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SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING is right around the corner, so let's take a look back at the development of both franchises.
Spider-Man (2002)
>Chris Columbus, Roland Emmerich, Tony Scott, Jan de Bont, Ang Lee, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan and Tim Burton were approached to direct the movie before Sam Raimi was hired.
>Early drafts featured the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus as villains, with Green Goblin trying to kill Harry Osborn to prevent Harry from ruining OsCorp and Doctor Octopus wanting revenge on the Green Goblin for stealing his designs and firing him.
>Freddie Prinze Jr. was Sony's top choice to play Peter, but Raimi believed he wasn't right for the role. Scott Speedman, Jay Rodan and James Franco auditioned before Tobey Maguire was cast. Franco was later cast as Harry.
>Kate Hudson was Sony's top choice to play MJ, but declined. Alicia Witt, Mena Suvari, Elisha Cuthbert and Eliza Dushku auditioned before Kirsten Dunst was cast.
>Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich and Robert De Niro were approached for Norman Osborn before Willem Dafoe was cast.
>Hugh Jackman was approached to make a cameo appearance as Wolverine, but scheduling conflicts prevented it from happening.
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Spider-Man 2 (2004)
>Early drafts featured Doctor Octopus and Black Cat as villains, with a brief appearance by the Lizard to set up SPIDER-MAN 3. Black Cat would've been a cat burglar who becomes involved with Peter while MJ is engaged to John Jameson and attempts to tempt Peter away from his responsabilities, were both her and the Lizard were ultimately written out to streamline the narrative.
>In early drafts, Otto Octavius is a handsome young scientist and the creator of the spider that bit Peter. He becomes becomes involved with Mary Jane, but spirals into insanity after becoming addicted to endorphins that are released into his system when he uses his mechanical arms, which end up fused to his spine in a fight with Spider-Man. He then becomes obsessed with capturing Spider-Man and using his spine fluid to cure himself.
>In early drafts, Peter is given a microchip by Octavius which supresses his powers, and uses it after Harry Osborn places a bounty on his head, turning the city against him. Peter is ultimately forced to remove it in order to regain his powers and stop Doctor Octopus.
>Tobey Maguire was nearly replaced by Jake Gyllenhall after injuring his back filming SEABISCUIT and clashing with Sony over delaying production to accomodate his recovery.
>Vincent D'Onofrio, Chris Cooper and Robert de Niro were approached for Doctor Octopus before Alfred Molina was cast.
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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
>Early drafts featured Sandman and Vulture as villains, but Sony demanded that Venom, Gwen Stacy and Harry's transformation into the Green Goblin be included in the movie, requriting Vulture to be written out.
>In early drafts, the symbiote would arrive on Earth in a space shuttle piloted by John Jameson, which would malfunction and nearly crash-land on Manhattan before Spider-Man intervenes, which is why Spider-Man is given the key to the city. The sequence was scrapped for being too expensive.
>In early drafts, the symbiote would drain Brock's life force due to prolongued exposure, reducing him to a charred skeleton, and attempt to bond with Peter again before Peter destroys it.
>In early drafts Sandman would give up fighting upon learning his daughter is in terminal condition and can no longer be cured. Spider-Man would then forgive him and allow him to go and spend her last days by her side.
>In early drafts, Bernard, the butler, would be revealed as another of Harry's hallucinations.
>In early drafts Gwen Stacy would've been captured by Venom and Sandman, while MJ would be the one to convince Harry to help Peter, but scheduling conflicts required it be Mary-Jane again.
>Ben Kingsley was approached for the Vulture before the character was cut.
>Elisha Cuthbert and Scarlett Johansson were approached for Gwen Stacy before Bryce Dallas Howard was cast.
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
>David Fincher volunteered to direct the movie, but Sony didn't like his approach and Marc Webb was hired instead.
>In early drafts, Peter would find out his father, Richard Parker, coded the venom of the genetically modified spiders to his DNA and that OsCorp engineered both his parents' death and the accident in which he acquired his powers in order to retrieve a sample of his blood to cure Norman Osborn, but the entire subplot was scrapped due to negative reception.
>Early drafts featured larger roles for Peter and Gwen's high school friends including Flash Thompson, Sally Avril, Missy Hallenback and Ariel Keene, but their roles were reduced to focus on Peter and Gwen.
>Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Daniel Radcliffe, Robert Pattinson, Logan Lerman, Anton Yelchin, Alden Ehrenreich, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Zac Efron, Jim Sturgess, Xavier Samuel, Liam Aiken, Drake Bell, Michael Angarano, Dane DeHaan and and Josh Hutcherson, among others, auditioned for Peter before Andrew Garfield was cast.
>Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mia Wasikowska, Imogen Poots, Teresa Palmer, Brooklyn Decker, Amber Heard, Dianna Agron, Emily Browning, Lily Collins, Emma Roberts, Anna Kendrick, Ophelia Lovibond, Sara Paxton, Georgina Haig, Dominique McElligott, Scout Taylor-Compton auditoned for Gwen before Emma Stone was cast.
>Michael Fassbender was approached for Connors before Rhys Ifans was cast.
>The "Man in the Shadows" played by Michael Massee was originally Electro, who'd be an enforcer for OsCorp and Peter's parents' killer, and would become the main villain of the sequel. However, when Sony changed their plans for the franchise, he was made into Gustav Fiers instead.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
>Sony merged Marc Webb's ideas for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, featuring Electro and Rhino; and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3, featuring the Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy's death, into one movie in order to build up to the Sinister Six and other spin-offs and compete with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
>Early drafts featured Mary-Jane Watson as Peter's neighbor, a tomboyish waitress who lives with her abusive father, admires Spider-Man and bonds with Peter. Shailene Woodley played her in the movie, but all of her scenes were cut.
>Early drafts featured J. Jonah Jameson as the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle who believes Spider-Man is a menace, particularly after Spider-Man and Electro crash into his office while fighting in Times Square. Sam Elliot and John Slattery were approached for the role before the character was scrapped.
>In early drafts, Peter would've actually given his blood to Harry, but this was changed as it made Peter indirectly responsible for the creation of the Green Goblin.
>Early drafts featured a larger role for Felicia Hardy, who'd be Harry's girlfriend and accomplice; and a smaller role for Rhino, who'd be just a throaway villain. Due to Sony's meddling, Felicia was reduced to a tertiary character and Rhino's role was expanded so he could integrate the Sinister Six.
>In early drafts, Norman Osborn would've been preserved in suspended animation after his apparent death while OsCorp cloned a healthy younger body for him.
>In early drafts, Richard Parker would've been revealed to have survived the plane crash and reunite with Peter in the end.
>Alden Ehrenreich, Brady Corbet, Eddie Redmayne, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Boyd Holbrook auditioned for Harry Osborn before Dane DeHaan was cast
>Damian Lewis was approached for Electro before Jamie Foxx was cast.
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>>84683922
>>Hugh Jackman was approached to make a cameo appearance as Wolverine, but scheduling conflicts prevented it from happening.
Well, this prevented a huge lawsuit, companies cannot make changes, mix or use characters at will, Fox need to make a huge deal just to make Negasonic Teenage Warhead powers slightly different and to use an Hellicarrier in Deadpool.
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>>84684035
>David fincher spiderman
Actually may have watched that. Zodiac rules
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>>84684119
This was long before marvel studios and Disney. They could've solved the details in a simple meeting between execs.
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Iron Man (2008)
>Several directors turned down the movie because they believed it'd flop before Jon Favreau was hired. Louis Leterrier was also interested, and subsequently directed THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
>Sam Rockwell and Clive Owen auditioned for Tony Stark before Robert Downey Jr. was cast.
>Rachel McAdams was approached for Pepper Potts before Gwyneth Paltrow was cast.
>Early drafts featured the Mandarin as a corrupt Chinese businessman who led the 10 Rings and created the Crimson Dynamo armor to fight Iron Man, before Jon Favreau decided to build up to the character.
>Early drafts featured Obadiah Stane only as Stark's estranged mentor, and his descent into villainy would be explored over several movies.
>In early drafts, Stark would throw Stane into a vat of acid rather than have him caught in an explosion. When the armor is retrieved, Stane's body is gone, indicating he might have survived.
>In early drafts, Stark would fight Stane in the prototype Mark IV armor, which includes a shoulder-mounted gattling gun and would later become the War Machine armor.
>The movie was filmed mostly without a script, with actors ad-libbing most of their lines based on a production guideline. Production was so chaotic that both the cast and the producers expected the movie to be a disaster until test-screenings reported surprisingly positive audience reception.
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The Incredible Hulk (2008)
>Mark Ruffalo was Louis Leterrier's original choice for Bruce Banner, but the studio favored Edward Norton.
>Ray Stevenson auditioned for Emil Blonsky before Tim Roth was cast.
>Norton had concerns about the movie's direction and demanded to revise the script. He notoriously clashed with producers and added several subplots that were partially filmed and ultimately cut.
>Stan Lee would originally cameo as the captain of the USS Excelsior, a fishing boat that Banner and Betty hire to take them to Manhattan.
>The Hulk would originally decapitate the Abomination, but this was changed due to negative feedback from test-screenings.
>Norton was a fan of THE WIRE and added a subplot about a man, played by Michael K. Williams, who reaches out to the Hulk during the Battle of Harlem to stop the destruction. The subplot was almost entirely cut and Williams' role reduced to a cameo.
>Norton also added an extended comedic sequence where Banner interacts with a computer geek while trying to retrieve data from the university. Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Jason Segel, among others, were approached to make an appearance as the computer geek before the scene was nearly entirely scrapped and the geek reduced to a cameo, played by Martin Starr.
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Iron Man 2 (2010)
>Jon Favreau planned to adapt the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline, but the studio felt it was too dark.
>Early drafts featured Justin Hammer as the main villain, manipulating brothers Ivan Vanko and Boris Bullsky into targeting Tony Stark in order to steal the Iron Man technology. Vanko would die during a fight with Stark in Monaco, and Bullsky would become the Titanium Man to avenge him. Further revisions made Vanko into the main villain and reduced Hammer to a supporting role.
>Early drafts featured Stark developing a relationship with Black Widow, but this entire subplot was cut, and even their flirtatious conversations were toned down after negative feedback from test-screenings.
>Early drafts also featured Hawkeye as a SHIELD operative undercover as a mercenary employed by Hammer, but his entire subplot was cut.
>Mickey Rourke created an elaborate backstory for Vanko to make him a more sympathetic character, but most of these scenes were cut to streamline the narrative. Rourke was displease and disowned the movie, swearing never to work with Marvel again.
>The original ending where Vanko forces Stark to surrender to him by kidnapping Pepper and is killed by War Machine with the ex-wife missile was scrapped due to negative feedback from test-screenings.
>Emily Blunt was cast as Black Widow, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Scarlett Johansson.
>Al Pacino was approached to play Hammer before the character was reinvented and Sam Rockwell, who had originally auditioned for Bullsky, was cast.
>The cast once again ad-libbed most of their dialogue. Favreau was unhappy with the movie, believing that the rushed production schedule that didn't allow him to refine the script as much as he wanted, and declined to return for IRON MAN 3.
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Thor (2011)
>Matthew Vaughn was originally attached to direct the movie, but left to pursue other projects. Guillermo Del Toro was also approached to direct before Kenneth Branagh was hired.
>The first draft of the script was a dark epic set in the Viking Age and modeled after THE LORD OF RINGS, but was scrapped for being borderline unfilmable in terms of budget.
>Liam Hemsworth, Charlie Hunnam, Joel Kinnaman, Alexander Skarsgard and Tom Hiddleston auditoned for Thor before Chris Hemsworth was cast. Hiddleston impressed the studio and was offered the role of Loki.
>Josh Hartnett and Charlie Cox auditioned for Loki before Hiddleston was cast.
>Brian Blessed was approached to play Odin before Anthony Hopkins was cast.
>Jessica Biel and Diora Baird auditoned for Sif before Jamie Alexander was cast.
>Alexander Townsend was originally cast as Fandral, but was fired due to his erractic behavior. Zachary Levi was approached to replace him before Josh Dallas was cast.
>Early drafts featured Thor's human alter-ego, Dr. Donald Blake, but the concept was scrapped for being needlessly convoluted.
>Early drafts featured Sif and Heimdall being siblings and also included Thor and Loki's other brother, Balder.
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
>Louis Leterrier volunteered to direct the movie, but the studio favored Joe Johnston.
>Joss Whedon revised the script after signing on for THE AVENGERS.
>Channing Tatum, Garrett Hedlund, Scott Porter, Mike Vogel, Michael Cassidy, Wilson Bethel, Chace Crowford, Jensen Ackles and Sebastian Stan auditoned for Steve Rogers before Chris Evans was cast. Stan impressed producers and was hired to for James "Bucky" Barnes.
>Emily Blunt was approached for Peggy Carter, but declined. Rosamund Pike, Alice Eve, Keira Knightley, Gemma Arterton and Alexa Davalos auditoned before Hayley Atwell was cast.
>Thomas Kretschmann auditioned for Red Skull before Hugo Weaving was cast. He'd later play Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON.
>Evans was initially reluctant to join due to the nine-picture contract offered by the studio, but agreed once it was reduced to a six movie contract.
>Early drafts featured Baron Heinrich Zemo and Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker in supporting roles as high-ranking members of Hydra, but the writers believed they should be saved for more prominent roles in future movies.
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The Avengers (2012)
>Jon Favreau and Joe Carnahan were approached to direct the movie before Joss Whedon was hired. Louis Leterrier volunteered, but was turned down.
>Zak Penn wrote the original script, which he revised multiple times to accomodate developments from other movies, but Whedon decide to write a new draft when he signed on for the movie.
>Penn's script featured the Avengers being assembled by SHIELD to fight Hulk, who had been brainwashed by Loki, before they join forces to defend the Earth from an invasion of the Frost Giants.
>Whedon created the concept of an overarching storyline about the Infinity Stones, with Thanos as Loki's benefactor.
>Early drafts featured Ant-Man and the Wasp, who were removed when ANT-MAN was delayed. Whedon also had plans for Ultron and the Skrulls that were ultimately scrapped.
>Robert Downey Jr. ad-libbed most of his dialogue. In early cuts, Iron Man would be revived by Thor's lightning after falling from the wormhole. Mark Ruffalo improvised Iron Man being awakened by the Hulk's roar.
>After Edward Norton's departure, David Duchovny was approached for Bruce Banner before Mark Ruffalo was cast.
>Jensen Ackles was approached for Hawkeye before Jeremy Renner was cast.
>Morena Baccarin and Mary Elizabeth Winstead auditioned for Maria Hill before Cobie Smulders was cast.
>The movie was originally rated "R" for the scene where Phil Coulson is killed by Loki. To ensure the PG-13 rating, the blood was digitally erased, the stabbing was shortened and a reaction shot of Thor was added to break the continuous sequence of Coulson being stabbed and collapsing on the floor.
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
>Tom Hooper was approached to direct the movie before Shane Black was hired at Robert Downey Jr.'s behest.
>The original plan was for the Mandarin to be the main villain, before Black pitched the concept of the Mandarin being a smokescreen for the real mastermind.
>Early drafts featured Maya Hansen as the real Mandarin, but producer Ike Perlmutter didn't believe a female villain would be profitable and made Aldrich Killian into the real Mandarin instead.
>Early drafts featured China creating their own Iron Men, and Stark joining forces with Dr. Chen Wu, whose family was kidnapped by the 10 Rings, to stop the Mandarin, but the concept was scrapped.
>Jessica Chastain was originally cast as Maya Hansen, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Gemma Arterton, Isla Fisher and Diane Kruger auditioned before Rebecca Hall was cast.
>Andy Lau was originally cast as Dr. Chen Wu, but dropped out due to creative differences and was replaced by Wang Xueqi, although the role was severely reduced in script revisions.
>Jude Law was approached to play Killian before Guy Pearce was cast.
>Anthony Mackie auditioned for Eric Savin before James Badge Dale was cast. He'd later play the Falcon.
>Black's first draft for the movie was rated R and featured a subplot where Killian uses Extremis-enhanced pheromones to seduce Pepper, record their sexual encounter and broadcast it nationwide to taunt Stark.
>IRON MAN 3 was the last movie in Robert Downey Jr.'s original four-picture contract, and was written as a definitive end for the character should Downey Jr. not renegotiate to play the character in further installments.
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Thor: The Dark World (2013)
>Patty Jenkins was approached to direct the movie at Natalie Portman's behest, but dropped out due to creative differences, and was replaced by Alan Taylor. Portman was reportedly upset and didn't want to return to the movie, but was contractually forced to do so.
>Taylor clashed with the studio as he wanted a darker and edgier movie than they were comfortable with. The script was revised multiple times during filming, leading to numerous subplots being scrapped.
>Mads Mikkselsen was originally cast as Malekith, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Christopher Eccleston. He'd later play Kaecilius.
>In early drafts, Malekith had a more sympathetic backstory, wanting revenge for the death of his family at the hands of Thor's grandfather, Bors, but the concept was scrapped.
>Early drafts featured a minor role for Loki that was expanded due to the character's newfound popularity after THE AVENGERS.
>Early drafts featured a larger role for Lady Sif, exploring her romantic feelings for Thor, but this subplot was cut after Jamie Alexander injured herself on set.
>Early drafts also included larger roles for Asgardian commander Tyr and Jane Foster's suitor Richard, and also included the Valkyrie and the Enchantress.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
>F. Gary Gray and George Nolfi were approached to direct before Joe & Anthony Russo were hired.
>Early drafts featured Sharon Carter as Captain America's partner, but revisions replaced her for Black Widow.
>Early drafts featured Hawkeye being deployed to capture Captain America after he escapes from the Triskelion, leading to a fight in an abandoned warehouse that ends with Hawkeye being defeated and secretly helping Captain America to escape. This subplot was scrapped due to time restraints.
>Early drafts featured Arnim Zola surviving the bunker's explosion by escaping in a robotic body. This subplot was scrapped for being too silly.
>Anna Kendrick, Emilia Clarke, Felicity Jones, Imogen Gay Poots, Teresa Palmer, Alison Brie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jessica Brown Findlay auditioned for Sharon Carter before Emily VanCamp was cast.
>Kevin Durand, Josh Holloway and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau auditioned for Brock Rumlow before Frank Grillo was cast.
>Michael B. Jordan auditioned for Sam Wilson before Anthony Mackie was cast.
>Alec Baldwin was approached for Alexander Pierce before Robert Redford was cast.
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
>Peyton Reed and Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck were approached to direct the movie before James Gunn was hired.
>Nicole Perlman wrote the first - and very different - draft of the script: Star-Lord was an U.S. pilot who is accidentally jettsioned to another galaxy in a military experiment gone wrong and joins forces with a group of intergalactic outlaws to stop the Badoon from conquering the galaxy.
>Early drafts featured Richard Rider joining the Nova Corps and developing a feud turned friendship with Star-Lord, but Gunn scrapped the concept in order to streamline the narrative.
>Early drafts featured Bug as a member of the team; appearances by Adam Warlock and ROM; and included the Badoon as Ronan's army and the Spartoi as the Krees' lifelong enemies.
>Early cuts featured ELO's "Living Thing" and Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky".
>Early cuts featured Stan Lee as one of the items in the Collector's inventory, but it was cut for being too meta.
>Joel Edgerton, Eddie Redmayne, Jensen Ackles, Jack Huston, Cam Gigandet, Sullivan Stapleton, Logan Marshall-Green, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Lowell, James Marsden, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Aaron Paul, Michael Rosenbaum, Wes Bentley, John Krasinski, Lee Pace and Glenn Howerton auditioned for Star-Lord before Chris Pratt was cast.
>Gina Carano, Olivia Wilde, Rachel Nichols, Thandie Newton, Elizabeth Banks and Adrianne Palicki auditioned for Gamora before Zoe Saldana was cast.
>Jason Momoa was approached for Drax, but refused to cut his hair for the role. Djimon Hounson, Brian Patrick Wade and Isaiah Mustafa auditioned before Dave Bautista was cast.
>Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler and David Tennat were approached to voice Rocket before Bradley Cooper was cast.
>Gal Gadot auditioned for Nebula before Karen Gillian was cast.
>Marvel Studios offered to allow Fox to retain the rights to Daredevil in exchange for using Silver Surfer and Galactus in the movie, but Fox declined.
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>>84683998
>In early drafts, the symbiote would arrive on Earth in a space shuttle piloted by John Jameson, which would malfunction and nearly crash-land on Manhattan before Spider-Man intervenes, which is why Spider-Man is given the key to the city. The sequence was scrapped for being too expensive.
With Raimi's Spider-Man using elements from TAS, such as MJ instead of Gwen as Peter's gf, it was a huge letdown not to have this scene. Having the symbiote randomly fall from the sky near Peter is one of the biggest contrivances I can think of, the kind that breaks any kind of gauge for plot conveniences.
Would have been a huge opener for SM3, Jameson's astronaut son was even featured in SM2, even though Raimi never wanted to do Venom
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>>84683922
Let's ignore the fact that it's about puberty as a leftover from the Cameron version where his webs were cum.
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kys
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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
>Production was troubled due to creative disagreements between Joss Whedon and the studio.
>In early drafts, Ultron was modeled after Tony Stark's brain patterns, but the concept was scrapped from the movie.
>Early drafts also featured Abomination as Ultron's enforcer; Captain Marvel and Spider-Man as recruits for the New Avengers; Ultron invading Wakanda to steal Vibranium; and the Ultron drones combining to form a skyscrapper-sized Ultron for the final battle.
>Marvel originally planned to pair Black Widow and Hawkeye together, but Whedon preferred her with Bruce Banner.
>In early cuts, Banner would ultimately reject Black Widow, and she would trigger his transformation into the Hulk by lying about having never truly loved him.
>In early cuts, Thor's vision ended with Loki appearing to discuss the impending apocalypse, but this was cut as test-audiences mistakenly assumed it meant Loki was behind Ultron's sentiency.
>Whedon included Thor's investigation into the Infinity Stones at the behest of the studio, in exchange for keeping the visions and Hawkeye's farmhouse, which were both nearly cut. Test-audiences responded negatively, however, and it was almost entirely cut from the movie.
>An alternative ending where Quicksilver survives and joins the New Avengers was shot should the studio decide not to kill a long-running character.
>Saoirse Ronan was approached for Scarlet Witch before Elizabeth Olsen was cast.
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>The original plan was for the Mandarin to be the main villain, before Black pitched the concept of the Mandarin being a smokescreen for the real mastermind.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I will never not be mad about this
fuck yoooooooooou shane black
Considering Iron Man 4 is never happening they should just throw the real Mandarin into Infinity War to be the antagonist of Tony's subplot
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Ant-Man (2015)
>Edgar Wright was originally attached to direct the movie, but dropped out due to creative differences. Adam McKay and Rawson Marshall-Thurber were approached before Peyton Reed was hired.
>Wright reportedly wanted a highly stylized, completely standalone movie, and rejected the revisions demanded by the studio.
>Wright's draft featured Scott Lang as a petty crook who's been arrested several times; Hank Pym as a mad scientist driven by ego; a love triangle between Scott, his ex-wife Maggie and his childhood friend Paxton; Darren Cross becoming the Nano Warrior; and minor roles for Hope Van Dyne and Scott's crew, which was comprised by eight criminals.
>Reed's revisions added Yellowjacket; the Quantum Realm; Hope, Luis, Kurt and Dave being prominent characters; Maggie and Paxton being minor characters; and Scott fighting the Falcon.
>Early drafts featured Alexander Pierce as one of the SHIELD agents present when Pym leaves the organization in the 1980's; and Armin Zola - in a robotic body - as Hydra's representative in procuring the Yellowjacket from Cross.
>Early cuts featured a prologue set in 1989, with a young Pym retrieving stolen data from a military compound in Cuba. Jordi Molla was cast as the compound's leader, General Castillo, but his scenes were cut.
>Early cuts featured Lang retrieving the stolen Cross Particles from HYDRA operative Mitchell Carson, but this was cut, leaving the plot thread available for a sequel.
>Joseph Gordon-Levitt auditioned for Scott Lang before Paul Rudd was cast.
>Jessica Chastain was approached for Hope Van Dyne before Evangeline Lily was cast.
>Steve Buscemi was approached for Hank Pym before Michael Douglas was cast.
>Patrick Wilson was originally cast as Paxton, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Bobby Cannavale.
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Captain America: Civil War (2016)
>Early drafts featured Vision on Captain America's team and Ant-Man on Iron Man's team; larger roles for Sharon Carter and Everett Ross; appearances by Bruce Banner and Pepper Potts; and Hope Van Dyne becoming the Wasp.
>In early drafts, Spider-Man had a larger role and Prince T'Challa had a minor role. When the deal between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures initially failed, T'Challa's role was expanded, including his transformation into Black Panther. Marvel and Sony later reached an agreement and Spider-Man was reinserted in the script in a smaller role.
>Producers initially feared that Giant-Man wouldn't be taken seriously by the audienced and demanded him to be removed from the script. An alternative version featured the Scarlet Witch telekinetically blowing up an underground pipeline to create a diversion for Captain America and Winter Soldier to escape, but the Russos were ultimately able to convince the studio to have Giant-Man in the movie.
>Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter refused to pay Robert Downey Jr's salary, reducing Iron Man to a brief appearance. Downey Jr. lobbied for a larger role and was backed by producer Kevin Feige, leading to a conflict that ended with Marvel Studios splitting off from Marvel Entertainment and Perlmutter being reassigned to the television department while Feige had complete creative control over the movies.
>During the period where Iron Man was unavailable, the Russos mapped out an alternative third act centered on Baron Zemo searching for a biological weapon known as "Madbomb", which compels people into murderous rampages.
>Asa Butterfield, Charlie Rowe, Judah Lewis, Matthew Lintz, Charlie Plummer, Liam James, Chandler Riggs and Timothée Chalamet auditioned for Spider-Man before Tom Holland was cast.
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Doctor Strange (2016)
>Fede Alvarez, Nikolaj Arcel, Dean Israelite, Jonathan Levine and Mark Andrews were approached to direct before Scott Derrickson was hired.
>Benedict Cumberbatch initially declined the role of Stephen Strange due to scheduling conflicts with his theater commitments. Mads Mikkelsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhall, Tom Hardy, Colin Farrell, Ethan Hawke, Jack Huston, Oscar Isaac, Keanu Reeves, Matthew McConaughey, Ewan McGregor and Justin Theroux were approached to play the role before filming was delayed to accomodate Cumberbatch's schedule.
>Ken Watanabe, Morgan Freeman and Bill Nighy were approached for the Ancient One before Tilda Swinton was cast.
>In early drafts, the Ancient One was a Asian man and Wong was not featured. When the Ancient One was made into a Celtic woman, Wong was added to the story as one of Strange's mentors.
>Early drafts revealed that Strange went through the loop thousands of times before Dormammu decided to accept his bargain, and that he remembers each and every time he died.
>Early cuts featured a subplot about Strange's sister, Donna, who falls into a river while they're playing together and drowns despite his attempts to save her, motivating Strange to study medicine. Lulu Wilson played Donna, but all of her scenes were cut.
>Early cuts featured more parallels between science and magic that were cut from the movie so magic would remain shrouded in mystery.
>Early cuts had a slightly darker tone that didn't ressonate very well with test-audiences. Dan Harmon was then hired to revise the script and more lighthearted beats were added in reshoots.
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>>84684589
>robot body was too silly
>but being uploaded into a computer in the 60s wasn't
Also thank fuck for avoiding Emilia Clarke
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
>Director James Gunn added Ego as Star-Lord's father before learning that the characters rights belonged to 20th Century Fox. The studio eventually traded Ego to Marvel Studios in exchange for Negasonic Teenage Warhead, who appeared in DEADPOOL.
>Gunn was advised against including a particular alien race, the Sneeps, because their name resembles the Icelandic slang for female genitalia. The studio eventually relented to their appearance.
>Early drafts included the Nova Empire. John C. Reilly and Glenn Close were approached to return as Daenerian Rhoman Dey and Nova Prime Irani Rael, but Reilly was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts, and was ultimately written out alongside Rael.
>Early drafts included the Collector, but Benicio Del Toro couldn't return to scheduling conflicts.
>Early drafts featured Adam Warlock as the Sovereigns' secret weapon, but the character was ultimately cut as he was superfluous to the narrative.
>Early cuts featured a longer segment on Earth including cameo appearances from Nathan Fillion as fictional actor Simon Williams and Gregg Henry as Grandpa Quill in a scene filled with Easter Eggs but both were ultimately cut from the movie.
>Early cuts featured a sixth post-credits scene in which Gamora and Mantis hearing the screams of one of the Ravagers who were pierced by Yondu's arrow and has presumably been forgotten and screaming in agony throughout the third act of the movie. This was deleted as test-audiences didn't get the joke.
>Early cuts featured a minor scene of Drax loudly slurping soup to his teammates' annoyance which was cut for time.
>Matthew McConaughey was approached to play Ego, but ultimately declined, and Kurt Russell was cast at Chris Pratt's suggestion. Liam Neeson and Gary Oldman were also considered.
>David Bowie was slated for a cameo before his death in 2016.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
>Ted Melfi was in negotiations to direct the movie, but dropped out to direct HIDDEN FIGURES and Jon Watts was hired. Drew Goddard and John M. Daley & Jonathan Goldstein were also approached.
>Watts originally envisioned Nick Fury as Peter's mentor.
>In early drafts, Tony Revolori's character was named "Manuel". Further revisions made him into Flash Thompson.
>Early cuts featured an extended prologue in which, after being told by Stark to lay low at the hotel after the airport battle, Peter sneaks out to explore Berlin and ends up saving the Prime-Minister from muggers, ending up on the frontpages of every newspaper in Germany by the next morning.
>Early cuts featured several alternative Captain America PSAs, one in which he raps about the importance of brushing your teeth.
>Michael Keaton initially declined the role of Adrian Toomes due to scheduling conflicts, but Marvel Studios was able to accomodate to his schedule. Michael Shannon was briefly approached for the role, but declined.
>Jason Alexander was approached for a cameo appearance but was not available.
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>>84685207
>Michael Shannon was briefly approached for the role, but declined.
based shannon
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>>84685207
>Jason Alexander was approached for a cameo appearance but was not available.
Interesting.
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tldr?
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>>84685171
those edits make the movie better skeez lord
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Test audiences are such faggots
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>>84685812
What's the connection??
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>>84687470
Marisa Tomei.
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No MCU movie will ever be better than Spider-Man 2, almost none of them are even better than Spider-Man.
sad
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>>84685876
don't even bother.
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>>84685876
Doesn't matter. Both Tobey and Dunst got too old for their parts.
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>>84684231
>>84684357
>>84684396
>be Louis Leterrier
>get turned down to direct on THREE separate occasions
>your one movie gets retconned into oblivion because the lead actor (who you were forced to go with) was a dick
>studio ends up using your original choice for Banner anyway
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>>84683922
>>Hugh Jackman was approached to make a cameo appearance as Wolverine, but scheduling conflicts prevented it from happening.
God fucking damnit, why the FUCK did Sony not combine Xmen and Spiderman in any movies!?!?
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