Variety reports that Guy Pearce is set to join the cast of Iron Man 3, playing geneticist Aldrich Killian. The character appeared in Warren Ellis’ Iron Man: Extremis comic series, where he creates a deadly virus using nanotechnology. Ben Kingsley is already set to appear in the film as the main villain.
Iron Man 3 will begin shooting at the end of May, and is scheduled to fly into theatres on May 3, 2013.
Source: Variety
