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

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SPIDER-MAN RETURNS ( 1986)
Director : John Hughes
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Project History
The first film to be Spun off from The Secret Wars film, is Marvel's flagship character, Spiderman.
With the lead already established an in place, director John Hughes is brought on to helm the film.

Unlike his films The Breakfast Club and Weird Science , Spiderman Returns , is the directors first foray into an action film .
However , Spielberg and Lucas lend a hand in the action and FX side of the film , with Lawrence Kasdan penning the script .

Filming takes place in Chicago and New York for a 1986 release date.

Story
With the Marvel Universe restored , Peter Parker returns home to find that the Killers of Uncle Ben,
Max Dillion and Flint Marko, have escaped from prison.

When the two thugs attain the power of gods, and become Electro and Sandman,
Spiderman must bring them to justice.

But with his new and powerful black suit ,
he begins to indugle in his darker impulses ,

pushing him further to the edge ,
and away from his friends and family.

As Spiderman battles 2 ruthless supervillains,
can he contain the darkness within and return to being the friendly neighborhood Spiderman ?



The Cast


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Spiderman/ Peter Parker : Matthew Broderick ( War Games)

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Electro / Max Dillion : Peter Weller ( RoboCop)

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Sandman / Flint Marko : Martin Kove ( Rambo 3)

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Mary Jane Watson : Lea Thompson ( Some Kind Of Wonderful)

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Harry Osborn : Judd Nelson ( St Elmo's Fire)

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Aunt May : Olympia Dukasis ( Moonstruck)

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Mr. Fantastic : Barry Bostawick ( Megaforce)

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Human Torch : Rob Lowe ( St. Elmo's Fire)

Invisible Woman : Linda Kozlowski ( Crocodile Dundee)
The Thing voice : Bob Hoskins ( The Long Good Friday)
Uncle Ben : Hoyt Oxton ( Gremlins)
J. Jonah Jameson : Dabney Coleman ( War Games)

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SPIDER-MAN HUNTED ( 1987)
Director : Ivan Rietman
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Project History
In an effort to get the Spiderman films out every year, production for the second film begins soon after the production of Spiderman Returns , ends.
This time however, Ivan Reitman takes over the directing duties , while John Hughes leaves notes for the new film .
Spiderman Hunted would be granted a much bigger budget , and would feature much more star power in the form of Arnold Schwarzenegger , who signs on for the role of Kraven The Hunter .
Jeff Goldblum would soon sign on to play The Lizard ,in addition to Kate Capshaw , who is cast as Martha Connors.
Thomas F Wilson would join the cast as Eddie Brock as well, with the remaining cast consisting of supporting characters from the previous film.

Story
As Spiderman reestablishes his reputation ,and his relationships, after abandoning the symbiote ,
The Wall crawler must save his mentor and friend Curt Connors as he rampages through the streets of New York as The Lizard.

As the mindless beast strikes terror in the hearts of New Yorkers,
A deadly Hunter comes to town to claim the Daily Bugle reward ,
for bringing down the beast.

But with Spiderman in the Way,
the Hunter soon begins to see Spiderman as the Ultimate Prize ,
And see's Spiderman's loved ones,
as the ultimate bait.


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Matthew Broderick


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Kraven The Hunter : Arnold Schwarzenegger


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The Lizard / Curt Connors : Jeff Goldblum


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Martha Connors : Cate Capshaw

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Mary Jane Watson : Lea Thompson ( Some Kind Of Wonderful)


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Harry Osborn : Judd Nelson ( St Elmo's Fire)


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Aunt May : Olympia Dukasis ( Moonstruck)


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J. Jonah Jameson : Dabney Coleman


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Eddie Brock : Thomas F Wilson

Robbie Robertson : Bernie Casey
 
Watching X-Men ‘97, so much of that story would have worked well for the third film in the prequel series instead of what we got with Apocalypse. Then, set Logan in 2099 (closer in style to Max Max than what Mangold presented, with the X-Men long gone due to time rather than a tragic end by Xavier). New Mutants could then have been a true epilogue to the franchise with Patrick Stewart’s Xavier teaching a new generation of mutants—not the horror flick that was eventually released after the Fox acquisition. The Deadpool movies would be the same.

In the sequel to DOFP, the main villain would be Bastion, not Apocalypse. He is the living embodiment of Nimrod from the dark future the X-Men prevented in DOFP. Nimrod detected the temporal anomalies caused by Shadowcat and mimicked its enemy’s tactic, time-traveling into the past before it could be erased from existence. Nimrod imprinted itself onto a child while still inside the mother’s womb to better shepherd humanity into its evolutionary future and avoid defeat again.

The past: a new and uncertain world…

X-MEN: SECOND GENESIS (2016)
dir. Joseph Kosninski

CAST

MAIN
Professor Charles Xavier: James McAvoy, 37
Erik / Magneto: Michael Fassbender, 39
Raven / Mystique: Jennifer Lawrence, 26
Hank McCoy / Beast: Nicholas Hoult, 27
Bastion / Sebastian Gilberti: Oscar Isaac, 37
Logan / Wolverine: Hugh Jackman, 48

X-MEN
Jean Grey: Anya Taylor-Joy, 20
Scott Summers / Cyclops: Timothée Chalamet, 21
Ororo Munroe / Storm: Zendaya, 20
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler: Kodi Smit-McPhee, 20

SECONDARY
Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver: Evan Peters, 29
Moira MacTaggart: Rose Byrne, 37
Trish Tilby: Olivia Munn, 36

AVALON
Callisto: Eiza González, 26
Forge: Kiowa Gordon, 26
Toad: Evan Jonigkeit, 33

ADDITIONAL
Bolivar Trask: Peter Dinklage, 47
William Stryker: James Badge Dale, 38
Agent Carl Denti: Ato Essandoh, 44
President Claremont: Dan Lett, 57

PLOT SCRIPTMENT

In 1984 Berlin, Mystique and Logan (disguised as Patch) rescue Kurt Wagner and other mutant prisoners (restrained by power-dampening shackles) from Operation: Zero Tolerance (OZT) agents led by Agent Carl Denti. The agents transform into PRIME SENTINELS which Mystique, Logan, and Kurt barely escape, thanks only to Kurt’s teleportation powers. The Prime Sentinels’ self-repairing NANO TECHNOLOGY infused within them make them practically unstoppable. Mystique decides they have to alert Xavier of the coming threat, despite her reluctance to return home.

Cyclops, Jean, and Storm are already students at the school when Kurt arrives with Mystique and Logan. Kurt and Storm develop a quick friendship as she gives him a tour. She has a free spirit, almost rebellious in nature, pushing Kurt to accept his own gifts and open up. Meanwhile Scott and Jean deal with their own personal journeys, with Scott learning to step up as leader and Jean facing the true extent of her powers— we spend less time exploring their origins, and more time developing the chemistry amongst this young team.

Magneto is meanwhile living on Avalon with mutant refugees (including Forge, Callisto, and Toad) and his son Quicksilver (the two came together offscreen some time after the events of DOFP). Avalon is a peaceful, remote mutant community— simple in construction and appearance at first glance, but surprisingly sophisticated and powered by mutant engineering. Magneto built his island haven in secret, its name a reference to the Arthurian legend and callback to Magneto reading The Once and Future King in X2; he has moved on from his war against humanity.

Since DOFP, Mystique and Logan have been hunted by William Stryker and his forces. At one point, to save Mystique, Logan sacrificed himself and was captured, ultimately being forced into the Weapon X procedure that bonded adamantium to his skeleton. 18 months later, Mystique rescued him and the two have been traveling the globe ever since to free mutants from similar fates. Mystique reveals this to Beast to help open his eyes to the reality of what’s happening outside the mansion. Beast, who now lives freely in his blue furry form, has recently started seeing broadcast journalist (and human) Trish Tilby, reminding Mystique how far their paths have diverged since that beach in Cuba.

Xavier and Raven fly to Langley, Virginia to meet with Moira MacTaggart, the head of Mutant Affairs at the CIA, for information on OZT but the Prime Sentinel technology Raven describes is too advanced for anything at the CIA. She refers them to Bolivar Trask, the world’s foremost expert on robotics, but it’s another dead-end as he’s locked up inside a cell underneath the Pentagon. Xavier coyly responds he has another way… Moira still does not remember meeting the X-Men in the 60s after Xavier erased her memories, which Raven chastises him for as they leave Moira’s office and freely walk out of Langley amongst the psychically-frozen officers and agents.

Meanwhile with Xavier away, Storm convinces Kurt, Jean, and Scott to leave the mansion and have fun at the mall. Beast and Logan have an awkward catch-up, since this Logan doesn’t remember actually meeting him in DOFP. They have a beer and turn on the TV instead, much to Logan’s delight (a funny moment to hang a lamp shade & acknowledge the messiness of this universe’s time travel without dwelling on it).

After returning from Langley, Xavier uses Cerebro for the first time since seeing Mystique to psychically interrogate Bolivar Trask in his prison cell (like the Jean/Gyrich scene in the X-Men ‘97 premiere). Like MacTaggart, Trask doesn’t have any answers but the interrogation is interrupted by Bastion who appears to Xavier inside Cerebro via his technopathy powers. Bastion reveals his history to Xavier and how he created the Operation Zero Tolerance task force:
  • Bastion is the human embodiment of Nimrod from the dark future the X-Men prevented in DOFP. Nimrod detected the temporal anomalies caused by Shadowcat and mimicked its enemy’s tactic, time-traveling into the past before it could be erased from existence. Nimrod then imprinted itself inside a mother’s womb to be born again into humanity to better shepherd the evolutionary future and avoid defeat again.
Before Xavier can disconnect from Cerebro, Bastion launches a global Prime Sentinel attack (ahead of schedule due to Mystique’s early discovery in Berlin), claiming that “tolerance is extinction.”

Across the globe, ordinary human citizens transform into Prime Sentinels due to a nanite infestation orchestrated by Bastion that affects only those who have attended his organized anti-mutant rallies and hate groups.

The X-Mansion and Avalon, no longer hidden due to Bastion’s connection to Cerebro, are both attacked by Prime Sentinels, as are hundreds of mutants across the globe including Cyclops, Jean, Storm, and Kurt at the mall. Trish Tilby, now a Prime Sentinel, attacks Beast during the assault on the mansion but Mystique decapitates her (we see the head already starting to reattach itself while Beast and Mystique work together with Logan to protect the students and move them to the sub-basement).

Quicksilver nearly defeats the Prime Sentinels (led by Prime Sentinel-Carl Denti) on Avalon singlehandedly using his super speed but the Sentinels calculate his trajectory in real-time and critically injure him. The near-death of Quicksilver and the sight of fallen mutants, bring Magneto back to the horrors of Auschwitz and finally push him over the edge. He rips the invading Prime Sentinels apart and flies high into the atmosphere to emit a massive electromagnetic pulse that shuts down all the Sentinels and plunges the world into total darkness, causing widespread panic.

The X-Men (Xavier, Mystique, Logan, Beast, Cyclops, Jean, Storm, and Kurt) regroup under the ashes of the X-Mansion in the sub-basement along with all the displaced students. Beast studies the nanites inside the now-powerless, sedated Trish Tilby and finds a way to neutralize its effects, as well as suppress Bastion’s powers—impressing Mystique.

The young X-Men grapple with the last 24 hours. Storm says the Prime Sentinel assault reminds her of her past and why she ran away from home in the first place. Cyclops comforts Jean.

After mourning the dead and caring for Quicksilver, Magneto raises Avalon from the ocean, revealing a bee-hive fortress underneath the surface. Magneto has decided to leave humanity and its hate in the darkness it deserves. He travels to the X-Mansion, offering the X-Men a chance to join his new mutant haven—“How many more of your bones will pave the way to Xavier's future, where we simper like beggars for tolerance? Your professor's dream is dead. So I offer a new one. A home to replace what they stole from us. A new Avalon. We are left with but two choices. Cling to this dying world, or rise to your future and look down upon this fallen pigsty planet.”

Storm decides to go with him, disillusioned by the constant hate towards mutants—Mystique was her hero. She looked up to Mystique standing up to President Nixon & Trask and even had her Time Magazine cover hung up on her bedroom wall; now it’s Storm’s time to stand up. Kurt, having only just recently joined this new family, is shocked and saddened by her decision to leave.

In Washington DC, President Claremont is contemplating a military response to the blackout and Avalon, with Moira MacTaggart and William Stryker advising when Magneto addresses the world. Using his powers to enable a single broadcast on every screen across the globe, Magneto invites all mutants to his safe haven Avalon.

Stryker pushes for a swift response, but Moira cautions against anything that might bring the world closer to a long-feared evolutionary war.

Inside the War Room, the X-Men split into two teams, dressed in comic-accurate suits aboard separate X-Jets (Beast’s been busy in the subbasement since DOFP):
  • Xavier, Mystique, and Nightcrawler will board Avalon and attempt to convince Magneto to reverse his electromagnetic pulse, or Professor X will be forced to hijack his mind.
  • Beast, Logan, Cyclops, and Jean will fight against Bastion and his stockpile of Model I Sentinels that he controls with his technopathy from his citadel (the location discovered when Xavier and Bastion linked minds in Cerebro)
Before they depart, Mystique and Beast wish each other luck (life, again, is pulling them away from each other).

On Avalon, Kurt and Mystique face off against Toad and Callisto. After defeating them, Kurt evades Storm (the two unwilling to fight each other) and manages to remove Magneto’s helmet to allow Xavier to temporarily enter his mind but Mystique stops the process midway by striking Xavier, giving Beast and his team more time to first stop Bastion (knowing that he’ll be unstoppable once the power is restored).

But when Magneto pins Nightcrawler and Mystique down with metal debris, and starts to kill Xavier by crushing his helmet onto his skull, Storm realizes the error of her decision and intervenes with a controlled lightning bolt. Xavier once again enters Magneto’s mind and turns Earth’s power back on, but the two are now threatened to be lost forever on the Astral Plane unless they can find their way out together.

With the power restored, Stryker convinces the President to order a missile strike against Avalon—Moira helpless to stop it.

Meanwhile, Jean finally embraces her true power (in the form of a psionic Phoenix) to defeat Bastion and his Sentinel army. The team boards their jet to join the fight in Avalon but once there, they find a comatose Magneto and Xavier still locked inside each other’s mind, debating ideologies over a game of chess inside the Astral Plane.

Bastion, now enhanced with Sentinel armor to appear more like Nimrod, barrels towards the X-Men to make his final stand, having survived the Jean’s wrath. He is going to destroy Avalon’s gravitational core (built by Forge) which will cause the island to drop from the sky and onto Earth. He’ll rebuild after the world is nothing but ashes.

Remembering the lessons learned from Xavier about peaceful coexistence, Cyclops tells the team to stand down. He refuses to “fight the future,” cementing his role as leader of the X-Men.

Bastion mocks them for their naivety and points to the incoming missiles. Still, the X-Men offer Bastion a path to peace but he ultimately self-destructs inside the gravitational core trying to terminate them.

Meanwhile on the Astral Plane, Xavier and Magneto finally reach an emotional reconciliation, with Magneto accepting the death of his family and embracing his new found-family with Xavier’s encouragement— “I know you think you've lost everything, but you haven't. You have Peter, you have me…you have Raven... you have more family than you know. You didn’t have the chance to save your family before, but you do now. That's what I've come here to tell you.”

The two awaken in time for Magneto to halt incoming the missiles, mirroring the finale of X-Men: First Class. As the world collectively holds its breath wondering what he’ll do, Magneto releases the missiles into space—effectively releasing his anger and resentment. The world is safe.

In the final montage:
  • News coverage of the world rebuilding. Trish Tilby recuperates inside a hospital room, now clear of all Sentinel nanites;
  • Xavier meets with Moira in Washington DC, restoring her memories (and hinting at a possible romantic reconciliation for sequels);
  • Magneto joins Xavier to rebuild the X-Mansion and rebuild their dream for mutantkind together. Xavier remarks, “It’s going to be different this time, Erik. We have to evolve”;
  • Mystique leaves on her own terms, along with her companion Logan. Confident that her old friends Xavier and Magneto will now look out for each other, she’s ready to live her own life and says goodbye to Beast with a gentle kiss on the cheek. As she leaves, Beast quietly says to himself, “mutant and proud”;
Inside the Danger Room, Beast initiates a training sequence for the X-MEN: Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Quicksilver (now healed, although, he won’t be as fast in sequels), and Nightcrawler. Xavier looks on as the sequence begins and the circular doors close…

THE END.


CHARACTER AGE GUIDE

  • Charles Xavier is 52 (born 1932)
  • Erik Lensherr is 54 (born 1930)
  • Hank McCoy is 41 (born 1943)
  • Young X-Men are 18 (born 1966)
  • Moira MacTaggart is 50 (born in 1934)
  • Peter Maximoff is 28 (born 1956)
  • William Stryker is 38 (born 1946)
  • Bolivar Trask is 56 (born 1928)
CHARACTER STYLE GUIDE
  • Xavier is already bald
  • Magneto’s hair is white
  • McCoy is blue and furry, wears glasses
  • Mystique uses “Raven” guise in public-setting only but otherwise appears in Dark Phoenix make-up
 
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THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 3 ( 2016)
Director : Sam Mendes
Script : John Logan
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Project History
With the second film being a major disappointment , and Sony in chaos, plans for a third Amazing Spiderman film seem unlikely.
Though Feige offers his services and suggests incorporating the character into The MCU , Amy Pascal refuses in favor of the character maintaining a level of independence from Marvel Studios's plans.

Consequently , the decision is made to stay the course, and proceed with a much better third film .
Sony ultimately decides to part ways with Mark Webb , and instead feels the series needs it's own " Skyfall " type comeback .

As a result , Sony turns to OO7 director Sam Mendes and Skyfall scribe John Logan to craft a compelling, emotional, and action packed ,
Amazing Spiderman 3 .

Mendes agrees to helm the project which begins production in 2015 for a 2016 release date .

Story
With John Logan taking over scripting duties from James Vanderbilt , it's decided that Oscorp, and the mystery behind Peter's parents ,would be dropped all together.
Consequently, Harry Osborn and The Gentleman wouldn't be featured at all in the film.

Instead, the third film would jump ahead a few years from the last film, with Peter's rogues gallery already in place,
and with Spiderman being a season veteran.

However , Gwen's murder would hang like a cloud over the story .

A now adult Peter Parker is still haunted by the death of Gwen Stacy, dons a black costume , symbolizing his role as a darker avenger.

As he faces off against the several old foes, who've formed the Sinister Six ,
He meets the captivating and charismatic Mary Jane, who begins to threaten Peter's carefully constructed, isolation.

As feelings develop, he feels, he's betraying Gwen's memory .
At the same time , he struggles with the idea that he deserves happiness .

However , the wrath and the vengeance of the Sinister Six will force Peter to find the will to live again,
As our hero must find the peace and the strength,

To abandon his dark persona, and to return to being The Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman.


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Andrew Garfield

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Mary Jane Watson : Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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Doctor Octopus : Mads Mikkelsen

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Kraven The Hunter : Michael Shannon

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Chameleon : Christoph Waltz

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Vulture : Mark Strong

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Sandman : John Cena

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Mysterio : Zachary Quinto

Aunt May : Sally Field
Gwen Stacy : Emma Stone
 
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 4 ( 2019)
Director : Sam Mendes
Screenplay : John Logan
Music : Hans Zimmer
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Project History
With ASM 3 being a bigger success at the box office than the first two ASM films,
Sony greenlights plans for ASM 4 with Mendes returning to the director's chair.

With ASM3 being modeled off of Skyfall , ASM4 would be modeled off of On Her Majesty's Secret Service , with Peter finally facing off against the head of the shadowly
organization pulling the strings behind the curtin in ASM 1 and ASM 2 .

Mendes and Logan want to utilize The Kingpin character , who , as it turned out , belonged to Marvel and Sony .
As negotiations between Disney and Sony continue throughout 2017 , Hammerhead is place holder, in case Sony can't work out a deal with Marvel Studios.
Ultimately , a deal is reached in which Sony can feature their own version of Kingpin for The ASM films, though it would have to be portrayed by a different actor than the one used by Marvel Studios.

With Kingpin confirmed in place as the Big Bad of the film , filming begins in 2018 for a 2019 release date.


Story
As Peter and MJ's whirlwind romance develops into a serious relationship,
and Peter is ready to take things to the next level ,
The past comes back to haunt him,

As a shadowy criminal organization ,
Led by an underworld figure known as the Kingpin ,
Murders Harry Osborn
And attacks Peter and MJ at their apartment,

It soon becomes clear ,
that Peter's Spiderman cover, has been blown.

And as a mysterious criminal, The Black Cat
holds the key to all of the answers he's been searching for ,

Peter knows , if he's to have any happiness,
he must take down The Kingpin, and his associates, once and for all .


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Andrew Garfield

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Mary Jane Watson : Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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Black Cat / Felicia Hardy : Felicity Jones

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Kingpin / Wilson Fisk : Brendan Gleeson

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Hobgoblin / Jason Macendale : Bill Skarsgaard

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Shocker : Boyd Holbrook

Scorpion : Johnny Flynn

Aunt May : Sally Field
Harry Osborn : Dane Deehan
Curt Connors : Ryes Ifans
 
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SPIDER-MAN ( 1978)
Director : Mike Nichols
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Project History
The popularity of the Marvel Comics lead character eventually catches the attention of Hollywood ,
and a Spiderman film eventually goes into development at Columbia Studios in 1974.

By the late 1970s , screenplay is developed and Carnal Knowledge and The Graduate director Mike Nichols expresses interest in developing the coming of age, superhero tale.


Screenplay
The script draws on the Lee and Ditko Origins of the Spiderman character, while incorporating the recent Romita era , particularly,
The storyline " The Night Gwen Stacy Died" .

Though a controversial storyline , Nichols wants to show the true cost of being Spiderman ,with Peters family and friends, paying that price .
Nichols doesn't just want to make a superhero romp, he wants to make a drama about young peoples hopes dreams, and tragedies .

At the center of the story is Peter and his romance with Gwen , in addition to Norman Osborn's own romantic obsession with Gwen,
conflicting with his own fondness of Peter.

The Goblin's identity, much like in the comics would remain a mystery, until Peter and Norman both discover each others alter ego's.

Story
Peter Parker learns that with great power, comes great responsibility, as he becomes the costumed hero know as Spiderman.

But as his stature rises , he becomes engaged in a deadly rivalry with The Green Goblin.

As the Goblin Wages his campaign of terror , Peter Parker's family and friends are caught in the cross fire.

With both Spiderman and Peter Parker in danger, can the webslinger uncover the identity of the maniacal before it's too late?

Casting
Hot off of Saturday Night Fever and Welcome Back Kotter, 24 year old John Travolta is cast in the title role , while The Last Picture Show actress and model, Cybill Shepherd, is cast as his doomed love interest Gwen Stacy .

Hollywood legend Charlton Heston is cast in the unlikely role of Norman Osborn aka The Green Goblin , which the actor plays with menace and an over the top glee.

William Katt of Carrie, and up and coming actress Victoria Principal , are cast as Harry Osborn and Mary Jane Watson, respectively .

The rest of the supporting cast is made up of Hollywood veterans such as Jack Lemmon as Uncle Ben, Lauren Bacall as a feisty Aunt May, Lee Marvin as Captain George Stacy, and Walter Matthieu , as a comical J. Jonah Jameson .


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : John Travolta

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Gwen Stacy : Cybill Shepherd

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Green Goblin / Norman Osborn : Charlton Heston

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Harry Osborn : William Katt

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Mary Jane Watson : Victoria Principal

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Uncle Ben : Jack Lemmon

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Aunt May : Lauren Bacall

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J. Jonah Jameson : Walter Matthieu

George Stacy : Lee Marvin
 
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SPIDER-MAN : THE MOVIE (1986)
Director : Joel Schumacher
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Project History
As the Spiderman project continues to stall , and directors seem to be a various as script treatments, TriStar Pictures gains the rights to make the film.
With the Smash Success of St Elmos Fire, director Joel Schumacher agrees to helm the film, though without action credits , he seems like an odd choice.

However, TriStar execs feels that with a youth oriented story at the heart of Spiderman,
Schumacher can help reel in a few members of the so called "Brat Pack " to star in the film and give it a boost at the box office .

Story

At the heart of the story, would be Peter's right of passage into adulthood, as his struggles with the pressures of being Spiderman,
maintaining relationships, and charting his own path despite pressures from work, school, and his social circle.

As in previous drafts, Spiderman would have to face off against his former mentor, and friend, whose transformed into Doctor Octopus,
In the final shooting script, Ock seeks revenge on The Osborn Family, as opposed to coming up with a wacky scheme.

Liz Allen would remain Peter's love interest , as in previous drafts , though writers would take elements of characterizations comicbook love interests such as Gwen and Betty .
While Harry is secretly drawn to Liz , his girlfriend MJ is secretly drawn to Peter.
As in Schumacher's St Elmo's Fire, the love quadrangle plays a major part in the dynamic of the four friends.

Spiderman's origin is skipped in this first film in favor of jumping head on into the story.


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Andrew McCarthy
For the role of Spiderman actors as varied as Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez , C Thomas Howell, and Timothy Hutton all express interest in playing Peter Parker.
However, Schumacher goes for an outside the box choice in Andrew McCarthy, feeling that the actor can convey sensitivity, humility, and wisdom, in addition to having great comic timing.

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Doctor Octopus : Jeroen Krabbe
For the role of Doc Ock, Schumacher goes away from the image in the comics in terms of casting, and instead what's to cast a charismatic actor who could believably
engender Peter's friendship and loyality.
As a result Shumacher chooses Jeroen Krabbe as the classic Spiderman villain.

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Liz Allen : Ally Sheedy
For the role of Liz Allen , Schumacher has only one choice in mind, Ally Sheedy .


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Harry Osborn : Judd Nelson
As with Liz, Schumacher has one choice in mind for Peter's charming best friend with a dark side, and he casts one of his St. Elmos Fire leads Judd Nelson.


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Mary Jane Watson : Lea Thompson
For the role of Mary Jane Watson , Schumacher is impressed with Lea Thompson's work in back to The Future and feels she's the perfect choice for MJ,
a character whose portrayed as the shallow party girl, who has much more going on under the surface.


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Norman Osborn : Paul Gleason
For the minor role of Norman Osborn, Schumacher chooses Breakfast Club actor Paul Gleason for on screen chemistry with Judd Nelson in the same film.
Seeing Osborn as an emerging character, Schumacher chooses an actor familiar to young filmgoers of the 80s .


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J. Jonah Jameson : Dabney Coleman


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Aunt May : Olympia Dukakis


Robbie Robertson : Bernie Casey
 
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SPIDER-MAN : PART II ( 1988)
Director : Joel Schumacher
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Project History
With the first film exceeding expectations , and giving The Superman franchise a run for it's money, plans for another Spiderman film go into place.
Joel Schumacher returns to return for the sequel , which is slated for a 1988 release date.

While Kingpin is the original villain for part 2, legal rights issues prevent the character from being used.

Instead, The Vulture takes the place of Kingpin and the character is a powerful underworld figure by night but by day is wealthy buisnessman Adrian Toomes.
In a break with the comics, Felicia Hardy aka The Black Cat , is portrayed as Toomes's daughter and member of his organization.

The Spiderman villains Shocker and Scorpion would be featured as enforcers in the Vulture's organization.

Much of Peter's supporting cast would return except for Sheedy who has prior commitments.

With Andrew McCarthy returning in the lead role with an increased pay raise the sequel becomes one of the most anticipated sequels of the decade.

Story
Taking place two years after the first film, Peter is once again in over his head .

Following his own path he meant he's had to struggle to make ends meet, and paying for Grad School and an apartment is a no easy feat in the heart of Manhatten.

All the while , he falls for the wealthy and out of his league sociality Felicia Hardy .

As he courts her Father , Adrian Toomes, Spiderman finds out that Toomes is underworld crime boss known as the Vulture,
and his daughter Felicia is a part of his organization, as the thief , The Black Cat.

With Peter caught in a dilemma between taking down his new girlfriend ,and her vicious father,
The gang also appears to be leaning on Norman and Harry Osborn, Peter's surrogate Father and Brother figures.

But The Vulture offers Spiderman one choice, Join, or face the consequences .


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Andrew McCarthy

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Vulture / Adrian Toomes : Steven Berkoff

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Black Cat / Felicia Toomes : Kelly Preston

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Harry Osborn : Judd Nelson

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Mary Jane Watson : Lea Thompson

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Norman Osborn : Paul Gleason

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Scorpion : Brion James

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Shocker : Marshall Bell

Aunt May : Olympia Dukakis
J. Jonah Jameson : Dabney Coleman
Robbie Robertson : Bernie Casey
 
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X MEN REVOLUTION ( 2005)
Director : J .J. Abrams
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Project History
With Bryan Singer leaving a third X Men film , in order to make Superman Returns, Fox hands over the reigns of the X Men franchise to Lost and Alias creator J.J. Abrams.
While the original plans are to tackle the Phoenix Saga , Abrams feels the story is too vast to begin, and tackle, in one film.

Instead, Abrams wants to lay the path for the creation of the Sentinels, and wants to feature the Hellfire Club as the films Antagonists ,
leaving Magneto and The Brotherhood for the 4th film.


Story
Taking place 2 years after the events of X2, The country is plunged into turmoil , as a heinous act of Mutant lead political terrorism, threatens to unravel the progress made by Charles Xavier .

With congress requesting emergency powers and actions , mutant rights, are threatened.

As X Men race against time to unravel the conspiracy behind the act, they discover the culprits as The Hellfire Club , and it's connections to Cyclops's past .

As the elusive Emma Frost attempts to lure Cyclops into the fold , and the wiley Gambit falls for Rogue,
Hank McCoy aka Beast, attempts to stop the ambitious Bolivar Trask from implementing his solution to the " Mutant Problem" .


The Cast


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Wolverine : Hugh Jackman

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Cyclops : James Marsden

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Sebastian Shaw : Jason Isaacs

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Mr. Sinister : Richard Roxburgh

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Donald Pierce : Toby Stephens

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Emma Frost : Kristanna Loken


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Gambit : Josh Halloway


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Beast : Kelsey Grammer

Rogue : Anna Paquin
Storm : Halle Berry
Professor X : Patrick Stewart
Bolvair Trask : John Noble
 
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SPIDER-MAN : THE MOVIE (1986)
Director : Joel Schumacher
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Project History
As the Spiderman project continues to stall , and directors seem to be a various as script treatments, TriStar Pictures gains the rights to make the film.
With the Smash Success of St Elmos Fire, director Joel Schumacher agrees to helm the film, though without action credits , he seems like an odd choice.

However, TriStar execs feels that with a youth oriented story at the heart of Spiderman,

Schumacher can help reel in a few members of the so called "Brat Pack " to star in the film and give it a boost at the box office .

Story

At the heart of the story, would be Peter's right of passage into adulthood, as his struggles with the pressures of being Spiderman,
maintaining relationships, and charting his own path despite pressures from work, school, and his social circle.

As in previous drafts, Spiderman would have to face off against his former mentor, and friend, whose transformed into Doctor Octopus,

In the final shooting script, Ock seeks revenge on The Osborn Family, as opposed to coming up with a wacky scheme.

Liz Allen would remain Peter's love interest , as in previous drafts , though writers would take elements of characterizations comicbook love interests such as Gwen and Betty .
While Harry is secretly drawn to Liz , his girlfriend MJ is secretly drawn to Peter.
As in Schumacher's St Elmo's Fire, the love quadrangle plays a major part in the dynamic of the four friends.

Spiderman's origin is skipped in this first film in favor of jumping head on into the story.


The Cast


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For the role of Spiderman actors as varied as Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez , C Thomas Howell, and Timothy Hutton all express interest in playing Peter Parker.
However, Schumacher goes for an outside the box choice in Andrew McCarthy, feeling that the actor can convey sensitivity, humility, and wisdom, in addition to having great comic timing.

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Doctor Octopus : Jeroen Krabbe
For the role of Doc Ock, Schumacher goes away from the image in the comics in terms of casting, and instead what's to cast a charismatic actor who could believably
engender Peter's friendship and loyality.
As a result Shumacher chooses Jeroen Krabbe as the classic Spiderman villain.

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Liz Allen : Ally Sheedy
For the role of Liz Allen , Schumacher has only one choice in mind, Ally Sheedy .


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Mary Jane Watson : Lea Thompson
For the role of Mary Jane Watson , Schumacher is impressed with Lea Thompson's work in back to The Future and feels she's the perfect choice for MJ,
a character whose portrayed as the shallow party girl, who has much more going on under the surface.


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For the minor role of Norman Osborn, Schumacher chooses Breakfast Club actor Paul Gleason for on screen chemistry with Judd Nelson in the same film.
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Robbie Robertson : Bernie Casey

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SPIDER-MAN : PART II ( 1988)
Director : Joel Schumacher
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Project History
With the first film exceeding expectations , and giving The Superman franchise a run for it's money, plans for another Spiderman film go into place.
Joel Schumacher returns to return for the sequel , which is slated for a 1988 release date.

While Kingpin is the original villain for part 2, legal rights issues prevent the character from being used.

Instead, The Vulture takes the place of Kingpin and the character is a powerful underworld figure by night but by day is wealthy buisnessman Adrian Toomes.
In a break with the comics, Felicia Hardy aka The Black Cat , is portrayed as Toomes's daughter and member of his organization.

The Spiderman villains Shocker and Scorpion would be featured as enforcers in the Vulture's organization.

Much of Peter's supporting cast would return except for Sheedy who has prior commitments.

With Andrew McCarthy returning in the lead role with an increased pay raise the sequel becomes one of the most anticipated sequels of the decade.

Story
Taking place two years after the first film, Peter is once again in over his head .

Following his own path he meant he's had to struggle to make ends meet, and paying for Grad School and an apartment is a no easy feat in the heart of Manhatten.

All the while , he falls for the wealthy and out of his league sociality Felicia Hardy .

As he courts her Father , Adrian Toomes, Spiderman finds out that Toomes is underworld crime boss known as the Vulture,
and his daughter Felicia is a part of his organization, as the thief , The Black Cat.

With Peter caught in a dilemma between taking down his new girlfriend ,and her vicious father,
The gang also appears to be leaning on Norman and Harry Osborn, Peter's surrogate Father and Brother figures.

But The Vulture offers Spiderman one choice, Join, or face the consequences .


The Cast


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Aunt May : Olympia Dukakis
J. Jonah Jameson : Dabney Coleman
Robbie Robertson : Bernie Casey

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SPIDER-MAN RETURNS ( 1994)
Director : David Cronenberg
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Project History
As The 1980s draw to a close and the 1990s begin , the Spiderman film franchise stalls .
Though a planned Spiderman 3 film is set to go into production in 1989, Andrew McCarthy decides to move on from the series to pursue other roles, feeling that he's aged out of playing Peter Parker.

Joel Schumacher also moves onto other projects , leaving Spiderman without it's lead star and director.

By 1992 , however , David Cronenberg signs on as the director for Spiderman Returns, with Ethan Hawke taking over the role of Peter Parker/ Spiderman.

Rising star Sandra Bullock is cast as Betty Brant , while Clancy Brown is cast as Eddie Brock aka Venom.

Story

The producers decide to go with Venom instead of building to the Osborn/ Green Goblin saga .
Mary Jane is also absent from the film

The film , in many ways is considered a loose sequel to the Schumacher/ McCarthy series, with the new film being 9 years removed from the original film.

The goal is to bring the franchise into the angst ridden and grunge filled 1990s .

The producers want to lead into the darker elements of the Spiderman lore, and deal with an introspective Peter Parker , tortured by his guilt over Uncle Ben, and seeking solace in the symbiote Spiderman suit.

Once Peter rejects the suit , it finds a new host in Eddie Brock , Peter's work rival and Betty's jealous Ex Boyfriend .

The two enemies become engaged in a vicious war leaving Peter and his loved ones vulnerable, to the relentless ,Venom.


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Ethan Hawke

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Betty Brant : Sandra Bullock

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Venom / Eddie Brock : Clancy Brown

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J. Jonah Jameson : Terry O'Quinn

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May Parker : Maggie Smith


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Ben Parker : Albert Finney
 
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X MEN REVOLUTION ( 2005)
Director : J .J. Abrams
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Project History
With Bryan Singer leaving a third X Men film , in order to make Superman Returns, Fox hands over the reigns of the X Men franchise to Lost and Alias creator J.J. Abrams.
While the original plans are to tackle the Phoenix Saga , Abrams feels the story is too vast to begin, and tackle, in one film.

Instead, Abrams wants to lay the path for the creation of the Sentinels, and wants to feature the Hellfire Club as the films Antagonists ,
leaving Magneto and The Brotherhood for the 4th film.


Story
Taking place 2 years after the events of X2, The country is plunged into turmoil , as a heinous act of Mutant lead political terrorism, threatens to unravel the progress made by Charles Xavier .

With congress requesting emergency powers and actions , mutant rights, are threatened.

As X Men race against time to unravel the conspiracy behind the act, they discover the culprits as The Hellfire Club , and it's connections to Cyclops's past .

As the elusive Emma Frost attempts to lure Cyclops into the fold , and the wiley Gambit falls for Rogue,
Hank McCoy aka Beast, attempts to stop the ambitious Bolivar Trask from implementing his solution to the " Mutant Problem" .


The Cast


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Cyclops : James Marsden

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Beast : Kelsey Grammer

Rogue : Anna Paquin
Storm : Halle Berry
Professor X : Patrick Stewart
Bolvair Trask : John Noble

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X-MEN : EXTINCTION (2008)
Director : J.J. Abrams
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Story
With Anti' Mutant sentiment at all time high , and the mutant registration act in full force,
Trask's dream is fully realized with the creation of the Giant Cyborgs known as the sentinels.

As the sentinels abduct mutants and mutant collaborators are arrested , Xavier's pacifist ways are considered out of style .

But when Xavier and several X Men are captured by the sentinels , and the X Mansion is demolished ,
The remaining X Men must make an uneasy alliance with The Brotherhood , who are also in search of their leader, Magneto.

With rumors of mutants being taken to a distant island, experimented on, and killed , the Mutant race faces possible extinction .

With odds seemingly stacked against the them , a new generation of mutants , led by Angel, Jubilee , and Shadow Cat, must lead the charge against a tyrannical government and rescue their brethren from the interment island of Genosha.



The Additional Cast


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Angel : Ryan Gosling

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Jubilee : Ellen Wong

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Shadow Cat : Ellen Page


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Quicksilver : John Rhys Meyers


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Scarlet Witch : Alexa Davalos

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Psylocke : Maggie Q

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Professor X : Patrick Stewart

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Magneto : Ian McKellen

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Juggernaut : Robert Maillet

Mystique : Rebecca Romijn
 
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SPIDER-MAN EXPOSED ( 2006)
Director : Sam Raimi
Screenplay : Alvin Sargent
Music : Danny Elfman
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Project History
Following the Success of Spiderman 2 , Avi Arad and others insist on making Spiderman 3 an over the top spectacle with multiple villains and a new love interest.
While Arad insists on bringing in Venom , and Others insist on Bringing in a new love interest like Gwen or Black Cat, Raimi wants to stick with the personal story of Peter, MJ, and Harry, and to utilize smaller scale Lee and Ditiko era villains , who further the story.

Sony execs give Raimi free reign to tell the story he wants tell while Venom and Gwen Stacy are pushed back to a future sequel.

While Raimi is intent on using Vulture and Sandman, he eventually changes his mind , and decides to use Kraven The Hunter and The Chameleon instead .

The film entitled Spiderman Exposed , is set to be released in May of 2006.

Story
Peter and MJ's relationship has already been put to the test after Peter is fired from the Bugle for running off with MJ , and Peter is evicted from his apartment after Harry buys the building .

But young couple faces their greatest challenge, Spiderman is framed for the Murder of Harry Osborn.
As The Press, and The Public, call for Spiderman's arrest, a Bounty is put on the wall crawler , and taken up by a deadly Man hunter.

As Spiderman attempts to navigate the web of intrigue and mystery, surrounding Harry's death, and is on the run from the Hunter and the police ,
Spiderman finds help in a streetwise detective .

While the detective believes Spiderman is guilty at first, she begins to suspect she and the web head are pawns in a larger charade.

As Spiderman is hunted like a wild animal, Peter Parker faces pressure from law enforcement to reveal his connections to Spiderman,
how long will it be before Peter Parker is exposed as Spiderman?


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Tobey Maguire

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Mary Jane Watson : Kirsten Dunst

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Kraven The Hunter /Sergei Kravinoff : Javier Bardem

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Chameleon/ Dmitri Kravinoff : Guy Pearce


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Hobgoblin / Harry Osborn : James Franco


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Jean DeWolff : Toni Collette

Aunt May : Rosemary Harris
J. Jonah Jameson : JK Simmons
Curt Connors : Dylan Baker
 
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Harry in 3, though I still liked him, could have been a lot smarter and subtler with other kinds of power. Though even before 3 he did tend to impulsive.
 
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SPIDER-MAN AND THE MASTER OF ILLUSIONS ( 1998)
Director : Kevin Williamson
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Project History
When the film rights to Spiderman go to Dimension films , Kevin Williamson is tasked with bringing The Web Head to the big screen for the first time.
However , with campy superhero films like Batman And Robin being a dime a dozen, Williamson wants to give his Spiderman film an edge while maintaining the hip sensibility of The Scream films.

Instead of adapting an origin story, Williamson wants to tell a low budget story featuring a Ghostface like villain, in the form of Mysterio.

The college aged Spiderman , would have to protect his friends in a thrilling, and frightening ,adventure filled with illusions,
Multiple suspects, and complicated relationship dynamics, with Peter Parker at the center of the story.

Dimension Films is intrigued by the different ,and cheaper, take on the story.

The studio greenlights Williamson's screenplay for a horror with humor, Superhero film ,akin to the Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer films, than to Batman And Robin .

Story
As Graduation approaches ,ESU students are tormented , stalked, and killed by the Mysterio , a classic film Horror villain, whose seemingly come to life.
As Spiderman goes through the list of suspects, it becomes clear that Mysterio is targeting people close to Peter, and may know Spiderman's true identity.

Casting
TV and Film actor Jerry O'Connell is ultimately cast in the title role due to his comedic skills, screen pressence, and boy next door vibe.

Actor Billy Zane is cast in the role of the bombastic yet frightening villain Mysterio , while other familiar faces ,to a 90s teen audience, are cast in the roles of Peter's social group, such as Sarah Michelle Gellar as Mary Jane , Denise Richards as Liz Allen , Skeet Ulrich Harry Osborn , Omar Epps as Randy Robertson , and Matthew Lillard as Flash Thompson.


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Jerry O'Connell


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Mysterio / Quentin Beck : Billy Zane


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Mary Jane Watson : Sarah Michelle Gellar


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Harry Osborn : Skeet Ulrich

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Gwen Stacy : Tara Reid

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Felicia Hardy : Ali Larter

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Randy Robertson : Omar Epps

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Flash Thompson : Matthew Lillard

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Liz Allen : Denise Richards
 
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X-MEN : EXTINCTION (2008)
Director : J.J. Abrams
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Story
With Anti' Mutant sentiment at all time high , and the mutant registration act in full force,
Trask's dream is fully realized with the creation of the Giant Cyborgs known as the sentinels.

As the sentinels abduct mutants and mutant collaborators are arrested , Xavier's pacifist ways are considered out of style .

But when Xavier and several X Men are captured by the sentinels , and the X Mansion is demolished ,
The remaining X Men must make an uneasy alliance with The Brotherhood , who are also in search of their leader, Magneto.

With rumors of mutants being taken to a distant island, experimented on, and killed , the Mutant race faces possible extinction .

With odds seemingly stacked against the them , a new generation of mutants , led by Angel, Jubilee , and Shadow Cat, must lead the charge against a tyrannical government and rescue their brethren from the interment island of Genosha.



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Juggernaut : Robert Maillet

Mystique : Rebecca Romijn

Two sequels to X2 and still no Famke Janssen return? I would have lost my mind lol

Cool ideas here though; I feel like this thread could be exclusively for course-correcting the Fox X-Men movies and Sony’s Spider-Man lol
 
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X-MEN : EXTINCTION (2008)
Director : J.J. Abrams
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Story
With Anti' Mutant sentiment at all time high , and the mutant registration act in full force,
Trask's dream is fully realized with the creation of the Giant Cyborgs known as the sentinels.

As the sentinels abduct mutants and mutant collaborators are arrested , Xavier's pacifist ways are considered out of style .

But when Xavier and several X Men are captured by the sentinels , and the X Mansion is demolished ,
The remaining X Men must make an uneasy alliance with The Brotherhood , who are also in search of their leader, Magneto.

With rumors of mutants being taken to a distant island, experimented on, and killed , the Mutant race faces possible extinction .

With odds seemingly stacked against the them , a new generation of mutants , led by Angel, Jubilee , and Shadow Cat, must lead the charge against a tyrannical government and rescue their brethren from the interment island of Genosha.



The Additional Cast


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X -MEN: REBIRTH (2010)
Director : Alfonso Cuaron
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Project History
After two X Men films , JJ Abrams moves on to other projects while staying on the next X Men film as Producer .
Alfonso Cuaron takes over as director to in a story which promises to bring back Jean Grey and Introduce Apocalypse as the film's villain.


Story
As Mutant kind is on their knees , on the edge of losing everything, The being known as Apocalypse arrives ,
laying waste to humanity, with the goal of claiming his dominion over Earth.
As the world's government treble to their knees, and Mutants turn the tide ,
Apocalypse gains mutant followers willing to fufill a prophecy,

As the X Men being to rebuild after heavy loses the return of two women , claiming to be Jean Grey,
torments the team , while the power they posse, draws Apocalypse to them .



The Cast



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Madeline Pryde / Jean Grey : Famke Janssen

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Apocalypse : Dwayne Johnson

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Wolverine : Hugh Jackman

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Cyclops : James Marsden

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Archangel : Ryan Gosling

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Jubilee : Ellen Wong

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Shadow Cat : Ellen Page


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Emma Frost : Kristanna Loken


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Gambit : Josh Halloway


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Rogue : Anna Paquin

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Beast : Kelsey Grammer

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Iceman : Shawn Ashmore

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Storm : Halle Berry

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Professor X : Patrick Stewart

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Magneto : Ian McKellen

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Quicksilver : John Rhys Meyers

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Scarlet Witch : Alexa Davalos
 
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X -MEN: REBIRTH (2010)
Director : Alfonso Cuaron
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Project History
After two X Men films , JJ Abrams moves on to other projects while staying on the next X Men film as Producer .
Alfonso Cuaron takes over as director to in a story which promises to bring back Jean Grey and Introduce Apocalypse as the film's villain.


Story
As Mutant kind is on their knees , on the edge of losing everything, The being known as Apocalypse arrives ,

laying waste to humanity, with the goal of claiming his dominion over Earth.
As the world's government treble to their knees, and Mutants turn the tide ,

Apocalypse gains mutant followers willing to fufill a prophecy,

As the X Men being to rebuild after heavy loses the return of two women , claiming to be Jean Grey,
torments the team , while the power they posse, draws Apocalypse to them .



The Cast



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Quicksilver : John Rhys Meyers

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Scarlet Witch : Alexa Davalos

I shudder to think of The Rock as En Sabah Nur lol. To go from Ian McKellen, Brian Cox, and Jason Isaacs in your series to Dwayne Johnson is a…shift, to say the least :smile:. But maybe Cuaron gets a good performance out of him; that’s an awesome pick for director.

But connecting Apocalypse and Phoenix is a really cool concept. That part I really like. Like her rise as the Omega mutant incites Apocalypse’s return as the Alpha
 
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SPIDER-MAN 2 ( 2004)
Director : Sam Raimi
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Project History
When Tobey Maguire and Spiderman Producers fail to reach on a salary agreement , for Spiderman 2, the young actor walks from the part , sending shockwaves through Hollywood, and in fandom.

While Raimi wants Maguire back , ultimately, he's powerless , and though he tries to persuade producers to bring him back , they declare , " Spiderman is bigger than one actor".

While extremely risky for a brand new franchise , a recast is necessary, and actor Jake Gyllenhaal is cast as the new Peter Parker /Spiderman.

However, the change doesn't end there .

With the new Spiderman , Avi Arad and Amy Pascal decide to revisit the original ideas for Spiderman 2 with Felicia Hardy aka Black Cat as the love interest, and Doc Ock and The Lizard as the films villains.

It's decided to drop the Mary Jane storyline since, the producers are concerned that general audiences concerned would be too attached to Maguire and Dunst's version of the Peter and MJ relationship to accept a new actor playing Peter.

Instead , they decide to go with a very different love interest in Felicia Hardy aka Black Cat, and plan on exploring other love interests in future sequels.

The Harry Osborn storyline is also dropped in favor of focusing on the new villains and new supporting cast.

In essence, the film would be a whole new story ,as opposed to continuing the threads from the original Spiderman.

Once again, Raimi is uneasy with the changes , but he yields to the new direction, even though the story becomes much more bloated, than he ever preferred.


Casting
With a new Spiderman in tow, Arad and Pascal seek to cast a big name actor to play Ock .
Ultimately, Russell Crowe agrees to play Otto for , ironically enough, a huge salary for the time.

For the role of the Lizard , Stellan Skarsgard signs onto the part after he misses out on the Doc Ock role.
Actress Rachel McAdams plays the role of Felicia Hardy aka Black Cat, while Bruce Greenwood signs on as Walter Hardy.


Story
With Peter Parker now in college he must juggle being a university student with being a superhero.
All the while his life is complicated by two new women in his life, the beautiful and wealthy , and the sultry and naughty burglar, The Black Cat.

Meanwhile , Felicia considers Spiderman harmless fun and flirtation while her heart truly belongs to Peter.

The story is a quandrangle with both parties not realizing the others identity.

Peter's fun and games are interrupted , when a lab accident at ESU turns his mentors Curt Connors and Otto Octavious into The supervillains, The Lizard, and Doc Ock , now , at war with each other.
A subplot of the film would be Otto and Curt's friendship complicated by Otto's long time feelings for Martha Connors, mirroring the Peter and Harry rivalry in the first film.
With Peter forced to choose a side and forced to choose a girlfriend, the young man contemplates whether he can continue to be Spiderman .


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Jake Gyllenhaal

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Doctor Octopus / Otto Otto Octavius : Russell Crowe

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The Lizard / Curt Connors : Stellan Skarsgard

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Black Cat / Felicia Hardy : Rachel McAdams

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Walter Hardy : Bruce Greenwood

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Martha Connors : Susanna Thompson

Aunt May : Rosemary Harris
J. Jonah Jameson : JK Simmons
 
A lot of audiences would be a bit peeved at not bringing back either Maguire or Dunst, think they were good couple (near couple) that were so focused on in first they should be continued to be focused on, but that was soon enough to the Batman films series most would accept that sequels could have really different focuses and even casts.

Sam Neill would probably be the most expected actor for either Dr. Octopus or Lizard in the early 2000s. Dr. Octopus and Lizard together could be interesting, also controversial to give them much of a relationship, direct ties, but I think Lizard does make more sense as coming later, being a further kind of more fantastical villain.

There could be interesting relationship between Felicia and Walter Hardy, he usually isn't focused on much, could be interesting role for him as inspiring but also regretting he inspired her interest in crime and at least over time pushing her away from it.
 
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X-MEN : EXTINCTION (2008)
Director : J.J. Abrams
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Story
With Anti' Mutant sentiment at all time high , and the mutant registration act in full force,
Trask's dream is fully realized with the creation of the Giant Cyborgs known as the sentinels.

As the sentinels abduct mutants and mutant collaborators are arrested , Xavier's pacifist ways are considered out of style .

But when Xavier and several X Men are captured by the sentinels , and the X Mansion is demolished ,
The remaining X Men must make an uneasy alliance with The Brotherhood , who are also in search of their leader, Magneto.

With rumors of mutants being taken to a distant island, experimented on, and killed , the Mutant race faces possible extinction .

With odds seemingly stacked against the them , a new generation of mutants , led by Angel, Jubilee , and Shadow Cat, must lead the charge against a tyrannical government and rescue their brethren from the interment island of Genosha.



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Angel : Ryan Gosling

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Jubilee : Ellen Wong

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Shadow Cat : Ellen Page


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Scarlet Witch : Alexa Davalos

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Psylocke : Maggie Q

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Professor X : Patrick Stewart

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Magneto : Ian McKellen

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Juggernaut : Robert Maillet

Mystique : Rebecca Romijn
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THE FANTASTIC FOUR ( 2010)
Director : Jason Reitman
Screenplay : Robert Kurtzman and Roberto Orci
Producer : JJ Abrams
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Project History
With the X Men franchise firmly back on track, 20th Century Fox asks JJ Abrams to revive their fledging Fantastic Four Franchise , which has laid dormant since 2004's Rise Of The Silver Surfer.
Abrams , hot off the success of Star Trek plans to bring the same vigor and energy from that reboot to the first family.

Using The Star Trek franchise as a template , he wants his Fantastic Four film to be the Wrath of Khan of the series .
However , due to multiple irons in the fire , Abrams is unable to direct and instead turns to Juno director Jason Reitman to revive the franchise.

However, Abrams serves as producer and Robert Kurtzman and Roberto Orci pen the film.

Story
The film serves as Hard Reboot with an already established team facing the ire of the public after they are framed by the Skrulls .
As the government turns on them , the family begins to turn on each other , unsure if there is a skrull in their midsts.

As The Fantastic Four fight to clear their name , they form an unlikely alliance with an old adversary. in order to prevent the secret invasion of the Skrull Empire.


The Cast


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Mr. Fantastic : Patrick Wilson

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Super Skrull : Ken Watanabe

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Doctor Doom : Mads Mikkelsen

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The Invisible Woman : Sienna Miller

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Human Torch : Chris Pine

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The Thing : David Harbor
 
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A New Saga, begins...



SPIDER-MAN 4 ( 2010)
Director : Sam Raimi
Producer : Amy Pascal and Avi Arad
Screenplay : Alvin Sargent , David Koepp, and James Vanderbilt
Music : Danny Elfman

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Project History
With the mixed to negative reception of Spiderman 3 , a fourth film is still in development .
However, Raimi wants to tell his own story for the fourth film .

Meanwhile , Avi Arad and Sony execs care little about the critical reception of Spiderman 3 , and want another over the top , Spiderman epic.
Eventually Raimi and Sony are able to come to a compromise .
Raimi will give Sony an epic return to form , but only if he has creative control over the direction of the fourth film.

Sony and Arad agree and filming for Spiderman 4 begins in 2009 for a 2010 release date

Story
After , Raimi proposes the mine the underworld element of the Lee, Ditko, and Romita era and pit Spiderman against Kingpin and The Sinister Six.

With the prior films focusing on the villains having a personal connection to Spiderman, Raimi proposes he face an organization with a Professor Moriaty
type of villain who is Peter intellectual and Physical Match .

In this case the character would be Kingpin .

Amy Pascal suggests Black Cat as the films love interest , with all agreeing that the Peter and Mary Jane dynamic from the trilogy had gotten stale.

Black Cat would be the opposite of Mary Jane: Bold , Brash , tough, with a thirst for freedom.
Scripted by Alvin Sargent , David Koepp, and James Vanderbilt , As Peter Parker reveals in bachelorhood and discovers a love in being Spiderman,

He faces a shadowy and dangerous criminal empire, headed by the enigmatic figure, known as The Kingpin.

With Kingpin tired the wall crawlers constant interference , be brings together an ensemble of Supervillains Spiderman has defeated,
and forms the Sinister Six , to eliminate the Web-head once and for all.

As Spiderman battles spill out into the streets, subways, and skylines of New York , He receives help from a sexy Cat Burglar ,
with motives all of her own.
While some elements of the original Spiderman 4 screenplay are kept , the story is new while taking inspiration from The Spectacular Spiderman and The Spiderman Animated Series .


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Tobey Maguire

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Black Cat/ Felicia Hardy : Angelina Jolie

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Vulture / Adrian Toomes : John Malkovich

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Shocker : Billy Bob Thorton

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Electro : Bill Paxton

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Scorpion : Woody Harrelson

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Rhino : John C Reilly

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Mysterio : Geoffrey Rush


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Kingpin / Wilson Fisk : Robbie Coltrane
 
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HUNT FOR THE INCREDIBLE HULK ( 2006)
Director : Paul Greengrass
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Project History
With the first film underwhelming , Universal is still keen on a sequel , though Ang Lee is not asked to return.
Instead , director Paul Greengrass is brought on to not only continue the more grounded take but to also make a much quicker paced and thrilling adventure .

Returning are Eric Bana , Jennifer Connelly , and Sam Elliot, while Hugo Weaving , Charlize Theron , Liev Schreiber ,
and Joseph Gordon Levitt , join the cast.


Story
When three escaped military convicts, gain the powers of the gods ,
Thunderbolt has no choice but to align himself with the only man on Earth who can stop them : Bruce Banner.

However with Banner on the run with a youthful drifter named Rick Jones , Both the Criminals ,and the Military ,
are in a race to get to Banner first, and to use the Hulk ,
for their own purposes.

But can the green goliath, truly take a side ?

The Cast


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Hulk / Bruce Banner : Eric Bana

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The Leader / Samuel Sterns : Hugo Weaving

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Titania / Mary MacPherran : Charlize Theron

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Abomination / Emil Blonsky : Liev Schreiber

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Betty Ross : Jennifer Connelly

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Rick Jones : Joseph Gordon Levitt

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Thunderbolt Ross : Sam Elliot
 
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SPIDER-MAN RETURNS ( 2017)
Director : Sam Raimi
Producer : Amy Pascal and Avi Arad
Screenplay : John Logan and David Koepp
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Project History
With the underperformance of The Amazing Spiderman 2, and the Sony Email hack , plans for a third film seem in doubt .
While Kevin Feige makes overtures to help reboot the franchise Pascal and Arad aren't interested.

Instead, Pascal proposes that they return to Sam Raimi to produce a fourth Spiderman film , knowing that the buzz alone would bring many more people to the theaters than another ASM film or a reboot .

The director, intrigued by the idea , will return only if he has creative control to tell a much smaller story about an aging hero whose thrown back into the action .

Pascal and Arad agree , and Spiderman Returns receives the greenlight .

While excitement abounds in most quarters, fandom is deeply divided and ambivalent about returning to the previous era of Spiderman films.

Nevertheless, The return of Maguire and Dunst , along with the casting of Robert Pattinson, and newcomers Anya Taylor, and Vanessa Kirby,
leave fans speculating about the direction of the new film.

Filming for Spiderman Returns , begins in 2016 for a 2017 release date.


Story
Spiderman , having vanished years ago , has become the thing of myth and legend among the citizens of Manhattan,
with the Press and the public asking " Where Is Spiderman ?"

As a middle aged Peter Parker enjoys his life as father , husband, and teacher, his world is turned upside down by the appearance of a Supervillains calling themselves
The Hobgoblin and Doctor Octopus .

Now , a hero , rusty, older, and out of practice ,
must don the mask again, to take on two much younger, hungrier and stronger, villains.

Meanwhile, Peter's daughter May , unaware of her father's past,
Begins to develop her own strange abilities .

As She falls in love with the dashing Jason Macendale , he, along with his secret partner and lover Carolyn Trainer ,
have targeted the Parker family


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Tobey Maguire

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Hobgoblin / Jason Macendale : Robert Pattinson

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Doctor Octopus / Carolyn Trainer : Vanessa Kirby

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Spidergirl / May Day Parker : Anya Taylor Joy


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Mary Jane Parker : Kirsten Dunst

Aunt May : Rosemary Harris
J. Jonah Jameson : J.K. Simmons
Betty Brant : Elizabeth Banks
Hoffman : Ted Raimi
Mr. Ditkovich : Elya Baskin
Ursula Ditkovich : Mageina Tovah
Flash Thompson : Joe Manganiello
Cameo : Bruce Campbell
 
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THE SECRET WARS ( 2006)
Director : Sam Raimi
Producer : Lauren Shuler Donner
Music : Danny Elfman
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Project History
With the success of several Marvel feature films , Producer Lauren Shuler Donner sets about creating one of the most ambitious superhero film projects in Hollywood history ,,,,,
Adapting Secret Wars into a Major Motion picture.

The task seems insurmountable given the variety of characters, rights spread across several studios, and contracts with several actors .
However, in an unprecedented move, the rights holders to characters such as Spiderman, The X Men, Hulk, Blade , Daredevil , agree to work together to produce the massive 3 hour epic.

While several directors jocky for the chance to helm the project, Sam Raimi is ultimately given the awesome responsibility of Bringing the Secret Wars story to the big screen with Spiderman, Wolverine, The Hulk , and The Fantastic Four the leading characters of the film .

Lauren Shuler Donner would be the films producer while David Koepp, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and David Hayter would pen the film.

Story
With the basic 1980s Secret Wars story as a starting point, a variety of changes would be made, and characters featured prominently in the comic run would be absent.
For example , characters like Captain America , Iron Man, and The Avengers would not be present given that the had not made it to the big screen.

In their place would be already established heroes such as Spiderman, Hulk, and Blade .
Daredevil and Blade would also play a roles in the film working with the main group of heroes battling several villains ,, who had previously appeared in the solo films, including villains killed in previous films.

The main villain of the film , However, would be the Beyonder pitting our heroes and villains against each other in the nightmarish Battle World.


The film would also serve as a one of that would establish that all of the heroes existed in the same universe, but the individual solo films wouldn't be bound to addressing the events of Secret Wars in their plots.

The only exception to this would be Spiderman, who , as in the comics , would receive a symbiote suit , which would go onto being a key plot point in Spiderman 3.



The Cast


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Spiderman : Tobey Maguire

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Wolverine : Hugh Jackman

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Blade : Wesley Snipes

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Cyclops : James Marsden

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Hulk : Eric Bana

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Invisible Woman : Jessica Alba , Mr. Fantastic : Ioan Gruffudd , The Thing : Michael Chiklis, Human Torch : Chris Evans

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Daredevil : Ben Affleck

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Rogue : Anna Paquin

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Storm : Halle Berry


Nightcrawler : Alan Cumming
Doctor Doom : Julian McMahon
Doc Ock : Alfred Molina
Green Goblin : Willem Dafoe
Magneto : Ian McKellan
Professor X : Patrick Stewart
Absorbing Man / Brian Banner : Nick Nolte
Bullseye : Colin Farrell
The Beyonder : Matthew Lillard
Mary Jane Watson : Kirsten Dunst
 
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3 ( 2017)
Director : Drew Goddard
Producer : Kevin Feige
Screenplay : James Vanderbilt , Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
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Project History
With ASM 2 underperforming , The pressure on Sony to make a deal with Marvel Studios reaches a boiling point .
While Pascal opposes the idea of Feige taking over the franchise , she eventually relents on one condition.

Andrew Garfield's Spiderman must be incorporated into the MCU , and the next Spiderman film should truly be a sequel to The Amazing Spiderman films,
and not a hard reboot .

While Feige is against this idea in the beginning the two studios eventually agree that the best move is to hold onto the Spiderman they have as opposed to risking a third recast.

Director Marc Webb is brought on to helm the project which would lean into the Hydra and SHIELD's roles in the disappearance of the Parkers,
with Black Cat and Nick Fury playing prominent roles.

The film's central villain would be the Chameleon , who in this version would be a high ranking mastermind in Hydra with The Vulture, Scorpion, and Shocker, all being his Hydra minions.

The tone of the film would be much closer to that of the first film as opposed to the over the top campiness of The Amazing Spiderman 2.

Story
As Peter gets closer to solving the mystery surrounding his Parents disappearance,
he finds an ally in former Oscorp's Felica Hardy aka The Black Cat

However, Peter and Felicia themselves in a web of intrigue involving S.H.E.I.L.D. and HYDRA

Behind it all, is the elusive lieutenant of Hydra , The Chameleon, who has close connections the Parkers and The Osborns.
As Chameleon dispatches The Scorpion, Shocker, and his point man, The Vulture , is the Spider being led into a trap ?


The Cast


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Spiderman / Peter Parker : Andrew Garfield

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Black Cat / Felicia Hardy : Felicity Jones

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The Chameleon / Dmitri Smerdyakov : Daniel Craig


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The Vulture : Mark Strong


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Scorpion : Michael Shannon


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Shocker : Boyd Holbrook


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Nicky Fury : Samuel L Jackson


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Aunt May : Sally Field

Miles Warren : Burn Gorman
Norman Osborn : Chris Cooper
Harry Osborn : Dane Dehaan
The Gentleman : Michael Masse
Richard Parker : Campbell Scott
 
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X MEN : THE MOTION PICTURE ( 1996)
Director : Oliver Stone
Producer : Steven Spielberg
Script : Michael Crichton and David Koepp
Music : John Williams
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Project History
As the popular X Men cartoon wins the hearts of fans around the world , 20th century Fox is eager to capitalize on the show's success and to get a live action adaptation off of the ground.
While they originally envision the film as a modestly budgeted film with cheaper actors, the addition of Oliver Stone as the film's director , and the casting of Mel Gibson as Wolverine, begs for an all star cast instead.

As actors such Tom Cruise, Anthony Hopkins, Jeff Goldblum, Sharon Stone, Sigourney Weaver , Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp , Winona Ryder , and Jeremy Irons ,sign onto the film , many in the Hollywood press ,begin to take the film seriously .

Still , others predict the film will be a flop ,that won't be able to replicate the success of Donner's Superman film , nor the more recent success of The Batman films.

However, Oliver Stone knows he has a collection of actors that can bring verisimilitude to the story , elevating it beyond a scifi popcorn flick .
And with Michael Crichton and David Koepp contributing to the script , Stone has a screenplay that can give keep these extraordinary grounded in a story set in a not so distant future.

With Steven Spielberg serving as the film's producer and John Williams on board to score the film , 20th Century Fox feels they have a Major Blockbuster ,on their hands.

Story
Star crossed lovers Shadowcat and Nightcrawler ,must choose a side in the war between The X Men and The Brotherhood Of Mutants.


The Cast


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Cyclops : Tom Cruise

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Wolverine : Mel Gibson

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Jean Grey : Nicole Kidman

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Storm : Angela Bassett

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Beast : Jeff Goldblum

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Rogue : Elisabeth Shue

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Gambit : Brad Pitt

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Nightcrawler : Johnny Depp

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Shadowcat : Winona Ryder


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Professor X : Anthony Hopkins



Magneto : Jeremy Irons
Mystique : Sigourney Weaver
White Queen : Sharon Stone
Juggernaut : David Morse
Sabretooth : Clancy Brown
Toad : Brad Dourif
 

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