Armor Wars was announced as a Disney+ Original in December 2020, with actor Don Cheadle set to resume his Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) role as War Machine.
Armor Wars was announced as a Disney+ Original in December 2020, with actor Don Cheadle set to resume his Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) role as War Machine.
Marvel Studios is taking the feature route for its upcoming project “Armor Wars,” rather than developing it as a live-action series.
“Armor Wars” was announced as a Disney+ Original in December 2020, with actor Don Cheadle reprising his Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) role of James “Roddy” Rhodes aka War Machine. was set for.
Sources told entertainment news website Hollywood Reporter That the studio was committed to telling the story the right way and in the process realized that a film was better suited to the project.
Cheadle and Yasir Lester, who joined the series as lead writers, remain on the project.
However, Marvel is yet to announce the additional cast and direction for the film as well as its release date.
The title “Armor Wars” is derived from the famous Marvel Comics story that appeared in the “Iron Man” comics in 1987 and 1988.
Written by David Michelini and Bob Layton with art by Mark Bright, the story dealt with the idea of Iron Man’s highly advanced technology falling into the wrong hands.
Cheadle has played Rhodes in several MCU projects including “Iron Man 2”, “Iron Man 3”, “Captain America: Civil War”, “Avengers: Infinity War”, and “Avengers: Endgame”.
He is next reprising the part for the series, “Secret Invasion,” co-starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn, and is set to debut in 2023.