Guy Pearce to star as villian in "Iron Man 3"

English-born Australian actor Guy Pearce known for his role in Christopher Nolan's "Memento" is reported to be starring in the next "Iron Man" film as "Aldrich Killian."

The third "Iron Man" film will be loosely based on "Extremis" by Warren Ellis. In the books, the villian geneticist Killian was one of the creators of the Extremis technology that Iron Man adopted after Killian sold it to the terrorists.

"Iron Man 3" stars     Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Don Cheadle. The film will be directed by Shane Black.

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