Marvel films have invaded the box office in recent years with superhero films being one of the main magnet for motion-picture fan these days . However , there was once a time when some of these movie were n’t inevitably a certain bet .

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In an earned run average where some of the most obscure character get adapted , anything is potential . There have also been some MCU projects that were annunciate but never realise the light of day . A lot of the projects that got canned over the years may have been for the adept but a choice few of them   could have been quite promising .

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Dazzler

Although she is one of the most popular mutants from Marvel Comics , Dazzler has one of the weirdest origin . Created as a joint venture between Casablanca Records ( a label within Universal Music ) and Marvel , Dazzler was meant to be a multi - media project as the first " tattle superhero " with the design to create comics , euphony , and films featuring her .

Casablanca later pulled out but a film adaptation was afoot   with Filmworks and a decisiveness was made to use Bo Derek ’s semblance for the character in the comic strip . PerTheWrap , investor became uninterested in the labor after Derek ’s husband John Derek , who has a history of being difficult to bring with , signed on as managing director . It would not be until 2019 that Dazzler would have her first live - action appearance inX - Men : Dark Phoenix , with Halston Sage portraying her .

Kick-Ass 3

Despite not taking place in the MCU , Kick - Ass still remains a Marvel property andone of the honest vigilante films . After a unsatisfying box office return fromKick - Ass 2 , public lecture of a sequel were put on grasp . Pirating was also a major component for the second flick underperforming , after the film leak online . Plans for a third film resume in 2015 with Matthew Vaughn expected to return as writer and director . He announced a Hit - Girl and prominent dad origin plastic film along withKick - Ass 3 .

Vaughn again reiterated these plan in 2018 but nothing came of it . Recently appearing onJimmy Fallonin December , Hit - Girl actress Chloë Grace Moretz expressed her desire to return for another motion-picture show . Series Maker Mark Millar also said in November , perBleedingCool , " I let the cat out of the bag to Matthew Vaughn three time a workweek . [ … ] maybe at some point in the future , we do have one last story to tell , which is the big finish storyline . "

Gambit

Viewed as a passion projection for Channing Tatum , Gambitwas meant to be a reboot for the character in the already very confusing timeline of the   FoxX - Menseries . Taylor Kitsch ab initio played the character inX - man Origins : Wolverinewith plans to return but that never came to be . The original firing date for the pic was November 27 , 2016 and Tatum was expected to seem inX - human being : Revelation of Saint John the Divine , grant toComicBook . However , his scenes were cut .

Fant4stic Sequel

Easily one ofthe bad superhero moving picture of all time , it is unquestionably for the best theFant4sticsequel   did n’t hap . It ’s a huge ignominy such a gifted casting got take in up in such a huge botch . At the 2015 San Diego Comic - Con , 20th Century Fox announced their grand plan to crossover the X - human being and the reboot Fantastic Four with a massive hurl pic .

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Plot ingredient regarding the cinema remain unnamed but it was supposed to be relinquish June 9 , 2017 . Cameo appearances from this   Fantastic 4 were at one point going to appear   during other development ofDeadpool 2 , perScreenRant .   They would have come along as rejected penis for the X - Force audition . Luckily , the Fantastic Four will soon be rebooted in the MCU with Jon Watts directing .

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Multiple Man

In 2017,DeadlinereportedWonder Womanscribe Allan Heinberg and longtime ten - Men author and manufacturer Simon Kinberg had sign on for a motion-picture show based on mutant Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man . James Franco had signed on to roleplay the lead role but not much else was revealed .

Another update was collapse in 2018 by Kinberg allege " Multiple Man , that script ’s being worked on right now , " but the film was canceled comply Disney ’s purchase of 21st Century Fox . It ’s nameless what the picture would have been about but an X - Men film asterisk James Franco and publish by the same person behindWonder Womanseemed like an exciting prognosis .

Silver & Black

to begin with planned as the second film ofSony ’s Spider - Man UniversefollowingVenom , the film went through many different scripts . plant to follow Spider - Man character Black Cat and Silver Sable , Gina Prince - Blythewood   came onboard as the film ’s director . cinematography was to go on in Mexico and Atlanta , Georgia but after being unimpressed with the script , Sony demanded a new draft . With what looked to be not much impulse on the projection , Prince - Blythewood dropped out , in favour of doingThe Old Guardfor Netflix .

The picture was then indefinitely delayed with the programme to make two separate films based on Black Cat and Silver Sable . It was then repurposed as a television series with Prince - Blythewood as producer and possible design to air it on Disney+ , according toTHR .

Iron Fist

accord toVariety , anIron Fistfilm nearly happened . Announced in 2001 , Darth Maul and Snake Eyes actor Ray Park had been cast in the lead role , a role that surely would have catapulted him to stardom . John Thurman was to be write the film . The film would have been made at Artisan who owned the film right field to Black Panther , Doctor Strange , Nighthawk , and Vision at the clip .

Several hold chevy the moving picture and two directors were at one spot take : Hong Kongdirector Kirk Wong and laterPaul Blartdirector Steve Carr . After several delays , the rights to the persona return back to Marvel and the Netflix serial was instead farm . Had Ray Park ride out in the character , he would haveplayed two different Marvel role , having portrayed Toad inX - Men .

Quentin Tarantino’s Silver Surfer

This is n’t Tarantino ’s only maraud into the Marvel macrocosm . In an audience withMTV , the filmmaker break   " After ' Reservoir Dogs , ' I had considered doing a ' Luke Cage , Hero for Hire ' movie . [ Producer ] Ed Pressman owned the rights at that clip , and we talked about it . I talked to [ Laurence Fishburne ] about being Luke Cage , and he really liked that idea . Then I ended up writing ' Pulp Fiction . " It ’s quite crazy to think a studio would say no to Tarantino but it just goes to show how much of an illustrious career he ’s had since then .

James Cameron’s Spider-Man

Before growth on Sam Raimi’sSpider - Manbegan at Sony , James Cameron had begun working on a Spider - human being celluloid with Carolco Pictures . The flick was to sport Green Goblin , Sandman , Electro and Doctor Octopus with   Cameron eyeing Michael Biehn as Sandman , Lance Henriksen as Electro and finally , Arnold Schwarzenegger as Doc Ock !

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The film play out a lot like 2002’sSpider - Manbut with extra baddie . Much of the playscript write by Cameron was kept by David Koepp and Raimi .   The film also would have starred either Edward Furlong or Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead theatrical role of Peter Parker .

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20th Century Fox Civil War Film

ThorandX - military personnel : First Classco - author Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller were hire to write a Marvel crossover film boast characters Fox had the rights to   which included the XTC - Men , Fantastic 4 , Daredevil and Deadpool . Bourne director Paul Greengrass was also woo to direct the film .

The film ’s plot would have follow superheroes coming into conflict after the mandatory sign language of the Superhuman Registration Act , a clear attempt at adapt the Civil War comic , as reported byComicBook . The photographic film would have pitted Wolverine against Mr. Fantastic in a climactic fight where Mr. Fantastic would have cut down off one of Wolverine ’s workforce by making his arm a sharp blade . This film definitely could have been a nerveless crossover voter experience but sadly , buff will never see it .

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Kick Ass (Aaron Johnson) and Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) confronting Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) in Kick Ass 2.

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