Since the photos of Iron Man 3 have surfaced over the internet, all the marvel fans have gone crazy over the speculations. The photos of an actor from the sets of Iron Man 3, wearing an Iron Patriot suit have circulated all over the major platforms, creating a huge buzz for all the marvel fans. From the photos received so far, it is clear that the suit is a mix between Iron Man and Captain America, which brings the audience to the speculation of the Iron Patriot theory. But why is there so much hype over the suit? What does it mean for the Iron Man 3 movie and, well, who is Iron Patriot??
If you don’t know who Iron Patriot is, then let us reminisce this in the easiest way possible. Iron Patriot is a character from Marvel Comics who, basically, is Norman Osborn, one of the villains from the Spider-Man comics who is known for playing the role of the infamous Green Goblin. So, according to the storyline in Marvel Comics, after the Secret Invasion where the group of alien shape-shifters going by the name of Skrull takes over the earth, leads to the Dark Reign period. In this period, Norman Osborn who somehow “heroically” manages to get rid of the alien shape-shifters, uses his powers and authority to take over the identity of the superheroes while on the other end, the superheroes are now termed as the enemies of the society.
In this story, Iron Man gets expelled from his position as the head of the SHIED whereas Osborn who was considered to be cured of his villainous mentality was replaced as the head of the SHIELD. With the authority to take control over the possessions of Iron Man, he was granted access to Iron Man’s weapons and armors which he used to create Iron Patriot to lead his evil team “Dark Avengers”.
Iron Patriot, who was considered to be a combination of the power of Iron Man alongside portraying the blue, white, and red armor of Captain America, leads the team of the Dark Avengers(the evil counterparts of the Avengers) along with other powerful villains such as Venom, Daken(Wolverine’s son) and Bullseye(Daredevil’s opponent) who pose as the “real Marvel superheroes”. Now that the real Avengers were kicked out of the SHIED on Osborn’s commands, the real Avengers were on the run and the Dark Avengers(portraying as the real Avengers) were welcomed by the public with open arms.
Now that you have an idea of the storyline, does that mean you will get to see Norman Osborn from Amazing Spider-Man integrated into the Iron Man 3 movie as Iron Patriot? Sadly no because Sony reserves the rights to every character of the Spider-Man movies whereas every character of the Iron Man movies is restricted to Marvel Studios. With this piece of information, it is clear that you will not be viewing any element of the Spider-Man movies in Iron Man 3.
The actor James Badge Dale, who was initially announced to be playing the role of Lieutenant Colonel Eric Savin; a character that is known for his role as the cyborg – Coldblood 7, was seen in the suit of Iron Patriot which led the fans to predict the possible future of the movie. Just so you know, the actor is clearly not going to play the role of Coldblood but might be seen playing the role of Iron Patriot. Apparently, you won’t be seeing any elements of the Coldblood character, it is safe to assume that you might be seeing James Badge Dale as Iron Patriot.
Now that you know what the character is and who could possibly be playing it, this information brings us to a new question. Why did the Marvel studios choose Iron Patriot out of all the possible supervillains? Well, we cannot really claim what the movie is about with just some mere photos from the set, but whatever it was, it indeed shook all the Marvel fans to the core. James Dale could play both roles of the evil cyborg alongside playing the Iron Patriot role, but we never know where to place the pieces of the puzzle without knowing how these photos fit into the context of the upcoming movie.
So, what can we expect from this upcoming movie, you ask? We don’t really have a single answer for this. As you might already know, there are many elements to this movie that have not only let the audience confused, but also excited and anxious. With the information so far, we will be expecting quite some new appearances such as Guy Pearce who might be playing the Aldrich Killian, there are also reports that we might expect Scarlett Johanson as Black Widow along with Sir Ben Kinsley who might be cast as the main villain. The storyline will follow a group of some of our favorite arch-nemesis such as the Extremist virus, Mandarin, Maya Hansen, and maybe more. Then follows the return of our main characters; Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, and Happy Hogan. And then there’s a new piece to the puzzle; Iron Patriot which we are barely sure about.
In a nutshell, the movie is one of the most anticipated movies of all time, as we are eager to find out how the mystery unfolds. Few of us also predict that this movie might go bigger than the Avengers with all due thanks to the various characters we keep coming across. Some also speculate that the movie could possibly be a huge mistake, as there are high chances of creating a complex storyline. We cannot really conclude an end to this story unless we get to watch the movie when it hits the theaters. Till then, we are just happy to see our favorite characters on the big screen and of course, the suspense and the little hints that keep popping up are flaring up the excitement levels.