Possibly link between Iron Man 3 photos and Avengers 2?
For the second time in less than a week the intra-webs are buzzing about another Marvel Studios production, this time it’s Iron Man 3. Pictures have surfaced within the last 24 hours showing most of the films cast shooting on location in Wilmington, North Carolina. What makes these photos even more interesting is we are seeing images not of the long believed villain, the Mandarin, but of a “Dark Avengers” related character, The Patriot Armor.
A lot of articles are commenting on the surprise reveal of the Patriot armor, but no one is speculating on how this could impact the greater Marvel universe of movies. In the comics, a Spider Man related character wore the Patriot armor in the Dark Avengers story arc. We’ve already seen this character, Norman Osborn played by Willem Dafoe in the Sam Raimi helmed Spider man movie in 2002. But now in this post Avengers Marvel Movie universe where everything is interconnected and some properties getting a reboot, could we be witnessing foreshadowing towards a sub-plot in the Avengers 2?
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