Don Cheadle’s Marvel movie ‘Armor Wars’ is back on track for 2025
Marvel has placed Don Cheadle’s “Armor Wars” back on its schedule, with plans to begin shooting at Trilith Studios in Fayetteville early next year, according to Productionlist.com, which tracks active scripted TV series and films.
Based on the comic book story of the same name, “Armor Wars” was originally set to be a TV series for Disney, with production tentatively scheduled to begin in late 2022. But executives changed their minds and decided to turn it into a movie. Plans to start shooting the film in 2023 were scuttled by the dual actors and writers strikes.
Cheadle will reprise his role from as James Rhodes/War Machine in “Armor Wars’ the first time his character is the leading role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He previously appeared in three “Iron Man” films, three “Avengers” movies, “Captain America: Civil War” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Secret Invasion” miniseries.
He was close friends with Tony Stark of “Iron Man” fame and would become part of The Avengers team.
“Armor Wars” will focus on Rhodes protecting Tony Stark’s tech from falling into the wrong hands, according to Marvel.
Cheadle was recently in metro Atlanta to shoot Peacock’s upcoming “Fight Night,” a Kevin Hart-led limited series about a 1970 robbery the night of a Muhammad Ali fight in Atlanta.
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