New Hero at Superbowl 42?

(Above image from Universal)

A new Hero will be unveiled today during the big game. Not from our favorite NBC TV show, Heroes, but from the Marvel Comics world. The second quarter of today's Superbowl 42 game will feature a preview of the new Superhero movie, Ironman. The movie is set to star Robert Downey Jr as the Marvel character. MTV.com has a sneak peek screen shot and article here.

The movie according to IMDB will hit theaters in May 2008 and also stars Terrance Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow. Downey plays Tony Stark whose secret superhero identity is Iron Man. Based on the popular comic book, Stark creates a life support suit to keep him alive following a bad accident, then becomes a serious crime fighter. Marvel has translated several other comic book franchises to the big screen including X-Men, Spiderman and Fantastic 4.

See the IronMan Movie Official site for more info, or the IMDB entry for Iron Man.