also some other interesting things about the sequel you must have not come across.

Iron Man’s main nemesis in the comics is Manderin, a descendent of Genghis Khan who wears ten alien rings, each with their own special ability. As long time fans will have noticed, Manderin’s presence is foreshadowed in the first film – the terrorists who kidnap Stark are called the ‘Ten Rings’. Favreau wants to see Manderin emerge from the shadows, but whether that’s for the 2nd or 3rd movie is unknown.

One character we will see in Iron Man 2 is War Machine. Not only does Rhodes look at the Iron Man outfit during the first film and say “Next time baby,” but actor Terrence Howard has stated – “In the next one they make a suit for me and I become War Machine.”

How does he end up in it? “The beautiful thing about Marvel,” Howard says “Is that they’ve always stuck with the tradition of staying truthful to the comics.” – In the comics, Tony Stark turned to alcoholism after a hostile takeover of Stark Enterprises, and Rhodes was forced to take his place in the Mark III suit. But, in the same way as would happen if you borrowed a friend’s underpants, Rhodes soon got headaches, started behaving erratically and eventually went on a rampage. A recovering Stark then donned a crude prototype suit to bring him down. Stark subsequently designed a heavier-armed version of the Iron Man suit for Rhodes, which became known as the War Machine armor.

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