The impressive ‘Iron Man’ opening last month caused Marvel Entertainment’s stock to jump over 10% to settle the Monday after release with a 7.5% gain. But the mediocre ‘The Incredible Hulk’ opening did quite the opposite. Marvel stock began the day with an expected drop of about 5% to quickly regain its loss during the morning. Still, it didn’t manage to end above the previous close of $36.11. Marvel Entertainment ended the day with $35.69, a 1.16% drop.

Now all this can be explained by how bearish Wall Street was on ‘Iron Man.’ Not much can impress after a $100 million opening by the underdog. Analysts expected the stock to jump mildly if ‘The Incredible Hulk’ performed above $60 million, which it obviously didn’t. And you have to keep in mind Marvel’s stock already climbed from $26 in April, to where it is today.

Now I’m not a stock expert by any means, but I’d say now is not the best time to buy Marvel Entertainment stock.

What is it with Leonardo DiCaprio and biopics? Obsession? Addiction? Or both? After about a dozen of fictionalized biographies, the $20 million a movie star has signed for another one. This time he will play Nolan Bushnell, who invented the Atari video game system in the seventies. As a pioneer, he later sold the company to Warner Communications for $28 million.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way will produce the picture for Paramount, who bought the script just yesterday. DiCaprio is also still attached to a biopic about James Bond creator Ian Fleming and Wall Street mogul Jordan Belfort.

Richard Dreyfuss, who had his last big appearance in box office flop ‘Poseidon,’ will take the role of Dick Cheney in ‘W.,’ the George W. Bush biopic by Oliver Stone. Josh Brolin, the guy who takes the money in ‘No Country for Old Men,’ will play Bush, as seen in the cover below — don’t be afraid, you can click it.

The $30 million project will start shooting in Shreveport this month and is targeting an October release, just before the elections. The script is penned by Stanley Weiser, who also wrote the famous business movie ‘Wall Street’ for Oliver Stone. This is turning out to be an interesting cast. If the script is any good this could actually be worth it.