Heroes for Hire

[VoodooMagic]

Would anyone be interested in a HOH movie instead of separate Iron Fist, Luke Cage, She-Hulk etc films?

I think it would be a fairly financially viable option for Marvel and if the team movies work well maybe they could do a Luke Cage movie (assuming the Rock is Cage).

You could do back door teasers like having She-Hulk in TIH2, Maybbbe a Luke Cage solo film if the Rock is in it and have Iron Fist make an appearence.

Then in the movie they can be doing auditions for team spots and be a like a rag tag mercenary avengers. A nice little June release maybe drop a quiet 80-100 million on it, focus on more practical effects and stuff.


I think it'd be cool concept and kind of an "anti-avengers" flavor to it.

 

[geeknerddork]

I'd love to see a Heroes for Hire movie, Rock or no Rock (I'm not too into him as Cage personally). I think it could work well with just Cage and Iron Fist, kind of like a buddy cop movie with super powers in the mix. The guy from the inner city, and the millionaire pairing up, that would make for a good odd couple dynamic. Then if they do a sequel you could see them expanding their roster and adding She-Hulk, and maybe even characters like Shang-Chi, and Black Knight.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

i've thought for a while that Cage and Ironfist would probably be far better off with a Heroes for Hire film... then there solos. I think Cage however needs that support more so than Ironfist does. I just really can't see "luke cage" turning out to be a "great" movie... at least it will be extremely hard to pull off.

 

[VoodooMagic]

I think you make it like a better but more serious Mystery Men, where there are these two d list heroes that are bitter at the fact IM HULK CA Thor are getting all the attention and love, but they can't be everywhere so Cage and Fist open up a business and have open auditions for heroes (so you could have a very funny sequence of ridiculous superheroes) and then they pick up like two or three others.


I say go for a more fast five feel with this, Cage and Fist have more practical super powers anyway, I'd go for more streamlined, practical action sequences and focus on making them breakneck as opposed to impressive CGI display

 

[DarkSovereignty]

maybe get joe carahan to direct.

 

[VoodooMagic]

maybe get joe carahan to direct.

Sounds perfect, just a haywire bananas action flick with the Rock and Bradley Cooper

 

[geeknerddork]

i've thought for a while that Cage and Ironfist would probably be far better off with a Heroes for Hire film... then there solos. I think Cage however needs that support more so than Ironfist does. I just really can't see "luke cage" turning out to be a "great" movie... at least it will be extremely hard to pull off.

Why not? If anything I think he's one of the easiest characters to make a great movie with. He has a fairly simple origin that they can't really mess up. An appearance that they can't really mess up because he's not a costume guy. Powers that are very easy to put on screen. You can use most of your budget on production value and impressive action sequences because a Cage movie doesn't require a lot of digital effects. Good acting, good story, and good action and you have a great movie. Not hard to pull off at all.

 

[VoodooMagic]

Why not? If anything I think he's one of the easiest characters to make a great movie with. He has a fairly simple origin that they can't really mess up. An appearance that they can't really mess up because he's not a costume guy. Powers that are very easy to put on screen. You can use most of your budget on production value and impressive action sequences because a Cage movie doesn't require a lot of digital effects. Good acting, good story, and good action and you have a great movie. Not hard to pull off at all.

Moreso why I love Rock for this, just make it a break neck superhero movie. Fast Five, A-Team style.

Almost more of a pure blood action movie than a superhero movie. I love the idea of Carnahan or Jusitn Lin for the director too...just a real practical action flick

 

[geeknerddork]

I hate The Rock for this, but I agree with the rest.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Why not? If anything I think he's one of the easiest characters to make a great movie with. He has a fairly simple origin that they can't really mess up. An appearance that they can't really mess up because he's not a costume guy. Powers that are very easy to put on screen. You can use most of your budget on production value and impressive action sequences because a Cage movie doesn't require a lot of digital effects. Good acting, good story, and good action and you have a great movie. Not hard to pull off at all.

Because the genre of "black solo, street action hero" has never done well. And infact usually bombs at theaters... the only one that has faired iconic is shaft... and he's more of a cult hit than anything.

 

[KangConquers]

Why not? If anything I think he's one of the easiest characters to make a great movie with. He has a fairly simple origin that they can't really mess up. An appearance that they can't really mess up because he's not a costume guy. Powers that are very easy to put on screen. You can use most of your budget on production value and impressive action sequences because a Cage movie doesn't require a lot of digital effects. Good acting, good story, and good action and you have a great movie. Not hard to pull off at all.

Honestly, nothing about this says a "distinctive" movie though. If you go too serious, it just becomes a generic John Singleton movie. If you go too spoofy, it becomes a poor man's Black Dynamite.

I'd personally do a Heroes For Hire movie that takes the guy who killed Danny Rand's father and the guy who had Luke Cage falsely sent to prison, and combines them into one character. So it'd be half a Luke Cage origin, half an Iron Fist origin, and then at the end they come together to fight bad guys.

 

[VoodooMagic]

Honestly, nothing about this says a "distinctive" movie though. If you go too serious, it just becomes a generic John Singleton movie. If you go too spoofy, it becomes a poor man's Black Dynamite.

I'd personally do a Heroes For Hire movie that takes the guy who killed Danny Rand's father and the guy who had Luke Cage falsely sent to prison, and combines them into one character. So it'd be half a Luke Cage origin, half an Iron Fist origin, and then at the end they come together to fight bad guys.

That's why I think an HoH movie would be great...characters that probably can't carry their own movie team up to make one awesome movie

 

[cherokeesam]

Moreso why I love Rock for this, just make it a break neck superhero movie. Fast Five, A-Team style.

Almost more of a pure blood action movie than a superhero movie. I love the idea of Carnahan or Jusitn Lin for the director too...just a real practical action flick

Amen.

That's exactly what the original Power Man and Iron Fist team-up was built on in the first place --- an homage to B-movie action flicks.

Hell yes to a full-on HFH, with Cage and Rand as the principals. But also include Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Shang-Chi, Tarantula and maybe Paladin (as a traitor to the team). Those would fit into the action movie genre; most of the other HFH team members over the years would be too "superhero-ey" for a basic street-level team.

 

[VoodooMagic]

Amen.

That's exactly what the original Power Man and Iron Fist team-up was built on in the first place --- an homage to B-movie action flicks.

Hell yes to a full-on HFH, with Cage and Rand as the principals. But also include Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Shang-Chi, Tarantula and maybe Paladin (as a traitor to the team). Those would fit into the action movie genre; most of the other HFH team members over the years would be too "superhero-ey" for a basic street-level team.

The more we hash this idea out the more I love it

 

[OsGom]

Personally, I think Iron Fist's mystical origin in too good chain him to a team movie. I could see that happening down the road but I think Marvel should take a chance on creating a good old fashioned Kung Fu epic with a healthy dose of modern effects. This would also present the opportunity to do Cage's origin in a Blaxploitation omage before you you merge the two genres in a HFH picture. It would be more in line with what marvel did with the Avengers but on a smaller scale. Daughters of the Dragon, Shang Chi, Moon Knight. They could introduce a whole Marvel Knights trilogy.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

i could see this movie as like the a-team of the MCU. partly because i want quinton jackson (or dwayne johnson tbh) as cage and Joe carahan as director lol.

 

[Hellion]

Personally, I think Iron Fist's mystical origin in too good chain him to a team movie. I could see that happening down the road but I think Marvel should take a chance on creating a good old fashioned Kung Fu epic with a healthy dose of modern effects. This would also present the opportunity to do Cage's origin in a Blaxploitation omage before you you merge the two genres in a HFH picture. It would be more in line with what marvel did with the Avengers but on a smaller scale. Daughters of the Dragon, Shang Chi, Moon Knight. They could introduce a whole Marvel Knights trilogy.

You read my mind...I like this idea, mostly with Cage as, mostly as I enjoy blaxploitation...

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[co2]

Been behind this idea for a LONG time. I think Marvel studios should learn from Marvel comics...Take two characters that aren't as interesting apart and team them up for something worthwhile.
You have buddy cop movies with two mismatched cops,...this would be a buddy superhero movie. I think it would work.

 

[Zap]

I could definitely see this being the next big ' team' movie. It would be a great way to introduce these c-list characters to the public, while solo movies might overemphasize them and make them look like bargain-binners (I.e Daredevil). These characters, IMO, don't need two-hour origin films. They can be wrapped up in a teamup movie properly with just the right amount of emphasis. Plus it could be the window to other non-Avengers-hyped team movies in the future, like the Inhumans or Guardians
of the Galaxy. If done right, it might even provoke a good F4 movie once Marvel has the rights back.

 

[Spider-Kurt!]

I'd personally do a Heroes For Hire movie that takes the guy who killed Danny Rand's father and the guy who had Luke Cage falsely sent to prison, and combines them into one character. So it'd be half a Luke Cage origin, half an Iron Fist origin, and then at the end they come together to fight bad guys.

This is the perfect way to do it.I'm actually surprised that Marvel seems more interested in both characters being in solo movies rather than a team up film. I'd prefer it to be set in the 70's but present days works too.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I really like this idea...Individually Iron Fist or Luke Cage would barely carry a film but together they could do wonders...

I'd put this under the direction of Doug Liman. It's about time he directed a comic book movie.

 

[Dark Raven]

Yeah, we've had plenty of solo hero films before, but no buddy superhero movies yet. This method would make it stand out more and audiences wouldn't just think it's more of the same. Cage and Rand aren't all that interesting on their own to be honest. They have a much better dynamic as a duo.

I don't think we need such a lengthy exposition of how Rand became Iron Fist or Cage became Power Man. After all, for movies like Lethal Weapon, they just started as a duo. We didn't get separate movies of Riggs and Murtaugh and how they came to be on the police force before combining into a team movie. Sure, we could've had that, but it's enough just to have an origin here of how Power Man and Iron Fist come together, not two separate origins.

 

[cherokeesam]

Personally, I think Iron Fist's mystical origin in too good chain him to a team movie. I could see that happening down the road but I think Marvel should take a chance on creating a good old fashioned Kung Fu epic with a healthy dose of modern effects. This would also present the opportunity to do Cage's origin in a Blaxploitation omage before you you merge the two genres in a HFH picture. It would be more in line with what marvel did with the Avengers but on a smaller scale. Daughters of the Dragon, Shang Chi, Moon Knight. They could introduce a whole Marvel Knights trilogy.

Honestly, I'd like to see something like Marvel Knights done as a TV series. Preferably on one of the cable channels so they could get some darker material past the censors.

I know there's an "AKA Jessica Jones" show coming out on TV soon, and I just wonder if they'll Smallville it by introducing a bunch of the HFH/ Marvel Knights characters in different episodes....

Seems to me that HFH is better suited for the small screen than the big one, anyway.

 

[OsGom]

Honestly, I'd like to see something like Marvel Knights done as a TV series. Preferably on one of the cable channels so they could get some darker material past the censors.

I know there's an "AKA Jessica Jones" show coming out on TV soon, and I just wonder if they'll Smallville it by introducing a bunch of the HFH/ Marvel Knights characters in different episodes....

Seems to me that HFH is better suited for the small screen than the big one, anyway.

I agree Cherokeesam. Would love to see Showtime or HBO develop something like this.

However, I disagree that Iron Fist and Cage are not interesting enough to carry a movie on their own. Just because they aren't considered Marvel staples does not mean their stories aren't compelling. A good writer could do wonders with either of their back stories. Cage especially is a very accessible character. An ex-con who becomes a superhero. Hell! I could write a good story around that. Iron Fist has always been one of my favorites so of course I am biased with regard to his story. But you have to admit something in the vein of The Immortal Iron Fist could make for a very diverse Kung Fu epic.