Iron Man director Jon Favreau excitedly gives EW some clues to Iron Man 2, including the idea that the Avengers movie might BE Iron Man 3!!!
Jon Favreau on Iron Man II
“We've been speaking informally about it (Iron Man 2), and in concept we would all love to work together again. There's definitely a level of enthusiasm from myself and the cast to tell more stories.”
On the "Avenger Initiative" and Samuel L. Jackson's cameo at the end of Iron Man.
“I think that was a very, very clever way to keep the dialogue going with the fans, because if you don't have any tricks up your sleeve, they feel like they've already seen the whole movie before they did.” And the tie-in with The Avengers wasn’t just to please the fans. “I think [The Avengers] would be a very smart third film in the Iron Man series. It's very difficult to keep these franchises from running out of gas after two [movies]. The high point seems to be the second one, judging by history.”
CBM: Did you get that? Avengers just may BE Iron Man 3!!!