Iron Man 3 Continues to Expand

Could this be a sign of what’s to come? (Pun completely intended.)

Thanks to io9

Over at io9.com, they’ve got set photos from Iron Man 3 that feature one of Marvel’s major crime organizations. From the looks of it, Marvel Studios and Shane Black are legitimizing AIM as a legitimate engineering lab. My guess is that a) this is a front for the Mandarin (Kingsley) and b) Killian (Pearce) and Hansen (Hall) work here. I’m excited as this gives me hopes for some large scale world development. As I mentioned in Kapow 101, Hawkeye does mention SHIELD’s enemies; AIM can definitely be counted amongst them.