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IRON MAN 3 New Photos!

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Marvel shared four new photos from Iron Man 3. The Armored Avenger’s third film features the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) and the on-screen debut of the Iron Patriot armor. The terrorist lays waste to Tony Stark’s world as you saw in the trailer.

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Who is wearing the all-American heavy metal suit? In the comic book Norman Osborn developed the suit and led his Dark Avengers (a team of villains posing as the Avengers.)

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Will Tony (Robert Downey Jr) or James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) or a new character wear the red, white and blue in next summer’s film? James Badge Dale is in the film – perhaps he straps in as the Iron Patriot?

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This is the first time we’ve seen Rebecca Hall from the film. Hall plays a scientist who co-develops the Extremis nanotechnology – which falls into the wrong hands.

Iron Man 3 opens May 3, 2013.

What are you excited about the most from Iron Man 3?

Mandarin, Iron Patriot, Extremis, something else?

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IRON MAN in the Marvel Now

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  In 2013 Robert Downey Jr. will encounter a brilliant scientist named Maya Hansen and Extremis – nano-technology that falls into the wrong hands. If you can’t wait for Iron Man 3 then lock and load with this week’s Iron Man #1. Kieron Gillen and Greg Land reload Tony Stark for the Marvel Now with a brand new series.

  A ghost from the past alerts the Armored Avenger to a deadly new threat to the future of the world. Tony infiltrates an auction packed with AIM operatives and high rollers to recover the Extemis technology. Gillen and Land treat us to Tony’s brand new suit of armor as Iron Man fights to get the truth only to learn the danger from Extremis has ecalated.

Iron Man #1 cover by Greg Land, courtesy Marvel

  Iron Man is the first hero to debut his own solo series in the Marvel Now relaunch but this doesn’t feel dramatically different. Gillen knows how to deliver snappy dialogue.  Gillen masterfully crafted sharp and severely funny dialogue for Emma Frost, Dr. Nemesis and Namor on his Uncanny X-Men run so he’s perfect to take on the snarky, arrogant genius (with a heroic heart) that is Tony Stark.

  Iron Man is off to a solid start and I’m eager to see where Gillen takes Tony!

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IRON MAN Reloads!

 

Iron Man #1 cover by Greg Land, courtesy Marvel

  Iron Man #1 is out this week with a new creative team and a new suit of armor for Tony Stark! Kieron Gillen and Greg Land (Uncanny X-Men) relaunche the Armored Avenger as part of the Marvel Now relaunch. Gillen told Marvel.com why he left the mutants of Utopia and Asgard (Journey Into Mystery) for the world of playboy genius Tony Stark.

  “It just seemed like an interesting way to mix things up a bit. It wasn’t just the fact that [Tony Stark is] such a tech hero, because beneath some of the stuff I’m doing in Uncanny X-Men there is a modicum of science even though I often fire it through quite a few filters. This is actually the first solo hero I’ve ever written. The Thor run really doesn’t count because it was a bit strange; every book I’ve written has been a sort of team book. Loki, abstractly, is the lead [of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY] but in practice he isn’t and, on a larger scale, has gone 23 issues and hasn’t hit anybody. That’s not a traditional Marvel super hero. This is different, this is the iconic Avenger.”

  When I started writing Wolverine in Uncanny X-Men, I called my mom once and told her what I do for a living and she said “Ohh, I fancy that Wolverine.” When you’re writing characters that members of your family fancy you’re in an interesting place and, in the case of Iron Man, that’s totally it.

  When Marvel NOW! came around, I had reached a suitable place in Uncanny X-Men to move off of, and there were a variety of options with Iron Man [which sounded] really interesting. Of the major Marvel characters he’s the one most aligned to me philosophically, as in he’s a very straightforward person, and in terms of the heroes, there are none more forward than Tony; that’s what attracted me to [him].”

Gillen revealed his plans Stark involve the women of Tony’s complicated life.

“Oh hell yeah. It’s actually a key part of my second theme. I’m going to explore Tony and his relationship with women. I’m interested in Tony’s selection of women in everything, from his mom, to Pepper, to the random people he’s sleeping with and everything that relates to them. He’s a complicated guy and he does bad things occasionally without thinking. Well, not [without] thinking exactly but he’s not always thinking about the right thing. He’s not the distracted genius but he always has something else going on.

  Matt Fraction did a brilliant take on the corporate figure and his run is a defining arc, so I’m staying away from it. Tony is still a scientist and will still be working on the armor but it’s all about him going out into the world and the whole grail-knight comparison. All the traditional corporate motifs are there but they’re not the primary drive of the book. Tony will be in the armor a lot, he’ll be going out into the world.

Iron Man #2 courtesy Marvel

The first five issues will be single stories that will share [both] a defining motif and a plot but it will be Iron Man facing new instances of technology and each is basically a new villain. Each issue will illuminate something about Tony and they’re all very different. Issue two is a lot like the Bruce Lee Kung-Fu Island story; it’s like a joust, it’s all about the knight imagery, essentially going to a tournament. Issue three is like a ninja story, Tony Stark trying to be a full-on stealth master, issue four is a horror story and issue five is something a little more romantic and scientific but I’m going to keep that one under wraps.

  I really want to mix it up with single issue stories because I think that quite a few people are feeling the same way.Single issues are an exciting place to go and anyone can jump on with any of the first five issues, not just issue #1. [In] each of those issues I introduce Iron Man; I say something meaningful about a character that you may know already and I want it to be accessible and to pop. That’s the thing with Greg Land: his photorealistic style really pops and it’s a glamorous book in that way.”

Iron Man will go on a quest for one of his greatest creations. The techno virus Extremis is loose and Tony must prevent it from falling into the hands of terrorists. Iron Man Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov will be a story element in Iron Man 3.

Iron Man #1 by Gillen and Land launches this week followed by #2 later this month.

For the entire interview here’s the Marvel.com link.

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Iron Man, Extremis and New Villains

Iron Man #2 courtesy Marvel

  Kieron Gillen and Greg Land launch Iron Man on a quest for his greatest invention in the Marvel NOW relaunch this Fall. Marvel revealed the cover to Iron Man #2 and more on the new villains. Iron Man is out to keep Extremis from landing in the wrong hands. Gillen appears to be inspired by the King Arthur legend in creating his new villains. Iron Man travels to New Camelot to face a brotherhood of knights known as The Circle.

Iron Man Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov will be a story element in Iron Man 3.

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Iron Man 3 Villain Cast

 

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  James Badge Dale will play a villain named Savin in Iron Man according to Deadline. Robert Downey Jr reprises his role as Tony Stark with Shane Black directing. Rebecca Hall is in talks to join as a scientist. Guy Pearce will play Dr. Aldrich Killian. Ben Kingsley is on board. No definitive word on his exact role but some have speculated he could be playing arch-enemy The Mandarin.

  Dale will be seen in The Lone Ranger and World War Z. He starred with Michael Fassbender in Shame. He starred in HBO’s The Pacific.

  The story is based on Iron Man Extemis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov which involves the creation of nanotechnology that gets in the hands of terrorists.

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“Prometheus”Star May Join “Iron Man 3”

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 After seeing Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland in the TED 2023 viral video I thought he would make a perfect smarmy corporate type to match wits and go to war with Tony Stark. Weyland is the head of the sinister company in the Alien films and behind the mission in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus.

  Variety reports that Pearce may join Iron Man 3 as scientist Aldrich Killian. Ben Kingsley is on board the sequel based on the Warren Ellis/Adi Granov story Extremis. Killian creates nanotechnology that gets seized by terrorists.

  I’ve provided an Amazon link to Iron Man Extremis if you want to check it out.

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Iron Man 3 starring Ben Kingsley

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  Ben Kingsley is in final talks to play the villain in Iron Man 3 but he will NOT be playing the Mandarin according to Variety. The story will be based loosely on Extremis the 6 part series by Warren and Adi Granov involving the spread of nanobots.

  Fans – me included – hoped Tony would face the Mandarin this time. Hints were placed in the first film. The terrorist holding Tony hostage worked for a group called the Ten Rings. The Mandarin is famed for his ten power rings.

Extremis features art by Adi Granov who did design work for Iron Man 1, 2 and The Avengers.

Iron Man 3 is blasts into theaters on May 3, 2013.

I was lucky to meet Adi Granov recently at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle and score one of his amazing sketchbooks.

Here’s the Amazon link to Extremis if you’d like to get an idea of Tony’s third film adventure.