We told you just last week about Marvel Studios hiring screenwriter Mark Bailey to write the big-screen adaptation of the comic book Black Panther. That is, as we presumed, one step in a very long marathon that Marvel Studios has planned for the future.

Rhodey himself, Mr. Don Cheadle (Iron Man 2) was cornered by MTV at Sundance, and the actor told them that he thinks that Marvel has hired a writer to pen the War Machine spin-off movie.

Cheadle said,

“They’re developing it now; they’re working on that. I think they’ve hired a writer, so we’ll see how it goes. It would be a lot of fun.”

When asked if his character will be making an appearance in Joss Whedon‘s forthcoming superhero team-up, The Avengers – Cheadle said,

“I don’t think he shows up. I think he’s kind of a lone wolf.”

The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon and starring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, Clark Gregg and Tom Hiddleston is slated to hit theaters on May 4th, 2012.