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Swank Confirmed for IRON MAN

I'm not quite sure if this is news you folks will want to appear or not but I'll pass it along. MTV is confirming that Hillary Swank will appear in the new IRON MAN movie with Robert Downey Jr (Tony Stark/Iron Man). Here's the details from MTV;

Marvel Studios mega-producer Avi Arad confirmed to us for the first time over the weekend that 2-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank filmed some top-secret moments for “Iron Man,” the highly-anticipated superhero flick due in theaters next May. The news raises eyebrows not only because it isn’t the type of film Swank normally appears in, but also because it could be assumed that her role would lay the groundwork for a future, bigger Marvel appearance. The rumor mill first began circulating for her after director Jon Favreau capitalized the “s” in “Swank” in a MySpace blog post.

“How do you know [about that]?,” a stunned Arad replied when asked about Swank. After a few beats, he admitted: “It’s a cameo.”

So why would you not want to hear this being confirmed? Well, if you remember AICN posted a few weeks ago that Nick Fury would be appearing in the film being portrayed by none other than Samuel L Jackson. This was one of the major rumors right there alongside Swank appearing. A few weeks later, director Jon Favreau posted on his myspace blog that only ONE of the rumors is true accounting for both the Nick Fury and Swank rumors.

Here's what he wrote in his myspace blog:

Now that the movie is finally wrapped, I can spend a little more time filling you all in. I have been reading as many of your posts as I can and here are responses to your most popular questions:

First of all, as you probably already know, there is not a teaser trailer on the front of Transformers as many of you had hoped and speculated. We are, however, planning to reveal something very cool very soon. This month, in fact. In San Diego. We've secured a prime slot Saturday afternoon in the big room at SDCC. We will split an hour with Marvel and Hulk and plan to cut something together to reward the fans for their interest, support and patience. In addition to our Saturday afternoon presentation, we will be doing a signing and poster giveaway at the Marvel booth on Saturday. Paramount is also doing a rundown of its slate on Thursday which I will do my best to attend as well.

Second of all, you had questions about Iron Monger/Mandarin/Obadiah Stane. My response is read the books. We took certain liberties to keep things a fresh and unexpected but we are essentially using the books to inspire our story. Iron Man fans should have no problem piecing together what's what. As far as what villians appear in this movie's storyline, I should reiterate that in the year spent developing our story we decided to treat Iron Man as a first chapter. We cover the origin story and the rise of the hero. It stands alone as a movie, but definitely leaves room for more to be told. Sequels often feel like the story was slapped together in a scramble to exploit a successful franchise. I prefer when stories are mapped out in advance. They feel less repetitive and arbitrary. Additional Iron Man movies are by no means guaranteed but, if we are lucky enough to do more, we will be ready to do them well.

Third. Cameos. I've read that Sam Jackson and Hilary Swank are Shield agents and that I myself play a Vegas security guard. There is no truth to any of these rumors.

(Well, maybe one is true.)

So what do you think, Maniacs? Does this mean there will be no Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) in the film now? AICN had yet another rumor shot down now? Or do you think Favreau is deliberately pulling our chains here to keep Jackson's cameo as a surprise?