Rebecca Hall in talks to join Iron Man 3 cast

Actress Rebecca Hall arriving at the premiere of the movie Please Give at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rebecca Hall (The Presitge) has been tapped by Shane Black to take up the role recently vacated by Jessica Chastain. Variety broke the casting news which isn’t definite yet. Chastain cited scheduling issues on her facebook page as the reason for the departure. She is currently filming Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty.

As reported earlier Iron Man 3 will draw elements from Warren Ellis’ six-issue Extremis storyline and Hall’s character will be of a sexy young scientist with intelligence that rivals that of Stark’s (quite likely Maya Hansen who helped create the Extremis nanotech and was also previously romantically involved with Stark).

Filming is scheduled to begin in North Carolina this month before heading off to China in late summer.

Iron Man 3 will hit theaters May 3, 2013.

Marvel Sequels

Marvel: The End (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Avengers have opened in almost all major markets and has smashed the record for biggest opening weekend in North America (both AP and the LA Times report that the Marvel heroes have taken in $200.3 million at the box office surpassing the former record of $169.2 million set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2).  So, what’s next for the superheroes?

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Jessica Chastain in talks to join Iron Man 3 cast; plus reviews for The Avengers

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Deadline has reported that Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, The Help) is back in talks to play a starring role in Iron Man 3. Her character is described as a sexy scientist every bit as smart as  Tony Stark. Given the info currently at hand it would suggest Chastain will be playing Maya Hansen.