"Armor Wars" Shifts From Disney+ Series to Marvel Movie

[Rabulias]

Looks like Armor Wars is getting an upgrade of sorts. I have always liked Cheadle in the role (nothing against Terrence Howard), and look forward to him getting an opportunity to take an MCU lead role like this.

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

Yassir Lester, who was acting as head writer on the series, will remain as its feature scribe.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Umbran]

Honestly... I think I'd have preferred a series, since a series typically has more story than a movie. The comics, as a genre, are built of serialized storytelling.

But, if Cheadle can get a Marvel-leading-man salary out of it, more power to him!

 

[Rabulias]

Honestly... I think I'd have preferred a series, since a series typically has more story than a movie. The comics, as a genre, are built of serialized storytelling.

But, if Cheadle can get a Marvel-leading-man salary out of it, more power to him!

I agree, a series would have likely been more screen time (possibly up to triple that of a standard film), but I think a film will get a bigger budget (for both production and Cheadle) and more exposure. And sometimes more screen time =/= better story; sometimes two hours is the best fit. We shall see how it turns out. My biggest complaint is the added delay, but I can be patient for a good end product.

 

[Umbran]

And sometimes more screen time =/= better story; sometimes two hours is the best fit. We shall see how it turns out.

Fair. If, when the looked at it, they realized that they had two hours of good story, and a couple hours of filler, time to make it a movie.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Maybe the special effects necessary for all the armor suits requires a film budget, rather than a series budget., to do it all justice.

 

[MarkB]

Fair. If, when the looked at it, they realized that they had two hours of good story, and a couple hours of filler, time to make it a movie.

Hopefully it could be a return to more integrated storytelling. One thing the earlier Marvel movies did do well was to keep story arcs progressing across movies, thanks to their tight core of shared characters. Sadly, the more recent movies haven't really managed that.