War Machine is getting his own series. As part of the annual Disney Investor Day festivities, Marvel Studios announced James “Rhodey” Rhodes is getting his own live-action series on Disney+ in the form of Armor Wars, adapting the classic comic arc of the same name. A long-time supporting character of Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, the series will put War Machine into the spotlight in his own property, following in the footsteps of other Marvel mainstays like Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), and more.

The original comic series focuses on Stark’s quirk for always one-upping his own armor, and the associated dangers with it. At one point, Stark manages to find a super villain that’s managed to reverse-engineer the Iron Man armor and thus, the Armor Wars begin.

 

A serious focusing on the story completely fits in line with Marvel Studios’ supreme interconnectivity, while still giving Iron Man a presence in the universe even after his death. Though details for the series will be kept close to the vest for quite some time, one hypothetical scenario would be scavengers managing to get their hands on Stark armor from the Avengers compound that was destroyed in Avengers: Endgame.

 

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