I literally just finished writing a story detailing all the recent villain rumors for Iron Man 3, and another big rumor has dropped. While we are still waiting to see if Ben Kingsley is in fact playing iconic Iron Man villain The Mandarin (and all the debate that has already created), we now get word that Iron Man’s star-spangled counterpart, The Iron Patriot, will also be part of Iron Man 3.
If you hear the name “Iron Patriot” and find yourself scratching your head in confusion, simply scroll down to get details on who the character is.
In my last post I wrote how Iron Man 3 - which sees Tony Stark battling terrorists who unleash a nanotechnology virus known (in the comics) as “Extremis” – could be sowing seeds of the larger Marvel movie universe that mirror Marvel Comics events of the last decade, such as “Secret Invasion.” In the comics, after “Secret Invasion” – in which the shape-shifting Skrull aliens launch a covert invasion of Earth – came “Dark Reign,” a story in which Spider-Man villain Norman Osborn became a national hero after seemingly ending the Skrull invasion, and used his new authority to re-brand super villains as superheroes, while making superheroes into enemies of society.
One of the best elements of the “Dark Reign” saga was the series Dark Avengers by Ultimate Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis. In the series Norman Osborn took noted Marvel supervillains and had them masquerade as The Avengers – with Osborn himself donning an old Iron Man suit (repainted as an American flag) and going by the moniker of… The Iron Patriot.
Norman Osborn as Iron Patriot, leading his Dark Avengers Team
Now… if you haven’t read our breakdown of which movie studios own which Marvel characters, here’s the short version: Everything related to Spider-Man is owned by Sony, while everything related to Iron Man is owned by Disney/Marvel Studios. This means there will be NO Spider-Man-related elements in any Marvel movies, unless some new deal is worked out between both studios. I say that to say: The Iron Patriot in Iron Man 3 CANNOT (legally) be Norman Osborn, and Spider-Man is NOT being brought into the Avengers movie universe – no matter how hard some fans wish otherwise.
Coming Soon broke this Iron Patriot in Iron Man 3 story, but has no explanation as to how the character fits into the plot, or who will be wearing the armor. Since Iron Patriot debuted in an Avengers comic book, the character can be used in IM3 - but again, the origin and details will have to be drastically changed.
UPDATE: It is reportedly actor James Badge Dale (Rubicon) - previously thought to be playing obscure cybernetic villain “Coldblood-7″ in the Iron Patriot armor – and here are the set photos to prove it (by way of Superficial):
Now, before we all geekgasm too much: Dale (if that’s indeed him) could indeed be wearing the Iron Patriot armor for PART of the movie, while still becoming the Extremis-infected cyborg villain we’ve heard tell about. Without knowing where the set photos above fit into the film, we could be very well looking at a little Easter egg nod – much in the same vein as Captain America’s classic costume being factored into The First Avenger as a gag. We’ll have to wait and see just how seriously (or not) Iron Patriot is meant to be taken.
Iron Man 3 hits theaters on May 3, 2013.
Source: Coming Soon & Superficial
Header Image by Deviant Art user 666Darks
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holy s*** really
The armored advesaire is named Detroit Steel and is a villain from 2010, and it HAS been confirmed that Ben Kingsly WILL be THE MANDARIN but he will play more of a Ra’s al Ghul behind the scenes villain as Aldrich Killian will play more the major antagonist.
I could see the armor being in IM3 as one of Tony’s public events, like the Stark Expo in IM2, but not be a major part of the plot. Then again, if it’s not RDJ in the armor (which we can’ tell from the pics, then who knows)
maybe it is an expo thing, like a publicity stunt celebrating the avengers, and since that is the guy playing coldblood he couldve took the armour for an assassination attempt or something
Is it just me or does that dark avengers picture look really gay (esp. Wolverine)?
Daken who is the dark wolverine is bi sexual
go watch DC movies kid! U should be banned from anything Marvel
It would be cool if that armor was used in IM3.
If the other armor(s) were different in IM 1,2 and The Avengers,it was hard to tell because of the similarity between them, I didn’t even bother trying to figure out the minor newer details on the previous movie armors, they all seemed the same, if I didn’t read it on Screenrant or elsewhere I wouldn’t know they were different armors..well except for War Machine and the escape armor…
Could they not play it to be Justin Hammer setting out for revenge, then again if thats true its a very shallow story arc
Stolen or uncredited image! i personally know the guy who custom made this image using Photoshop CS5 his online name is Darks, Real name (—–).
all you did was add the iron man logo!
original image on deviantart.com
http://666darks.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=48#/d3d050m
You are right on he should have credited. But also this “artist” stole the original image from marvel. Then photoshopped it. So if he ever sold it commercially, he could be screwed. I also wouldn’t be boasting for credit for it since it is bad photoshopping and as well the original photo that he stole from is what makes it even remotely good.
Maybe its chris evans making a cameo in the suit, that would be preatty cool.
http://murdershow.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/78531b9dda5_a400.jpg
this armor was actually a toy from the origional flick lol
It would be funny if Tony Stark uses this armor if he goes to China.
“AMERICA’S HERE! WHAT NOW?” haha
This is a perfect example of how rights ruin movies! shouldn’t movies be about what the viewers want, and why can’t 2 companys work together to make viewers happy!
It is war machine painted in red white and blue not the iron patriot.
It’s not iron patriot’ it is war machines new paint job to resemble iron patriot.
It’s not iron patriot, it is war machines new paint job to resemble iron patriot.
It doesn’t even look like Badge.
As in, the person in the suit doesn’t look like Badge Dale. Hmmm.
I think it would be epic if Starks best friend Rhodes got the Iron Patriot suit. Then is stolen by Mandarin to give to his ally to try and kill Tony Stark. Rhodes is accused and Stark has Rhodes shelter in an Avengers base. Later Black Widow and Hawkeye steal back the Iron Patriot armor only after the enemy makes their own armor variation. Thus we get an Iron Man (Stark) and Iron Patriot (Rhodes) vs Mandarin and enemy.