'Iron Man 3''s Super Bowl spot previews the hero's battle against the Mandarin
'Iron Man 3' includes a sequence where Air Force One falls apart and the superhero must save the passengers, as seen in the Super Bowl preview. 'Iron Man 3' will hit theaters May 3.
'Iron Man 3' will star Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.
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Let鈥檚 take a break from talking about the coming over the next three years and focus on the here and now. Phase Two kicks off in the first weekend of May with聽Iron Man 3 and while we ponder the idea of Robert Downey Jr.鈥檚 with a new slick armored suit, we can watch one of his other (confirmed) new suits get torn to pieces.
Director Shane Black and co. are positioning the聽Iron Man threequel as a standalone story, bringing its titular hero back to the forefront as we say goodbye to the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization for a few hours of Robert Downey Jr. screenplay, mixed in with the most action we鈥檝e seen from the series yet.
The 听(肠濒颈肠办 ) mostly rehashed footage we鈥檝e seen from the full聽Iron Man 3 trailer, namely Tony鈥檚 home being decimated and Ben Kingsley鈥檚 Mandarin, but managed to include a few new聽brief shots of Don Cheadle鈥檚 James 鈥淩hodey鈥澛燫hodes聽sporting his new patriotic armor and an upwards shot of Guy Pearce鈥檚 mysterious Adrich Killian, but the full commercial (up top) delivers something quite a bit different.
Many of the leaked set photos during production revealed a sequence of stunt actors hanging and we learned it would be for a sequence involving Iron Man saving people who are falling from Air Force One鈥� with no parachutes. The 30-second spot shows Air Force One falling apart and Stark beginning to save them, before it ends and teases the extended spot. Compared to the聽, it was relatively underwhelming.
Marvel Studios鈥� 鈥淚ron Man 3鈥� pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy鈥檚 hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
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