Of all the Superhero movies coming out, I have to say that Iron Man is slowly creeping up my anticipation list.
Casting for the Iron Man movie continues with the report that Terrence Howard (Idlewild) will be supporting lead actor Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man’s buddy Jim Rhodes…
Howard, who most recently could be seen on screen playing “Trumpy” in Idlewild, will play Jim “Rhodey” Rhodes, a close friend/employee of Tony Stark and sometimes a secondary Iron Man suit-filler.
I really like when they set up future installments like this. True to the books, when Tony Stark needed to make some convincing appearances alongside Iron Man, he had his confidant Jim Rhodes fill his rocket boots. Even if there is only ever one movie with Rhodes being a presence in this movie, there may be a spinoff War Machine movie. War Machine was the heavily armed militaristic version of Iron Man, and Rhodes assumed that role when he struck out on his own out from his role of servitude to Tony Stark.
I anticpate a real street attitude if this rumour is true about Terrence Howard. This is not the first superhero role rumoured for Howard. The role of Luke Cage (sometimes known as Power Man) for another Marvel Franchise has been considered for Howard. As a side note, it was this character, Luke Cage, that Nicolas Cage says was the inspiration for his stage name when he dropped his birth name Coppola.
Of course there are others that still rank higher, but news keeps coming out that makes me want to see it. Hopefully they keep this news train going and the movie comes out a winner.
