Marvel Studios’Armor Warsseries was first announced in December 2020, but the news on the Don Cheadle project was practically non-existent since then. Now, it appears the creative team behind the project has opted to develop the series as a feature film instead.
After Tony Stark’s demise—much like with Captain America’s Steve Rogers returning from his time-travelling adventures as an old man andpassing on his shield to Sam Wilson—it left a gap in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in terms of filling the boots of the famously armored crusader. It was a gap that seemingly fit Cheadle’s James Rhodes (a military colonel best known by his nickname, “Rhodey”) to step up from being War Machine to something bigger, which would be explored inMarvel Studios’Armor Wars.
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The Hollywood Reporterhas learnedArmor Warswill now be heading to theaters as a feature film, which means the project will be pushed back even further down the line. The development is due to everyone involved thinking it’s a better fit for the material, thoughArmor Warshead writer Yassir Lester will remain on board to pen the screenplay. This should be of interest to fans of good storytelling in general, as not spreading a story too thin is in the best interests of viewers everywhere and if the creatives are all aboard, means they’ll be serving up better a product to the content consumers as well.
Marvel Studios' various TV series on Disney plus have been an up-and-down affair, whether or not each is of a standard of quality or not.WandaVisionopened up the slate promisingly enough, but thenDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessrolled around and basically reset all the events of that series in order toput Wanda right back where she wasat the start as the villain.The Falcon and the Winter Soldierintroduced audiences to Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent and explored what it means to take on the Captain America mantle for Sam Wilson, butCaptain America: New World Orderwill seemingly be treading the same ground since it comes from the writer of the aforementioned series.
Since very few Marvel Studios series to date have shaken anything substantial up (Hawkeye,Ms. Marvel, andShe-Hulkbeing the few to introduce entirely new lead characters and set up new angles for the MCU to explore when their respective characters finally hit the big screen), this development forArmor Warsseems to be the studio heading in a good direction. If they don’t have enough story for a six-episode series, it’s better to do a 2-plus hour movie thantake the Bilbo Baggins wayand spread a story thin like butter across too much bread.
Cheadle’s next appearance as James Rhodes will be in the 2023release ofSecret Invasion. With the release slate being shuffled around, there’s no date for the upcomingArmor Warsmovie.
Armor Warsis in development at Marvel Studios.
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