A piece of concept art by Ryan Meinerding for Marvel’s Iron Man 3 has sent fans into a frenzy over the new suit Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) appears to be wearing. It’s known that Iron Man 3 will adapt parts of the 2005 comic book storyline ‘Extremis’ which sees Stark inject himself with nano-technology, making the suit part of his body and enabling him to call it forth through thought – quite the leap in tech.
However, the suit in this artwork doesn’t appear to be forming around Stark – it’s more like what’s still left on him. There are burn marks, with smoke and sparks coming from it. That’s not to say this isn’t a nano-suit, it’s just hard to be sure. Hopefully all will be revealed at the Comic-Con panel on July 14. Stay tuned.
Thoughts on the suit?
Directed by Shane Black, the film stars Robert Downey Jr, Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley, Jon Favreau, William Salder, Don Cheadle, William Hunt, James Badge Dale and Ashley Hamilton.
Iron Man 3 is due for release in New Zealand on April 25, 2013 – one week ahead of both the US and UK.
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