The trailer of Iron Man 2 shown at Comic Con has leaked online. This movie is going to be awesome.

A picture of Mickey Rourke in character as the evil Whiplash in Iron Man 2 has surfaced. Whiplash uses an a power pack like Iron Man’s, but also uses whips.

Iron Man 2 hits theaters on May 7, 2010, and it’s going to be another blockbuster.

Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau continued to keep fans appraised of the goings-on with the sequel to Marvel’s 2008 blockbuster with a few Twitter posts today regarding the official kickoff of filming for the project. Favreau tweeted on Twitter early this morning:

“On my way to set. Not much sleep, as one could imagine. First day at camp. Very excited.”

Favreau also posted a snapshot of a sign directing people to the set, along with a “No Cameras On Set Without Authorization Of Marvel Studios.”

Iron Man 2 is scheduled to hit theaters May 7, 2010.

I can feel my heart beating a little faster when I think about having to wait an entire year to see this movie. Someone really needs to invent a time machine so I can do movie reviews at least a year ahead of time, so readers can spend their money wisely.

Iron Man continues to crush the competition with domestic receipts totalling $177.1 million, and the international total reaching a whopping $276.1 million.

Speed Racer, which cost $200 million, has been a huge bomb this weekend with opening receipts totalling a dismal $20.2 million. Bombs don’t get much worse than this. Looks like Christina Ricci will need to keep working on her silver screen comeback.

Some of the other studios are claiming that Warner Brothers isn’t fudging the total take for Speed Racer, to make it look like they had a second place finish. If that’s true, then Speed Racer is a complete disaster.

Robert Downey Jr., who played Tony Stark in Iron Man, is already signed to reprise his role in the Iron Man sequel scheduled to be released in April of 2010.

Iron Man turned out to be the blockbuster I predicted. The film is the first independent movie for Marvel Studios. Iron Man made $104.3 million domestically, and another $96.7 million in 57 other countries, for a total weekend gross of $201 million.

Iron Man’s gross earnings was the second best premiere for a non-sequel film in history. The film that barely beat Iron Man was Spider Man which brought in $114.8 million.

The man who made this movie work was Robert Downey Jr., who fell into drug addiction, and rose back to the top of the Hollywood industry. Above is a backstage pass interview with Downey.

The top 10 movies this weekend were.

• Iron Man, $104.3 million
• Made of Honor, $15.5 million
• Baby Mama, $10.3 million
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $6.1 million
• Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, $6 million
• The Forbidden Kingdom, $4.2 million
• Nim’s Island, $2.8 million
• Prom Night, $2.5 million
• 21, $2.1 million
• 88 Minutes, $1.6 million