Armor Wars

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This will now be a movie - discuss here!

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“Armor Wars” the upcoming series on Disney+, has selected Yassir Lester to be it's head writer. 

Don Cheadle will star in the series, reprising the role of James “Rhodey” Rhodes, a.k.a. War Machine. Yassir Lester was the head writer for another show that Don Cheadle was the lead actor for, “Black Monday” on Showtime.

Armor Wars tells the story of what Rhodey does when some of Tony Stark’s tech falls into the wrong hands.

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When asked about Armor Wars and the most exciting part of playing Rhodey, Don Cheadle said that the most exciting part is "yet to come" (now that Rhodey is "untethered" from Tony Stark)...

ACE Universe Presents: A Conversation with Don Cheadle
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Edited October 8, 2021 by tv echo

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I hope the bad guy is either Justin Hammer (who never officially died or even got arrested on screen) or (spoilers for Falcon and the Winter Soldier)

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Sharon Carter aka the Power Broker. Because it seems to me like Stark tech is at least as worthy of being stolen for supervillain uses as the super soldier serum.

Come to think of it, Stark tech being stolen was the main plot driver in Iron Man 1-3 as well as arguably Avengers 2, so it’ll be interesting to see a fresh take on it. Hell, just doing Armor Wars with Rhodey at the core instead of Tony should make it different from the various Armor Wars stories in the comics.

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41 minutes ago, arc said:

Come to think of it, Stark tech being stolen was the main plot driver in Iron Man 1-3 as well as arguably Avengers 2,

And the Hawkeye TV Series.

[Anduin]

2 hours ago, arc said:

I hope the bad guy is either Justin Hammer (who never officially died or even got arrested on screen) or (spoilers for Falcon and the Winter Soldier)

We saw him in jail in the All Hail the King short.

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Don Cheadle's New MCU Show Filming Update Reveals Fall 2022 Start
BY COOPER HOOD   JUNE 29, 2022
https://screenrant.com/armor-wars-marvel-show-don-cheadle-filming-update/ 

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Now, a major Armor Wars filming update has arrived that confirms production begins in the fall of 2022. The information comes from a bio description for Jenna Berger, an executive at Marvel Studios who produced Ms. Marvel. Berger is set to produce Armor Wars next for Marvel Studios. A biography provided for her ahead of an appearance at Wolf Conference 2022 included the revelation that Armor Wars begins filming this fall in Atlanta, Georgia.

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MCU's Armor Wars Still Planned for Disney+ Despite Marvel's SDCC Silence
BY SEAN GRIBBIN    JULY 24, 2022
https://www.cbr.com/armor-wars-still-planned-sdcc-absence-marvel-mcu/ 

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Following the absence of any updates or news regarding the upcoming Disney+ series, Armor Wars writer Yassir Lester promised Marvel fans on his Instagram story that the movie is still slated for release in the future. Lester's post was nothing more than a black screen with the text, "I promise it is still coming out."

Edited July 25, 2022 by tv echo

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Includes snippet of Don Cheadle talking about Armor Wars...

MCU Stars LIVE from the Marvel Studios panel at D23 Expo 2022
Marvel Entertainment   Sep 10, 2022

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From The Hollywood Reporter:

Marvel Shakes Up ‘Armor Wars’: Don Cheadle Series Now Being Developed As a Movie

Marvel Studios has shaken up its Armor Wars project, and now what was to have been a series for Disney+ will be redeveloped as a feature film.

The move essentially pushes back the title further down the development slate.

Sources say the studio was committed in getting the story told the right way and in that process realized that a feature was better suited for the project. Like all Marvel movies, it is intended for a theatrical release.

Don Cheadle, who is reprising his longtime Marvel Cinematic Universe role as Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes, AKA War Machine, remains on board to star. Yassir Lester, who was acting as head writer on the series, will remain as its feature scribe.

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Marvel Explains Why Armor Wars Morphed From a Series to an MCU Film
BY KATRINA YANG     NOV 17, 2022
https://www.cbr.com/armor-wars-morphed-series-mcu-movie-marvel-reason/ 

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Marvel Studios executive Nate Moore explained why the plan for Armor Wars to be a Disney+ television series was altered.

Marvel recently announced that the Don Cheadle-led Armor War would jump from being a streaming show to a theatrical movie, leaving some fans wondering about the reasons behind the choice. In an interview with The Town Podcast, Moore explained why a change was necessary, revealing that though Marvel initially envisioned Armor Wars as a television show, the project expanded past it. "There were some great ideas that were coming out for that show, but that, to be quite honest, felt too big for that show," said Moore.

According to Moore, budget also played a big part in the decision to make a movie. "Our Disney+ shows are awesome, and we love them, but the budgets are not the same as the features, that's not secret," he said. "And when you're talking about a show that wants to be about seeing all the cool armors, and Don Cheadle interacting with all these armors, and the legacy of Tony Stark, that became cost-prohibitive to do as a show."

By making the project a feature, Moore explained, the studio could get into "some of the beautiful imagery" from publishing and have "an Armor Wars run." Additionally, the team wanted to "leverage the ideas of that movie that affect other movies down the line," which became a determining factor in making Armor Wars into a film.

Edited November 18, 2022 by tv echo

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Don Cheadle acts with Samuel L. Jackson for the first time in Secret Invasion
By Devan Coggan   May 08, 2023 
https://ew.com/tv/don-cheadle-marvel-secret-invasion-interview/ 

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He's also got another project in the works: Secret Invasion will help set up Armor Wars, a planned standalone film that's all about Rhodey. Cheadle is tight-lipped about what that project will entail — or when we might see it — but he says he's excited to uncover new sides of a character he's played for so long.

"The fun part about it is that we're going to continue to explore Rhodey and — in some ways for the first time — get to see what makes him tick," Cheadle explains. "We understand his physical challenges, but we haven't really yet dug into a lot of his emotional and psychological [challenges]."

Edited May 9, 2023 by tv echo

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Marvel TV Status Report: The Latest on Daredevil, Agatha All Along, Ironheart, the Vision Series and 8 Others
BY KEISHA HATCHETT, MATT WEBB MITOVICH   MAY 25, 2024 
https://tvline.com/lists/marvel-tv-series-schedule-release-date-cast-disney-plus/ 

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Armor Wars
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WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Based on the comic series of the same name, the show follows James Rhodes, aka War Machine, who must “face what happens when Tony Stark’s tech falls into the wrong hands.” It was said at the September 2022 D23 that Rhodey fans will “see the character in a whole new light” and can look forward to all-new suits for the hero, featuring different types of armor.

STATUS: After Armor Wars was noticeably absent from Marvel’s announcements at the summer 2022 Comic-Con, writer Yassir Lester assured on Instagram, “I promise it is still coming out.” At D23 that September, Disney confirmed it’s absolutely still on the calendar.

In September 2022, it was reported that Armor Wars is being redeveloped as a film, as Marvel execs realized the project (and the requisite visual effects) would be better served by a feature.

CONFIRMED CAST: Don Cheadle (James Rhodes/War Machine)

RUMORED CAST: Walton Goggins (as Ant-Man and the Wasp villain Sonny Burch)

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Secret Invasion’s Polarizing Rhodey Reveal Could Be Worth It, Says Don Cheadle — If Armor Wars Happens
By Matt Webb Mitovich   October 12, 2024
https://tvline.com/interviews/armor-wars-marvel-movie-update-don-cheadle-secret-invasion-1235348970/

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TVLINE | Any word on where Armor Wars stands?
You can find out and let me know.

TVLINE | Last I heard, it switched from being a TV series to a movie, but there have been no updates since.
Yeah. I think the word that’s the most salient in that sentence is “switched.” [Laughs] I don’t know, I’m not sure where anything is right now. I think things are going through a lot of changes, and we’ll see what happens, we’ll see what it is.

Edited October 13 by tv echo