“Iron Man 3″ Villain Rumors and Spy Shots

Now that Iron Man 3 has begun filming, we are getting bombarded with news. As you can see in the embedded photo, Iron Patriot is in the film, and supposedly James Badge Dale (as Eric Savin) dons the suit. The character is the cyborg Coldblood in the comics, so it looks like there will be some changes to canon. We also have some clues into the hierarchy of the villains, including sources confirming that Ben Kingsley will indeed play Mandarin. Guy Pearce will play Aldrich Killian, who in the comics is the doctor that creates the Extremis serum. In the film, he is supposedly backed by Mandarin.