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MARVEL BEFORE THE MCU 2017-06-16 12:54:21 Post No. 93244403
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Before the MCU, the rights to its main characters were scattered across different studios, that were developing very different versions of the projects. This is how they could've turned out.
IRON MAN (1997)
STUDIO
>20th Century Fox.
WRITTEN BY
>Jeff Vintar & Stan Lee.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>Quentin Tarantino.
PROPOSED CAST
>Nicolas Cage as Tony Stark / Iron Man.
PROPOSED PLOT
>Wealthy businessman Tony Stark is shot by a smart bullet of his own design and crawls into the Redeemer, a prototype suit of armor designed to help firemen extract victims from wreckage, so its life support system can treat his injuries. Aided by Virginia "Pepper" Potts, a member of the board of directors of Stark Industries, Stark uncovers board member Jeremy Bland as the mastermind behind his failed assassination, and learns that Bland is in cahoots of Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM), an international crime syndicate that aspires to use Stark's technology to create living weapons. Stark weaponizes the Redeemer to stand against AIM's enforcers Whiplash, Inferno and Virus and prevent their employer, M.O.D.O.K. (Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing), from corrupting his creations, in the process forging an heroic legacy as Iron Man.
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IRON MAN (2000)
STUDIO
>New Line Cinema.
WRITTEN BY
>Tim McCanlies; Terry Rossio & Ted Elliot.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>Joss Whedon.
PROPOSED PLOT
>Weapons manufacturer Tony Stark is framed for supplying weapons to terrorists by his business rival Justin Hammer, who then masterminds an attempt on Stark's life by sabotaging his private plane in order to seize control of Stark Industries and its groundbreaking Repulsor technology. Stark, however, survives due to an advanced armored suit and adopts the identity of Iron Man to prove his innocence and prevent Hammer from providing terrorists with Repulsor-based weapons that could change the landscape of modern warfare. While facing Hammer, Stark must also evade elite counter-terrorism operative Nick Fury, who is deployed by the United States government to stop him under the belief he's a terrorist. Once it becomes clear that Hammer is the true enemy, Fury joins Stark's efforts to stop him, and is later assigned by the President to headline a new organization codenamed "S.H.I.E.L.D.", while Stark reclaims Stark Industries and sets out to build a better world.
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IRON MAN (2004)
STUDIO
>New Line Cinema.
WRITTEN BY
>David Hayter; Al Gough & Miles Miller.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>Nick Cassavetes.
PROPOSED CAST
>Tom Cruise as Tony Stark / Iron Man.
>Famke Janssen as Bethany Cabe.
>Jamie Foxx as James Rhodes.
>George Clooney as Nick Fury.
PROPOSED PLOT
>Billionaire inventor Tony Stark uncovers evidence that his family's company, Stark Industries, is selling weapons to terrorists. After approaching his father Howard Stark with his concerns, Tony is severely injured when his car is sabotaged and survives due to an armored suit, which he weaponizes with help from his chief of security Bethany Cabe and his best friend, Colonel James Rhodes. Stark then sets out to uncover the mastermind behind the attempt on his life, while also evading the shadowy espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. commanded by Nick Fury, who is on his trail to seize his technology.
>Stark uncovers evidence that Howard is both responsible for selling the weapons to terrorists and ordering the hit on him. Howard reverse-engineers Tony's technology to build a heavily-armed suit for himself, the War Machine. After Cabe, with whom Tony had developed a relationship, is caught in the crossfire, Tony and Howard have a final battle which culminates with Tony being forced to kill his father. Tony then reclaims Stark Industries and brokers a treaty with Fury to assist S.H.I.E.L.D. while secretly using their resources to locate and destroys the caches of Stark weapons scattered across the globe as the armored Avenger, Iron Man.
FUN FACTS
>The studio planned for Iron Man to have a transparent faceplate that'd leave Tom Cruise's face visible at all times.
>There were plans to launch a Nick Fury spin-off of the movie, but Clooney declined the role after being given "Nick Fury MAX" comics to read and being appalled by the violent content of the comics. The series was cancelled for costing New Line Clooney's involvement.
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THE INCREDIBLE HULK (1993-1999)
WRITTEN BY
>Jonathan Hensleight.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>Joe Johnston, later replaced by Hensleight.
PROPOSED CAST
>David Duchovny as Bruce Banner / Hulk.
>Gregory Sporleder as Novak.
>Lynn "Red" Williams as Jenkins.
PROPOSED PLOT
>Dr. Bruce Banner and his girlfriend, Betty Ross, are scientists employed by her father, General Thaddeus Ross, to create weapons for the United States government. Bruce has anger management issues due to a traumatic childhood in the hands of his abusive father, Brian Banner, and is conducting genetic experiments on three death row inmates - Novak, Jenkins and Slater - selected by General Ross, splicing their DNA with insect DNA.
>The leader of the criminals, Novak, masterminds a riot and, in the chaos, Bruce is caught in the explosion of an experimental gamma bomb and turned into a monstrous green creature known as "The Hulk", which General Ross becomes obsessed with capturing. Aided by Betty, Bruce initially attempts to leave, but is forced to come to terms with the monster within to save New York City when Novak and his men, turned into monsters by the gamma bomb explosion, begin wreaking havoc in the city.
FUN FACTS
>Animatronics of the Hulk were actually produced by Industrial Light & Magic before the project was scrapped.
>At one point during the movie's troubled production, it was debated to ape the success of 1994's THE MASK by turning the movie into a comedy starring Adam Sandler as Bruce Banner and Jim Carrey as Novak.
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THOR (2007)
STUDIO
>Paramount Pictures
WRITTEN BY
>Mark Protosevich.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>Matthew Vaughn.
PROPOSED CAST
>Daniel Craig as Thor.
>Kevin McKidd as Elric.
PROPOSED PLOT
>Thor, God of Thunder, travels to Svartalfheim with his men to acquire weapons from Dwarf-King Ivaldi for Asgard's ongoing war with Jotunheim. They end up being ambushed by the Frost Giants, and Thor's brother Loki learns he is one of them, while Ivaldi decides to forge Thor a hammer in appreciation of Thor's bravery.
>Aided by the sorceress Karnilla, Loki discovers that he is the son of Ymir, king of Frost Giants, who was murdered by Odin in a bid to expand Asgard's territory. Infuriated, Loki manipulates Thor into believing that their mentor, Balder, is conspiring to usurp the throne. When Ivaldi arrives to deliver Mjolnir, Thor is overcome by its power and kills Balder, causing Odin to banish him to Midgard, where Thor becomes a slave in a viking village and befriends local farmer Elric and his family. The strain causes Odin to go into Odinsleep, and Loki replaces him as a ruler of Asgard, conspiring with his siblings Thrym and Ram to destroy Asgard. To prevent Thor from retrieving Mjolnir, which has been sent to Earth by Ivaldi, suspicious of Loki's treachery, Loki awakens Malekith, the Dark Elf, and sends him to Midgard to destroy Thor.
>Upon learning of Loki's crimes, Thor's lover Lady Sif and the Warriors Three Volstagg, Fandral and Hogun travel to Midgard with help from Sif's father, Heimdall, and help Thor locate Mjolnir, which he retrieves while Elric sacrifices himself to protect him from Malekith. Thor then destroys Malekith and returns to Asgard, challenging Thrym to a battle in Loki's name. Once Thrym is beaten, the Frost Giants retreat and Loki flees to Earth with a pregnant Karnilla to plan the Ragnarok. Thor earns Odin's forgiveness and welcomes Elric into Vahalla, and declares that Midgard will henceforth be under his protection.
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BLACK WIDOW (2005)
STUDIO
>Lionsgate Pictures.
WRITTEN BY
>David Hayter.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>David Hayter.
PROPOSED CAST
>Milla Jovovich as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow.
PROPOSED PLOT
>During the Cold War, Natasha Romanoff, the adoptive daughter of KGB operative Ivan Petrovich, is conscripted to the Red Room by Ivan's superior, Sergei Konslov, and genetically enhanced to become a supersoldier. Blaming Ivan for her predicament, Natasha leaves him and develops a relationship with another Red Room operative, Alexei Shostakov. Once the Cold War ends, the Red Room is decommissioned, and Alexei kills the other operatives on Konslov's behalf, including Ivan, but Natasha manages to escape to the United States.
>Years later, Natasha is located by Alexei and his men, and her friend Freddy, an undercover CIA operative, reveals that Konslov is alive and has placed a bounty on her head. Aided by seasoned agent Anton Sweetwater, Natasha travels to Kazakhstan to kill Konslov, who has become a warlord by selling soviet nuclear weapons. However, she is betrayed by Sweetwater, who is killed in the process, and captured by Alexei and Konslov, who plan to reverse-engineer her DNA to create new Black Widows for Freddy, who lied to Natasha in order to lure her into a trap. Ivan, who survived Alexei's attack, returns and sacrifices himself to rescue her. Natasha then rescues Konslov's test subjects, and kills Alexei and Konslov. Freddy bargains to secure that the women captured by Konslov are given new lives in America, and recruits Natasha to become a contract operative for the CIA under his command, and she accepts, embracing the identity of "Black Widow".
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DOCTOR STRANGE (1990)
STUDIO
>Regency Pictures.
WRITTEN BY
>Alan Cox.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>Alan Cox
PROPOSED PLOT
>Stephen Strange is a powerful sorcerer trained by Merlin to defend Earth from the malevolent extradimensional conqueror Dormammu. He crosses paths with Claire Weaver, a young woman with mystical abilities, whose prophetic dreams foretell a great disaster. Strange takes Claire under his wing and trains her to become his successor as Earth's sorcerer supreme. The pair then uncovers a conspiracy masterminded by wealthy businessman Byron Mordo to facilitate Earth's ecological collapse in order to weaken its defenses and allow Dormammu to subjugate Earth. Upon learning of Strange's involvement, Dormammu sends his enforcers Baal, Moloch, Beelzebub, and Asmodeus to eliminate him and Claire, forcing the unlikely pair to race against time to defeat their enemies and save the entire world.
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>>93244403
holy shit... tarantino AND Nicolas cage?! That's a movie.... wow
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>>93244403
I am not sure if I would want to see that or not....
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BLACK PANTHER (2000-2005)
STUDIO
>New Line Cinema.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>David S. Goyer.
PROPOSED CAST
>Wesley Snipes as T'Challa / Black Panther.
PROPOSED PLOT
>Prince T'Challa of Wakanda adopts the identity of Black Panther to avenge his father's death in a conspiracy to usurp the throne.
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>>93244671
That one could have been good.
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LUKE CAGE (1997)
STUDIO
>Lionsgate Pictures.
WRITTEN BY
>Quentin Tarantino.
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>Quentin Tarantino.
PROPOSED CAST
>Laurence Fishburne as Luke Cage.
PROPOSED PLOT
>In the 1970's, convict Carl Lucas is subjected to an illegal prison experiment that gives him superstrength and unbreakable skin. After faking his death, he returns to his old neighborhood in Harlem under the identity of Luke Cage and profits off of his newfound abilities by becoming a hero-for-hire, crossing paths with numerous vicious gangsters and criminals as he sets out to dismantle New York City's drug trade.
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>>93244539
>Milla Jovovich
why do people think she's a good actress? it feels like it's some joke i'm not in on.
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>>93244950
She's hot and does her own stunts. That's the bread and butter of female action stars.
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>>93244671
Wasn't Wesley Snipes in prison during this time?
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Black Widow might have been good.
Luke Cage WOULD have been amazing.
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>>93245989
No. Went in for tax evasion in 2008
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>>93244539
>>93244457
>David Hayter
Holy fuck, Snake would've been busy.
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>>93244539
12 years later, she still can't be the lead of a movie.
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>>93246300
>He said forgetting the Resident Evil franchise
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>>93245833
>She's hot
if you're into women who look like young boys...
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>>93246474
You do know what site this is, right?
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>>93244457
>There were plans to launch a Nick Fury spin-off of the movie, but Clooney declined the role after being given "Nick Fury MAX" comics to read and being appalled by the violent content of the comics. The series was cancelled for costing New Line Clooney's involvement.
That's fucking awesome.
The transparent faceplate would have been considerably less awesome.
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>>93244403
I always wonder how these late 90's- early 2000's superhero movies would've looked like.
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>>93244720
Would this have been, dare I say it, kino?
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>>93244457
Damn, George Clooney is a bit of a pussy isn't he?
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>>93244504
That plot is a mess but it could've been a fun movie
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>>93244485
>mask esque hulk movie
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>>93247043
He played a campy batman, what do you want from him. I don't know why they'd even give him MAX comics, because I seriously doubt they were going to make a MAX style movie.
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>>93246474
You can always spot a virgin.
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>>93244950
She's been a working actor for decades and is the star of a popular franchise. And she's not a bad actress at all. Get a fucking life
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>>93247043
It was the early 2000's. Clooney was just breaking into the A-list and wasn't going to let anything tarnish his image.
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>>93247226
Whoever selects comics for prospective actors to read isn't doing a very good job. Evangeline Lily almost declined to do "Ant-Man" because she was given Eric O'Grady comics and absolutely hated them.
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>>93247226
>>93247472
Yeah fair enough, I didn't really think about it like that
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>>93244720
KINO
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>>93244950
>why do people think she's a good actress
Because some of us watched Dummy you absolute /tv/ tier faggot
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>>93244457
>Tom Cruise as Tony Stark / Iron Man.
I'm imagining a studio exec saying "Are you kidding, he's too short!"
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IRON FIST (2003)
STUDIO
>Lionsgate Pictures.
WRITTEN BY
>John Turman
PROPOSED DIRECTOR
>Adam Carr.
PROPOSED CAST
>Ray Park as Danny Rand / Iron Fist.
PROPOSED PLOT
>During a trip to the Himalayans, Danny Rand's parents are murdered by their business part Harold Meachum and Danny is left for dead and later rescued by the monks of the ancient city of K'un-Lun and trained to become a living weapon. Years later, Rand abandons K'un-Lun and returns to New York City to get revenge on Meachum, who was seized control of Rand Industries and turned it into a criminal enterprise.
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>>93244485
>At one point during the movie's troubled production, it was debated to ape the success of 1994's THE MASK by turning the movie into a comedy starring Adam Sandler as Bruce Banner
Oh geez
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>>93244457
>The studio planned for Iron Man to have a transparent faceplate that'd leave Tom Cruise's face visible at all times.
This whole "actor's face must be visible at all times" thing in fucking superhero movies will never not be stupid.
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>>93250014
Does it come from anything but ego?
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>>93251568
no, it's a very human thing to sell a product. We are ingrained to recognize faces. Its why people see faces in toast and shit. It becomes a brand awareness thing. It's why movies are so popular vs cartoons. We just connect with a real face more than a fake one. Hollywood is designed off this, but egos totally come into play.
They're also buying tom cruises fame, why pay him money if people don't know he's in it?
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The transparent faceplate is no different a concept from the HUD that allows us to see RDJ's face all the way through.
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