As details continue to emerge on the highly anticipated special, the BBC has released to fans at least one of the villains that will apear in the episode.
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We know Christopher Eccleston has joined the cast as the film’s primary baddie, but now ‘Lost’ favorite Mr. Eko is coming on board as well. Who will he play? That’s a bit more complicated …
Fandoms are colliding as the ninth Doctor himself is stepping into the Marvel Universe to play the villain in ‘Thor: The Dark World.’ For the full spoiler on exactly which villain he’ll be playing click through…
Though they’re saying he won’t be playing the Mandarin.
Instead, Kingsley’s character would play a role that revolves around the spread of a virus through nanobots, given that IM3 is loosely based on Warren Ellis’ six-issue EXTREMIS series that introduced a new origin story for Iron Man and focused heavily on nanotechnology. Elements of EXTREMIS already had been borrowed for the first IRON MAN, making the character less of an arms dealer and more of a test pilot, with his suit being a jetfighter, of sorts.
Edward Norton is in negotiations to play the villain in Universal’s “The Bourne Legacy” opposite Jeremy Renner.
Bryan Cranston is in negotiations to play the villain opposite Colin Farrell in Columbia Pictures’ remake of “Total Recall.”
And suddenly I want to see it.
