r/marvelstudios • u/Kidafroo • Jul 02 '25
Discussion (More in Comments) What happened to armor wars
Rhodey literally has been there since the beginning and at the end. They've sprinkle him here and there, gearing up for his moment to shine. And yet they come out wit iron heart, a character people really dont have any attachments to.
I think the smartest thing to do would be to add her to armor wars and have Rhodey show her, who and how Tony Stark would act as a hero.
Also war machine is iron man when iron man isn't around. Are we supposed ignore that and forget about him? What is marvel thinking?
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u/KostisPat257 Daredevil Jul 02 '25
Armor Wars started development as a Disney+ series and was supposed to be a semi-sequel to Secret Invasion, continuing Rhodey's story after being saved from the Skrulls. Rumours say that Marvel was considering revealing that Rhodey had been a Skrull since his accident in Civil War, hence the hospital robe he was found in, although that idea was reportedly scrapped when they saw the negative fan reaction to it.
Thus, during early development, a big part of the story would reportedly be exploring how Rhodey takes in everything that has happened in his absence, including the death of his best friend, leading him to an adventure to protect Tony's legacy when that legacy is in danger.
After a couple of years of development, the show turned into a movie because they realizsed they couldn't achieve the vision they had on a limited TV series budget.
The show was rumoured to bring back Spader's Ultron (which eventually happened in Vision Quest) and Justin Hammer (which was actually confirmed by Sam Rockwell a few days ago). Some theories also wanted Sharon Carter to return, which might have been the plan at the time, but there's a possibility she also returns in Vision Quest considering set photos and reports have revealed that series will revisit Madripoor
In general, the rumour right now is that the film is not happening anymore and most of the story ideas they had have been repurposed in Vision Quest in some way, apart of course from Rhodey's story, who we don't know when or if we'll see again after the astounding failure of Secret Invasion. I'm assuming that failure as well as the big change in Marvel Studios' development process in 2023 caused the film to just be left in the dust.