The money rumors keep rolling in when it comes to Iron Man 2, this time new vil­lain star Mickey Rourke has been handed a low-ball offer from Mar­vel, report Vari­ety:

Then there is come­back kid Mickey Rourke, who is poised to fol­low his Golden Globe-winning per­for­mance in “The Wrestler” with an offer to play the main vil­lain in “Iron Man 2″ — but at a low­ball open­ing offer of $250,000 from Mar­vel; Marvel’s tac­tics have already prompted Samuel L. Jack­son to swear off play­ing Nick Fury because of a sim­i­larly low offer.

Maybe we’ll see a return of stop motion effects too?