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"There will be blood in the water, and the sharks will come."

So says Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) in the just-released Iron Man 2 trailer (available on Apple's website in glorious QuickTime) and man oh man does it look like Jon Favreau and Co. outdid themselves. They don't hold much back in the chock-full 2 minutes and 28 seconds, but still, there's nothing too spoiler-ish going on, especially if you've been keeping up on your Iron Man 2 news. The correct one word response: totallyf-ckingawesome.

Since the end of Iron Man (i.e. "I am Iron Man"), Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has gone full-blown rock star to the next degree. The sin of hubris attracts a lot of attention, mainly a pair of Ruskies, Whiplash (who we get a lot of) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson filling out that leather outfit nicely). Only a glimpse of Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), but hey, cars flip, things explode, and yes, the oh so appropriate Black Sabbath song is back.

Did I forget to mention...War Machine (Don Cheadle replacing what would have been Terrence Howard)? Please just do yourself a favor if you haven't already and let this thing kick your ass all over the place. Or watch it again. Ahhh, May 2010 can't come soon enough.

No word yet if Marvel Studios has decided to release this thing in 3D, although I've got a gut feeling that that's going to be a big fat negative.

With folks buzzing here and there about Iron Man 2, I'd imagine there might be some of you out there who might actually want to become Iron Man ... ya know, for Halloween or to help spice up your love life or maybe I'll just shut up now. Well, here's a little something to help get you started -- an exact replica of Tony Stark's Arc Reactor, which is the thing that Stark uses to help prevent embedded shrapnel from reaching his heart.

Here's the pitch from Museum Replicas, where you can pick up the Arc Reactor for $150 and add it to your Iron Man collection:

"Perhaps the most iconic prop from the smash hit movie, no expense was spared to replicate the details exactly - from the machined metal parts and copper wire to the high intensity LED's you'll own the definitive prop from this storied franchise and Marvel hero. Arc unit is approx 4-1⁄2" x 4-1⁄2" and made from machined aluminum, stainless steel, custom molded plastic and is removeable from the stand. LED's take 4 AA batteries (not included) with a cool burn time of approx. 8-10 hours. Includes plexi-glass display case and full color certificate of authenticity."

For more on Iron Man 2, head after the jump to watch Entertainment Tonight's footage from the set, which includes interviews with Robert Downey Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow and Scarlett Johansson.

Entertainment Tonight was on the set of Iron Man 2 over the summer, and in true ET fashion they teased the set footage before the actual air date of said footage (on Thursday), and, of course, that teaser is making its way around the internet today. From the looks of it, the day ET was on set was when they were shooting that racetrack scene -- which included Mickey Rourke's first appearance as Whiplash and a bloody Tony Stark. We've already seen images from the racetrack (they were two of the first to be released, see one above), and the Iron Man 2 footage previewed at Comic Con revealed more of what I imagine will be the film's first major set piece.

Check out the ET teaser video after the jump, and tune in on Thursday for the full reveal. Iron Man 2 hits theaters on May 7, 2010.

By Elisabeth Rappe

I'm going to sound like a broken record with all the "Oh my gosh, he / she was so nice" remarks, but the happy truth is that all the ComicCon talent I encountered this year was ridiculously nice. Sam Rockwell was no exception. He's exactly as you think he would be: quiet, friendly, low-key. One of my finest moments was having my druthers enough to compliment him on Moon, and he was so flattered it was if he had never been complimented on it before. Call it good acting, call it being humble, whatever. He's a cool guy, and I feel so bad for being leery of him after his creepy turn in The Green Mile.

Coming up is Don Cheadle and Jon Favreau, so keep reading, they should be up by midweek.

[On whether or not it was fun to be out in Hall H and part of Iron Man 2 -- not sure which, impossible to hear. Sorry readers.]

No, it's exciting to see that trailer, you know? That's an exciting thing, because we just wrapped a week ago.

So you haven't seen dailies or anything?

No, it was really wild to see that. It was really exciting.

One of the cool things looking at this cast, and the people who are making this movie, is that everybody comes from a sort of indie background. I don't want to disparage, but it's real actors and real filmmakers working on this. Does that create a definite vibe on set, a sort of small, indie environment as a result?

It is. It really feels like you're a part of the All-Stars, you really feel like you're there to do something cool. You're right, it's not just a big studio movie with thrills and chills. It's very actor friendly, and cinematically it's just phenomenal. It's big filmmaking, and yet it is very accessible to actors in a way that independent film is. It's very actor friendly for sure. It's cool.

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