Oh to think of what might have been
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten abandoned Marvel movies and TV
projects that we never got to see before
we begin we publish new content every
day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’ll be going over the Marvel
movies and shows that we’re in
development but for whatever reason
never coalesced into a full-fledged film
or series number 10 the Inhumans movie
what are we we aren’t humans the folks
behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe are
well known for scheduling films years in
advance and fans were hyped to see an
Inhumans film on the docket for phase 3
of the MCU however several films such as
spider-man Home Coming and other Disney
owned properties forced Inhumans to be
pushed back eventually its plot which
was to focus on the inhuman royal family
was reworked into a television series
and while its first two episodes were
released theatrically the end result
probably discouraged executives from
revisiting the Inhumans property anytime
soon number 9 Morbius
by artisan entertainment you up to Peter
Parker near the turn of the millennium
artisan entertainment acquired the
rights to over a dozen Marvel franchises
to turn into film or TV projects one of
these was Morbius the living vampire a
member of spider-man’s rogues gallery in
an occasional antihero dr. Michael
Morbius seems like he would have been an
ideal Marvel character to capitalize on
the momentum of the blade films and the
vampire craze of the 2000s but sadly it
was not to be thankfully though a
Morbius movie is reportedly currently
being developed by Sony give it to me at
once okay okay
in the early 1990s Jennifer Walters the
cousin of Bruce Banner also known as
she-hulk seemed as if she might be
getting her own film no doubt
capitalizing on the cult status of the
1980s Hulk TV series and TV movies the
proposed project would have starred
fridged Nielsen an actress whose tall
stature would have fit the role well
however despite concept photos being
shot with Nielsen in costume and Larry
Cohen reportedly being in talks to
direct and
parent lack of funds meant that she Hulk
ultimately failed to smash her way onto
the big screen I got it
number seven x-men origins make neato I
knew none of you understand what I’m
trying to do during the 2000s there were
plans to create a whole host of
standalone origin movies focusing on
x-men characters though the first and
only one to actually hit theaters was
x-men origins Wolverine one starring
magneto was in development however a
number of obstacles including the
2007-2008 Writers Guild strike as well
as Ian McKellen’s age led to its
dissolution elements of its planned
story did make their way into x-men
first class though so while we may never
have gotten the magneto solo movie we
were promised
we still thankfully got to see more of
his origin what started as a covert
mission tomorrow mankind will know that
mutants exist
number 6 black panther with wesley
snipes and neva freeze though the 2018
black panther film was a smash hit it
wasn’t the first time the African
superhero has been proposed for an
adaptation Wesley Snipes attempted for
several years during the 90s to get the
film made however despite the actor’s
success during the period he had
difficulty convincing people to back the
project as well as convinced them that
it wasn’t about the political movement
purportedly getting into disagreements
with writers and directors ultimately
Snipes efforts did lead him to another
number 5 spider-man directed by James
Cameron a friendly neighborhood
spider-man believe it or not in the
mid-1990s James Cameron was tapped to
direct a spider-man adaptation several
scripts were written with some versions
reportedly featuring heavy profanity and
even Spiderman and Mary Jane Watson
having sex on the Brooklyn Bridge in
terms of villains electro Sandman and
Doctor Octopus were all alleged
possibilities with Arnold Schwarzenegger
in mind for the last of these Leonardo
DiCaprio has also been rumored to have
been in mind for Peter Parker /
spider-man however legal issues between
Studios tied things up for years and the
bankruptcy of multiple companies
involved ultimately killed the film that
being said some ideas such as organic
webs made their way into the Sam Raimi
number four dr. strange directed by
Guillermo del Toro it’s strange
baby who am I to judge
in 2007 Guillermo del Toro pitched
himself to Marvel as the director of a
Doctor Strange film with Neil Gaiman as
the screenwriter
however Marvel passed on the idea and
given that they weren’t the powerhouse
they are today we can understand their
reticence still we can only dream at how
del Toro and gaymans distinctly weird
and wonderful styles would have meshed
to bring about an even stranger Doctor
Strange than the one we got probably
with more practical effects than CG if
the director’s previous work is anything
number three ant-man directed by Edgar
Wright shmurda it’s not Sketchup Edgar
Wright famous for his collaborations
with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost was long
slated to direct the Marvel comedy heist
film ant-man Wright was attached to the
project for almost a decade though we
made several films in the interim
ultimately Marvel parted ways with the
director because to paraphrase Edgar
Wright himself he had become a quote
director for hire on the project that’s
a shame since Wright’s frenetic
signature style is fantastic and would
have likely lent itself nicely to
ant-man Wright as well as the crew he’d
already hired ended up turning their
talents to another comedy heist movie
baby driver you drive around important
people
Angus hunter number two Donald Glover’s
Deadpool maximal member
Donald Glover and his brother Steven
were working on developing a Deadpool
animated series for the network FX the
same animation studio who worked on a
black panther miniseries was approached
to animate the show and some test
footage has even been released
unfortunately FX decided to pull the
plug apparently disagreeing with the
direction that the Glover Brothers
wanted to take the series Stephen Glover
has joked that an episode involving
Taylor Swift is what led to the
cancellation while Donald released a
mock finale script on Twitter
unfortunately if we do get a Deadpool
cartoon we probably won’t see either
Glover involved you’re absolutely right
number one Sam Raimi spider-man four
with great power comes great
responsibility
following the success of the spider-man
trilogy director Sam Raimi was preparing
to work on a fourth movie starring the
wall crawler the script went through a
number of revisions and some actors were
in mind for roles such as strong
Malkovich as the vulture and Anne
Hathaway as Felicia Hardy
however Raimi was reportedly
dissatisfied with the script which is
rumored to a featured Peter Parker
becoming a father but cheating on his
wife and giving up being spider-man and
while we can’t say were thrilled by
those developments either if Raimi could
have found a story that worked for him
we’d have loved to see em continue
I don’t know do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten abandoned Marvel movies and TV
projects that we never got to see before
we begin we publish new content every
day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’ll be going over the Marvel
movies and shows that we’re in
development but for whatever reason
never coalesced into a full-fledged film
or series number 10 the Inhumans movie
what are we we aren’t humans the folks
behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe are
well known for scheduling films years in
advance and fans were hyped to see an
Inhumans film on the docket for phase 3
of the MCU however several films such as
spider-man Home Coming and other Disney
owned properties forced Inhumans to be
pushed back eventually its plot which
was to focus on the inhuman royal family
was reworked into a television series
and while its first two episodes were
released theatrically the end result
probably discouraged executives from
revisiting the Inhumans property anytime
soon number 9 Morbius
by artisan entertainment you up to Peter
Parker near the turn of the millennium
artisan entertainment acquired the
rights to over a dozen Marvel franchises
to turn into film or TV projects one of
these was Morbius the living vampire a
member of spider-man’s rogues gallery in
an occasional antihero dr. Michael
Morbius seems like he would have been an
ideal Marvel character to capitalize on
the momentum of the blade films and the
vampire craze of the 2000s but sadly it
was not to be thankfully though a
Morbius movie is reportedly currently
being developed by Sony give it to me at
once okay okay
in the early 1990s Jennifer Walters the
cousin of Bruce Banner also known as
she-hulk seemed as if she might be
getting her own film no doubt
capitalizing on the cult status of the
1980s Hulk TV series and TV movies the
proposed project would have starred
fridged Nielsen an actress whose tall
stature would have fit the role well
however despite concept photos being
shot with Nielsen in costume and Larry
Cohen reportedly being in talks to
direct and
parent lack of funds meant that she Hulk
ultimately failed to smash her way onto
the big screen I got it
number seven x-men origins make neato I
knew none of you understand what I’m
trying to do during the 2000s there were
plans to create a whole host of
standalone origin movies focusing on
x-men characters though the first and
only one to actually hit theaters was
x-men origins Wolverine one starring
magneto was in development however a
number of obstacles including the
2007-2008 Writers Guild strike as well
as Ian McKellen’s age led to its
dissolution elements of its planned
story did make their way into x-men
first class though so while we may never
have gotten the magneto solo movie we
were promised
we still thankfully got to see more of
his origin what started as a covert
mission tomorrow mankind will know that
mutants exist
number 6 black panther with wesley
snipes and neva freeze though the 2018
black panther film was a smash hit it
wasn’t the first time the African
superhero has been proposed for an
adaptation Wesley Snipes attempted for
several years during the 90s to get the
film made however despite the actor’s
success during the period he had
difficulty convincing people to back the
project as well as convinced them that
it wasn’t about the political movement
purportedly getting into disagreements
with writers and directors ultimately
Snipes efforts did lead him to another
number 5 spider-man directed by James
Cameron a friendly neighborhood
spider-man believe it or not in the
mid-1990s James Cameron was tapped to
direct a spider-man adaptation several
scripts were written with some versions
reportedly featuring heavy profanity and
even Spiderman and Mary Jane Watson
having sex on the Brooklyn Bridge in
terms of villains electro Sandman and
Doctor Octopus were all alleged
possibilities with Arnold Schwarzenegger
in mind for the last of these Leonardo
DiCaprio has also been rumored to have
been in mind for Peter Parker /
spider-man however legal issues between
Studios tied things up for years and the
bankruptcy of multiple companies
involved ultimately killed the film that
being said some ideas such as organic
webs made their way into the Sam Raimi
number four dr. strange directed by
Guillermo del Toro it’s strange
baby who am I to judge
in 2007 Guillermo del Toro pitched
himself to Marvel as the director of a
Doctor Strange film with Neil Gaiman as
the screenwriter
however Marvel passed on the idea and
given that they weren’t the powerhouse
they are today we can understand their
reticence still we can only dream at how
del Toro and gaymans distinctly weird
and wonderful styles would have meshed
to bring about an even stranger Doctor
Strange than the one we got probably
with more practical effects than CG if
the director’s previous work is anything
number three ant-man directed by Edgar
Wright shmurda it’s not Sketchup Edgar
Wright famous for his collaborations
with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost was long
slated to direct the Marvel comedy heist
film ant-man Wright was attached to the
project for almost a decade though we
made several films in the interim
ultimately Marvel parted ways with the
director because to paraphrase Edgar
Wright himself he had become a quote
director for hire on the project that’s
a shame since Wright’s frenetic
signature style is fantastic and would
have likely lent itself nicely to
ant-man Wright as well as the crew he’d
already hired ended up turning their
talents to another comedy heist movie
baby driver you drive around important
people
Angus hunter number two Donald Glover’s
Deadpool maximal member
Donald Glover and his brother Steven
were working on developing a Deadpool
animated series for the network FX the
same animation studio who worked on a
black panther miniseries was approached
to animate the show and some test
footage has even been released
unfortunately FX decided to pull the
plug apparently disagreeing with the
direction that the Glover Brothers
wanted to take the series Stephen Glover
has joked that an episode involving
Taylor Swift is what led to the
cancellation while Donald released a
mock finale script on Twitter
unfortunately if we do get a Deadpool
cartoon we probably won’t see either
Glover involved you’re absolutely right
number one Sam Raimi spider-man four
with great power comes great
responsibility
following the success of the spider-man
trilogy director Sam Raimi was preparing
to work on a fourth movie starring the
wall crawler the script went through a
number of revisions and some actors were
in mind for roles such as strong
Malkovich as the vulture and Anne
Hathaway as Felicia Hardy
however Raimi was reportedly
dissatisfied with the script which is
rumored to a featured Peter Parker
becoming a father but cheating on his
wife and giving up being spider-man and
while we can’t say were thrilled by
those developments either if Raimi could
have found a story that worked for him
we’d have loved to see em continue
I don’t know do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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