Marvel’s Armor Wars Being Developed As A Film Instead Of A Series

Iron Man casts an extended shadow over the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a brand new spherical of armor-themed content material is about to begin. One of the deliberate sequence, Armor Wars, will reportedly now be a movie relatively than a Disney+ sequence, in line with The Hollywood Reporter.

Sources inform THR that within the technique of making an attempt to get the story proper, the studio notice {that a} function was a greater match for the venture. With how meticulously Marvel Studios plans out its movie slate, that possible pushes the film out a methods, although we do not but know simply how far. The movie is in early improvement, and all we actually know proper now could be that Don Cheadle is presently nonetheless connected to reprise his position as James “Rhodey” Rhodes, a personality he is performed since 2010’s Iron Man 2.

In the Marvel comics, the Armor Wars storyline begins with Tony Stark’s armor designs being stolen and offered to Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell in Iron Man 2). Tony battles villains like Stilt-Man, Shockwave, and Doctor Doom to destroy his stolen designs. Following the occasions of Avengers: Endgame, we are able to anticipate the movie to be fairly completely different no matter whether or not it retains the deliberate Armor Wars title, although it should nonetheless possible be a showcase for plenty of completely different Iron Man-inspired armor.

The different Iron Man legacy venture within the works proper now could be Ironheart, which follows the story of teenage inventor Riri Williams, who builds an Iron Man-style swimsuit of armor to battle The Hood. Ironheart is already filming, as evidenced by leaked set pictures, so that may stay a Disney+ sequence as Armor Wars migrates to the massive display screen. Riri will debut forward of her sequence within the upcoming movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, whereas we’ll see Rhodey forward of Armor Wars within the Secret Invasion sequence.