December 06, 2004 - Tonight Online reports that *NSYNC member and pop star Justin Timberlake has won the title role in New Line's Iron Man movie. Timberlake, "who is currently carving out a Hollywood film career, is believed to have landed the role of alcoholic billionaire Tony Stark, who becomes a superhero after inventing an iron super-suit."

Timberlake is currently filming Alpha Dog for Iron Man director Nick Cassavetes. His big-screen debut will be in the forthcoming Edison, opposite Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman.

One big problem with these Timberlake as Iron Man rumors: they're inaccurate!

IGN FilmForce was advised by our trusty Iron Man source that there is no truth whatsoever to the reports.

Iron Man begins filming sometime in 2005 for a summer 2006 release. The script is by Miles Millar & Alfred Gough, with rewrites by David Hayter and director Cassavetes.