When Jon Favreau announced he wouldn’t be directing Iron Man 3, it appeared he’d had a bit of a falling out with Marvel. However any problems can’t be too bad, as Favreau has confirmed via Twitter he’s coming back for Iron Man 3, but only to reprise his role as Tony Stark’s bodyguard, Happy Hogan, uploading a image of his seat on the film’s set.
He’s not the only one up for the film, as Variety reports that actor Ashley Hamilton is now in talks to play the villain known as Firepower in Iron Man 3. The character in the comics is a corporate rival of Tony Stark’s who builds an armored suit for the government and then uses it to battle the titular hero. Quite frankly I don’t think Iron Man 3 really needs more metal-suited man vs. metal-suited man, but perhaps they can do something interesting with it.
Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Paul Bettany all return for the film, which is said to be based on the Extremis comic book arc where the hero must battle the spread of a stolen nanovirus. Shane Black is directing the film and co-wrote the script with Drew Pearce.
A decade ago if people came out, they normally did it with a big, splashy interview where they had to explain everything and where it was controlled enough they could guarantee a sympathetic hearing. Nowadays the tendency is to go far subtler, just slipping it in as if it were the most natural thing in the world – as it should be.
Despite the fact it’s deal with Hasbro hasn’t turned out so well, with several movies being dropped from production and Battleship sinking at the box office, Universal Pictures isn’t completely giving up toys and game adaptation, as it’s in negotiations for the screen rights to Lego’s Hero Factory line of toys.
While Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have been lining up movie roles, things have been quieter on the Rupert Grint front. However now the young actor has booked two roles, according to 
The always dependable Gary Oldman has signed on to star in MGM Studios’ planned remake of the classic half-man half-machine sci-fi RoboCop, which José Padilha (Elite Squad) is set to direct.
Act of Valor co-director Scott Waugh has signed on to helm DreamWorks’ video game adaptation Need for Speed, according to 
Actress Mia Wasikowska is going back to her homeland of Australia and into the outback, as she has signed on to star in the cross-country tale Tracks for HanWay Films and director John Curran, according to 
From the moment Chronicle was released, director Josh Trank became one of the most in-demand men in Hollywood, with studios attracted by the way he managed to make a sci-fi hit for very little money. Now he has signed on to direct and develop the video game adaptation Shadow of the Colossus for Sony Pictures, according to 
Despite there being less than five weeks until the planned release, Paramount has made the surprising move to push G.I. Joe Retaliation from June 29th to March 29th, 2013, with the given reasoning that they want convert it to 3D, and this will give them adequate time to do that.