A Hercules movie for Marvel

[Tg11]

Even though we have seen the character of Hercules portrayed from everywhere on the small screen to the big screen we have never had a Marvel Comics adaptation of Hercules portrayed on the big screen so what would be interesting is if Marvel were to make a Hercules movie, the demi-god son of Zeus and plus it would give Marvel a chance to expand their mystical universe considering Marvel has enough mystical characters such as Thor who is also a demi-god but also Doctor Strange he too is a mystical character but who can actually play Hercules in a solo Marvel movie?

Joe Manganiello would be my pick for Hercules

 

[Dasher10]

I'd rather he show up in a Thor sequel starting in Phase 4.

 

[CyclopsWasRight]

I always kinda preferred Ares to Herc

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I would LOVE if Herc got a film, but as was stated, he should show up in a Thor film first. But it would be awesome either way. Marvel's Hercules is such a great and fun character. And the expansion on him and his background in the books of the 21st century has been quite good. He was always a fun character, avuncular and cool, but the recent character work has added great depth and more mythological focus to him and his stories and it's paid off. The idea of a Herc film and character inspired by the Pak/Van Lente stuff makes me salivate. And to see the Hercules and Thor rivalry and friendship in live action would please me no end.

 

[Silvermoth]

I would love it too! Maybe they could do it after Thor: ragnarok?

 

[Invader34]

Definitely hope this happens!!! Manganiello would have been my pick as well but looks like he's joining THE SQUAD!! Benjamin Walker maybe..


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[Wildcard]

Imo, it'd be a waste giving Hercules a movie. Having him in the MCU? Sure. Giving him his own movie? No...especially not when there are so many other characters that deserve a movie a lot more than he.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Well... Why did the Guardians "deserve" a movie? Or Ant-Man? Why does Carol Danvers? There's no hard rule I know of that says that at this point, having all the truly well known A listers, and rapidly moving down the B list that there is a hierarchy that they must adhere to when it comes to what property gets a film. We are guaranteed Panther, Strange, Danvers, The Inhumans... What is wrong with a future film of Herc, exactly? This isn't like having to choose one of them over, say Captain America because they already DID do a Cap series of films. Hey, I like the New Warriors. I would love a NW film. If they did a Herc film and we had to wait for a NW film, then that's the way the cookie crumbles. At this point, post the properties already adapted and those soon to be, frankly there's not a lot of properties that were ever all that well known outside of the hard core fan base. They are all pretty equal on that, Herc included. So I don't know which characters are more worthy than any other at this point.

 

[BarryAllen]

Well... Why did the Guardians "deserve" a movie? Or Ant-Man? Why does Carol Danvers? There's no hard rule I know of that says that at this point, having all the truly well known A listers, and rapidly moving down the B list that there is a hierarchy that they must adhere to when it comes to what property gets a film. We are guaranteed Panther, Strange, Danvers, The Inhumans... What is wrong with a future film of Herc, exactly? This isn't like having to choose one of them over, say Captain America because they already DID do a Cap series of films. Hey, I like the New Warriors. I would love a NW film. If they did a Herc film and we had to wait for a NW film, then that's the way the cookie crumbles. At this point, post the properties already adapted and those soon to be, frankly there's not a lot of properties that were ever all that well known outside of the hard core fan base. They are all pretty equal on that, Herc included. So I don't know which characters are more worthy than any other at this point.

Well it's more that there's been a lot of Hurcules films as well as him not really bringing anything new to the table like the Guardians, Strange or the Inhumans are.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Pair him with Amadeous Cho and you've got box office gold. Especially if you use Ares, too. I don't know who I would cast in the roles, though.

 

[Shakel92]

Guardians and Ant-Man deserved a film because they are unique. If a unique Hercules script could be written, then by all means, move forward with it. But I don't think that making a movie just to make a movie is a good idea. I'm not sure what they could do with Hercules that hasn't been done in Thor.

 

[Spiderine]

We just had two Hercules films released in a span of a year. However I don't mind seeing him introduced in other Marvel films.

But why not Doc Samson?

 

[CaptainWagner]

Guardians and Ant-Man deserved a film because they are unique. If a unique Hercules script could be written, then by all means, move forward with it. But I don't think that making a movie just to make a movie is a good idea. I'm not sure what they could do with Hercules that hasn't been done in Thor.

Here's my pitch:

Hercules, bored with the formalities and mundanity of Oympian life, runs off to our world for some fun. Here, he meets up with Amadeous Cho, a mathematical prodigy turned conman. Together, they head to Vegas to ripoff the casinos, with Cho as the brains and Herc as the muscle. Meanwhile, not all, is well in Olympus, and a message is sent to the exiled Ares to bring his brother home. He tracks our "heroes" to Vegas, where they are enjoying the high life. After initially fighting, they are forced to team up against a bigger threat.

It's basically a small, self-contained "buddy action-comedy". No vast MCU ramifications, just three very different characters trying to survive in Las Vegas while be pursued by villains both mob-related and supernatural.

 

[SirStrangefolk]

I'm all for it, but maybe they should save him for once Hemsworth decides to not be Thor anymore.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Pair him with Amadeous Cho and you've got box office gold. Especially if you use Ares, too. I don't know who I would cast in the roles, though.

Okay, this is scary, because I was actually thinking the same thing. Hercules by himself isn't really a franchise; from a cinematic perspective, he's just a dukeey version of Thor.

But pair him with Amadeus, and you've got a welcome comedy franchise addition to the MCU. And I don't mean a Hercules movie with Amadeus as the sidekick, I mean Amadeus as half the franchise. "Amadeus & Hercules: Something of Something" has a nice ring to it, and I can see it pulling in the bromance crowd.

 

[Red Mask]

Pair him with Amadeous Cho and you've got box office gold. Especially if you use Ares, too. I don't know who I would cast in the roles, though.

I'd rather just see an Amadeus Cho film with Agents of SHIELD as co-stars. Avengers is already bringing in the power. They need to depict other aspects of the world, especially through the eyes of the world's greatest thinkers. Big Hero 6 was fun. But a movie about Amadeus Cho being chased by Who Knows What and not trusting anybody is better.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I think that Herc is more than a just a "dukeey" version of THOR, especially post the Pak/Van Lente series. As others have pointed out there is a great deal more comedic potential just in the different way Herc carries himself. They have different backgrounds. Herc didn't meet his father, his real father Zeus until he was older, a grown man. Thor was his father's golden boy from the start. I always look at it this way: both have issues with their dads but they are different issues. Thor is like the son of a great football player who became a legendary coach. His father planned out his life for him and it was all cool beans until he graduated and became cocky and started to chafe under the old man, even if deep down he still wants his father's respect and admiration. Herc is the illegitimate kid of the most powerful man in town that everyone fears and respects. When he stated making a name for himself, his dad finally recognized him as his son and he was invited to be formally part of the family. His accomplishments stand on their own and even eclipse the other members of the family. Herc likes being with his extended family, and takes pride in his lineage, as Zeus does him... But there is always going to be a distance due to not being raised by him. They are very different personalities given their history (one raised on Earth with mortals who didn't ascend to "god hood" until much later and the other the crown prince being groomed for leadership), even as they share the trait of boundless self confidence due to their innate power and their "super natural" lineage.

A Herc film can have wackiness and meta-commentary on super heroes and "gods" that might be ill suited to a THOR film. Let's also remember that injecting the Mythology of The Olympians also opens different story tracks and characters than as are in the THOR mythos. Ares, Pluto, Hera, The Titans... Great villains (though Ares has been going back and forth in across that villain/anti-hero line more recently). And as has also been pointed out if you add in Cho you get this great dynamic. The smartest boy on the planet paling around with one of the strongest most accomplished heroes of all of human culture. There is lots to be mined there. As for drama... Man you have Herc seeking atonement after killing his wife and children, Cho seeking out the killers of his family and looking for his sister... Great stuff. Again... Does Herc "deserve" a film over some other c-listers? No. But the ever semis also true of the remaining C-listers. I am sure ther are LOTS in the audience that don't even know that Hercules is a Marvel character or that he was a long time Avenger. Those two things alone, and adapting THAT Herc for a feature already creates a distinction between such a film and the two recent Hercules films. YMMV of course.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Didn't we just have two high-profile Hercules flops? While I like the character, I think he would be a tough sell to audiences at this point. He'd probably have to be introduced in another movie first and see how people react to him.

 

[<(o_o)>]

Maybe they could introduce there version of Hercules on Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

 

[Panthro]

Didn't we just have two high-profile Hercules flops? While I like the character, I think he would be a tough sell to audiences at this point. He'd probably have to be introduced in another movie first and see how people react to him.

Yeah, that's probably the best option if there are any plans for him down the line.

KRYPTON INC. - great post on the differences between Thor and Herc.

 

[Wildcard]

Well... Why did the Guardians "deserve" a movie? Or Ant-Man? Why does Carol Danvers? There's no hard rule I know of that says that at this point, having all the truly well known A listers, and rapidly moving down the B list that there is a hierarchy that they must adhere to when it comes to what property gets a film. We are guaranteed Panther, Strange, Danvers, The Inhumans... What is wrong with a future film of Herc, exactly? This isn't like having to choose one of them over, say Captain America because they already DID do a Cap series of films. Hey, I like the New Warriors. I would love a NW film. If they did a Herc film and we had to wait for a NW film, then that's the way the cookie crumbles. At this point, post the properties already adapted and those soon to be, frankly there's not a lot of properties that were ever all that well known outside of the hard core fan base. They are all pretty equal on that, Herc included. So I don't know which characters are more worthy than any other at this point.

They deserve movies because they are new properties with interesting source material. Hercules has had a plethora of stories about him over the last 3,000 years. As stated already, he's a harder sell. It's not that it wouldn't work, it's just that it won't happen because there are better characters out there that need to be established in the MCU.

Don't get me wrong, I love Hercules & Greek Mythology, I love Marvel's version of Hercules but what's the point of giving him a movie right now? There is none.

Again, this is a character who has had God knows how many movies made about him whereas there are characters who haven't even gotten one. Let's focus on them before we give Hercules yet another movie.

 

[osiris]

Here's my input

 

[Spider-Fan]

Personally, Hercules seems like a better fit for Disney+ and as a supporting character IMO.

 

[SirStrangefolk]

I've always said, as have some people in this thread, that they would do best to make an "Amadeus & Herc" film. That way it'll be clearly distinct from the dozen or so other Hercules films as well as the Thor films, and have a unique kind of dynamic we haven't really seen before in the MCU.

 

[THORin]

I can’t imagine him getting a solo movie anytime soon.