MARVEL WHAT-IF: REIMAGINING SEQUELS & FILMS THAT NEVER WERE

[Frodo]

I always thought that costume you chose for Cap was best for his persona.
At least the origins of him ,would start with that costume .
That dragon scale leather armor style looks more classic & bad @$$ in my opinion.
Also, this idea of Cap vs U.S. Agent would be well ahead of its time for '69.
I think an incredible way of bringing Chris Evans back as Cap (with some tinkering of how to get him back to his younger self) would be after the Disney+ series Falcon & Winter Soldier is over, would be cap restoring the glory & faith people have in Cap & his image.

Thanks for the feedback Peyton!.

I agree with your idea as a great and natural reason for Evans's Cap to return and reclaim the Shield.

 

[Dark Raven]

UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND MARVEL PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE ! (1979)
Director : George Lucas
Music by : John Williams

Staring

He-Man/ Prince Adam : Sam J Jones

Skeletor : Jack Palance

Man At Arms : Charlton Heston

Teela : Maude Adams

Evil Lyn : Sarah Douglas

The Sorceress : Helen Mirren

Orko Voice : Alan Oppenheimer

Orko body : Kenny Baker

Beast Man : Richard Kiel

King Randor : Sean Connery

Queen Marlena : Julie Andrews

Sha Ra/ Adora : Erin Gray

I like most of these castings, but doesn't Maude Adams seem a bit old for Teela? Erin Gray seems like she would've fit that role more if they were going for a more grown up version.

Sarah Douglas would've been ideal as Evil Lyn.

 

[DGMC]

X-Men vs. Fantastic Four (2014)
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Johnny Storm goes supernova while trying to apprehend Molecule Man. This results in him accidentally blowing a hole in Manhattan and in response to the carnage, the government is forced to introduce the superhero registration act. The heroes from both teams would be split on opposing sides, and one of the key fights features Wolverine taking on Mr. Fantastic in a battle that would end with Reed Richards pinning Wolverine down, extending his hands until they're one molecule wide, and then, using them as scissors to cut Logan's arms off. After a series of equally intense events, the heroes eventually make peace with one another, and the post-credits scene would've set up the next film with the tease of a Super Skrull invasion.

Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine

Halle Berry as Ororo Munroe / Storm

Anna Paquin as Marie / Rogue

Shawn Ashmore as Bobby Drake / Iceman

Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool

Cheyenne Jackson as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic

Alicia Vikander as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman

Riz Ahmed as Johnny Storm / Human Torch

John Magaro as Ben Grimm / The Thing

Matt Damon as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

Jason Isaacs as Molecule Man

Vincent Cassell as Kl'rt the Super-Skrull

 

[Frodo]

MARVEL COMICS AND WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES PRESENTS

G.I. JOE: REAL AMERICAN HERO (1966)
Director : John Sturges

Cast

Duke : Guy Madison

Snake Eyes : Bruce Lee

Lady Jane : Paula Prentiss

Scarlett : Katherine Ross

Ripcord : Steve McQueen

Roadblock : Jim Brown

Hawk : Burt Lancaster

General Colton : John Wayne

Cobra Commander : Joseph Wiseman

Baroness : Martine Beswick

Destro : James Earl Jones

Zartan : Peter Fonda

Storm Shadow : George Taiki

Jinx : france nuyen

Dr. Mindbender : Yul Brynner

 

[DGMC]

Black Panther (1995)
Directed by Mario Van Peebles
T'Challa is crowned king of Wakanda following his father's death, but he is challenged by Killmonger who plans to abandon the country's isolationist policies and begin a global revolution.

Wesley Snipes as T'Challa / Black Panther

Tupac Shakur as N'Jadaka / Erik "Killmonger" Stevens

Lynn Whitfield as Nakia

Angela Bassett as Okoye

Bill Pullman as Everett K. Ross

Blair Underwood as W'Kabi

Jada Pinkett Smith as Shuri

Morris Chestnut as M'Baku

Cicely Tyson as Ramonda

Danny Glover as Zuri

Ray Liotta as Ulysses Klaue

Ossie Davis as T'Chaka

Mykelti Williamson as N'Jobu

 

[Frodo]

A UNITED ARTISTS FILM PRESENTED IN CINEMASCOPE

NAMOR THE SUBMARINER! ( 1966)
Director : Lewis Gilbert

Cast

Namor : Bruce Lee

Phoebe Marrs : Jane Fonda

Desmond Marrs : Troy Donahue

Carrie Alexander : Diane Carroll

Thakorr : Toshiro Mifune

Princess Fen : France Nuyen

Krang : Barry Morse

Dr. Randolph Stein : Richard Long

Human Torch/ Jim Hammond : Earl Holliman

 

[Peyton Westlake]

A UNITED ARTISTS FILM PRESENTED IN CINEMASCOPE

NAMOR THE SUBMARINOR! ( 1966)
Director : Lewis Gilbert

Cast

Namor : Bruce Lee

Phoebe Marrs : Jane Fonda

Desmond Marrs : Troy Donahue

Carrie Alexander : Diane Carroll

Thakor : Toshiro Mifune

Princess Fen : France Nuyen

Krang : Barry Morse

Dr. Randolph Stein : Richard Long

Human Torch/ Jim Hammond : Earl Holliman

Great idea & time frame.
(Not sure if you spelled the title wrong on purpose or not?
But Bruce would be perfect for it in the 60s.

 

[Frodo]

Great idea & time frame.
(Not sure if you spelled the title wrong on purpose or not?
But Bruce would be perfect for it in the 60s.

Thanks ! I really dig the 60s setting as well.

I misspelled the title by accident . Thanks for pointing it out to me. I just fixed it.

I have a Lois Lane- like spelling problem.

 

[Frodo]

PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRESENTS

THE MARVELS (1969)
Director : John Huston

Cast

Phil Seldon : Jack Lemon

Doris Jacquet : Elizabeth Allen

J Jonah Jameson : Harold Gould

Gwen Stacy : Peggy Lipton

Captain America : Robert Redford

Iron Man : Burt Reynolds

Human Torch/ Jim Hammond : Earl Holliman

Namor : Bruce Lee

Thor : Joe Robinson

Hulk : Peter Lupus

Wasp : Suzanne Pleshette

Ant Man: George Peppard

Scarlet Witch : Faye Dunaway

Vision : Peter O'Toole

Quicksilver : Christopher Walken

Professor X : Yul Brynner

Cyclops : Don Grady

Jean Grey : Katherine Ross

Beast : Jim Hutton

Angel : Ryan O' Neil

Iceman : Peter Duel

Reed Richards : Russell Johnson

Sue Richards : Elizabeth Montgomery

Human Torch : Tab Hunter

Thing : Ernest Borgnine

Luke Cage : Bernie Casey

Silver Surfer : Van Williams

Galactus voice : Orson Wells

Alicia Masters : Patty Duke

Green Goblin/ Norman Osborn :William Talman

Doctor Octopus :Theodore Bikel

Captain Stacy : Jimmy Stewart

Spiderman/ Peter Park : Tim Matheson

Wolverine : Clint Eastwood

Storm : Eartha Kitt

Colossus : Arnold Schwarzenegger

Nightcrawler : Horst Buchholz

Nova : Jeff Hunter

Nick Fury : Peter Graves

Kitty Pryde : Angela Cartwright

Banshee : Andrew Robinson

Jennine Sheldon : Laurel Goodwin

Beth Sheldon : Sally Field

 

[DGMC]

Wolverine & Deadpool (2013)
Directed by Tim Miller
When Deadpool's pitch for "the most awesome movie ever" starring himself is rejected by 20th Century Fox, he sets off explosives at the studio, which forces them to cooperate. The film's script is delivered to him; finding it boring, Deadpool draws all over it with a red crayon. Deadpool then joins forces with Wolverine to thwart Mister Sinister's scheme to control the studio, getting into numerous comedic adventures along the way.

Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

Goran Višnjić as Mister Sinister

Anna Paquin as Rogue

Gemma Arterton as Vertigo

Olivia Munn as Psylocke

 

[DGMC]

Spider-Man 4 (2012)
Directed by Sam Raimi
Seven years after the events of Spider-Man 3, Peter Parker has amicably split with Mary-Jane Watson and enters into a new relationship with Felicia Hardy, A.K.A. the Black-Cat. However, they are brought into conflict when Felicia's father figure, the super villain known as the Vulture, has tasked her with taking down Spider-Man to avenge their imprisoned fellow Sinister Six members.

Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man

John Malkovich as Adrian Toomes / Vulture

Jena Malone as Felicia Hardy / Black Cat

Rosemary Harris as May Parker

J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Connors

Bruce Campbell as Quentin Beck / Mysterio

Stephen Lang as Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino

James Ransone as Herman Schultz / Shocker

Steve Buscemi as Wilbur Day / Stilt-Man

Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson

Thomas Haden Church as Marko Flint / Sandman

 

[DGMC]

Spider-Man 5 (2014)
Directed by Sam Raimi
When a strange, mutant lizard threatens the city of New York, Peter Parker traces it back to Dr. Curt Connors. Frustrated with his repeated failed attempts at killing Spider-Man, Kraven the Hunter hatches a final plot to best his adversary, shooting and burying him alive. With his enemy out of the way, Kraven patrols the city for The Lizard, intent on proving himself a better hero. Spider-Man soon awakens and hunts the Hunter to save Dr. Connors, even if it is at the cost of his own life.

Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson-Parker

Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard

Karl Urban as Kraven the Hunter

James Cromwell as Captain George Stacy

J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy

Joe Manganiello as Flash Thompson

 

[DGMC]

Daredevil 2: Guardian Devil (2005)
Directed by Mark Steven Johnson
A scared teenager on the run. An infant child some say is humanity's savior. A co-worker turned lover whose life is hobbled by a terrible secret. A law partner accused of a horrible crime. A city being overcome by an inscrutable menace that looks to replace Kingpin. They need a guardian. Someone to protect them. Someone with faith in them. They need Daredevil. Daredevil has to protect an infant child, who is believed to humanity's savior, while his new potential love interest, Karen Page reveals her drug addicted pornography past. His law partner, Foggy Nelson is accused of a horrible crime. Is there something common in these events? Matt is more confused than ever as an old foe from his lawyer past knows his biggest secret and looks to exploit his greatest fears.

Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

Ellen Pompeo as Karen Page

Jon Favreau as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson

William Fichtner as Lawrence Cranston / Mr. Fear

Joe Pantoliano as Ben Urich

Peter Fonda as Mephistopheles / The Devil

Colin Farrell as Bullseye

Michael Clarke Duncan as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin

 

[DGMC]

Daredevil 3: Born Again (2009)
Directed by Joe Carnahan
The film details Daredevil's descent into insanity and destitution at the Kingpin's hands, as well as a subsequent struggle to build a new life for himself. When Kingpin is released from prison, he uses his knowledge of Daredevil's secret identity to make moves to destroy Matt on every level, targeting his relationships, his career and his very will to live. In Daredevil's absence from crimefighting, a turf war between Kingpin, Bullseye and The Hand breaks out in Hell's Kitchen. Murdock must decide between hiding from the world or embracing his life as a hero vigilante as he crosses paths with other New York based heroes who have filled in for him along with some returning old allies.

Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

Michael Clarke Duncan as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin

Colin Farrell as Bullseye

Chloe Sevigny as Karen Page

Jeremy Piven as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson

Anjelica Huston as Sister Maggie Murdock

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Roshi

Terrence Stamp as Stick

Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios

Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man

 

[BobJM]

X-Men vs. Fantastic Four (2014)
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Plot: Johnny Storm goes supernova while trying to apprehend Molecule Man. This results in him accidentally blowing a hole in Manhattan and in response to the carnage, the government is forced to introduce the superhero registration act. The heroes from both teams would be split on opposing sides, and one of the key fights features Wolverine taking on Mr. Fantastic in a battle that would end with Reed Richards pinning Wolverine down, extending his hands until they're one molecule wide, and then, using them as scissors to cut Logan's arms off. After a series of equally intense events, the heroes eventually make peace with one another, and the post-credits scene would've set up the next film with the tease of a Super Skrull invasion.

Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine

Halle Berry as Ororo Munroe / Storm

Anna Paquin as Marie / Rogue

Shawn Ashmore as Bobby Drake / Iceman

Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool

Cheyenne Jackson as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic

Alicia Vikander as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman

Riz Ahmed as Johnny Storm / Human Torch

John Magaro as Ben Grimm / The Thing

Matt Damon as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

Jason Isaacs as Molecule Man

Vincent Cassell as Kl'rt the Super-Skrull

I still think this would have been an awesome movie and could have slid easily into the existing X-franchise, and still launched a better Fantastic Four reboot and springboard the Deadpool solo. I opened up this thread with my interpretation of Paul Greengrass’s X4: Civil War too.

Jason Isaacs and Vincent Cassell cast as villains in a movie with the Fantastic Four, and neither is Doom?!

 

[BobJM]

Daredevil 3: Born Again (2009)
Directed by Joe Carnahan

Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock / Daredevil

Michael Clarke Duncan as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin

Colin Farrell as Bullseye

Chloe Sevigny as Karen Page

Jeremy Piven as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson

Terrence Stamp as Stick

Anjelica Huston as Sister Maggie Murdock

Will Yun Lee as Kirigi

Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios

Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man

Thomas Jane as Frank Castle / The Punisher

Great trilogy idea—what happened with the Karen and Foggy recast? I think I’d prefer Pompeo and Favreau stay on, especially given the source material.

 

[DGMC]

I still think this would have been an awesome movie and could have slid easily into the existing X-franchise, and still launched a better Fantastic Four reboot and springboard the Deadpool solo. I opened up this thread with my interpretation of Paul Greengrass’s X4: Civil War too.

Jason Isaacs and Vincent Cassell cast as villains in a movie with the Fantastic Four, and neither is Doom?!

Oh, I'll definitely have to check that out then. Had no idea this movie was a thing until reading about it a couple of days ago. I personally don't think it could've worked with cross-pollinating a well-established X-Men with a rebooted F4 without real investment. I can guess that Deadpool probably would've stole the show, though. Still don't know who Molecule Man is but I can see why he'd be the throwaway inciting villain in this over someone like Doom.

 

[DGMC]

Great trilogy idea—what happened with the Karen and Foggy recast? I think I’d prefer Pompeo and Favreau stay on, especially given the source material.

I also changed directors to Carnahan, who pitched a 70s/80s trilogy in the early 2010s. As for recasting, Pompeo's last film role was in 2005 around the time she began starring in Grey's Anatomy. And by 2009, Favreau was deep into the MCU. Due to that, I think recasting the roles with actors more familiar with Carnahan wouldn't be too ridiculous in theory.

 

[BobJM]

Oh, I'll definitely have to check that out then. Had no idea this movie was a thing until reading about it a couple of days ago. I personally don't think it could've worked with cross-pollinating a well-established X-Men with a rebooted F4 without real investment. I can guess that Deadpool probably would've stole the show, though. Still don't know who Molecule Man is but I can see why he'd be the throwaway inciting villain in this over someone like Doom.

Fair enough. If you're interested, my pitch is on the first page: https://forums.superherohype.com/posts/38381284/

 

[Frodo]

UNITED ARTISTS PRESENTS

BLACK PANTHER : THE CLAW AND THE HUNTER (1967)
Director : David Lean

Black Panther/ T'Challa : Sidney Poitier

Ulysses Claw : George C. Scott

Kraven The Hunter : Richardo Montalban

Shuri : Nichelle Nichols

Okoye : Kim Hamilton

Naki : Diane Carroll

Ramonda : Maidie Norman

M'Baku : James Earl Jones

W'Kabi : Brock Peters

Falcon : Duane Jones

The Winter Solider : James Brolin

Everitt K. Ross : Robert Duvall

 

[BobJM]

In another world...

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
directed by Taika Waititi
story by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Summer 2012

Peter Parker / Spider-Man: Logan Lerman, 20

Gwen Stacy: AnnaSophia Robb, 19

Following the critical success of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Sony hires creative duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to lay out the story for the highly-anticipated Spider-Man reboot. Relative newcomer Taika Waititi (Boy, Flight of the Conchords) is hired to direct, narrowly beating out fellow independent film director Marc Webb for the job.

PETER PARKER is trying his best to survive junior year at Midtown High with his two best friends, valedictorian GWEN STACY and class president RANDY ROBERTSON. But outside of school? He’s stopping petty crimes and swinging high as New York City’s friendly neighborhood SPIDER-MAN after a spider bite granted him super powers one fateful school trip six months ago.

In order to help support his AUNT MAY after the death of his UNCLE BEN, Peter tries to get a job as a photographer at the Daily Bugle, owned by loudmouth publisher J JONAH JAMESON, by selling pictures of his alter-ego in action but is offered a web design internship instead—unpaid, of course, in traditional Parker luck.

Life gets more complicated when small-time crook HERMAN SCHULTZ upgrades his weaponry to advanced shockwave gauntlets, prompting the Bugle to dub him the ‘SHOCKER.’

Peter and Gwen are also given junior lab assistant positions under DR. CURT CONNORS at Empire State University, who transforms into the villainous LIZARD after testing an experimental serum on himself.

Both Peter and Spider-Man must learn that their choices carry consequences, and that with great power comes great responsibility in this sprawling reboot of the beloved Marvel Comics superhero!

FULL CAST GALLERY

VILLAINS
Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard: Jeff Goldblum, 60

Herman Schultz / Shocker: Karl Urban, 40

SUPPORTING
Aunt May: Jamie Lee Curtis, 54

Randy Robertson: Tyler James Williams, 20

Captain George Stacy: Michael Keaton, 61

DAILY BUGLE
J. Jonah Jameson: Bob Odenkirk, 50

Robbie Robertson: Delroy Lindo, 60

Glory Grant: Zoë Kravitz, 24

ADDITIONAL
Officer Jean DeWolff: Rosie Perez, 48

Dr. Miles Warren: Jemaine Clement, 38

Dr. Martha Connors: Jessica Hecht, 47

Billy Connors: Cameron Boyce, 13

PETER’S CLASSMATES
Flash Thomson: Beau Mirchoff, 23

Kenny ‘Kong’ McFarlane: Harvey Guillen, 22

Liz Allan: Alexandra Shipp, 21

Sally Avril: Awkwafina, 24

AND FEATURING...
The Burglar: John Hawkes, 53

Uncle Ben: David Strathairn, 62

and

L. Thompson Lincoln: Keith David, 56
(as Shocker’s mysterious benefactor)

CONCEPT / COMIC ART

COSTUME

DR. CURT CONNORS / LIZARD

HERMAN SCHULTZ / ‘SHOCKER’ UPGRADE

GWEN STACY

CAPT. GEORGE STACY

DAILY BUGLE & STAFF

AUNT MAY

UNCLE BEN FLASHBACKS

FLASH THOMPSON RIVALRY / MIDTOWN HIGH

ROMANTIC INTERESTS / TANGLED WEB

ADDITIONAL STORY BEATS

 

[Frodo]

COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTS

THE SINISTER SIX (1968)
Director :Sam Peckinpah

Cast

Doctor Octopus/ Otto Octavious : Logan Ramsey

Electro / Max Dillion : James Colburn

Lizard/ Curt Connors : David Jensen

Sandman/ Flint Marco: Peter Palmer

Green Goblin/ Norman Osborn: William Talman

Mysterio / Quintin Beck : Hurd Hatfield

Kraven The Hunter : Richardo Montablan

The Vulture : Peter Cushing

Kingpin : Robert Middleton

Betty Brant : Marilyn Eastman

J. Jonah Jameson : Harold Gould

Robbie Robertson: Ossie Davis

Peter Parker : Tim Matheson

Gwen Stacy : Peggy Lipton

Mary Jane Watson : Judith Ridley

Aunt May : Jessica Tandy

Captain George Stacy : Jimmy Stewart

Martha Connors : Mary Laroche

 

[Frodo]

NEW LINE CINEMA PRESENTS

SHANG CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS(1992)
Director : John McTiernan

Shang Chi : Jason Scott Lee

The Manderian : Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Jiang Li: Joan Chen

Katy : Ming Na Wen

Jiang Nan: Nobu McCarthy

Aero: Tamlyn Tomita

Jon Jon : Even C. Kim

WenWu : Dennis Dunn

Razor Fist : Andrew Bryniarski

 

[BobJM]

SPIDER-MAN 4
directed by Sam Raimi

Summer 2011

Peter Parker / Spider-Man: Tobey Maguire
Mary Jane Watson: Kirsten Dunst

VILLAINS
Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard: Dylan Baker
Felicia Hardy / Black Cat: Anne Hathaway
Adrian Toomes / Vulture: John Malkovich

DAILY BUGLE
J. Jonah Jameson: J.K. Simmons
Robbie Robertson: Bill Nunn
Ted Hoffman: Ted Raimi
Betty Brant: Elizabeth Banks

SUPPORTING
Aunt May: Rosemary Harris
Gwen Stacy: Bryce Dallas Howard
Captain George Stacy: James Cromwell

ADDITIONAL
Martha Connors: Marcia Gay Harden
Billy Connors: Child Actor, 10-14
Quentin Beck / Mysterio: Bruce Campbell

AND
Hammerhead: Ray Wise


PLOT DETAILS

SPIDER-MAN foils a bank robbery by VULTURE. The villain is arrested with CAPT. GEORGE STACY on scene.

• Spider-Man has a much better relationship with the NYPD after years of friendly neighborhood web-slinging, much to the chagrin of J. JONAH JAMESON.
• Spider-Man is able to freely walk around the police precinct. We are treated to a fun scene with a Bruce Campbell cameo as QUENTIN BECK, aka ‘MYSTERIO.’

PETER PARKER is working as a lab technician in CURT CONNORS' lab. GWEN STACY is also a lab tech too. We are reintroduced to Connors as a devoted husband and father. He is also fiercely dedicated to his research on cellular regeneration.

MARY JANE WATSON is a breakout movie star with a recent string of romantic comedies, causing her to be back-and-forth to the West Coast. She and Peter are together but taking things “slow” since getting back together at the end of Spider-Man 3.

Peter still takes photos for the Daily Bugle. The Bugle is struggling to stay relevant in a city that loves Spider-Man and in a world moving away from paper—JJJ has even joined the social media revolution with coaxing from TED HOFFMAN.

Spider-Man first crosses paths with BLACK CAT when she breaks into Curt Connor’s lab to steal valuable tech. The confrontation causes Connors to shut down the lab and he loses his funding. Frustrated and without options, he later injects himself with an experimental serum and becomes the monstrous LIZARD.

Black Cat and Spider-Man have a flirtatious relationship throughout the film. Peter later meets Felicia Hardy at a premiere party for MJ’s movie—the two of them outcasts amongst the rich & famous. In actuality, she’s casing the joint.

MJ stays at Peter’s apartment when she’s in town—he’s no longer at MR. DITKOVITCH’s building, but just across the street. We are treated to a small appearance by him and his daughter.

Lizard attacks Peter (not Spider-Man) and MJ in Central Park. He is losing his intelligence but is searching for Peter who he thinks can help. Lizard eventually retreats into the sewers after he is unable to get through to Peter (who only discovers his identity after the fight when Peter discovers Lizard's tattered lab coat & nametag).

During the confrontation against Lizard, MJ sustains a minor injury and Peter brings her to the hospital where she finds out she’s pregnant.

Peter & Gwen manage recreate Connors’ research to synthesize a cure while Spider-Man hunts for Lizard in the sewers in a horror-themed sequence. Lizard is increasingly losing his humanity. Their second fight draws the attention of the NYPD who try to takedown Lizard but Spider-Man intervenes to protect his former mentor & friend.

Spider-Man is again spurned by the people of New York and labelled a criminal for defending Lizard against the police. Capt. Stacy is pressured to call for his arrest in a press conference which leads the courts to take a closer look at some of the criminals he's recently apprehended including Vulture.

Eventually Spider-Man and Black Cat meet on a rooftop, and he gives her his own version of the “with great power, comes great responsibility” speech. She reveals she has been stealing so she can pay off her father’s debts to the mob. Her father is Adrian Toomes, aka the Vulture, who Spider-Man defeated in the film’s opening action sequence.

The movie is centrally focused on FAMILY--with the Connors family; Aunt May and Peter & MJ; and Felicia and her father Adrian Toomes.

Toomes is eventually released from prison on technicality (after all, he's just an old man w/o his Vulture wings). He goes back to his mob contact in a seedy bar to try and get money to get back his wings. Felicia tails him & tries to convince him to stop but he instead asks for her help in stealing more. She realizes he's a career criminal and cares more about money than her.

Aunt May dies in this film. Peter is able to say good-bye and she admits that she always knew he was Spider-Man. Unlike with his UNCLE BEN, Peter has closure and May passes away peacefully in a hospital bed with Peter and Mary Jane at her side.

In the finale, Spider-Man has to rescue BILLY CONNORS after he’s kidnapped by the Lizard and brought to CONEY ISLAND, the Connors’ favorite memory as MARTHA CONNORS reveals to Spider-Man. There is some part of Curt Connors in the Lizard still.

Black Cat is on-scene for the finale too to help save Billy, feeling guilty about her responsibility and not wanting to tear apart a family in the way that hers is now due to her father’s actions. Together, her and Spider-Man are able to save the day and cure Lizard.

Peter helps Connors and his family relocate to Florida to avoid investigation and to protect his secret.

The film ends with a stinger of Spider-Man confronting the mysterious gangster HAMMERHEAD, the man who Toomes owed money to, before another iconic swinging sequence to close the film.

THE END

CONCEPT ART / INSPIRATION

FULL SPIDER-MAN 4 STORYBOARDS:
Spider-Man 4 — Planet Henderson

LIZARD

FELICIA HARDY / BLACK CAT

ADRIAN TOOMES / VULTURE

 

[Frodo]

THE ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE PRESENTS

FALCON AND THE WINTER SOILDER ! A MINI-SERIES EVENT! (1977)

Cast

Falcon/ Sam Wilson : Duane Jones

The Winter Solider / Bucky Barnes : Robert Urich

Baron Zemo : David Mccallum

U.S. Agent : Jon Voight

Dora Milaje : Gloria Hendry

Shannon Carter : Cathy Crosby

Sarah Wilson : BernNadette Stanis

Isaiah Bradley : Harry Belafonte

Special Guest appearance by

Captain America : Robert Redford