Cancelled Comic Book Movies That You Wished Happened

[Deck Rickard]

Black Widow 2

 

[psylockolussus]

Black Widow 2

It was never in the works.

 

[KiramidHead]

I've been reading some miscellaneous Marvel scripts I have. David Self's Deathlok isn't particularly close to the comics from what I understand, but it worked very well as a sci-fi techno-thriller.

And I'm rereading the Joe Doughrity Luke Cage script from 1996 that he wrote for John Singleton. It's got some problems, namely setting up Stryker just to kill him off on page thirty and shifting gears to focus on Moses Magnum as the main villain, but it's a decent read. It also firmly sets itself in a Marvel Universe. Peter Gyrich is a supporting character, Nick Fury cameos briefly, and references to the Hulk, mutants, and Stark's company crop up.

 

[Tyler Yates]

I've been reading some miscellaneous Marvel scripts I have. David Self's Deathlok isn't particularly close to the comics from what I understand, but it worked very well as a sci-fi techno-thriller.

And I'm rereading the Joe Doughrity Luke Cage script from 1996 that he wrote for John Singleton. It's got some problems, namely setting up Stryker just to kill him off on page thirty and shifting gears to focus on Moses Magnum as the main villain, but it's a decent read. It also firmly sets itself in a Marvel Universe. Peter Gyrich is a supporting character, Nick Fury cameos briefly, and references to the Hulk, mutants, and Stark's company crop up.

Where do you get those scripts

 

[Deck Rickard]

Whoa, I forgot about Deathlok. He was a really popular character back in the 90s, wasn’t he? I wonder why he didn’t retain his popularity like a lot of other Marvel characters.

 

[metaphysician]

Whoa, I forgot about Deathlok. He was a really popular character back in the 90s, wasn’t he? I wonder why he didn’t retain his popularity like a lot of other Marvel characters.

Probably mostly chance, though that fact that he doesn't have any strong ties to other popular characters probably didn't help. He's not an X-character, not a Spider-man villain, not part of the supernatural set who tend to constantly cameo with each other. He's kind of on his own.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

Superman III with Brainiac, Bizarro and Supergirl
Superman Lives
Batman Triumphant
Batman Beyond from Boaz Yakin
Batman Year One
Batman vs Superman w Jude Law and Collin Farrell
Justice League Mortal
Spider-Man 4
Superman Returns sequel/The Man of Steel
Joss Whedon Wonder Woman
Ryan Reynolds/David Goyer’s The Flash

That’s all I can think of right now


But god I wish DC/WB would have been smart and made Superman Returns and Begins as the start of a universe which would be expanded by Reynolds as Flash and Whedon’s WW, followed by a JL movie.

 

[Doctorwho12]

Tim Burton's Superman!

 

[Herofan]

Superman Returns sequel/The Man of Steel

I don't see it being much of an improvement with starring Routh and Bosworth and Singer's rumored idea of Jason being possessed by the villain.

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

I don't see it being much of an improvement with starring Routh and Bosworth and Singer's rumored idea of Jason being possessed by the villain.

Yeah it sounded horrible, and Bryan Singer can **** off but I would’ve been interested to see where the movie series went. The days leading up to Superman Returns were so full of hope lol.. then the movie came out..

 

[Drizzle]

Wasn't there a rumor that Singer wanted Jude Law as Zod for the Superman Returns sequel? It would have just been a retread of Superman II.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Wasn't there a rumor that Singer wanted Jude Law as Zod for the Superman Returns sequel? It would have just been a retread of Superman II.

Yeah I remember that rumor. But then there was also an SR2 script that had Brainiac show up and assimilate Superman’s son and Supes would have been forced to kill his own kid.

Maybe Law was approached for Brainiac? It sucks that Superman’s #2 enemy has yet to make it to the big screen but I doubt that version would have been satisfying.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

There was no truth to the Jude Law rumor. Zod was never considered for Superman Returns. Just Lex.

 

[Babillygunn]

There was no truth to the Jude Law rumor. Zod was never considered for Superman Returns. Just Lex.

Yeah. I think that was just fan casting. But I do think that Jude Law would’ve made a great Zod. Whether we needed a new Zod was another question.
Personally, I’m of the opinion that I am not opposed to Zod as being the villain, as he can be a great villain, but I agree that Braniac deserves his moment first. Also, I’d love to see a different take on Zod than Terrance Stamp’s version. And I do think that the Michael Shannon Zod missed the mark. However, Callum Blue did a very interesting take on the character on Smallville, portraying him as equal parts military soldier and suave gentleman. Basically, he’s what you would expect when a affluent family sends a son to West Point and he excels, all the way to the White House.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah, it’s annoying that Brainiac still hasn’t shown up. Visually and story-wise, he’s just such a more interesting villain than Zod. I remember someone (maybe Peter Jackson?) talking about how superhero films tend to have a villain problem in that the bad guys just tend to be evil versions of the heroes (same powers, at least). And that’s why Zod feels so boring and why the comics have struggled to make him compelling (hell, they even turned him into a Russian cosmonaut or something at one point just to try and breathe new life into the character). Brainiac though has a vastly different power set than Supes and has so many cool and unique looks, from the green baldy cenobite version to the robotic look. The character has so much potential and I can’t fathom why they haven’t brought him to the big screen.

 

[Frodo]

Yeah. I think that was just fan casting. But I do think that Jude Law would’ve made a great Zod. Whether we needed a new Zod was another question.
Personally, I’m of the opinion that I am not opposed to Zod as being the villain, as he can be a great villain, but I agree that Braniac deserves his moment first. Also, I’d love to see a different take on Zod than Terrance Stamp’s version. And I do think that the Michael Shannon Zod missed the mark. However, Callum Blue did a very interesting take on the character on Smallville, portraying him as equal parts military soldier and suave gentleman. Basically, he’s what you would expect when a affluent family sends a son to West Point and he excels, all the way to the White House.

It would have been interesting to see Law as Zod.
He's even got the Terence Stamp Zod looks in these pics