Guy Pearce is in final negotiations to play Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3. Killian is a geneticist who co-develops the Extremist technology and sells it to terrorists. Iron Man adopts it as well. The film will borrow heavily from the Iron Man: Extremis books written by Warren Ellis.
Robert Downey Jr. returns as Iron Man/Tony Stark with Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Don Cheadle (James “Rhodey” Rhodes/War Machine) and Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanov/Black Widow) all once again appearing. Ben Kingsley has also been cast as the villain.
Shane Black (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang) is writing and directing this time around.
Iron Man 3 hits theatres May 3, 2013
SOURCE: Variety
