{"id":82518,"date":"2022-09-30T06:28:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T06:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marvels-armor-wars-series-being-redeveloped-as-a-movie\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T06:28:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T06:28:57","slug":"marvels-armor-wars-series-being-redeveloped-as-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marvels-armor-wars-series-being-redeveloped-as-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel’s ‘Armor Wars’ Series Being Redeveloped As a Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tMarvel’s \u201cArmor Wars,\u201d originally planned as a TV series for Disney+, is being redeveloped as a feature film, variety<\/em> has learned.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cArmor Wars\u201d will star Don Cheadle, reprising his MCU role of James \u201cRhodey\u201d Rhodes, aka War Machine. The project is based on Marvel Comics’ seven-issue arc of the same name within the story of Iron Man, and follows Rhodes as he must face what happens when Tony Stark’s tech falls into the wrong hands. <\/p>\n

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\tYassir Lester, who was originally set as the series’ head writer, remains attached to write the project. <\/p>\n

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\tThis is Marvel’s second big shake-up of the week. \u201cBlade\u201d director Bassam Tariq stepped away from the project on Tuesday, just two months before the movie was set to begin production, signaling a potential delay from the originally set Nov. 2023 premiere date. However, \u201cArmor Wars\u201d won’t slide into that date \u2014 it’s unclear when the new movie will arrive in theaters. <\/p>\n

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\tAt the D23 Expo in Anaheim earlier this month, Marvel Studios vice president Kevin Feige stated that \u201cArmor Wars\u201d would follow the events of \u201cSecret Invasion,\u201d the MCU TV series set to debut in early 2023 on Disney+, in which Cheadle’s Rhodes will also appear. On the red carpet with Variety’s Marc Malkin, the actor explained how the two projects are tied together. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cIn the trailer, you see that he’s got to confront Nick [Fury.] He and Fury are gonna go at it throughout this show, as far as what they need to do, given what’s happened on this planet at this point,\u201d Cheadle teased. \u201cIt’s kind of a thriller and a different kind of show than you usually see in the MCU, which is great that we can continue to keep changing it up and switching it up. It’s lots of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tCheadle also confirmed that he’s finished with his initial contractual obligations to Marvel Studios, but noted that he’s open to additional MCU projects. \u201cNow it’s just, if something sounds fun and I’m presented with it, it’s like ‘Yeah, let’s go.’\u201d To note, the actor’s last appearance as Rhodes \u2014 a guest spot on 2021’s \u201cThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier\u201d \u2014 earned Cheadle a Primetime Emmy nomination. <\/p>\n

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\tSpeculatively, based on the comic books, villains that could potentially appear in \u201cArmor Wars\u201d include Stilt-Man, the Crimson Dynamo and Justin Hammer, who was played by Sam Rockwell in \u201cIron Man 2.\u201d The \u201cArmor Wars\u201d comics were written by David Michelinie and Bob Layton in 1987 and 1988 with art by Mark D. Bright and Barry Windsor-Smith.<\/p>\n

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\tThe Hollywood Reporter was first to report the switch from series to movie.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n