Don Cheadle was recently asked about Marvel’s upcoming Armor Wars solo project, which was announced several years ago. But, he has no idea what in the hell is going on with it.
During an interview with TV Line, he responded to the question, saying: “You can find out and let me know. 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.”
A lot has changed over at Marvel Studios since Armor Wars was announced, and a few months ago it was rumored that Marvel was seriously considering scrapping the project. There’s been no update on that, though.
Cheadle went on to talk about Rhodey’s story arc in the Secret Invasion series saying: “Uh… you know, there was no… it wasn’t a demand. It was a request. ‘What do you think about playing this?’ And it was to set up stuff in the following thing.
“So, if the following thing happens, and all those things were set up, then that’s one thing. If, as you said, it doesn’t, then we can talk about how I feel about it after!”
It was revealed in Secret Invasion that Rhodey had been held captive by the Skrulls since Captain America: Civil War.
Cheadle previously teased how his character will be explored in the Armor Wars movie, explaining that for the first time, we’ll get to see what makes Rhodey tick. He said:
“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. We understand his physical challenges, but we haven’t really yet dug into a lot of his emotional and psychological [challenges].”
Marvel producer Nate Moore talked about why Armor Wars pivoted from a show to a movie saying: “You know, our Disney Plus shows are awesome, and we love them, but the budgets are not the same as the features. That’s no secret.
“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, sort of, the legacy of Tony Stark? That became kind of cost prohibitive to do as a show.”
Yassir Lester is writing the script for the film. Dominique Thorne is also expected to return as Riri Williams, a.k.a. Ironheart. Cheadle will also be joined by Walton Goggins, who is returning to reprise his role as Sonny Burch from Ant-Man and the Wasp. There have also been rumors that Sam Rockwell was in talks to return.
