MCU: The Marvel Cinematic Universe Official Discussion - Part 1

[Dr. Evil]

Denzel might do a Marvel film. He's been fan cast here as T'Chaka, but I don't see him being interested unless it's a very meaty part and he dies in the third act.

 

[PyroChamber]

We almost had Robert De Niro playing Odin, I'm sure there could be a role for him somewhere. That's the great thing about Marvel and the MCU, they have so many characters that they could use, that you never know who could play them.

 

[StarLord]

Odin?!

Never knew that until now.

 

[Dark Raven]

Connery wouldn't even do a Bond cameo when asked. No way he does a Marvel film.

Big difference between Bond and Marvel. Connery IS Bond. He won't want to cameo as someone else. Sam Mendes even contemplated having Connery cameo in Skyfall in the role that Albert Finney ultimately played, but considered that it would be too distracting, precisely for the reason that Connery is Bond, which would take you out of the movie. Connery also is done with the Bond franchise, having already considered that NSNA wasn't his finest hour after coming back for that. I am glad he has never cameoed in another Bond film.

With Marvel, it's a different matter. It's a successful franchise unrelated to Bond, and almost a guaranteed sure fire hit each time. Otherwise that's like saying that since Connery won't do a Bond cameo, he wouldn't have acted in any other movie.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I really don't see Connery doing a Marvel film.

 

[Raiden]

I really don't see Connery doing a Marvel film.

I think Connery has retired from acting years ago.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Would this work in the MCU?

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/godsegpt.htm

 

[Gr0oT]

I don't see why not.
I'd like them to open up to the other pantheon of gods in the MCU.
Especially if that means we get the Incredible Herc

 

[Dark Raven]

Would this work in the MCU?

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/godsegpt.htm

I'm hoping we'll eventually see Moon Knight, so they'd have to introduce Konshu at some point.

 

[Gr0oT]

I'm excited to see the production values for the Netflix shows, so far their casting choices are much more in sync with the quality presented in the movies compared to the meh in AoS and I hope the overall quality is leaps in bounds above that as well.

If they have a proper budget and keep up the impressive casting I'd be all for a Netflix Moon Knight as many suggest, although I'd still like a street level player to have a feature film.

 

[Dark Raven]

I'm excited to see the production values for the Netflix shows, so far their casting choices are much more in sync with the quality presented in the movies compared to the meh in AoS and I hope the overall quality is leaps in bounds above that as well.

If they have a proper budget and keep up the impressive casting I'd be all for a Netflix Moon Knight as many suggest, although I'd still like a street level player to have a feature film.

DD could easily become a feature film. It has Vincent D'Onofrio in it for starters.

I would like Power Man and Iron Fist to also eventually become a movie. We haven't had a buddy movie in the MCU yet. The only thing about that is that they would already be established as a duo. When you normally see buddy movies which start off on the big screen, the duo usually don't like each other at the start but then learn to get along by the end. A movie of Cage and Rand would bypass all of that since it would already have been covered in the TV series. It would be more like a buddy movie sequel.

 

[blalex620]

I was thinking of a way Marvel could do the Thanos Quest and introduce some new villains too. They should take the Thanos portion of Infinity and use that as a basis for the search for the gems. Thanos' Black Order, which consists of Corvus Glaive, Black Dwarf, Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, and Supergiant, could be introduced in a post credit scene in Avengers 2 being told to go find the infinity gems. Then all throughout the rest of Phase 3 and Avengers 3 we see the Black Order going on a path of death and destruction searching for the gems culminating in their search for the last gem on Earth and Thanos coming and getting the last gem preceding to try and destroy Earth.

To me this could be a great way to introduce new villains with future potential (especially Proxima, Corvus and Ebony Maw) and it'll show how great Thanos is in that he has control over powerful followers.

 

[CaptainWagner]

-I'm relatively certain the "no more origin moives" rumor i just a rumor, and defiatley hope it's just that. It would be an uncharacteristically poor decision by the MCU team.

 

[Oscorp]

-I'm relatively certain the "no more origin moives" rumor i just a rumor, and defiatley hope it's just that. It would be an uncharacteristically poor decision by the MCU team.

Origin films are some of the best IMO, so I hope the same as you. Among sequels, it's good to have one or two origins films in the mix.

 

[Dark Raven]

I would like an Invaders movie some time in the future. We know that Marvel own the rights to the original Jim Hammond Human Torch (he featured in CA:TFA) and apparently they have Namor now as well. They could also introduce others like Union Jack, Spitfire and all the golden age heroes.

It could easily be another team up movie in the vein of the Avengers, and Cap could fit right in since he's already been introduced. It could also feature Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Dominic Cooper and Neal McDonagh in supporting roles.

I hope the Agent Carter TV series creates enough demand for that as it would be amazing seeing all the WWII heroes on screen. They could still fight Red Skull or Baron Zemo I.

 

[Destructus86]

-I'm relatively certain the "no more origin moives" rumor i just a rumor, and defiatley hope it's just that. It would be an uncharacteristically poor decision by the MCU team.

I agree. I don't think they will ditch origin stories. Their origin stories have been fantastic and really just helped make the character that much more appealing to audiences.

Maybe with SOME you could do a flash back to show their origin but not all. Dr Strange would be a fun origin story to watch.

 

[SlamAdams]

This may have been talked about before but considering Mark Ruffalo replaced Edward Norton, do people think the rest of The Incredible Hulk cast will be replaced. While I wouldn't consider any of them irreplaceable, I would welcome any of them back also

 

[Gamma Goliath]

In my experiences here i think i could safely say most people would like for some of the cast back like hurt and tyler, just to have some continuity. Since Nelson is now moleman most people want him replaced, Michael Emerson is my top pick to replace him.

 

[Saint]

With the talk of how Cap 3's title is somehow immediately significant, it occurs to me that a Captain America: Civil War movie, in one form or another, makes to much sense and has too much potential to not be a possibility. One would think it would have to be dramatically different to funciton--after all, there are hardly enough heroes for them to go to "war" against each other, and nobody seems to have secret identities anyway to go to war over--but when you think about it, a lot of the pieces are already there.

Civil War wasn't really about identities, it was about regulation--some low-rent superpeople screwed up, a school was blown up, and the government finally did the obvious thing and decided there needed to be regulations to manage all the superpeople running around.

You can find seeds for this idea in Iron Man 2, where some legitmate questions are asked about why we allow a wealthy drunk in a wearable fighter jet to drop into the middle east and start blowing people away. Avengers takes the idea further by having SHIELD creating contingencies against Hulk and Thor.

The final piece is in Winter Soldier, where we see Captain America become disillusioned with SHIELD (for very specific reasons, sure, but disillusioned all the same), and Nick Fury (the Avengers number one proponent in the government) is taken out of the picture.

All it takes now is for an Avengers wannabe to cause a tragic accident, and suddenly we have the setting for Civil War--but not a war between heroes: a war between the heroes and SHIELD.

Now, the idea would have to be massaged--you have to give SHIELD sufficient reason to arrest the Avengers, and you have to give the Avengers a reason to fight rather than cooperate--but these are details that can be worked out. The most significant difficulty is that it would be hard to do the idea justice without having it take over Avengers 3. You can start with Cap 3, but if you have a war between SHIELD and the Avengers it's likely to spill into Avengers 3. It's a drastically different direction than Thanos, so that's tough to pull off.

That said, somehow, at some point, I think this is an idea that can work--and has too much potential not to explore, especially with a SHIUELD show on TV that can show us the SHIELD side of the argument and have us sympathize with both sides.

 

[Iceman]

This may have been talked about before but considering Mark Ruffalo replaced Edward Norton, do people think the rest of The Incredible Hulk cast will be replaced. While I wouldn't consider any of them irreplaceable, I would welcome any of them back also

In my experiences here i think i could safely say most people would like for some of the cast back like hurt and tyler, just to have some continuity. Since Nelson is now moleman most people want him replaced, Michael Emerson is my top pick to replace him.

I have no idea what they plan to do but I'd like to see those 2 come back. Not so much Nelson.

 

[CaptainWagner]

In my experiences here i think i could safely say most people would like for some of the cast back like hurt and tyler, just to have some continuity. Since Nelson is now moleman most people want him replaced, Michael Emerson is my top pick to replace him.

Emerson would be a good pick for Sterns/Leader. I've always thought Jude Law would be good in the role, too.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I agree. I just want the leader back, doesn't have to be Nelson.

 

[LTM438]

So, I was checking out the wikipedia page on the MCU and stumbled across this entry under the "specials" heading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe#Late_2014_special

Is this a bunch of baloney that some random person decided to add to the page, or are we getting what seems like it could be "Assembling a Universe - Part 2" or something of that nature?

Can anyone find the interview with Bell where he says that?

EDIT: Did some more digging and found the interview: http://comicbook.com/2014/09/11/exclusive-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s-showrunner-jeffrey-bell/

It sounds less like the special will be brand new, upon reading it. If nothing else, this is 100% confirmation of a (almost) no-break Marvel run from now until Age of Ultron. I think that was assumed based on comments from Clark Gregg, but this feels more concrete.

 

[SymbioteKal-El]

Origin films are some of the best IMO, so I hope the same as you. Among sequels, it's good to have one or two origins films in the mix.

Same here, especially as in terms of MCU movies the origin stories are some of their best, only TWS has been viewed as a clearly better sequel to its predecessor. IM2 and TDW had mixed responses in general.

 

[kedrell]

I don't even think TWS is better than the original. I think both are equally great but for different reasons. The first oozed this great nostalgic atmosphere that I loved and the 2nd found it's own way with the political thriller angle and probably the best hand-to-hand action in any superhero film to date. I gave them both 9/10's.