Jon Favreau has popped up on his MySpace group to respond to the recent Iron Man II release announcement. It would seem that both he and Robert Downey Jr. were not included in the loop before the announcement went out.
It's been five weeks since the one and only phone call my reps have gotten from Marvel. I know their hands are full with the Hulk and I’m sure they will get into it shortly, as they tell me they intend to. I ran into the Marvel guys at the Hulk premiere and everyone sounded eager to get to work on IM2.
"We just finished working 'Eagle Eye,' which stars Shia LaBeouf, Billy Bob Thornton and Rosario Dawson, who plays an Air Force Office of Special Investigation agent, and who has a heroic role in the film," Colonel Clutter said. "And we are currently working pre-production on 'Transformers II.' There will definitely be some more great Air Force depictions in Hollywood over the next few years -- just from stuff we're working now.