Marvel Releases First Official "Iron Man 3" Still

[CBR News]

Marvel has released the first still from the Shane Black-directed "Iron Man 3" along with the official announcement of production having commenced on the Robert Downey Jr.-starring sequel.


Full article here.

[starman]

I hope that they introduce Iron Man's current look. Maybe after Tony gets infected by Extremis?
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com...-New-Armor.jpg
I don't like the way the armors are looking in this picture. The light appears to give them a plastic look. Almost toy-like.

[Number_5]

I hope that they introduce Iron Man's current look. Maybe after Tony gets infected by Extremis?
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com...-New-Armor.jpg
I don't like the way the armors are looking in this picture. The light appears to give them a plastic look. Almost toy-like.

See, I could never quite get on board with his current look in the comics. I get this overall sense of wife beater whenever I see it (you know, like he's wearing a tank top sort of thing, not literally beating his wife).

[starman]

See, I could never quite get on board with his current look in the comics. I get this overall sense of wife beater whenever I see it (you know, like he's wearing a tank top sort of thing, not literally beating his wife).

I like the lights and the slickness. I don't think they would ever be able to put it on the big screen without cgi'ing the heck out of it.

[Phil Clark]

I like the lights and the slickness. I don't think they would ever be able to put it on the big screen without cgi'ing the heck out of it.

Yeah, their not doing that already.

[SephirothDZX]

Shouldnt the Mark 2 armor be missing since that became the War Machine armor? Yeah, he could have just built a second one for display purposes.. but that doesn't seem entirely his style.

Semi off-topic. I'm a little iffy on them doing the Extremis story in this movie. Part of the reason Extremis happened was to beef up Iron Man's abilities, because Iron Man himself was now obsolete. In the Marvel movie universe though, Stark is still well-ahead of the curve.

[the goddamn batman]

But Marvel are interested in cranking out these movies, not telling the best chronological story possible.

[Maestro Hulk]

Shouldnt the Mark 2 armor be missing since that became the War Machine armor? Yeah, he could have just built a second one for display purposes.. but that doesn't seem entirely his style.

Semi off-topic. I'm a little iffy on them doing the Extremis story in this movie. Part of the reason Extremis happened was to beef up Iron Man's abilities, because Iron Man himself was now obsolete. In the Marvel movie universe though, Stark is still well-ahead of the curve.

In Iron Man 2, Stark thinks he's ahead of the curve. Then, Ivan Vanko shows up and proves that Stark isn't as ahead of everyone else as he thinks. They showed that other government's were already trying to build suits of their owns. It isn't that hard to believe that there are other very wealthy people in the Marvel movie universe capable of building a suit like Stark's after a few years of work.

P.S. Since one of the film's villains was recently caught on set in an Iron Patriot suit, it's possible he's a soldier who steals a suit that was modeled after the Mark 2 armor that's in the U.S. army's possession.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

Shouldnt the Mark 2 armor be missing since that became the War Machine armor? Yeah, he could have just built a second one for display purposes.. but that doesn't seem entirely his style.

Semi off-topic. I'm a little iffy on them doing the Extremis story in this movie. Part of the reason Extremis happened was to beef up Iron Man's abilities, because Iron Man himself was now obsolete. In the Marvel movie universe though, Stark is still well-ahead of the curve.

But that's why Extremis works. Whereas up to this point Tony has been ahead of the curve, somebody managed to leapfrog him with Extremis - the strength, durability and speed of Iron Man without having to rely on a cumbersome suit of armor that runs the risk of running out of power at the worst moment. Extremis made Tony obsolete before he co-opted it to push himself to the next level.

[thwhtGuardian]

I feel like we've already seen this image, or at the very least one just like it before.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

Shouldnt the Mark 2 armor be missing since that became the War Machine armor? Yeah, he could have just built a second one for display purposes.. but that doesn't seem entirely his style.

Tony's always kept a closet full of his old suits in the comics, even the most obsolete ones. Heck the first armor was completely destroyed after his escape. Besides, in the movie-verse it's not really any worse than Tony holding on to his first arc reactor.

EDIT: IIRC, the Ten Rings gathered up the remains of the original. So Tony recreated the original for display purposes as well it seems.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

I feel like we've already seen this image, or at the very least one just like it before.

They released a very similar production shot for the second film. The difference here is this one includes the Mark VI and VII armors.

[Guest_1001]

EDIT: IIRC, the Ten Rings gathered up the remains of the original. So Tony recreated the original for display purposes as well it seems.

Actually, Stane took the original from the Ten Rings and it was in Sector 16. Coulson and Pepper mistook it for Stane's Iron Monger suit and said "I thought it'd be bigger".

[SephirothDZX]

In Iron Man 2, Stark thinks he's ahead of the curve. Then, Ivan Vanko shows up and proves that Stark isn't as ahead of everyone else as he thinks. They showed that other government's were already trying to build suits of their owns. It isn't that hard to believe that there are other very wealthy people in the Marvel movie universe capable of building a suit like Stark's after a few years of work.

P.S. Since one of the film's villains was recently caught on set in an Iron Patriot suit, it's possible he's a soldier who steals a suit that was modeled after the Mark 2 armor that's in the U.S. army's possession.

But Vanko's Whiplash tech was built with Stark Tech/blueprints... so that kind of solidifies the idea that Stark is still well ahead of the curve. Same thing with Stane/Iron Monger in Iron Man 1 and War Machine in Iron Man 2, pretty much everything in the Marvel movie universe that's on par with Stark Tech is... more Stark Tech, not independently built. Granted, as BrotherUnitNo_4 pointed out, the story could work if Extremis is just introduced as a new independent advancement that shoots up to par with Stark or beyond.

[sherlockbones]

the second from the left looks interesting. must be a stealth suit