The rumored Armor Wars filming timetable contrasts with information regarding the next MCU movie.
Armor Wars is a sort of Iron Man spin-off that looks at what happens when Stark Tech gets into the wrong hands and stars War Machine’s, Don Cheadle.
Armor Wars has been turned into a full-length movie, despite the fact that it was first announced as a Disney+ series in September 2022 by Marvel Studios.
Although the studio has not yet announced a release date, it was previously anticipated that production on the MCU movie would start soon. But as of right now, it doesn’t seem to be the case.
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Conflicting Production Reports during the Armor Wars
Production List asserts that ArmorWars will shoot from April 3 to August 4 of 2023, but there is evidence to imply that the spin-off won’t start shooting until later.
The “end of the year” is the most likely start date for Don Cheadle’s Armor Wars, according to dependable scooper @MsLizzieHill:
“I concur with Charles Murphy that the rumored April launch date for ArmorWars appears to be false (Charles wrote a lengthy thread about this morning). I’ll add that “end of the year” is more plausible, according to a dependable source I recently heard from.”
Regarding insider Charles Murphy’s thread, the insider argued against the likelihood of April by noting that “no director” had been named, which typically occurs “around a year before production:”
“THREAD on ArmorWars: I keep reading that ArmorWars will be filmed from April to August, but I find that very hard to believe.
No director has been announced; this generally happens approximately a year before filming. On June 22, Schrier was hired. In June ’23, Thunderbolts will premiere.
Additionally, he stated that “no casting announcements” had been made. In contrast, “many castings have been made public” for the films Thunderbolts and Captain America: New World Order, both of which “are filming this summer”:
“There haven’t been any casting announcements for Armor Wars, and no one I know has seen a casting grid. This summer, New World Order and Thunderbolts will both be in production, and numerous castings have already been made public. For Armor Wars, none.”
Murphy has a hypothesis as to why Armor Wars is allegedly filming in April.
He claims in his thread that Armor Wars and Wonder Man are “somehow confused with each other” and that Armor Wars is now filming from April to August.
“Wonder Man shoots between April and August. It already has several cast members and is looking for more. It’s possible that whoever is stating that Armor Wars is filming has confused it in some way with Wonder Man.”
In his final article, Murphy promised to “follow up with Disney” regarding this implausible possibility today.
“It is extremely doubtful that the allegations of an Armor Wars shooting in April are accurate. Later today, I will follow up with Disney regarding this.”
Later on, Murphy stated that he had “checked with Disney” and was “making the decision to not believe the April” start date:
“I checked with Disney on Armor Wars, and based on their response, I’ve decided not to believe the April information.”
Even while this information refutes Production List’s assertion, it’s important to note that the website has historically been a trustworthy source, particularly when it comes to the Agatha: Coven of Chaos filming schedule, Loki’s second season, and even DC’s planned Joker 2 movie.
Why Armor Wars’ Time is Not on Their Side
Although there was no official start date for Armor Wars, a sooner rather than later start date makes logical.
After all, “whatever happens in Armor Wars kicks off” in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion. Additionally, Secret Invasion is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in the spring of 2023.
Additionally, it was anticipated that Armor Wars would start production in the fall of 2022 when it was still streamer-bound.
Despite the legitimacy of the Production List, an April start date was previously implausible because Armor Wars is being reworked into a film and because Marvel Studios currently has a full schedule.
Additionally, Marvel hasn’t named a director or any extra cast members, which is customary, as was noted on Twitter.
In the days to come, it will be interesting to see if the website actually confused Armor Wars with Wonder Man and if Disney and Marvel Studios decide to update the War Machine series-turned-movie.
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