Iron Man DVD release announced and some Iron Man 2 news

Here are afew tidbits of Iron Man info floating around out there on the interweb.

The Iron Man DVD is set to be released for sale to the public on September 30th; in a smart marketing move, also set to be released on the very same day is the 1998 David Hasselhoff TV movie vehicle, Nick Fury. This movie would have next to no appeal to anyone if it weren't for the appearance of the Nick Fury character at the end of the Iron Man movie last Summer. Very smart marketing to make this old movie available when the idea of Nick Fury will once again be in the consumer's conscious the day Iron Man goes on sale.

As well, it has been confirmed by the two Iron Man screenwriters themselves, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, that they will not be back to write the sequel. Instead they are setting their sites on one of the other Marvel properties out there. It could even be one that has a tentative writer already assigned, such as Captain America, Thor or the Avengers. Justin Theroux has been named to replace the two departing writers on Iron Man 2.

Speaking of Captain America, a recent (now largely debunked) rumour had Will Smith, who will next be seen in the Seven Pounds movie this December, in talks with Marvel Studios for the role of the shield bearing avenger. Like I said, this has now been largely debunked. (see Splashpage for more details on this)