Downey Jr and Favreau Sign On For Iron Man 2, The Avengers!

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeAccording to Marvel.com; as part of his four picture deal that he has signed with Marvel Studios, Robert Downey Jr shall be reprising his role as playboy Tony Stark in the Avengers motion picture. He is also slated to reprise the same role in Iron Man 2. Jon Favreau has also signed on to direct Iron Man 2 and executive produce The Avengers.

This is great news to come out of Marvel Studios, after hearing that Terrence Howard isn't going to be returning as Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes and is being replaced by Don Cheadle.

Cheadle has also signed on for any further installments of Iron Man as well as reprising the role of War Machine in the Avengers film.

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Image via WikipediaSo today is a very lazy day around the house so I've been sitting on my ass reading some old collections of comics that I have. One of the ones that is really good is the Avengers. It starts off when the team forms to take on Loki and and also has (in issue 4)the return of the star spangled avenger, Captain America. The only real problem that I have with the book is that they over explain everything.

Now I know that Stan Lee had the premise set up that the issue you were reading was someone's first issue somewhere. So they had to always have Tony Stark say something like "Lucky no one knows that billionaire playboy Tony Stark is really the Invincible Iron Man!" That can get on my nerves alot.

Same with Thor and Dr Donald Blake. Always talking about the fact that he would just have to strike his walking stick upon the ground and the Mighty Thor would come about.

I guess I just needed to post about something. Things aren't exactly going that great. I can't seem to find an artist for the comic that I want to write, and I seem to be running into a snag with the project I am working on with my friend. Not a bad snag, but more of a "I don't know exactly how to do this" kind of snag. Living in Wisconsin has kept me detached from the Hollywood World, so I don't know alot of the ins and outs. I'm trying to keep up. I really am.