Iron Man Casting and shooting news

By Ronnie Adams on October 10, 2006

Terrence Howard has officially joined the cast of Iron Man. Howard will play Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes, Tony Stark's best friend.

According to H.R.:

As Rhodes, Howard will appear as a military pilot who assists Stark (Robert Downey Jr.). Jon Favreau is directing the film.

"The richness of the role and complexity of the character seemed to mesh perfectly with the type of passion, energy and emotion that Howard brings to all of his projects," Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige said.

Filming is scheduled to begin in February in Los Angeles, with the movie's release, through Paramount Pictures, slated for May 2, 2008. "Iron Man" will be produced by Avi Arad and Feige. Executive producers are Michael Helfant, Arad, Favreau, Louis D'Esposito and Peter Billingsley.

AICN reported this a while back, but now it's official. This is cool news. Very cool news. Marvel's not messing around with this picture. And they're filming in Los Angeles. Again, good news for us. We'll put our resident papparrazzi, Machette on the case.

Source:Hollywood Reporter