An early Christmas present for us! Apple has the exclusive Iron Man 2 trailer reveal, in full 1080p high definition.
Iron Man 2 trailer at Apple.

And of course, it’s also on YouTube, for those that prefer not to use Quicktime:

Screenshots and analysis coming soon!

We’ve got our first big Iron Man 2 tease as an early Christmas present. A high resolution Iron Man 2 poster featuring War Machine with right shoulder mounted gun. As teaser posters go, this one’s pretty awesome.

We’ve also got a host of new screenshots featuring Tony Stark, Whiplash and Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow.

As always, click on the images for their larger versions.

A second official Prince of Persia movie trailer has been released, this time it’s the international version. It is slightly different with the odd new glimpse, although it doesn’t show Ben Kingsley.

Thanks to all those that sent this one in!

We’ll have an analysis for you shortly.

New toy packaging and Iron Man 2 figures have appeared online, the most exciting of these is a ‘Mark VI’ armor, seen below. Pictures come via Marvelous News.

French TV station Canal have posted an extended 7 minute behind the scenes look at Iron Man 2. The video starts off in French but the interview with director Jon Favreau is in English; you’ll here him talk about Stark’s home made particle accelerator. There’s also an interview with Robert Downey Jr., talking about the challenges of filming a sequel. An insightful look at the Iron Man sequel and definitely worth the watch.

In a German GQ interview with Matthias Schweighöfer (Valkyrie), the actor reportedly (we haven’t seen a copy of the issue and the news hasn’t been published online) announced he’s in the running for a role in Thor, whilst revealing that Robert De Niro and Jude Law have also been cast. The rumor was originally posted to AICN.

I’ve classified this as rumor for now, there’s no hard proof and the article might well have been mistranslated. However, both Law and De Niro have worked with Thor director Kenneth Branagh in the past, which gives some credence to the claims.

Which characters would these actors play?

In other casting news, Stan Lee has confirmed to Collider that he’ll be taking up his cameo role for Thor, though he doesn’t yet know the details.

From the bumpy golf buggy, Jon Favreau shared some Avengers information with MTV. First up, he will not be directing The Avengers movie. Secondly, Ed Norton will not have a cameo appearance in Iron Man 2.

“We want to reinforce a lot of the stuff we started to tip off,” Favreau told MTV News. “‘The Avengers’ is a much larger concern for Marvel and Kevin Feige, who runs Marvel. They’re going to be doing ‘Thor’ and ‘Captain America,’ and the way we might start to tease those things in this movie, some of it is stuff that we’ve discussed [and] some of the stuff you do last-minute as you figure out how that stuff is coming together.”

“It’s an evolving, amorphous thing,” he explained. “If we decide and commit too early, the secret always gets out.”

“They’ll have to [find a different director], because I’m not going to be available,” he explained. “It’s something I’m being the executive producer on, so I’ll definitely have input and a say.”

“It’s going to be hard, because I was so involved in creating the world of Iron Man and Iron Man is very much a tech-based hero, and then with ‘Avengers’ you’re going to be introducing some supernatural aspects because of Thor,” he continued. “How you mix the two of those works very well in the comic books, but it’s going to take a lot of thoughtfulness to make that all work and not blow the reality that we’ve created.”

“That’s why it’s good that you have the guys from Marvel like Kevin Feige, who knows the books well and has been involved with the making of all the movies, and he’ll be very involved with ‘Thor’ and ‘Cap,’” said Favreau. “You need somebody who has the perspective of all the different franchises to bring them together. I have the myopic vision of just knowing and loving Iron Man.”

This opens up the question, who should direct the Avengers movie?