It’s in the title, but it bears repeating: This story contains potential Iron Man spoilers. Minor spoilers, but spoilers nonetheless. If you don’t want to read them, go away. Read this spoiler free editorial

On with the spoilers.

Most of you probably remember the rumor from a few months ago that Samuel L. Jackson might make a cameo in Iron Man as Nick Fury, agent of S.H.E.I.L.D.. Well I just got back from a screening tonight, and he’s not in it. However, there’s a rumor going around, picked up from CBR by JoBlo which claims that the cameo was admitted from preview screenings like the one I attended tonight, but will still be in the actual movie.

I find it hard to believe. S.H.E.I.L.D. is worked into the film, but it’s done in a way that would almost make any inclusion of Jackson’s Nick Fury character absolutely impossible. I just don’t see any easy way for them to work a cameo like this in, without a radical altering of the edit I saw tonight. I suppose it’s possible, it just seems highly unlikely.

While we're at it, those rumors of a Hilary Swank cameo? Yeah, not in it either. Told you so.

However, come back here after you see the movie this Friday, and let me know whether you spotted an eye-patched Sam Jackson anywhere in it. I doubt it.