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Marvel Movies/TV series I want to see happen


On 04/01/2014 at 10:41 AM by Jesse Miller

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The thing that I love about Marvel as a movie studio is that they’ve been willing to pull out some of their lower tier characters and put them on a pedestal.  This is partly out of necessity of course; Spiderman and the X-men franchises are arguably the biggest cash cows in Marvel’s potential arsenal, and those franchises are tied up at Sony and Fox respectively.  Don’t get me wrong, Iron Man and Captain America are hardly B listers in the Marvel U, but they certainly aren’t the most recognizable faces in pop culture either (or at least they weren’t). 

Marvel made due with the rights they had retained and instead concentrated on world building, something that hadn’t been attempted in cinematic history up to that point – creating a fluid universe that included multiple films, culminating in a huge crossover event: The Avengers.

The rest is history, and the resulting good will with the audience is allowing them to take risks.  Upcoming films for Ant-Man and The Guardians of the Galaxy were the stuff of fanboy dreams not all that long ago (even most comic book fans had only a passing understanding of GotG before the movie was announced) and are now likely to pull in pretty decent box office when released.

When Marvel regained the rights to Daredevil I immediately said that they should make the Man Without Fear into a TV series.  Not only did Marvel eventually announce said TV series, but they did one better and announced that we’d also be getting a Jessica Jones show, a Power Man show (Luke Cage), an Iron Fist show, and a TV crossover event in the form of The Defenders series.  And all of these would be on Netflix starting in 2015 (Huzzah for binge watching!!!).

Now, with that said it seems the possibilities of future movies and television shows are only bound by the rights Marvel has retained.  Here is a list of what I would like to see make it to the big/small screen.  Please note I haven’t included properties that are already heavily rumored like Dr. Strange or Black Panther – those will likely happen sooner or later.

Television Series – Moon Knight

In the past Marvel has had a problem really selling Moon Knight.  He’s pretty much Marvel’s take on Batman, but with multiple personality disorder, which sounds badass, but for whatever reason he hasn’t been able to crack above “C List” fame.  That might be changing though, with Warren Ellis taking on writing duties for Moon Knight’s new series.  The first issue was great and with a potential ground swell in popularity there is no reason he couldn’t do well in his own Netflix series (I wouldn’t put a Moon Knight show on ABC, it would be too violent).

TV makes sense for Moon Knight for a couple of reasons.  With multiple personalities, the character will need time to be fully realized.  Film won’t offer the opportunities that a more long form series could, and with the comic seemingly shifting more focus onto the character’s detective abilities it would make sense to have a “case” go the length of a season.  The second reason is the violence.  Making a PG-13 rated Moon Knight movie would be difficult, but you could get away with a bit more on unrated television or TV-MA.  Personally, this is the most exciting one for me personally on this list. 

Television Series – Elektra

With Daredevil making his TV debut next year, it only makes sense that the deadly assassin, and major Daredevil supporting character Elektra would follow on his heels.  I’d imagine that she’ll first make a cameo appearance in the Daredevil series before spinning off on her own.  Perhaps there would be a crossover event that includes a certain villain whose really damn good at darts…

Movie or Television series – Spider Woman

With the Spiderman property likely tied up with Sony until the end of tie (or at least until they stop making bajillions of dollars on it) there is currently a dearth of spider related heroism going on in the Marvel cinematic universe.  Another lacking element is the number of main female heroes.  I suppose you could try to count Black Widow (she may get her own movie in the future), but she’s more of an ancillary character than main protagonist.  Enter Jessica Drew: Spider Woman. 

Spider Woman is a damn interesting character in my opinion.  My only fear is that there could be audience confusion with Spider-man soon to be getting annualized films from Sony, which is why I would love to introduce her in another film (Avengers 3 perhaps?) before spinning her off into her own Netflix show or a movie.

Movie – Inhumans

If I were Marvel, I wouldn’t want all of my film properties explicitly tied to each other like the phase one films were.  You could have multiple microcosms throughout the greater universe to allow for more jumping on points for new fans, or just to offer a different flavor.  The cosmic universe of Marvel may be the least popular group of comics (for now) but it offers a plethora of opportunities.  As previously stated, GotG will be the first to dabble in this area.  That film will be to the cosmic universe as Iron Man 1 was to the current Marvel films – a jumping off point for a greater shared universe.  Aside from an obvious sequel to the GotG (assuming the film does well) I would suspect Marvel would want to expand that aspect of the universe with the next biggest element, the Inhumans.

The Inhumans offer the opportunity to do something very different than previous films, even GotG.  I for one, am a big fan of these characters and with their new ongoing series set to debut (Inhuman) I would not be surprised if we see these guys in either the next GotG (they could also have a post credits teaser) or in their own feature film.

Honorable Mention – Movie – Nova

I love Nova, especially Annihilation era Nova.  With the Nova Corps making an appearance in GotG this one seems like a no-brainer.  To be honest, I think this would work better as a TV show about the Nova Corps as a whole (NYPD, but in space) but I’d worry that the effects budget would be a bit too constraining.  It’s also possible that Nova never gets his own film (like Hawkeye – another dude that would do well in TV) and instead appears as a supporting character in cosmic U films.

Of course, I could go on, but I won’t.  Let me know what you think of my suggestions and post your own thoughts and wish list in the comments section!  Looking forward to hearing what you all think.

Game on.


 

Comments

Jamie Alston Staff Writer

04/01/2014 at 10:47 AM

I think Gaurdians of the Galaxy will the be the testing grounds for gauging the audience's interest in cosmic universe of Marvel.  If all goes well, this could very well pave the way for more story lines involving beings like Thanos and in Inhumans.  I'm interested in seeing where this goes.

Moon Knight would be a cool choice as well.  But I think its unlikely they would have a movie for that character any time soon because he might too easily associated with Batman in certain respects.  If the character of Moon Knight were to appear in a Marvel movie, he'd probably never show up in-costume.  Maybe just as his alter ego self as a reference.  Of course, I could be completely wrong too.  I have no idea what I'm talking about.

Jesse Miller Staff Writer

04/01/2014 at 12:36 PM

That's why I said Moon Knight would be prime for TV.  The subject matter is similar to Batman, except that he's insance.  You could totally do this on a lower budget, and they could get away with more violence which is necessary for Moon Knight to work.

TheMart22

04/01/2014 at 12:02 PM

I'd love to see a TV series highlighting the lesser known mutants in Professor X's school. Each episode could be in the viewpoint of a different mutant and the season would bring it all together in a big bust up. I'm not sure if Marvel would have the rights to these characters for TV purposes though

Jesse Miller Staff Writer

04/01/2014 at 12:35 PM

Unfortunately they do not, BUT that doesn't mean that Fox couldn't make that happen.  Out of the non-Marvel driven movies to come out, the X-Men movies are some of the more consistently good films (wasn't a fan of Last Stand or Wolverine Origins).  An Xaviar Accadamy show would be awesome IMO.

TheMart22

04/01/2014 at 01:43 PM

Yeah thinking on it, I guess that's why Mutant X came out some years back. Shame

Super Step Contributing Writer

04/01/2014 at 04:08 PM

I actually liked the Affleck Daredevil a lot as a kid, and I've heard the Director's Cut gets rid of most problems people had with the theatrical release, so I'm loving this news of the character coming to Netflix. Speaking of superhero Netflix shows, I need to watch Arrow soon. Ok, not a Netflix original, but it's how I'm gonna watch it. 

Never heard of Moon Knight, but he needs his own Netflix original series for sure. 

I hope maybe Sony and Marvel at least can work something out to get Spidey in an Avengers at some point, for the kids. 

Jesse Miller Staff Writer

04/01/2014 at 04:19 PM

I'd love it if the studios could get together and produce films in a connected universe.  If Disney and Warner Bros. could collaborate on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, why not for Marvel? And if not for the kids, than the bajillions of dollars that would result?

But, alas, me thinks that Marvel is secretely hoping for all their non-studio films to bust, so they're in a better position to buy the back.  Sony isn't selling Spiderman until he stops making money.  Same goes for Fox with the Fantastic Four (actually does well in global box office) and the X-men.

Super Step Contributing Writer

04/01/2014 at 04:33 PM

I could honestly care less about X-Men and Fantastic Four, because they're already teams. I think Avengers movies work because you're excited to see the individual characters' movies then see the grand finale so to speak. Seeing Wolvie would be cool, but I really don't need it in an Avengers flick to be honest.

Cary Woodham

04/01/2014 at 08:52 PM

I don't really get into comic books, so I don't know much about Marvel outside of the movies or Marvel vs. Capcom.  But in the third MvsC game, I did like the She-Hulk ending that had Phoenix Wright in it.  So I vote for a movie that has She-Hulk and Phoenix Wright team up!  Aren't you glad I'm not the one coming up with real movie ideas? :)

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