Wait, so Robert Downey Jr. isn’t already locked in to star in “Iron Man 2“? A quote in Entertainment Weekly is ambiguous with RDJ playing coy. ““I really don’t know,” RDJ answered when asked if he would be in ‘IM2.’ “What I’m on board for right now is the ride home. I don’t want to start talking out of my league, because that would have certainly been my inclination in the past. I kind of know how to keep my teeth together a little better than I used to.” Does Downey mean by, “the ride home,” he’s locked in for the Avengers movie? It couldn’t be after Terrence Howard‘s character is supposed to take over cause he’d have to be part of that movie. Odd. Does he just expect more dough to sweeten the deal now that the film has been so successful? [/Film]
Matthew Vaughn is no longer attached to direct “Thor” a script and project he had been developing for months? Apparently so. Buried in a Variety article is a mention that his “holding deal,” expired back in December. With Thor already set for summer 2010, Marvel better get cracking. [JoBlo]
Charles Grodin will make a cameo in Jason Segel’s upcoming Muppet Movie (which is probably a year or two off at this point). Grodin is genius and always has been (yes, even in the “Beethoven” dog movies), so this is amazing news. It’s nice to see someone appreciate the actor who popped up in many of the Muppet movies. [MTV]
Tom Hanks has officially endorsed Barack Obama. Does this mean, we’re fucked now?
Neil Young hearst Blu-Ray. The aging rocker loves it so much he’s planning on releasing his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs. [DailySwarm]
