Iron Man 2

The day after Iron Man's opening weekend, Marvel Entertainment announced that a sequel was in development.[100] Howard stated that filming is set to begin in March 2009.[101] Justin Theroux is writing the script, which is based on a story written by Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr.,[102] and Genndy Tartakovsky is storyboarding.[103] In June of 2008, the film's official title was revealed to be Iron Man II.[104] As of October 2008, the scheduled release date is May 7, 2010.[105] Favreau has revealed their version of the Mandarin "allows us to incorporate the whole pantheon of villains", while S.H.I.E.L.D. will continue to have a major role. Their depiction of Stark's alcoholism will not be "the Leaving Las Vegas version". Adi Granov will return to supervise the armor designs.[106] Samuel L. Jackson has been informed by Favreau that Nick Fury will have more screentime.[107] As long as he is directing, Favreau will not introduce the Extremis armor, where Stark is able to store the armor undersheath within his bone marrow, but the process of assembling the armor onto him will continue to be streamlined.[58] Filming will primarily take place at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach, California.[10