Whereas followers have been involved that we acquired zero main updates concerning the Don Cheadle-starring Armor Wars sequence on the San Diego Comedian-Con and a fast look of Cheadle at D23, the explanation for the relative silence is now clear: Marvel is, in line with The Hollywood Reporter, changing the sequence from a Disney+ present right into a film.

With Cheadle nonetheless starring within the story – which is able to see James Rhodes investigating what occurs when Stark tech falls into the fallacious arms — the present’s crew was knowledgeable of the change not too long ago.

Yassir Lester, who was head author for the present, will craft the script for the film. No director had been connected, so that can now be an enormous objective for the film.

One other query? The place it is going to match into the MCU’s busy launch schedule – particularly since, once we final heard about it, the story was going to straight tie into the Secret Invasion sequence (which ought to be on Disney+ subsequent 12 months).

This a definitely an sudden transfer from Marvel, however then the corporate has proven willingness to flex prior to now.

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