Iron-Man 3 is a 2013 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron-Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the sequel to Iron-Man (2008) and Iron-Man 2 (2010), and the 9th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Jon Favreau from a screenplay he co-wrote with Drew Pearce, and stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron-Man alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stéphanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, William Sadler, Miguel Ferrer, Bill Hader and Ben Kingsley. In the film, Stark grapples with the consequences of the events of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes The Movie (2012) during a national terrorism campaign on the United States led by the mysterious Mandarin.
