Tim Robbins playing Tony Stark's rich daddy in CAPTAIN AMERICA, IRON MAN 2 and THE AVENGERS?

Here's a superhero tidbit from this week which probably does carry some weight of truth behind it, namely because not only does it sound like the kind of smart move Marvel Films have been making recently but it's also sourced from Latino Review, who get it more often right than wrong. LR say that Marvel will be further fleshing out their cross connections of their characters by having Tim Robbins play Howard Stark, the rich billionaire father of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and the Howard Hughes like figure (without the insanity) who founded Stark Industries in more than one upcoming movie. The character is expected to be used for FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA (as that is set during World War II, a time when Howard Stark's business was thriving and he worked closely with the government) and in flashback scenes in THE AVENGERS and IRON MAN 2. LR don't mention this but I wouldn't be surprised if this also allows Jeff Bridges to return for IRON MAN 2 flashback scenes, showing his close bond with Howard Stark which just adds a little bit of tragedy to what happened to that character when greed took over. Love the idea. Anything that grows the Marvel universe and further fleshes out this exciting wider expansion is great news to me and well, you can't really go wrong with Tim Robbins. Though it's t.v. actor Gerard Sanders who misses out. He briefly played the character during a slideshow presentation from the first movie but Jon Favreau has made it known he wants an experienced actor to play the character for what will be a more substantial part this time round.