As expected a new trailer for Iron Man 2 was revealed by Robert Downey Jr. on Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards yesterday and it also made its way online soon after. In this trailer we see a lot more of Scarlett Johansson and Gwyneth Paltrow, along with more footage of Whiplash attacking Tony Stark at the Monaco Grand Prix. We also get a glimpse of a new portable Iron Man suit.

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, must forge new alliances — and confront powerful enemies.

Iron Man 2 will be released on April 30th in the UK and May 7th in the US.

Entertainment Weekly have been on an Iron Man 2 roll recently. They got our first look at Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Iron Man 2 and now they’ve received the far less interesting images of Don Cheadle as Col. James Rhodes and Sam Rockwell as weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer. The image above also shows director Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr watching playback from a boxing ring.

Click here to see another image of Gwyenth Paltrow as Pepper Potts having a few words with Tony Stark.

Filming on Iron Man 2 finished this week, so hopefully they can gather some footage together for a teaser trailer in the near future.

Collider recently got the chance to ask Robert Downey Jr. a few questions about Iron Man 2, which is currently in filming mode. He said that due to high expectations he is taking the sequel a bit more seriously, and he also praised the new additions to the cast (Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle).

Here’s a snippet:

Another bit that Robert told us was how he is taking “Iron Man 2” more seriously than any movie he has ever done:

Robert: I’ve never been in a sequel and it’s very daunting because I feel the expectation of the millions of people who watched it and enjoyed it and told me that it was a little different than your usual genre picture and that they expected us to not screw it up. So I actually have taken “Iron Man 2” probably more seriously than any movie I’ve ever done, which is appropriately ridiculous for Hollywood.

On the way the suit has been improved from the first film:

Everything has been improved. Everything is ergonomic and the story is incredibly risky and artistic for a big genre movie.

In which way risky?

The set pieces have to do with things that aren’t your typical like bad guy conflict. The relationships are very complex and hilarious. The motivations Tony has and why he turns around and does things has completely to do with his own internal processes and it really is, I think, as much as we tried to in the first one really see behind the façade of this kind of storytelling. We really, I think, leaving ourselves open to…we’re kind of trying to tell a story about how a dysfunctional family saves life on Earth as we know it.

Could you talk about working with Mickey?

I could if we shot together. I’ve seen his stuff and it is literally remarkable. Literally remarkable. He’s so good. And he’s formidable and he’s very much reminding me of that kind of charming, confident guy that we know. Sam Rockwell, on the first day of shooting I was like “if this guy thinks he’s going to be funnier and cooler than me (laughter) and it was a photo-finish. Scarlett Johansson, amazing. Don Cheadle is just rocking it.

Click here to read the whole interview!

If you were a fan of Danny Boyle’s Sunshine from 2007 you may be interested in Moon. They are both set in space (the title gives away the specific location), they both deal with the psychological aspects of being up there, either on your lonesome or in a group, and they are both able to create the visuals required to pull of a movie set in space, even with a considerably smaller budget than most blockbusters.

However, Moon appears to have fewer cast members than Sunshine, with Sam Rockwell (current filming Iron Man 2) apparently giving a “tour-de-force” performance as an astronaut on the verge of finishing a lonely three-year stint on the Moon. Watch the trailer below!

Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau updated his Twitter profile with the following:

Start shooting Monday. Last of cast has arrived in LA

By ‘cast’ he means Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson. I’ve only just noticed how cool the bunch of actors Favreau has assembled are.

Iron Man 2 is scheduled for a release next May, which means there’s only 1 year and 1 month to wait!

According to Variety Mickey Rourke, who is currently getting Oscar buzz for his role in The Wrestler, is apparently in talks to play a villain in Iron Man 2.

In what would mark his first studio film since resurrecting his career with “The Wrestler,” Mickey Rourke is in talks to play the heavy in “Iron Man 2,” the Marvel Entertainment sequel that director Jon Favreau begins shooting this spring.

Rourke is in discussions to play a villain described as Tony Stark’s Russian alter ego, a heavily tattooed bruiser who is in the arms trade and battles Iron Man in his own nuclear-powered armored suit.

Marvel have kept the script details a secret, however Variety suggest that Rourke may play a character called Crimson Dynamo.

The Hollywood Reporter say that Sam Rockwell is also in talks to play a villain. If the negotations go well he will play Justin Hammer, a multibillionaire businessman and a rival of Tony Stark.