Jon Favreau had some interesting remarks about ‘Iron Man 2′ on the Howard Stern show. First Stern managed to pull out the fact Jon Favreau got $4 million for directing ‘Iron Man’ plus a percentage of the movies’ profit. And secondly, Favreau still hasn’t signed on for part two. None of the actors have been officially confirmed either.

“They’ve all signed for three but it doesn’t work that way,” Favreau said. When a movie beats all expectations, contracts don’t mather anymore according to Favreau. He is basically saying the deals made before ‘Iron Man’ are now old, because the movie is making loads of money. He’s right, you don’t want to piss off Robert Downey Jr. at this point. But a contract is a contract. Even Edward Norton had to do ‘The Italian Job’ after signing a three picture deal before. Maybe Favreau is also looking for a bigger paycheck himself?

More ‘The Incredible Hulk’ pics have made it onto the web. I wonder if the $125 million superhero can make the impact ‘Iron Man’ had. We know how they tried to shake off the ‘Hulk’ failure image of 2003, but I’m not sure everybody has forgotten. Not to mention the amount of competition, when it launches June 13.

Marvel Studios teamed up with several partners for their Hulk advertising push this summer. Expect to see the Hulk at least as much as the Simpsons last year, because ‘The Incredible Hulk’ will be showing up at “Burger King, 7-Eleven, Kmart, mall retailers, grocery store brands Pringles and Sargento, Airheads candy and Hasbro toys.“

To distinguish itself from the flopped Ang Lee Hulk in 2003, the studio said to have changed several key elements. The Hulk is now portrayed as a real hero, he falls in love and he has a high profile nemesis The Abomination. This is not only to please the audience, but also to convince the advertisers of the Hulk again.

I’m starting to see why Edward Norton got into that feud with Marvel.