War Machine is just one of the many sidekicks in comic books that has been able to get his own title. It is to the point that War Machine has been considered by some fans of comics to be a stand alone hero in his own right.
Perhaps that is true. War Machine's alter ego Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes certainly is a badass character. Can a movie adaption be done for the character? I believe that is a NO.
First of all, War Machine is just Iron Man with a different color armor and weapons on his back. He is just too much like Iron Man for me and many. This would make him a redundant character to get a film. Why do a War Machine film if you can just do another Iron Man film?
War Machine and Iron Man are not too different. Of course, Tony Stark and Rhodey are. Can Rhodey really work as a stand-alone character in the movies? Many would probably tell you no, and here is why:
The performance Don Cheadle put on as Rhodes in "Iron Man 2" was lackluster as far as I am concerned. I saw zero effort put into the role. I felt he was, for lack of a better word, boring. Tony Stark *ahem* Robert Downey Jr. is the star and soul of the Iron Man films. Any other character in those films are just not quite as fun to watch unfortunately, which is why I think you can't really do a spin-off.
Now would I be all for Cheadle coming back to the role and really nailing it this time? Absolutely. But in "Iron Man 3," not his own film.
A good amount of source material has been developed throughout the comics for the character, but again... how can you really make War Machine stand out from Iron Man? You really can't. Don Cheadle's Rhodey would be completely uninteresting without Tony Stark in a movie. You have to admit that.
Then again, you could throw Robert Downey Jr. in a War Machine movie for a cameo role. Then it makes you wonder what the whole point of a War Machine film really would be if you have the real star appearing.
What is most important to me in this situation, is that Marvel Studios has so many characters to work on for the big screen and now with the Marvel Cinematic Universe there are so many possibilities. A War Machine movie would not really add anything to it! Let's not see Doctor Strange, Luke Cage, or The Punisher, Let's see War Machine!!! :D
REALLY?