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Should War Machine get his own film?

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All the other Avengers members have solo projects (some not yet released).

The film could focus on what role James Rhodes will take on the team after Tony's death.
Is he going to leave Avengers?

Or could he, with Pepper's approval, take over the Iron Man suits that Tony left beind (if there are any)?
 
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I certainly wouldn't say no to that, if Don Cheadle was up for it. Rhodey is an awesome character but very under explored.

I think it's more likely Marvel would be interested in doing a Disney + series and Cheadle is currently doing TV work, as well as the award winning House of Lies so he might be interested in something like that if his schedule opens up in the next couple of years.
 
War Machine isn’t even interesting enough to hold a short Super Bowl commercial on his own, let alone a movie or a Disney Plus show.

Love Don Cheadle, but Rhodey isn’t a very interesting character to me. No thank you.
 
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War Machine isn’t even interesting enough to star in a short Super Bowl commercial, let alone a movie or a Disney Plus spin-off show.

Love Don Cheadle, but Rhodey isn’t an interesting character to me. No thank you.
This. There is nothing anywhere near interesting enough about that character for me to watch a War Machine film.
 
War Machine isn’t even interesting enough to hold a short Super Bowl commercial on his own, let alone a movie or a Disney Plus show.

Love Don Cheadle, but Rhodey isn’t a very interesting character to me. No thank you.
But the Falcon is the lead in an upcoming series. He shares the spotlight with WS but that shouldn't matter
If Falcon is interesting enough, so is Rhodes.

Even Hawkeye has his upcoming solo project. And he's the "weakest" Avenger.
Maybe the least interesting one too.
 
But the Falcon is the lead in an upcoming series. He shares the spotlight with WS but that shouldn't matter
If Falcon is interesting enough, so is Rhodes.

Even Hawkeye has his upcoming solo project. And he's the "weakest" Avenger.
Maybe the least interesting one too.
Falcon has a lot more charisma and liveliness than Rhodey(who’s a total bore) and he will have an interesting dynamic with Bucky. Since I actually enjoyed Sam and Buck’s buddy cop type relationship(from the little I’ve seen) in Civil War, I’m actually curious to see more of it. And I wouldn’t have any interest in seeing a Hawkeye spin-off if it weren’t for Kate Bishop.

Nothing can get me even slightly curious about a War Machine show, or movie.
 
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War Machine isn’t even interesting enough to hold a short Super Bowl commercial on his own, let alone a movie or a Disney Plus show.

Love Don Cheadle, but Rhodey isn’t a very interesting character to me. No thank you.
This. Rhodey's fine but he's just not interesting enough to be a lead in an already crowded roster of heroes, even though I've enjoyed Cheadle in the role, especially in Iron Man 3 and Endgame. I'm cool with him just sticking as a supporting character in future MCU films. Cheadle also isn't getting any younger. He'll be 56 next month.
 
I'm pretty neutral on the idea of a War Machine film, which to be fair is better than how I feel about some characters. I liked Terrence Howard better in the role than Cheadle, to start with. Years ago when this was discussed I said that they would need to figure out a way to make him more interesting because there just wasn't a lot there, and I guess that's still the same situation he's in now, but I don't feel like Civil War really did him any favors in this regard. His whole "do what the government tells us to do" thing isn't much of an action hero mentality. Like, people call Captain America a boy scout, but he's still a boy scout who acts of his own volition. Rhodey is so much of a by-the-book team player that I don't know how you get out from under that.
 
If Rhodes is able to step up his persona and move out from Tony's shadow, he can take a special role in the next Avengers film.
Then maybe, he will get a solo flic before Ceadle is done with the character.

When Marvel think they can make profit from a War Machine film, it will eventually get made.

It took Black Widow a long time to get her own adventure, and she debuted in MCU at the same time Rhodes first donned the WM suit.
 
Based on what?
They both started out as flying "sidekicks". Rhodes was there first, though. He even had his own suit before the first Avengers.

WM was strangly underused, with the exception of quite large roles in IM 2 & 3.

In AoU, he and Falcon sort of joined with the others. But they hardly did anything except assist the main Avengers for a while in the climax.
The ending has Tony "retiring" and Rhodes is supposed to fill his place (as seen in the final scene, Cap starts training the new recruits). But that is never explored. Tony is back for CW.

It's almost like Marvel have decided against giving WM a fair chance.
He was part of the time mission in Endgame (Falcon was dead).
As soon as Falcon is ressurected, he gets a "solo project" before Rhodes.
 
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after all the marvel heroes get their own movie?..... yes, War machine can get his own film, :funny:
 
My thoughts are similar with Black Widow, the time to do this would have been after Iron Man 2. I just don't think the interest is there, moreso for War Machine.
 
I'm not opposed to a War Machine movie, but I don't think Cheadles performance as Rhodey is intrinsically compelling enough for the idea to sell itself. There needs to be a story which justifies the movie beyond just "More time with this hero". I can think of one, but it might not be a popular one. . . since it essentially revolves around regret at having made the wrong call way back in Civil War.
 
I'm not opposed to a War Machine movie, but I don't think Cheadles performance as Rhodey is intrinsically compelling enough for the idea to sell itself. There needs to be a story which justifies the movie beyond just "More time with this hero". I can think of one, but it might not be a popular one. . . since it essentially revolves around regret at having made the wrong call way back in Civil War.
Give it to us, please :)
 
They both started out as flying "sidekicks". Rhodes was there first, though. He even had his own suit before the first Avengers.

Your only reason for him to have a movie is cause he is a sidekick like Falcon. The problem is for better or worse, they made Falcon more interesting, gave him more to do and set him up to take over as the new Cap. I found Sam to be a more interesting character in Winter Soldier alone than Rhodes in any of the movies he's been in (including the first Iron Man).

Can they redeem the character? Yes but at this point they'd be better off doing a mini series that didn't focus solely on Rhodes and included other characters.
 
Give it to us, please :)

Oh, its more a vague idea of theme than a specific plot. But basically, something along the lines of. . . Rhodey, as a successful and famous hero who is also physically disabled and relies on cybernetics and prosthesis for daily life, gets involved with some kind of "cyber limbs for disabled veterans" type program, both as an advocate and mascot, and also to help the people accepted into the program acclimate to their new normal. While doing this, Rhodes has to reflect on his own inner life and thoughts on the matter, which are a lot more mixed as he contemplates how he ended up here.

Then, since superhero story, eventually someone connected to or involved in said program tries to divert the recipients into a "Make my own cybernetic minions" villain plan. Maybe a corrupt officer or scientist on the inside, or maybe someone on the outside with agents inside who tries to recruit the participants out into "something even better". But basically, people end up offered the chance to become even better, stronger, more whole. . . and all they have to do is just follow orders. Rhodey now has to both save the day in the sense of stopping the villain, but also save the souls, so to speak, of the disabled veterans who are being exploited and abused. And in order to do that, he has to fully come around and understand the key concept: no, you absolutely can't "just obey orders", you have to be willing to go "No, this order is unacceptable". Illegal Order Doctrine is a thing, and Rhodey himself knows this personally and can speak to it because he himself screwed up and was on the bad side of it, in Civil War.

In the end, he saves the day, stopping the villain and inspiring at least the majority of the veterans to join with him. There is probably a scene where he is deprived of his armor and his prosthetics are shut down, and he still overcomes because ultimately, Rhodes is a hero, and he'll do whats needed even if he has to literally drag his body along by one arm while shooting at the bad guys with the other. And afterwards, he finds a degree of personal peace, because he realizes that he had been subconsciously treating his paralysis as *punishment* this whole time. Now he admits that, no, its not punishment, not something he needs to wallow in, its just a fact, a result of choices and happenstance. If its the result of bad decisions, then that just means it can be a reminder to make good decisions in the future, and to help others make those good decisions, too.

Essentially, there are two core themes: "Orders and obedience don't excuse unethical behavior" and "Past actions and consequences will always be with you, but one mustn't use them as an excuse to not act and change in the future".
 
Don Cheadle is awesome as coked out eighties con man broker mo in black Monday.

Cheadle is certainly charismatic enough to lead a show or movie but rhodey would need some good writing to make him more of a compelling lead.
 
Honestly with Tony gone, there's room for this film. Rhodey takes up the mantel of War Machine full time. Not sure he's strong enough to stand on his own in a film because I don't think he can transition to the roll without dealing with to much of Tony's baggage. Hate for Tony's legacy to be the villian in another film. He could be the new Nick Fury, or take over Widow's roll as holding the Avengers together though, and bind future films together though. Espeically tying Falcon and Winter Soldier or Spider-man back in.

Maybe a version of an X-men film where Hammer Tech is tasked with creating Sentinels (rebranded Hammer drones) following the new mutant uprising by Magneto. Rhodes is initially tasked with leading the Sentinels, but is compelled by Xavier to stop once he realizes most mutants are peaceful.
 
My thoughts are similar with Black Widow, the time to do this would have been after Iron Man 2. I just don't think the interest is there, moreso for War Machine.

If anything, both characters were much more interesting in their later films (Avengers and Winter Soldier for BW and Iron Man 3 for WM). It’d be cool to see WM in Thunderbolts too
 

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