If Tony Stark needs help battling a global threat down the line for instance, why wouldn't Captain America and S. At least one of these questions will be explained in detail before "Phase Two" of the Marvel film franchise kicks off next summer with Iron Man 3. From the brief description we know that it'll take place partly during the events of The Avengers and after, in between it and the story of Iron Man 3. Most importantly, it'll explain what mission Rhodey was conducting during the invasion of New York.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe returns! First, it's the comics adaptation of the blockbuster film Iron Man 2! Iron Man ushered in the Age of Marvel, and the movie business hasn't been the same since, but one star didn't even return of the sequel: here's why Terrence Howard didn't reprise his role as Rhodey in Iron Man 2. Director Jon Favreau's blockbuster Iron Man origin story was a near-perfect introduction to the now-established Marvel Cinematic Universe and not only cemented the comeback of star Robert Downey Jr.
Downey's " genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist " Tony Stark would be joined by other charismatic stars in the form of Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, and Brie Larson as Carol Danvers and many, many more but Downey remains one of Marvel's most popular - and its highest paid - poster boy. Colonel James Rhodes. Howard played Stark's best friend and ally Rhodey, a character who - in the comics - took over for Stark as Iron Man and eventually became a superhero called War Machine.
There were brief rumblings regarding the recasting of Rhodey on the release of Iron Man 2 in , as is only natural, but many of the details remained unknown. Howard answered a call-in question about the recasting of his role, and also reflected — not so positively — on the reason he abandoned the MCU. On the segment, Howard is unsubtle about the reason he left the MCU behind. Money played a major part — as it often does in blockbuster filmmaking — but the actor also hinted at other tensions that contributed to him walking away.
With Ultron clearly losing the fight, his remaining Sentries attempted to flee, so War Machine was called to stop them, however, Vision flew by War Machine and assisted him in destroying all these Ultron Sentries with the Mind Stone , while War Machine was surprised to receive help from an unknown ally.
War Machine at the New Avengers Facility. Once the Ultron Offensive had finally been concluded, War Machine officially joined the Avengers ' roster, acting as a liaison between them and the American government.
Rhodes joining the Avengers for their meeting. In the aftermath of the Avengers ' disastrous mission which had taken place in Lagos , Nigeria , where the Avengers fought against Crossbones , which had ended as Crossbones set off a bomb, causing the deaths of citizens when Scarlet Witch had redirected the explosion into a building filled with innocent people. Following this, Rhodes and the Avengers were called into a meeting to discuss this incident.
Rhodes listening to Thaddeus Ross ' speech. Sitting with the Avengers, Rhodes listened while Thaddeus Ross had explained that, following the high civilian death tolls connected to the Avengers' missions in New York City and Sokovia while they fought against Loki and Ultron , it had been decided that they needed to be put under a lot closer checks.
Ross had then presented Rhodes with their recently created Sokovia Accords , which Ross explained meant that the United Nations would have control over the Avengers.
Rhodes and Sam Wilson discuss the Accords. Once Ross had left the New Avengers Facility , Rhodes and the other Avengers began discussing the Accords and whether they should be accepted, while Rhodes spoke with Sam Wilson , arguing that Ross' military record should give him more credibility. While Wilson argued that there was a risk they would be sent to the Raft if they disobeyed the Accords, to which Rhodes then noted that with the support of the hundred and seventeen countries, the Accords should be obeyed.
Rhodes listening to the Avengers ' arguments. Their debate was interrupted by Vision who then made the point that following Tony Stark announcing that he was Iron Man , the number of enhanced individuals and world threatening events had skyrocketed, claiming that the Avengers' presence would always invite challenge and conflict.
As Rhodes agreed with Vision, Natasha Romanoff then invited Stark to make his own case, as Stark told them about Charlie Spencer , who was killed in Sokovia while they had fought Ultron. Rhodes and Steve Rogers having their debate. Rhodes listened closely while Stark had claimed that his example of Spencer proved why the Avengers needed to be put in check, which Rhodes agreed with.
However, Steve Rogers instead claimed that the Accords shifted the blame and they should all take responsibility and continue the fight. Rhodes disagreed, calling Rogers' points arrogant and also noted that the decision was not being made by the World Security Council or HYDRA , although Rogers insisted that the United Nations was run by people with agendas which could change, which could put innocent people in danger if they had ever decided that the Avengers would not be allowed to go out on certain missions.
Rhodes makes his decision on the Accords. While Stark and Rogers engaged in their own debate over the morals of the Accords, Rhodes had listened while Stark noted that when he learned what Stark Industries ' weaponry was doing in the hands of the Ten Rings , he had shut down that operation, to which Rogers had noted that Stark chose to do that, which the Accords would not have allowed. While the Avengers chose their side with the debate, Rogers learned that Peggy Carter had passed away and left the room.
War Machine arrives to arrest Captain America. War Machine personally greets Black Panther. While Captain America had managed to convince the Winter Soldier not to fight back and handed over his Shield to them, War Machine told him that as he had disobeyed the Sokovia Accords , he was now a criminal.
While taking them into their custody with his weapons still trained on them, War Machine was also shocked to discover that the Black Panther was King T'Challa of Wakanda , as he showed respect to the Wakandan king who had tried to kill the Winter Soldier. War Machine and Iron Man confront Rogers. However, before long the Winter Soldier had been broken free from the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre Building , having just gotten the assistance of both Captain America and Falcon who helped him go into hiding.
War Machine watching over Captain America. While the two armored heroes blocked Captain America's way, they were also joined by Black Panther and Black Widow , while Captain America attempted to explain that Helmut Zemo was in fact behind everything that was happening.
Frustrated by the situation, Iron Man called in Spider-Man , who stole Captain America's Shield to disarm him while Iron Man tried to convince him to surrender now, insisting that if he did not, their situation would become more dangerous. War Machine ready to battle Captain America. However, it soon became clear that Captain America did not plan to surrender as Hawkeye freed him from Spider-Man's Webbing before his shield was stolen back by Ant-Man.
As War Machine had tried to understand what was happening, they spotted Falcon and the Winter Soldier in one of the terminals, only for Captain America to throw his shield at War Machine before he then tackled Black Panther in order to keep them both from attempting to target the Winter Soldier.
As War Machine attempted another strike, Captain America was able to knock him out of the air, causing him to crash land which also broke the staff, much to War Machine's annoyance and he discarded it.
As War Machine had prepared to continue his fight against Captain America, he witnessed Ant-Man returning to the fight. Although all the others managed to dodge out of the way, War Machine was hit with the full force of the exploding truck, although his War Machine Armor had protected him despite this greatly angering him regardless.
War Machine stands with his fellow Avengers. Before Captain America's team could all reach the Quinjet and make their escape, their path was blocked by Vision who fired his beam of energy from the Mind Stone. War Machine had then regrouped with his own team, flying Black Panther to the line up as the two sides of the Avengers faced each other down. When it had become clear that Captain America would not surrender despite the situation, their two teams began to run towards each other to continue their fight.
War Machine is caught in midair by Giant-Man. Once the fight had begun, War Machine targeted Falcon, as they flew above the Leipzig-Halle Airport and tried to knock each other out of the sky. War Machine and Iron Man focused on trying to take out Falcon, while also taking some shots at Hawkeye, as they continued flying over the airport.
However, as War Machine also caught Falcon, suddenly Ant-Man transformed into Giant-Man and then caught War Machine in mid-air, much to his complete and utter surprise. War Machine joining forces with Spider-Man. Giant-Man then proceeded to toss War Machine aside, while Spider-Man swung in and had caught him with his webbing, launching War Machine back into the fight, while Giant-Man had continued to cause chaos throughout the battlefield.
War Machine and Spider-Man then teamed up to target Giant-Man, as War Machine fired his weaponry which had no effect, before War Machine launched Spider-Man onto his arm, as he used all that momentum to land a heavy kick.
War Machine fires his weapons at Giant-Man. Using whatever weaponry he had, War Machine attempted to take down Giant-Man with his Sonic Cannon , only for Giant-Man to punch him across the airport. Once he recovered, War Machine witnessed Giant-Man grabbing an entire walkway and swinging it towards him, as War Machine unloaded every weapon on his armor to destroy it before it could hit him, before then managing to dodge out of the way of Giant-Man's continued attacks as he then flew all around him.
War Machine trying to subdue Wanda Maximoff. War Machine's efforts to take down Giant-Man were then interrupted by a series of attacks from Wanda Maximoff , who threw multiple cars at War Machine. During this, their team realized that Captain America and the Winter Soldier had almost reached the Quinjet. Vision attempted to block their path, only for Maximoff to keep it clear.
Seeing all of this happening, War Machine used his Sonic Cannon to incapacitate Maximoff, causing her to scream in complete agony.
Despite these efforts, they were unable to stop Captain America and Winter Soldier from reaching the Quinjet. War Machine and Iron Man had then continued focusing their own efforts on attempting to bring down Giant-Man, until finally, Spider-Man had an idea to defeat him, taking inspiration from The Empire Strikes Back.
Understanding the plan, War Machine watched as Spider-Man tied up Giant-Man's legs before War Machine and Iron Man then punched him on the jaw and caused him to fall down and crash land hard onto the ground.
War Machine trying to catch Captain America. During this chase, War Machine became aware that he was being followed before Falcon had begun firing all of his own weaponry from his EXO-7 Falcon to try and prevent both War Machine and Iron Man from managing to catch up to the Quinjet, as War Machine had called out to his allies for their assistance.
War Machine is shot out of the sky by Vision. However, when Vision had attempted to assist War Machine by firing a blast of energy from the Mind Stone at Falcon's wing suit, he was too distracted by caring for Scarlet Witch and missed his shot. That blast then completed destroyed War Machine's Arc Reactor , causing his Mark III armor to shut down as he plummeted towards to ground below, while Iron Man and Falcon had both desperately attempted to catch up to War Machine before he crashed land onto the ground.
Despite the efforts of Iron Man and Falcon, they were not fast enough to save War Machine before he crash landed on the ground, causing unrepairable damage to his spine. With this, the fight concluded as the remaining members of Captain America's team were sent to the Raft by Thaddeus Ross and War Machine was taken to a medical center for medical attention for all his injuries.
Following his grave impact during the Clash of the Avengers , Rhodes was then taken straight back to New York City where he was treated at the Columbia University Medical Center , under the close watch of both Tony Stark and Vision , who had felt great personal guilt for his part with Rhodes' injuries. Having undergone several tests, Rhodes had then learned that due to the impact, he had been paralyzed from the waist down. Rhodes' recovery being helped by Tony Stark.
Having been returned to the New Avengers Facility , Rhodes had then continued his recovery, with the assistance from Stark who had built him leg braces that could help him walk again, but Rhodes had problems adapting to it.
Sitting on the floor, Rhodes then noted how he had done a hundred and thirty eight combat missions while in the Air Force because he had thought this was the right thing to do, same as the Sokovia Accords which he had still supported.
Rhodes and Tony Stark greet the Delivery Man. While Stark had helped Rhodes get back to his feet so that he could continue practicing to walk again, they were then interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a Delivery Man who mistakenly misread Stark's name as "Tony Stank," much to Rhodes' amusement, who claimed he would never forget that nickname. Rhodes then carefully walked away, while commenting about all the different ways that he planned to use the name Stank to annoy his friend in the years to come.
Rhodes discusses Vision 's disappearance. Rhodes spent the better part of two years recovering from his injuries and adapting to the leg braces that enabled him to walk. During this time, Rhodes gradually became embittered towards the Sokovia Accords , as well as Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross , despite having signed them himself over the damage done to the Avengers and the latter's bullheaded perception of Steve Rogers as a criminal.
Rhodes speaking to Secretary Thaddeus Ross. Ross contacted Rhodes at their New Avengers Facility to discuss the recent disappearance of Vision , who had last been seen when both he and Wanda Maximoff were being attacked in Edinburgh and leaving in the company of the fugitive Avengers. Rhodes had insisted that his former team mates were only being branded as criminals due to the orders of Ross himself, and argued that if it was not for the Accords being created, Vision would have been with them in the Facility.
Rhodes reveals his betrayal of Thaddeus Ross. Although Ross reminded Rhodes of how he had signed the Accords himself, Rhodes claimed that he had paid the price for that decision, indicating to his leg braces.
Just as Rhodes had insisted that he no longer had second thoughts about these decisions, they were then interrupted by the arrival of Rogers, who had arrived there onboard the stolen Quinjet along with the wounded Vision, as well as all of the other fugitive Avengers, much to the complete shock of Ross. Rhodes being reunited with Captain America. While Ross and Rogers discussed the situation following the arrival of the Black Order and the disappearance of Tony Stark , Ross then ordered Rhodes to arrest them all immediately.
Instead, Rhodes cut off the call with Ross, accepting that this would be a court marshal offense and would immediately cost him his Air Force career. Despite that, Rhodes happily reunited with his friends, jokingly commenting that they looked like crap, to which Sam Wilson noted that they had not been staying in five-star hotels during those previous two years. The group was then greeted by Bruce Banner , who revealed that he had returned, much to Natasha Romanoff 's considerable surprise, as Wilson had then jokingly commented on the awkward situation.
Rhodes discusses the Black Order 's return. Following their reunion, Rhodes and all the other Avengers discussed what was to be done about the Mind Stone , as they had learned from Banner that it was being sought by the Mad Titan Thanos in his quest to gather all the Infinity Stones and then cause the Snap.
Looking at the footage of the Black Order, Rhodes commented that clearly they would soon be returning and would then be able to track them down, therefore they needed to get somewhere safe to protect Vision. Rhodes agreeing to destroy the Mind Stone. To the surprise of Rhodes and everyone else, Vision suggested that they instead destroy the Mind Stone, indicating that Maximoff could do it due to her similar powers. Having agreed to do it if they could ensure Vision survived, Rhodes had pushed the group to find somewhere they could achieve this goal, to which Rogers suggested they visited T'Challa in Wakanda.
The group agreed and traveled to destroy the stone before Thanos could ever get his hands on it. Rhodes and Bruce Banner arrive in Wakanda. When Banner actually bowed and T'Challa told him not to, Rhodes grinned to himself having tricked his friend before they had followed behind the Avengers.
Rhodes sees Dropships heading on Wakanda. Before long, War Machine witnessed the arrival of the Outrider Dropships , which had exploded upon hitting Wakanda's protective shields above them all. Although the Winter Soldier had expressed his joy at seeing this, War Machine notice that more were landing just outside the shield.
With the Outrider Dropships surrounding Wakanda , War Machine and the Avengers prepared themselves for the battle as War Machine flew alongside his allies and joined the line up of Avengers, Dora Milaje and Border Tribe , who readied themselves for the battle. War Machine stayed back as Captain America and Black Widow had joined Black Panther while they had confronted the Black Order who were stood just outside Wakanda's shields, awaiting the battle to begin.
War Machine drops bombs onto the Outriders. As Proxima Midnight ordered the battle to begin, War Machine had witnessed thousands of the Outriders charging towards the shields, furiously clawing at the heroes, ripping themselves apart as they all forced their way through all the shields. Needing to keep their battle controlled, Black Panther ordered Shuri to open the shields, allowing the Outriders to charge towards them, while War Machine dropped several bombs onto them, killing dozens with a massive fireball.
War Machine fighting the armies of Outriders. With the armies of Outriders pouring into Wakanda and then fighting against all of the Avengers and Wakandan soldiers, War Machine had stayed high above the ground and fired every weapon that he had on his Mark IV , causing massive explosions.
Just as the battle seemed to be lost, Thor returned through the Bifrost Bridge , beside both Rocket Raccoon and Groot , as Thor had then furiously joined the battle. War Machine and Falcon fighting a Thresher. With Thor fighting alongside them, War Machine and his allies were able to hold back the Outriders, as War Machine and Falcon joined forces to destroy one of the Threshers that Midnight had sent.
Before long, the Outriders had seemingly all been destroyed, while Midnight had been killed by Wanda Maximoff and Bruce Banner had destroyed Obsidian. However, Vision was now in harms way once again as yet another threat was looming over the heroes, despite their victory.
War Machine attempting to destroy Thanos. While all the Avengers had begun to regroup, they had then suddenly witnessed a Wormhole opening up in the center of Wakanda , as they watched in complete horror as Thanos then personally stepped onto the battlefield. Once he had arrived in order to finally obtain the Mind Stone from Vision , War Machine and his allies then attempted to stop him, determined not to allow him to win as War Machine had then furiously unleashed the full arsenal of his Mark IV 's weaponry against the Mad Titan.
War Machine being crushed by Thanos ' power. However, despite the powerful weapons at his disposal, War Machine still proved to be completely outmatched by Thanos' skill with all the powers of the nearly completed Infinity Gauntlet , with Thanos using the Space Stone to crush his War Machine armor around him before throwing him aside. With War Machine unable to continue the fight, he witnessed the other Avengers also being defeated before Thanos had brutally ripped the Mind Stone from Vision's head, killing him.
Once Thanos had obtained the Infinity Stones , he proceeded to snap his fingers and caused the Snap , which then wiped out half of all living organisms in the universe. Once Thanos had escaped, Rhodes had then called out to Sam Wilson , just as Wilson disintegrated to dust, along with trillions of others across the Multiverse. Shocked by the death of his allies, Rhodes was just able to ask Steve Rogers what happened, out of disbelief and despair before they began to lament the loss.
Rhodes giving Steve Rogers another update. Having discovered the Transmitter Pager in Atlanta that had been reactivated by Nick Fury prior to his death, the Avengers successfully bypassed all of the pager's battery in order for it to continue sending out its signal. Rhodes personally monitored the pager and had informed Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff that the pager had stopped transmitting the signal.
Rhodes keeps watch on the Transmitter Pager. As Rhodes and the others looked it over to try and understand what had happened, Rogers had requested that they attempt to reboot the pager and resend that signal, only for Bruce Banner to respond that they had no idea what the signal was for.
As Romanoff explained that Fury knew whom the signal was for, and she wanted to know who it was as well, she came face to face with Captain Marvel herself, who had then demanded the Avengers tell her where Fury was. Rhodes witnesses Tony Stark 's return. After explaining to Captain Marvel that Tony Stark was missing in space, she went in search of him.
Captain Marvel soon returned, so they all came out where they saw her land a ship outside the New Avengers Facility. Rhodes watched as Stark exited the ship along with Nebula. Rhodes tries to calm down Tony Stark. As the whole group all went back inside the facility, Rhodes witnessed the three being informed by the affects of the Snap.
Rhodes stood by his friend as he recovered, listening to the discussion about stopping Thanos by needing a team to unite together. However, once things started to get heated between Stark and Steve Rogers , Rhodes held back his friend, trying to get him to calm down as he had goes at with Rogers. After Stark gave his Arc Reactor to Rogers, Rhodes witnessed his friend collapse, before telling him that he was fine.
Rhodes questions Carol Danvers on her plan. Due to his weak state and rejection of help, Stark fell to the ground and immediately fainted.
Helping his friend get back to recovery, Rhodes then moved Stark to a bed where Bruce Banner gave him a sedative. As Rhodes informed the rest that Stark would be out for the rest of the day, Danvers then went to kill Thanos. However, they stopped her, informing her they should work as a team, which Rhodes added if she even knew where to find him.
Rhodes learns about the Garden from Nebula. Once Nebula revealed that she knew of Thanos ' location, they all then gathered, where they were informed by Nebula of the Garden , the place Thanos planned to go after he succeeded, which Rhodes mocked as Thanos' retirement plan. Rocket Raccoon then updated them on another usage of the Infinity Stones , which they tracked down the planet Nebula was referring to. Rhodes discusses the plan against Thanos.
After Carol Danvers suggested they just go an steal the stones from Thanos, they all began to discuss the next course of actions, which Rhodes was cautious of, as Thanos still possessed all of the stones.
When Danvers reassured the plan by stating that they had her, Rhodes questioned her absence from Earth all this time. Danvers noted that she had a responsibility to a multitude of other planets that did not have the Avengers protection, which Rhodes accepted. War Machine and Nebula arrive at the Garden. After agreeing upon the mission and suiting up to go face the Mad Titan, the Avengers joined forces with Rocket, Nebula, and Captain Marvel, and boarded on the Benatar. Once they took off to Planet S, Rocket asked the Avengers who hadn't been to space before, which a confused War Machine put his hand up to, as Rocket stated that nobody should vomit before traveling.
They then made their jump through space, arriving at Planet S where Captain Marvel went to do recon. When she returned, she informed them that it was only Thanos on the planet, which Nebula stated was enough.
War Machine restrains Thanos ' right arm. Captain Marvel made the first move, bursting into Thanos' hut , placing him in a headlock. Thor then arrived and sliced off Thanos' left arm with Stormbreaker , severing the Gauntlet. The others then joined them in the hut, where Rocket turned over the Gauntlet, revealing that the stones were gone.
They then demanded Thanos to tell them the location of the stones, but he revealed that he had destroyed them, seeing them with no other purpose but temptation.
However, War Machine did not believe him and desperately suggested they tear the hut down to find the stones. But, Nebula assured them that Thanos, albeit many things, was not a liar. In anger, Thor then cut Thanos' head off and left, while everyone else was frozen in the horror of their failure.
After their failure to reverse the Snap , everyone went their own way, with Rhodes staying with the Avengers , now being led by Natasha Romanoff with Carol Danvers , Rocket Raccoon , Nebula and Okoye apart of the team. They set out to help Earth , amongst other planets recover after the galaxy-wide incident. Rhodes during a meeting with the Avengers. After learning about what Clint Barton had been doing after his family died, Romanoff assigned Rhodes with tracking him down in hopes to help him.
In , Rhodes would find himself in Mexico after learning of a Massacre in Mexico that he concluded Barton was responsible for. Despite everything he had seen while serving, Barton's actions scared Rhodes to the point where he doubted if they should even find him, thinking he had gone too far.
Rhodes updates Natasha Romanoff. One day, the Avengers gathered for a meeting to update Romanoff on what they had been doing.
Rhodes stayed silent as the others talked to Romanoff, waiting to update her on Barton privately. Once the meeting concluded, Danvers, knowing that Romanoff would not like what Rhodes was going to say to her, wished him luck. Rhodes and Romanoff were then left, so she asked where he was, which he told her he was in Mexico. Rhodes expresses his fears about Clint Barton. He told her about the Mexican Cartel that had been brutally murdered , which Romanoff tried to dismiss as just a rival gang, but Rhodes assured her it was Barton.
This then led him to try and bring up to Romanoff his thoughts on not finding Barton, but she would not allow it. Romanoff did not want to let her best friend continue to lose himself, so she begged Rhodes to keep searching.
Rhodes continued his search, until he was able to track Barton to Tokyo , where he would go after the Yakuza. Rhodes returns to the New Avengers Facility. You hide -. Thor : [arguing over which Avenger is strong enough to wield the Infinity Gauntle] Do you know what is coursing through my veins right now?
James Rhodes : Cheez Whiz? Nebula : Thanos spent a long time trying to perfect me. When he worked he talked about his great plan. He even disassembled I wanted to please him. I'd ask "where would we go once this plan was complete? James Rhodes : That's cute. Thanos has a retirement plan.
Rocket : Oh no Steve Rogers : [to Thanos] Where are they? Carol Danvers : Answer the question. Thanos : The universe required correction. After that, the stones served no purpose beyond temptation. Thanos : You should be grateful. Natasha Romanoff : Where are the Stones? Thanos : Gone. Reduced to atoms. Bruce Banner : You used them two days ago!
Thanos : I used the Stones to destroy the Stones. It nearly killed me, but the work is done. It always will be. James Rhodes : We have to tear this place apart. He has to be lying. Nebula : My father is many things. A liar is not one of them.
Thanos : Ah. Thank you, daughter. Perhaps I treated you too harshly Rocket : What did you do? Thor : I went for the head. James Rhodes : Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is the part where all the spikes come out with skeletons on the end of them and everything. Nebula : What are you talking about? James Rhodes : When you break into a place called "the temple of the Power Stone" there's gonna be a bunch of booby traps.
James Rhodes : Okay, alright, go ahead. Scott Lang : [pointing to the Guardian's spaceship after it just landed] It's awesome. Nebula : [talking to James Rhodes on radio] Rhodey, careful on re-entry.
There's an idiot on the landing zone. James Rhodes : What's up, regular-sized man? Steve Rogers : So, let's start with the Aether. Thor, what do you know? Natasha Romanoff : Is he asleep? James Rhodes : No. I'm pretty sure he's dead. Thor : Ah, where to start?
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