If the disagreement was over money, the Studio should probably be ashamed because the movie made over 300 million the first time around. Surely, the issue could be resolved. There was only a handful of people who had to be paid the big bucks.

I will see the move, but I will not pay to see it in the theatre because of this switch.

I AGREE WITH KRISTINA.Howard is a great actor, but acted very gay in the movie, WAR MACHINE IS A TOUGH GUY, and HOWARD didnt played him like a sissy. Ton-AY! just watch that part when he runs into the house to check on STARK. you tell me that didnt sound awfully gay.

NOT REALY

“November 03, 2008. MediaTakeOut.com told you last week that Terrence Howard would NOT be in the new Iron Man movie. We also told you that the reason for Terrence getting cut – was that he was asking for too much gwop.(money)

Well now Entertainment Weekly is shedding some more light onto the drama. Here’s what they had to say about it:

Howard was the first actor signed to the original Iron Man and, on top of that, was the highest-paid. That’s right: more than Gwyneth Paltrow. More than Jeff Bridges. More than Robert Downey Jr. And once the project fully came together, it was too late to renegotiate his deal.

It didn’t help that, according to one source, Favreau and his producers were ultimately unhappy with Howard’s performance, and spent a lot of time cutting and reshooting his scenes. (Favreau could not be reached for comment, while Howard’s publicist says: ”Terrence had a tremendous experience working on Iron Man.”)

As such, when Favreau and screenwriter Justin Theroux went to map out the sequel they found themselves minimizing Howard’s story line. Once Marvel learned that Favreau was thinking of curtailing the role, the studio went to the actor’s agents with a new and drastically reduced offer — a number that’s similar to what supporting cast members were paid for the first movie. The agents, according to sources, were so taken aback by this new figure — estimated at somewhere between a 50 and 80 percent pay cut — that they questioned it. Why did they blanch? Multiple sources say that Marvel execs never told Howard’s reps that they had issues with the star’s on-set conduct.”

TERRENCE HOWARD has slammed reports he pulled out of a planned sequel to superhero blockbuster IRON MAN over a pay row – insisting he was snubbed by movie bosses.

U.S. reports suggest Robert Downey Jr. will return as Iron Man/Tony Stark and Gwyneth Paltrow will be back as Pepper Potts, but Howard will sit out the project.

The part was rumoured to have been offered to Ocean’s Eleven star Don Cheadle after Howard demanded too much money to reprise his role as Iron Man’s best pal Jim Rhodes in the 2010 sequel. But the star insists the news came as a shock to him – because he was mid-negotiations when the role was taken away from him.

He tells America’s NPR radio, “It was the surprise of a lifetime. There was no explanation. (The contract) just… up and vanished. “I read something in the trade (publications) implicating that it was about money or something, but apparently the contracts that we write and sign aren’t worth the paper that they’re printed on, sometimes.”

He adds, “Promises aren’t kept, and good faith negotiations aren’t always held up.”

“It was the surprise of a lifetime,” the actor and musician told National Public Radio on Tuesday. “There was no explanation, (the contract) just up and vanished.”

Howard said he read news reports that money was the issue, saying the contracts he signs apparently “aren’t worth the paper that they’re printed on sometimes.”

Cheadle assumes the role of James Rhodes, a character that becomes Iron Man’s sidekick War Machine in the comics, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Robert Downey Jr. will reprise his role as weapons mogul Tony Stark.

Howard, who also starred in “Hustle & Flow,” is promoting his new album “Shine Through It.”