New toy packaging and Iron Man 2 figures have appeared online, the most exciting of these is a ‘Mark VI’ armor, seen below. Pictures come via Marvelous News.

French TV station Canal have posted an extended 7 minute behind the scenes look at Iron Man 2. The video starts off in French but the interview with director Jon Favreau is in English; you’ll here him talk about Stark’s home made particle accelerator. There’s also an interview with Robert Downey Jr., talking about the challenges of filming a sequel. An insightful look at the Iron Man sequel and definitely worth the watch.

From the bumpy golf buggy, Jon Favreau shared some Avengers information with MTV. First up, he will not be directing The Avengers movie. Secondly, Ed Norton will not have a cameo appearance in Iron Man 2.

“We want to reinforce a lot of the stuff we started to tip off,” Favreau told MTV News. “‘The Avengers’ is a much larger concern for Marvel and Kevin Feige, who runs Marvel. They’re going to be doing ‘Thor’ and ‘Captain America,’ and the way we might start to tease those things in this movie, some of it is stuff that we’ve discussed [and] some of the stuff you do last-minute as you figure out how that stuff is coming together.”

“It’s an evolving, amorphous thing,” he explained. “If we decide and commit too early, the secret always gets out.”

“They’ll have to [find a different director], because I’m not going to be available,” he explained. “It’s something I’m being the executive producer on, so I’ll definitely have input and a say.”

“It’s going to be hard, because I was so involved in creating the world of Iron Man and Iron Man is very much a tech-based hero, and then with ‘Avengers’ you’re going to be introducing some supernatural aspects because of Thor,” he continued. “How you mix the two of those works very well in the comic books, but it’s going to take a lot of thoughtfulness to make that all work and not blow the reality that we’ve created.”

“That’s why it’s good that you have the guys from Marvel like Kevin Feige, who knows the books well and has been involved with the making of all the movies, and he’ll be very involved with ‘Thor’ and ‘Cap,’” said Favreau. “You need somebody who has the perspective of all the different franchises to bring them together. I have the myopic vision of just knowing and loving Iron Man.”

This opens up the question, who should direct the Avengers movie?

EW.com have posted a new image showing Tony Stark in his Iron Man suit at a diner, presumably Randy’s Donuts, which we’ve seen in filming. According to the SDCC footage, which prematurely leaked on the internet, this scene will feature Stark talking to Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson), Jackson was also spotted in the vicinity of Randy’s Donuts during filming.

The sixth video from Entertainment Tonight’s exclusive Iron Man 2 set visit is now up. This time Don Cheadle talks about his roles in the sequel, namely as Rhodey and the already infamous War Machine. Video after the break…
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ET keep pimping their Iron Man 2 exclusives, and why shouldn’t they? Next up are two video interviews with Gwyneth Paltrow and newcomer Scarlett Johansson. Again, videos embedded after the break because of the awful player.

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The video is included after the break, ET’s atrocious video player makes annoying glitchy sounds when the video starts paused. This edition features more of Mickey Rourke as Whiplash, more footage of him in action, and some discussion about his role.

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