Marvel Studios Nearly Greenlit A WAR MACHINE Movie Shortly After The Release Of IRON MAN 2
Black Panther may be the first Marvel Studios movie with a black lead but that wasn't always going to be the case! Now, screenwriter Joe Robert Cole reveals that Marvel nearly greenlit War Machine.
Black Panther is set to be released next week and the movie has generated a lot of buzz because it's the first Marvel Studios release to feature a black lead. However, screenwriter Joe Robert Cole has now revealed that he once pitched a War Machine movie to Kevin Feige and company which came close to being greenlit until Iron Man 3 changed plans for the hero and Marvel decided against developing it.
"At that meeting, they also said they were thinking of doing a War Machine movie," Cole confirmed. "I pitched a concept and won that job to write the script but they decided, based on what Iron Man 3 was going to be, they weren’t going to do War Machine anymore. But they asked if I’d be interested in joining their writer’s program instead." So, it worked out well for him but not for poor old Rhodey!
War Machine later appeared in Captain America: Civil War and will be seen in Avengers: Infinity War this May so the character has received a fair bit of screentime since Iron Man 3 was released in 2013. Whether or not the success of Black Panther will help the hero get his own movie remains to be seen. Would you guys like to see War Machine as the lead of his own spinoff? Share your thoughts below.