It's not the most creative poster I've ever seen, but it's definitely in line with the final posters for the previous Iron Man film – a multi-character, floating-head image featuring all of our main players looking all serious and ready to do some damage. In it, we have War Machine, Iron Man, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Col. James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). Underneath it all, of course, is Mickey Rourke as the big baddie, Whiplash.

 

Noticeably absent from the poster is Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer; he's the rich industrialist/businessman that decides to build his own weapons to go after Iron Man. Not sure why he's missing, but then again I can understand the poster feeling a little too packed and smashed with the addition of even more characters. The funny thing about that is I bet Rockwell will steal every scene he's in. Iron Man 2 hits theaters on May 7th. You ready for this bad boy, or what?

 

 

Whether you asked for it or not, Robert Rodriguez is looking to bring back his popular Spy Kids franchise in 2011, but this time it won't be a direct sequel; instead it seems like Rodriguez is sort of rebooting his own franchise (if that makes any sense) by adding new kids and not bringing back the original stars. The film, called Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World, now has an August 19th, 2011 release date, and, yes, it will be in 3D.

 

Production on Spy Kids 4 will most likely begin in about a month or so. Meanwhile, Rodriguez also played a huge role in this summer's Predators sequel/reboot, acting as an executive producer, co-writer and collaborator. Two completely different films for two completely different audiences, but I'd be hard-pressed to think that either will let us down.

 

Which film are you looking forward to more: Spy Kids 4 or Predators?

 

 

Transformers director Michael Bay recently admitted that the studio is pressuring him to go the 3D route with Transformers 3, though so far he's been fighting them every step of the way. Surprisingly, Bay has become one of the more outspoken filmmakers against 3D as it pertains to his own filmmaking style. Because he has a sort of run-and-gun approach to filmmaking, the heavy 3D cameras just won't work for him – not to mention that the conversion of his scenes to 3D don't look as good as, say, Avatar.

 

Part of that has to do with certain films belonging in 3D and other films in 2D. If it was up to these studios, every big film would be in 3D, but I applaud Bay for actually stepping up to the plate and fighting back, while standing up for the craft and admitting that not everything should be in 3D.

 

Says Bay, "I am trying to be sold, and some companies are still working on the shots I gave them," Bay said. "Right now, it looks like fake 3D, with layers that are very apparent. You go to the screening room, you are hoping to be thrilled, and you're thinking, huh, this kind of sucks. People can say whatever they want about my movies, but they are technically precise, and if this isn't going to be excellent, I don't want to do it. And it is my choice."