<P> Immediately following the successful release of Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel Studios announced it was developing a sequel, Iron Man 2 . Favreau returned as director and Justin Theroux was hired to write the screenplay, which would be based on an original story by Favreau and Downey . In October 2008, Downey signed a new four - picture deal, that retroactively included the first film, to reprise his role and Don Cheadle was hired to replace Terrence Howard as James Rhodes . Jackson signed on to reprise his role as Nick Fury from the Iron Man post-credits sequence in up to nine films, and Scarlett Johansson was cast as the Black Widow, as part of a multi-film commitment . Principal photography began April 6, 2009, at the Pasadena Masonic Temple in Pasadena, California . The majority of filming took place at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach, California . Other locations included Edwards Air Force Base, Monaco, and the Sepulveda Dam . Iron Man 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 26, 2010, and was released internationally between April 28 and May 7 before releasing in North America on May 7 . </P> <P> The film is set six months after the events of Iron Man, and takes place simultaneously with the events of The Incredible Hulk and Thor . The filmmakers continued to refer to other Marvel films by again including Captain America's shield . Favreau explained, "We introduced Captain America's shield briefly in one shot in the last film . So now it really was in his room, so we had to figure out how to deal with the reality that the shield was in his workshop ." A scene toward the end of Iron Man 2 in a S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house contains several Easter eggs, ranging from footage from The Incredible Hulk displayed on a monitor to pointers on a map indicating several locales related to other Marvel films, including one pointing toward a region of Africa in reference to the Black Panther . A young Peter Parker appears as the child wearing an Iron Man mask whom Stark saves from a drone; the appearance was confirmed in June 2017 by Spider - Man actor Tom Holland, Kevin Feige and Spider - Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts . The film's post-credits scene showed the discovery of Thor's hammer in a crater . </P> <P> Thor, crown prince of Asgard, is banished to Earth and stripped of his powers after he reignites a dormant war . As his brother, Loki, plots to take the throne for himself, Thor must prove himself worthy and reclaim his hammer Mjölnir . </P> <P> Mark Protosevich was hired to develop a script for Thor in April 2006, after the rights were acquired from Sony Pictures . In August 2007 Marvel hired Matthew Vaughn to direct the film, however he exited the project in May 2008 . In September 2008, Kenneth Branagh entered into negotiations to replace Vaughn . In May 2009, Chris Hemsworth was in negotiations to portray the titular character, and Tom Hiddleston was set to play his brother, Loki . Both actors were contracted to star in several films . Marvel hired the writing team of Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz to write a new script for the film, which was then rewritten by Don Payne . Production began on January 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, before moving to Galisteo, New Mexico in March . Thor had its world premiere on April 17, 2011 at the Event Cinemas theatre in George Street, Sydney and a U.S. premiere on May 2 at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California . The film was released internationally from April 21 to 30, and on May 6 in North America . </P>

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