Following the events of The Avengers, Tony is traumatized by the implications of the alien invasion as well as contending with the Mandarin threatening his life and destroying his house. Taking a brief sabbatical in rural Tennessee he realizes that the world still needs Iron Man, and returns to help Colonel Rhodes, now Iron Patriot, save the President of the United States, stop the Mandarin and a rogue tech CEO as well before destroying all his armors.
- Flashback: 1999
- Stark House – Malibu
- 10880 Malibu Point, Malibu, CA 90265
- Neptune’s Net
- Stark Industries
- Mann’s Chinese Theater
- Mercy Hospital
- Texaco Station [unknown]
- Rose Hill, Tennessee
- Harley Keener House – Rose Hill TN (Street #3528)
- Main Street
- Memorial Alley
- Walkers Bar
- Rocky Top Diner
- Water Tower
- Pacific Coast Hwy – Night
- Killian Mansion, Miami
- Memorial Hall – Miss Chattanooga Beauty Pageant
- Resort Hotel
- Hardware Store
- Miami, Florida – Causeway and Waterway
- Vice President’s House
- Andrews Air Force Base Tarmac – Air Force One
- Airspace above Miami – Falling passengers
- Norco Tanker and Roxxon Refinery
- Dade County Police Station [unknown]
Iron Man 3 was shot at Wilmington/EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina and in the Raleigh/Durham, Los Angeles, and Miami areas.