A Lego version of an "Iron Man 3" movie poster. Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Iron Man in a poster for "Iron Man 3." A Lego version of an "Iron Man 3" movie poster. Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin in a poster for "Iron Man 3." Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts in a poster for "Iron Man 3." Don Cheadle as Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes in a poster for "Iron Man 3." Guy Pearce as Aldrich Killian in a poster for "Iron Man 3." Iron Man is getting the Lego treatment, the latest in a long line of Lego greats including Batman, Aragorn and Harry Potter. To celebrate Tony Stark’s new Lego mini-figure replicas, Marvel released Lego versions of two theatrical posters for the upcoming “Iron Man 3.” What can we say? Lego Tony Stark is adorable. Check out the Lego posters and “Iron Man 3” posters in the gallery above. “Iron Man 3” hits theaters May 3 following Robert Downey Jr.’s worldwide tour to South Korea, Beijing, Moscow, Munich, Paris and London promoting the film.
The tour concludes with the Hollywood premiere of the movie on April 24. PHOTOS: Scenes from ‘Iron Man 3’ Downey Jr. reprises his role as the genius billionaire whose metal suit allows him to fly and fight uber-powerful bad guys. Directed by Shane Black (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”), “Iron Man 3” is the first Marvel movie to hit theaters since Iron Man teamed up with Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye for “The Avengers,” which broke box office records last summer. In “Iron Man 3,” Tony Stark faces off against the Mandarin, an arch-nemesis whose ring-garbed fingers are a familiar sight to comic book fans. In the comics, the Mandarin was an exiled orphan who discovered a crashed spaceship, mastered the alien science he found there and kept 10 powerful rings used to drive the ship. He used the rings’ power in his schemes for world domination. Ben Kingsley plays the Mandarin in the film, and other cast members include Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes, “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2” director Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, and Guy Pearce as Aldrich Killian, a scientist who in the comics sells a super-soldier virus to terrorists.
QUIZ: How well do you know Tony Stark? Meanwhile, Lego is uniting the Avengers and other Marvel heroes for a new video game, “Lego Marvel Super Heroes,” coming to game consoles this fall. The game, from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games, will be available on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii U, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Playstation Vita and Windows PC and will feature an original story line in which Nick Fury calls on Spider-Man, Wolverine and other Marvel heroes to battle villains. – Noelene Clark | ‘Iron Man 3′: Tony Stark issues public threat in new clip ‘Iron Man 3′: Happy birthday, Robert Downey Jr.! ‘Iron Man 3′: Tony Stark makes a threat in new TV spotTop 10 comic movie villains ‘Iron Man 3′ trailer: Stark faces off against the Mandarin ‘Iron Man 3’: First footage reveals new villain, no China ‘Ant-Man’ gets release date; ‘Iron Man 3′ will be 3-D ‘Avengers’: Joss Whedon should be your hero
Mark Ruffalo says the Hulk has ‘found his family’ Tom Hiddleston hopes for Loki’s redemption Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2013) Video game released 22 October 2013 3 more credits » See full cast & crew » See more awards » Cast overview, first billed only: Drax the Destroyer / General Thunderbolt Ross / J. Jonah Jameson / Ronan the Accuser / Ultimate Green Goblin / See full cast » Whilst visiting Earth to herald the arrival of Galactus the Silver Surfer is attacked by Dr Doom, causing his surfboard to be destroyed, scattering pieces all over the world. Desperate to harness this great power Dr Doom assembles a team of villains to collect these pieces. Nick Fury unites the greatest heroes the Marvel universe has to offer to put a stop to Doom's nefarious scheme. See All (9) » View content advisory » Release Date: 22 October 2013 (USA) See full technical specs » The name of the 6th chapter in the game, "Red Dead Detention," is probably a nod to Rockstar's immensely popular wild west video game Red Dead Redemption.
Some of the customs' left hands disappear. Super villains, meet my super-suit.It requires some tailoring. Is it me, or did it just get drafty in here? References Midnight Cowboy (1969) Merry Marvel Marching Society Music and Lyrics by Jacques Urbont (as Jack Urbont) See more » Is this game based on the movies? How many characters will be in the game? Contribute to This PageRecently, Lego games have strayed into dangerous territory which has seen them come uncomfortably close to becoming victims of their own success. While the world at large is still fully in the grip of a Lego moment, TT Games' relentless Lego-ising of publisher Warner Bros' films led to far from unfounded allegations that Lego games were becoming samey and had lost their freshness.However, Lego Marvel's Avengers marks something of a return to form. For a start, it's clearly a labour of love, rather than a marketing-led contractual obligation. One common brickbat aimed at recent Lego games was they failed to even approach the quality of 2013's Lego Marvel Superheroes, to which Lego Marvel's Avengers is very much the spiritual successor.
Is it the return to form and Marvel geek-out success we'd been hoping for?In many respects, yes. Marvel Avengers has an even more voluminous game-world than before – and when you finish the storyline, there's a vast amount of open-world mayhem to be had. It contains an insane number of classic Marvel characters, from the ranks of superheroes, antiheroes and the downright obscure.In a way, Lego Marvel's Avengers' weakest element is its storyline (as ever, it accommodates two-player co-operation from start to finish). It concentrates mainly on the two films The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, but also incorporates marquee moments from the likes of Captain America, Iron Man 3 and Thor.The first half of the game's storyline, as a result, is both disjointed and, at times, over-familiar, with (admittedly different in gameplay terms) set-pieces that we've seen in Lego games of yore. However, the second half of the storyline concentrates a bit more closely on Avengers: Age of Ultron, which does add coherence.TT Games has made plenty of efforts to add welcome variation to the gameplay.
So, for example, we get the odd sequence that pays homage to side-scrolling shooters (usually involving Iron Man), and several characters get a new scanner that seeks out hidden objects in the environment as a puzzle-solving aid. Minimally taxing puzzles abound, some new characters bring really fun abilities, such as Quicksilver, who moves at warp-speed. One particular new source of gameplay satisfaction is the ability for two characters to combine to deliver devastating (and often hilariously animated) attacks that take out droves of enemies. Which are often needed, since Lego Marvel's Avengers' action reaches more frenetic heights than that of its predecessors.Also notable – as ever, indeed more so here – is the presence of TT Games' trademark British humour, which relentlessly pokes fun at the films. Poor old Stan Lee is subjected to a litany of virtual humiliations, and there are countless running gags, such as Hulk's new-found enthusiasm for selfies.When you finish the main story, there are several territories to visit beyond the huge and impressively populated Manhattan, including Sakovia, South Africa and Tony Stark's Malibu beach-house.
All, as ever, are rammed with hidden objects and side-missions for which you need to swap to characters that weren't available in the story missions.And the sheer number of characters (up to 250 when the game's DLC drops, which Warner Bros assures us will be uncharacteristically cheap) is incredible. In many ways, the game really begins when you finish the storyline.There are a couple of downsides, however. We did encounter a couple of bugs on the PS4 – including a crash one which, mercifully, didn't repeat. And while the combat has been tarted up, at its core it's still pretty basic, and the boss-battles are little more than lightly disguised quicktime events strung together. Lego Marvel's Avengers restores much of the goodwill that had recently been ebbing from the Lego franchise. It will delight Marvel geeks in particular, but also hardcore fans of Avengers: Age of Ultron.And as with all the Lego games, it still qualifies as an ideal means of parent-sibling bonding - but will equally delight fans of all ages.