Deadpool & Wolverine
Over the years , many movies base on fictional character from Marvel Comics have been contrive , but not all of them have managed to get out of the planning stage . There have been a huge number ofunproduced Marvel movies , some of which would have starred high - visibility actors as some iconic heroes and villain . Marvel Studios ' exploration of the multiverse creates the opportunity for some of these lineament to finally make their first live - action show , abide by in the footsteps ofChanning Tatum ’s Gambit .
Several fantastic Marvel movies have never amount to fruition , even though they may have been planned , part - developed , or only lucid next stairs .
10Bo Derek’s Dazzler
Bo Derek Almost Played Dazzler In The 1980s
Screenwriter Gary Goddard was commissioned to write a movie focalize on theMarvel Comics variation Dazzlerin the mid-1980s . This movie would have starred then - arise star Bo Derek in the titular role , bringing the singe X - Men member into lively - action at law only a few years after her first coming into court in Marvel Comics . Derek had become a mainstream celebrity and sex icon following appearances in10andBolero , and was the subject of contention surrounding her thing with film maker John Derek , who was in his late forties and splice when he met 16 - year - old Bo .
It was Bo Derek ’s relationship with John Derek that damage the planned Dazzler - centric pic . John Derek was hired as the movie ’s theater director , but his temperamental nature cause several investors to back out , leaving the movie to be abandoned . Bo Derek has had little success in the years since , so it would be nifty to see her eventually live her Dazzler dreams , in particular after late speculation of the hero ’s visual aspect in the MCU.Halston Sage played Dazzler in 2019’sDark Phoenix , but Derek could portray a more seasoned and experienced version of the hero .
9Ray Park’s Iron Fist
Ray Park Almost Played Iron Fist In The 2000s, After His Appearance As Toad In X-Men
A rendering of Toad appeared in the Void inDeadpool & Wolverine , but this variant was n’t play by Ray Park . Instead , Daniel Medina Ramos played the mutant - a fellow member of Cassandra Nova ’s group of rag - tag villain .
Iron Fist was among the first slate of characters Marvel Studios desire to include in the MCU , but Finn Jones did n’t limn the soldierlike artist until 2017’sIron Fistseason 1 on Netflix , bring forth by Marvel Television . Ray Park demonstrated his action skills inStar Wars , X - MenandHeroes , as well as a number of other renowned projects , so it would be bang-up to see him rejoin Marvel to portray a variant of Iron Fist . Iron Fist has recently been confirmed to be come back to the MCU in theanimatedEyes of Wakandaseries .
8Brigitte Nielsen’s She-Hulk
Brigitte Nielsen Almost Played She-Hulk In The 1990s
Best known for his scientific discipline fiction horror pic of the 1970s and ' fourscore , Larry Cohen would have channelise an unusual and perhaps terrifying movie focused onJennifer Walters ' She - Hulk in the 1990s . This motion-picture show was slate to asterisk Brigitte Nielsen , who had become sleep with for roles inRocky IV , CobraandBeverly Hills Cop II , the two former of which she star in with her then - married man , Sylvester Stallone . Nielsen even scram so far as posing in photos as both Jennifer Walters and her superhero alter ego , She - Hulk , but the movie plainly never happened .
Tatiana Maslany debuted as the MCU’sJennifer Walters in 2022’sShe - whale : Attorney at Lawseries on Disney+ , and while her future has n’t yet been confirm , She - Hulk is expected to be a key part of the MCU . Since She - Hulk is ponder to be a member of the new Avengers team , it ’s potential Marvel Studios could bring her cheek - to - facial expression with her multiversal variants in the team ’s upcoming adventures . This creates the stark opportunity for Nielsen , who lately reprised herRocky IVrole in 2018’sCreed II , to finally debut as She - Hulk in live - action .
7James Franco’s Multiple Man
James Franco Almost Played Multiple Man In 2017
Screenwriter and Marvel Comics author Allan Heinberg was hired in 2017 to write the book to a movie focus on Jamie Madrox , a.k.a . Multiple Man , which would have starred James Franco in the titular use . This movie would have been part of 20th Century Fox’sX - Menfranchise , reinventing Multiple Man after Eric Dane ’s depiction of the self - duplicating character in 2006’sX - manpower : The Last Stand . This would n’t have been Franco ’s first foray into the world of Marvel , as he star asHarry Osborn - later the second Green Goblin- in Sam Raimi’sSpider - Mantrilogy .
While Heinberg ’s attachment to the motion picture and Franco ’s casting as Jamie Madrox raised excitement , nothing ever materialise forFox ’s Multiple Man movie . James Franco is one of the most acclaimed actor of his generation , so it would have been fantastic to see him impersonate Multiple Man , and the opportunity is now there for this to come to fruition in the MCU.In some reality across the multiverse , Franco did debut as Jamie Madrox at the stature of Fox’sX - Menfranchise , so this could be imagined for a version of the X - Men in the Multiverse Saga .
6Jason Statham’s Daredevil
Jason Statham Almost Played Daredevil In A Reboot After Ben Affleck, But Before Charlie Cox
After have himself known as an activeness star with roles inThe Transporter , The Italian Job , ChaosandWar , among others , Jason Statham expressed interest in portraying the Man Without Fear , Matt Murdock ’s Daredevil , in 2008 . This was after the disappointing performances of2003’sDaredevilmovie , starring Ben Affleck , and its 2005 subsequence , Elektra . Statham would have rebooted the character in a project that could have been place by David Slade , but nothing ever came of this movie .
Charlie Cox ’s Matt Murdock has now made several appearances as Daredevil in the MCU , and his old feat on Netflix may also be MCU canyon .
Instead , twentieth Century Fox seemed confused about what to do with Daredevil for many years until the rights reverted to Marvel Studios and Disney in 2013.This allowed Charlie Cox to debut as Matt Murdock in Netflix’sDaredevil , and his translation has become incredibly democratic , but this may not stop Marvel Studios from allowing Jason Statham to realize his temerarious dreams.2025’sDaredevil : bear Againseriesis expected to make the Devil of Hell ’s Kitchen one of the most polar MCU heroes , so it would be great to see him come face - to - font with Statham ’s strain down the line .
5Robert Downey Jr.’s Deathlok
Robert Downey Jr. Was Imagined As Deathlok In The 2000s
Paramount Pictures bought the film right to Marvel Comics ' Deathlok in 2001 , and set to work on bring the strange character to animation on - screen . In 2004,The Acid HouseandGangster No . 1director Paul McGuigan was rumored to be bond to head this Deathlok - centrical movie , which he confirm toGizmodoin 2009 , and revealed that he imagined Robert Downey Jr. in the nominal office . This may have killedDowney Jr. ’s career as Tony Stark ’s Iron Manbefore it began , meaning the trajectory of his full liveliness would have been drastically unlike .
I was really into it , but Marvel changed their brain . In a way it felt likeKnight Rider , where you have the machine talking to him . The handwriting was really undecomposed . David Self is no slouch , he ’s a great screenwriter . And the whole idea of nanotechnology was fascinating. It would have been a good movie . Maybe they ’ll still make it with somebody else.
Deathlok was afterward integrated into the news report of Marvel Television’sAgents of SHIELD , portrayed by J. August Richards . Agents of SHIELDisn’t considered canon to the MCU , but the conjuring trick of the multiverse means characters from the Marvel Television serial could seem in the MCU.If Richards ' Mike Peterson , a.k.a . Deathlok , exists in the multiverse , then so could Robert Downey Jr. ’s iteration of the character reference , so he could fall to the MCU to limn not only the unexampled Doctor Doom , but also Deathlok .
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4Angela Bassett’s Storm
Angela Bassett Almost Played Storm In 1989
Angela Bassett has recently received huge plaudit for her performance of Queen Ramonda in the MCU’sBlack Pantherfranchise , even earning anAcademy Award nominating address for 2022’sBlack Panther : Wakanda perpetually . However , back in 1989 , Bassett was attached to another Marvel movie , which would have seen her depict the goddess - similar mutant Storm opposite Bob Hoskins ' Wolverine . With James Cameron producing , Kathryn Bigelow directing and Gary Goldman committal to writing , Wolverine and the X - Menwould surely have been a strong launching for Angela Bassett ’s Storm .
Storm ’s Live - Action Movie
Year
A follow-up to the highly successful Deadpool and Deadpool 2 films starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth. The third film will be the first in the franchise to be developed under the Marvel Studios banner following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
Actor
X - Men
2000
Halle Berry
X2 : X - Men United
2003
X - human being : The Last bandstand
2006
10 - Men Origins : Wolverine
2009
April Elleston Enahoro ( Deleted Scene )
X - Men : First stratum
2011
( Uncredited )
X - Men : Days of Future Past
2014
ten - Men : Revelation of Saint John the Divine
2016
Alexandra Shipp
Deadpool 2
2018
Alexandra Shipp ( Cameo )
Dark Phoenix
2019
This movie never come to fruition , as Cameron ’s pursuit was offend on a newSpider - Manmovie and Carolco Pictures , who had been funding the undertaking , became defunct . Angela Bassett has long - persisted as a fan - pet choice for Storm , however , despite her previous role in the MCU . PerhapsRamonda ’s last inBlack Panther : Wakanda Forevercreates the opportunity for Bassett to appear as Storm , alternatively . Her screen presence , acting natural endowment , power , dedication and theatricality would gain Storm massively after some questionable past portrayals of the hero in live - action .
3Laurence Fishburne’s Luke Cage
Laurence Fishburne Almost Played Luke Cage In A Quentin Tarantino-Directed Movie In The 1990s
Laurence Fishburne was only in brief connected to a possibleLuke John Milton Cage Jr. - centric movie in the 1990s , but this projection could have been one of Marvel ’s biggest movies ever , as Quentin Tarantino was attached to maneuver . Tarantino was a womb-to-tomb mirthful lector , and an esurient fan of heroes such as Shang - Chi and Luke Cage . Tarantino ’s programme for Laurence Fishburne , who had , at the time , been known for role inApocalypse Now , The Color Purple , School DazeandBoys n the Hood , among others , to be Luke Cage was play with rebuttal from the music director ’s friend , which threw a spanner in the works .
As well as Laurence Fishburne , actors including Jamie Foxx , Tyrese Gibson , Dwayne Johnson , Isaiah Mustafa and Idris Elba were considered for the function of Luke Cage , but Mike Colter debuted as the sub after the rights reverted to Marvel Studios and Disney in 2013 .
Tarantino ’s ally want futureBladestar Wesley Snipes to be Luke Cage , and Tarantino could n’t decide between Snipes and Fishburne , so eventually give up and decided to focalize on directingPulp Fictioninstead . Fishburne plump on to continue success with the ilk ofThe Matrix , John Wickand DCEU dealership , and even appeared in the MCU as Bill Foster inAnt - Man and the Wasp . Even so , it would be unbelievable to see him debut as Luke Cage , perhaps after Mike Colter reprise his role fromNetflix’sLuke Cageseries .
2Mads Mikkelsen’s Doctor Doom
Mads Mikkelsen Wanted To Play Doctor Doom In A Solo Movie In The Late 2010s
Danish histrion Mads Mikkelsen in the beginning auditioned for the theatrical role of Doctor Doom in 2015’sFantastic Fourreboot , which surely would have tot up some star baron to the reviled Fox movie . This role ultimately snuff it to Toby Kebbell , but asoloDoctor Doommoviewent into production in 2017 , freestanding to the 2015 picture show , which reignited Mikkelsen ’s desire to act the titulary role . Mikkelsen had starred as the villain Kaecilius in 2016’sDoctor Strange , buthe would have take a strictness , sinister charm and magnetism to Doctor Doom that would have made him a terrifying scoundrel .
Robert Downey Jr. has been confirmed to be bringing Doctor Doom to the MCU , join a select club of worker who ’ve act as the baddie in alive - natural process .
Amid speculation that Doctor Doom would be joining the MCU , Mads Mikkelsen was a popular fan - plaster cast for the role of the iconic Marvel Comics villain . MCU veteran Robert Downey Jr. was then revealed to be bringingDoctor Doom to life inAvengers : DoomsdayandSecret Wars , but the doorway is open for Doom ’s own variance to appear , and one of these could be play by Mads Mikkelsen . There ’s no doubt Mikkelsen would excel as Doctor Doom , and there are even theories that he could be the MCU ’s literal Doom follow Downey Jr. ’s version ’s frustration , but only time will secernate .
1Tom Cruise’s Iron Man
Tom Cruise Expressed Interest In Playing Tony Stark’s Iron Man In 1998
Universal Studios bought the film right to Tony Stark ’s Iron Man in 1990 , and since then , many different Iron Man - centrical movies were planned before Marvel Studios decided to set off from clams in 2005.20th Century Fox acquired the rights in 1996 , and began production on a movie which Tom Cruise expressed interest in star in . In 2023 , it was revealed thatCruise want more money than was possiblefor the studio apartment to pay at the meter to present Iron Man ( viaMCU : The Reign of Marvel Studios) , so this never amount to pass .
Now , however , it seems very potential that whatever price Tom Cruise asks for , Marvel Studios should be able-bodied to cover . There was speculation that Tom Cruise might have appeared as theTony Stark of Earth-838 in 2022’sDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , perhaps as the Superior Iron Man , but this did n’t materialize . The door is open for Cruise to finally debut as Iron Man after almost three decades , following in Channing Tatum ’s footsteps afterDeadpool & Wolverine , which would be fantastic to see before the Multiverse Saga descend to an ending .
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A follow - up to the highly successful Deadpool and Deadpool 2 films asterisk Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth . The third film will be the first in the franchise to be developed under the Marvel Studios banner following Disney ’s accomplishment of 20th Century Fox .
