Iron Man 2 Casting News

In the past week a lot of news has been released concerning who would be playing roles in the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie. We know that Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell have signed on to play villain but we don't know which ones. Some have speculated that it will be Crimson Dynamo and Justin Hammer, respectively. Today I have heard that Black Widow will be in the movie played by Emily Blunt. It's only a rumor. Follow the link to find out more about who Black Widow is in the comic books. At the bottom of this post is a picture of Emily Blunt, Black Widow (from the comics). Also, even more upsetting that Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard as Rhodey, is talk that Samuel Jackson will not be playing Nick Fury. Here is what Sam said:

"There seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world. It now appears that somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won't be in it."

I'm flabbergasted! No way! The Nick Fury in Iron Man is the same version of the character in Marvel's Ultimate universe. The writer and artist originally had Samuel L Jackson in mind when they re-envisioned the character from the regular Marvel Universe. He is Nick Fury. I think it might be a play for money. Sam knows that Iron Man 2 will probably make more money that the original and he, of course, wants a larger piece of the pie especially if he has more of a major role besides a short cameo. All I can say is if Sam in not in Iron Man 2, Nick Fury should not be in it either!