Warning: the following contains spoilers from Iron Man 3. If you haven't seen the movie yet and don't want to be spoiled, stop reading here.
Joss Whedon appeared on The Colbert Report this week to discuss his latest film, Much Ado About Nothing. Of course, talk eventually turned to the highly anticipated sequel to The Avengers. It was announced the other day that Robert Downey Jr. signed a new contract to reprise his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in two follow-ups to the most successful comic book movie of all time, but those who have seen Iron Man 3 will definitely wonder how Stark will return to the role of the Armored Avenger. At the end of the threequel, he destroyed (apparently all of) his Iron Man suits, and he even had his arc reactor removed. Whedon previously stated that Stark would have at least one suit left that we didn't see, and here, he's asked if he'll still have an arc reactor in the sequel. Unsurprisingly, he gives a humorous answer, saying, "Well they just replace it, it's elsewhere [points to his rectum]. I can't give it all away but he's still got it." Very interesting. Whedon has been dropping various pieces of info for The Avengers 2 for a few weeks (including Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's inclusions, Loki's absence and more), and with filming expected to begin next March in the UK, stay tuned to CBM for more news on the highly anticipated Disney/Marvel production. To watch Stephen Colbert's full interview with Whedon (in which the writer-director discusses microbudget films and moving to Shakespeare), click the source link below. The Avengers 2 is set to hit theaters May 1st, 2015.