The Avengers marked the end of Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and come next year a new story line will unravel with the character that started it all. Iron Man 3 is still 6 months away and we have already seen one massive trailer that just wowed audiences everywhere. Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) takes over as director and is setting a new tone for the film and will attempt to recapture the “lighting in a bottle” that we saw in the first Iron Man.

This new tone in Iron Man 3 will most likely be a result of the events that occurred in The Avengers. After all it was Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) who made the “sacrifice play.” But despite what you may have seen in the first trailer, Iron Man 3 may not be as dark as you might think. According to Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige, the film will be “fresh” and “seriously dig into exploring more of Tony.”

So after the 18 second teaser and a slew of images involving broken helmets, passionate embraces, and bluetooths, we finally have our first look at the new trailer for Iron Man 3.

Check out here below the first trailer for the next chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

We are finally getting an answer to the question of what happens to our heroes after the events seen in this year’s The Avengers. Apparently things will start off with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) literally hitting rock bottom. As we can see in the trailer, Stark has been deeply affected by the war against Loki and the Chutari, and he seeks to some how save the ones he loves by building some sort of new technology that allows him to consciously summon his armor. But that might not be enough to stop a new and powerful villain called The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley).

Earlier today we showed you 18 seconds of the new Iron Man 3 trailer, which debuts tomorrow. The very short trailer was nothing more than just a tease of what’s to come. Now seven new images have appeared online, and they reveal some devastation, patriotism, reflection, heroism, passion, bluetooths, and villainy. Check out the new images below.

The images pretty much speak for themselves. We’ve already seen some teaser photos of the new Mark 47 armor and the Iron Patriot armor earlier this year. But this is the first time we are getting a look at Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin, albeit a shadowy first look. I’m sure we will get a much better look at his face and all the Iron Man 3 action when the trailer hits online tomorrow.

The first official trailer for Marvel Studios’ next summer superhero extravaganza Iron Man 3 isn’t set to premiere until this Tuesday, October 23, but thanks to an interactive effort by fans of the movie’s Facebook page, we’re getting a brief sneak preview of the trailer now.

You can check out the 18-second video here below.

It looks like the launch trailer will feature a great deal of the footage that was shown during the Iron Man 3 panel at the San Diego Comic-Con back in July.

FYI, a little film called Iron Man 3 is scheduled to hit theaters summer May 3, 2013. The Shane Black-directed film stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, James Badge Dale, Ashley Hamilton, and Rebecca Hall. The first film from Marvel Studios’ Phase Two project is just another piece of the puzzle that will be The Avengers 2.

Now E! Online is reporting that the film has resumed production since Downey Jr. has recovered from his ankle injury. We’ve also learned that the injury did not delay the film in any way that would force Disney to push the release date back. The site also learned that the first trailer for Iron Man 3 debuts at 12:01 a.m. PST on October 23.