Marvel's Iron Man 2 (Earth-113599)

Marvel's Iron Man 2 is a 2010 live-action film produced by Touchstone Pictures and Marvel Studios, it is a sequel to the widely successful 2008 superhero movie, Iron Man. It is the fourth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and was released worldwide on May 7th 2010.

Production
Iron Man was a large success for Marvel and Walt Disney studios alike, and a sequel was instantly announced in June of 2008, with almost all of the cast signing on to return. Jon Favreau was very interested in continuing the franchise, having an interest of using another classic Iron Man villain and adapting the classic Armor Wars story arc into film. In 2008 Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell were cast as two villainous roles. They were in the middle of the year revealed to be Crimson Dynamo and Justin Hammer respectively, though he did say that there would be a twist to Crimson Dynamo, in order to separate him from the other suited villain from the first film, Obadiah Stane. It was later revealed they would be merging the character with the Ultimate version of Ivan Vanko, called Whiplash.

It was also confirmed in mid-2009 that Clark Gregg would return as Agent Phil Coulson from Black Widow and Hawkeye, as he was a popular breakout character from the movie, and would help it connect to the larger universe. It was also less complicated to get Gregg on the film so late into production, as opposed to the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner or Samuel L. Jackson. The film ran smoothly as shooting as well as post production began as scheduled, much to Disney and Marvel's relief.

It was also rumored that Jon Favreau would try to co-adapt the Demon in a Bottle story arc for the movie to run side-by-side to Armor Wars. Though he did deny that he would do the Arc exactly as 616 did, he claims he took inspiration from it and was going to be "producing a lot of similar themes" related to Demon in a Bottle. Which all but confirmed it would be playing a part in the movie.

The film was released on May 7th 2010

Cast

 * Robert Downey Jr. as Anthony "Tony" Stark/Iron Man


 * Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko/Crimson Dynamo


 * Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer


 * Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia "Pepper" Potts


 * Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes/War-Machine


 * Jon Favreau as Harold "Happy" Hogan


 * Leslie Bibb as Christine Everhart


 * Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson


 * Garry Shandling as Senator Robert Stern


 * Eugene Lazarev as Anton Vanko


 * John Slattery as Howard Stark (Flashback)

Plot
The movie starts inside a shack in Siberia. Where a terminally ill Anton Vanko sits on a reclining chair watching television, while his son Ivan is busy cooking a meal. They talk a little about old age and his sickness, while the TV shows Tony Stark in Los Angeles revealing himself as Iron Man. Which Anton Vanko is noticeably furious about. Ivan comes over to comfort his father, while he telling his son how he regrets not doing more to gain credit for Stark Industries Technology, and now Tony Stark will have all the glory. Even after his father Howard, cruelly betrayed him. But Ivan tells him that his father taught him well, and that he will make his own Iron Man suit, his own Arc Reactor and while using it to make Stark pay all he's done to his family.

Anton tells his son he's a good boy, while he gets to work. After months of using his learned knowledge of engineering and Arc Reactors to build himself a suit, he laughs while looking at it nearly complete.

In the United States, the year's Stark Expo is about to begin. After the announcer welcomes everyone inside, he introduces Tony Stark. But before he shows up on stage a dozen "Ironette" girls do a dance routine before Tony Stark is lifted from an underground elevator to the stage, fully decked out in Iron Man armor while Dum-Es casual remove it, revealing him to be wearing an advanced Tuxedo underneath.