The Avengers The Avengers: News and Speculation

[terry78]

Not really, but he did take away from the villains big time.


But now that I think about it, screw a WM movie if they intend for him to fight an IM villain. I wouldn't want to see someone like Titanium Man, Crimson Dynamo or even AIM introduced in his movies. It's bad enough IM's rouges gallery is relatively weak and severely outdated, there's no need for WM to take from IM's villains again.

And if they're that desperate to do a minority character, then do Black Panther, Luke Cage, White Tiger, Shang Chi, Nick Fury and SHIELD. There's no need to milk the IM franchise.

I'm sure you didn't mean that as condescending as it sounded, but in essence I do agree with Rhodes not really needing his own flick.

 

[marcvader]

Hell, id rather see Blade again in theaters before WM.

 

[BizarroAids]

Good. I don't want War Machine in The Avengers. He doesn't need to be in it at all.

Only if it's called Secret Avengers.

 

[MadVillainy]

Hell, id rather see Blade again in theaters before WM.

Definitely

 

[Rock Sexton]

I see a War Machine movie as being like Predator 2 without Arnie. Don Cheadle isn't exactly a big draw in himself, and his portrayal of Rhodes is rather too serious. It's RDJ who is the driving force in Iron Man with the GA. Having a War Machine movie might dilute the Iron Man franchise and have a negative effect on it, as it could make the GA grow weary of both characters. Maybe if War Machine/ Rhodes had been played by someone more charismatic (and I don't mean Terrence "whiney voice" Howard), then it might work, but I don't see Don Cheadle and his version of Rhodes as being all that interesting on screen.

I just posted about this over in the Marvel thread. I just don't see how a War Machine standalone film is viable. It's basically infringing on Iron Man. I know that stuff with super heroes sharing the same powers works in the comics, but it's just a whole different medium with film. They already have a man in a technologically advanced suit. To try and run with another one would have a dilutive effect IMO.

 

[OB12]

I don't really see what the big deal. A War Machine movie could potentially be pretty good. I would be open minded to it, Cheadle is a great actor and I am sure there are facets of the character that he would like to explore. Why not give him that chance? I would also like to see him have a cameo in the Avengers if there is some massive worldwide threat. Just a quick cutaway to War Machine and some SHIELD agents trying to repel the invading forces somewhere in the world.

 

[marcvader]

Because Warmachine is not an interesting enough character to spend money on making when there are a bunch more in the stable waiting to be made.

 

[BigThor]

Because Warmachine is not an interesting enough character to spend money on making when there are a bunch more in the stable waiting to be made.

I agree, there's far better heroes in the stable as well

 

[TikkiEXX]

if they wanna do a War Machine movie more power to em. the more the merrier as far as im concerned. and the War Machine comic from a whie back was pretty sweet, even tho Rhodey was a cyborg the whole time but the concept was cool. basically War Machine going around the world killing terrorists and other bad guys that deserved it but were untouchable for one reason or another. were getting Black Panther so im not complaining. and its not like these are gonna be major big time block busters. id imagine it would be one of the lower budget movies they mentioned a while ago. so probably low risk high reward for disney and marvel

 

[Hurm...]

I can see a War Machine movie set in Afghanistan, where he is working with soldiers and completing missions. Something that looks like Hurt Locker but has War Machine in it.

 

[Rock Sexton]

I can see a War Machine movie set in Afghanistan, where he is working with soldiers and completing missions. Something that looks like Hurt Locker but has War Machine in it.

..... But who's going to be the film's antagonist? Another armored villain? We've seen that - it was called Iron Man and Iron Man 2.

 

[TikkiEXX]

pick some war mongering type of villain. if theyre gonna do War Machine maybe focus on more militiristic types of bad guys. either that or turn him loose on a branch of Hydra or A.I.M. they always make good canon fodder. lol. i admit that was pretty half assed but im sure Marvel can come up with something or they wouldnt bother. probably be quite a while before we hear anything really solid about this so im putting it on the backburner until i know more. still hyped off the Black Panther news so honestly i really dont care about War Machine at the moment. i just think if done right it could be a cool little action flick, i dont expect it to be Iron Man and it shouldnt be. or else its just a waste of everyones time

 

[OB12]

Who knows what the writers could come up with for War Machine. I'm willing to give it a shot if Marvel thinks they can produce a good story. The thing is it is not like exploring a War Machine movie is preventing them from moving forward with Ant-Man, Black Panther, Dr. Strange or other characters. I am sure they are fully aware of the fact that there are some pretty good characters that have yet to be developed and working hard to bring them to the big screen.

 

[TikkiEXX]

Who knows what the writers could come up with for War Machine. I'm willing to give it a shot if Marvel thinks they can produce a good story. The thing is it is not like exploring a War Machine movie is preventing them from moving forward with Ant-Man, Black Panther, Dr. Strange or other characters. I am sure they are fully aware of the fact that there are some pretty good characters that have yet to be developed and working hard to bring them to the big screen.

yeah i dont see how this is a bad thing. if anything it gives me some hope that some of the more obscure characters will get some screen time eventually. cant wait for the first Cosmic character to get a movie, and with Iron Fist getting a movie i can see a Heroes for Hire movie eventually. basically its all good for the moment. they havent turned into Fox yet. lol

 

[BigThor]

yeah i dont see how this is a bad thing. if anything it gives me some hope that some of the more obscure characters will get some screen time eventually. cant wait for the first Cosmic character to get a movie, and with Iron Fist getting a movie i can see a Heroes for Hire movie eventually. basically its all good for the moment. they havent turned into Fox yet. lol

I wish Fox didn't have the rights to Silver Surfer, because he's the most popular Cosmic character in the Marvel Universe. He's also one of the more interesting ones as well.

 

[Bren]

The thing is it is not like exploring a War Machine movie is preventing them from moving forward with Ant-Man, Black Panther, Dr. Strange or other characters.

I'd be guessing that yes it could prevent other characters getting a chance. I mean, it costs money right? I'd guess they only have so much, so they have to budget on which films they spend it on.

Nothing against a WM film, but I think the ONLY benefit it has is it's a known quantity and they've done all the homework for armour/cgi already. There's no other advantage over a character like Black Panther.

 

[RealIrOnMaN]

Chris Hemsworth talks about the Avengers

 

[ttotheusher]

I swear that guy is the only who actually talks about The Avengers!

It's non-viewable in the UK, doe's he say anthing interesting or is it the same old story?

 

[RealIrOnMaN]

I swear that guy is the only who actually talks about The Avengers!

It's non-viewable in the UK, doe's he say anthing interesting or is it the same old story?

He says, that:

* After that last meeting back in SDCC'10, he met only RDJ & Chris Evans at Golden Globes.
* He read the early draft of the movie & spoke to Joss Whedon about it.
* The draft contains a lot of classic stuff from the comics. Chris mentioned Hulk vs. Thor brawl.

* He neither confirmed or denied Hawkeye's cameo in Thor
* He didn't had the chance to see the rough cut of Thor.

 

[Crimson King]

Chris Hemsworth talks about the Avengers

I think this guy's our new Michael Caine when it comes to leaking information. Hulk vs. Thor! I can't wait to see some of these scenes.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Chris mentioned Hulk vs. Thor brawl.

 

[Venom'sDad]

Fantastic, I always wondered if we would get a taste of that classic brawl between Hulk and Thor. Fantastic indeed.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Did he say there will be a brawl? He said in the comics there's that... so in a way, I guess he mentioned it.

But honestly, you can't go without an Hulk and Thor brawl in an Avengers film.

 

[RealIrOnMaN]

But honestly, you can't go without an Hulk and Thor brawl in an Avengers film.

So much win in that!

 

[The Guard]

There's been talk of a WAR MACHINE movie before. It's like anything else, if it's well executed, it could be good.

Does War Machine have any arch-enemies?

I posted this elsewhere, but has anyone considered that they may be positioning Rhoades to take over as Iron Man, as he did briefly in the comics?