Terrence Howard - 'Marvel made a choice and it was a very, very bad choice'

Terrence Howard isn't over being dropped from the "Iron Man" sequel yet, and do you blame him?

No one denies that the mega hit film ($582 million worldwide) is a possible killer franchise in the making, and in these types of flicks the stars get a windfall.  Well, except Howard, who will not reprise his role as Jim Rhodes, Tony Stark's best military buddy.

Of course Robert Downey Jr. is back as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Academy Award nominated actor Don Cheadle will step in as Rhodes and Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke join the cast.

Howard told Parade.com "They didn't keep their word. They didn't honor my contract." He added that renegotiations for the sequel didn't go well for Gweneth Paltrow either.

More than a few stories on the "Iron Man 2" casting suggested that Johansson and Rourke were not offered big bucks for their parts in the sequel either.  If it is true that Howard would have commanded more money and maybe even part of the box office and Marvel didn't want to make a deal like that, then it makes sense that he isn't back.

Before Samuel L. Jackson got that multi-picture set up with Marvel as Nick Fury, Jackson himself told Geoff Boucher at Hero Complex that he wasn't getting a big offer in initial negotiations from the producers.

Well, "Iron Man 2" is probably one of the most public examples of movie companies tightening their purse strings when it comes to casting.

Am I still going to see the "Iron Man" sequel?  Of course I am.  Heck, even Terrence Howard said he's going and he still has an axe to grind.