WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: MARVEL MOVIES

Iron Man (2008)

>Several directors turned the movie down because they believed it'd flop before Jon Favreau was hired. Louis Leterrier was also interested, and subsequently directed THE INCREDIBLE HULK.

>Sam Rockwell and Clive Owen auditioned for Tony Stark before Robert Downey Jr. was cast.

>Rachel McAdams was offered Pepper Potts, but declined, and Gwyneth Paltrow was cast.

>Early drafts featured the Mandarin as a corrupt Chinese businessman who led the 10 Rings and created the Crimson Dynamo armor to fight Iron Man, before Jon Favreau decided to build up to the character.

>Early drafts featured Obadiah Stane only as Stark's estranged mentor, and his descend into villainy would be explored over several movies.

>In early drafts, Stark would throw Stane into a vat of acid rather than have him caught in the blast of the Arc Reactor's explosion. When the armor is retrieved, Stane's body is gone, indicating he might have survived.

>In early drafts, Stark would fight Stane in the prototype Mark IV armor, which includes a shoulder-mounted gattling gun and would later become the War Machine armor.

>The movie was filmed mostly without a script, with actors ad-libbing most of their lines based on a production guideline. Production was so chaotic that both the cast and the producers believed the movie would be a disaster until test-screenings reported surprisingly positive audience reception.

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The Incredible Hulk (2008)

>Mark Ruffalo was Louis Leterrier's original choice for Bruce Banner, but the studio favored Edward Norton.

>Ray Stevenson auditioned for Emil Blonsky before Tim Roth was cast.

>Norton had concerns about the movie's direction and demanded to revise the script. He notoriously clashed with producers and added several subplots that were partially filmed and ultimately cut.

>Stan Lee would originally cameo as the captain of the USS Excelsior, a fishing boat that Banner and Betty hire to take them to Manhattan after the U.S. military blockade the bridge.

>The Hulk would originally decapitate the Abomination with the chain wrapped around his neck. This was changed due to negative reception from test-audiences.

>Norton was a fan of "The Wire" and added a subplot about a man, played by Michael K. Williams, who reaches out to the Hulk during the Battle of Harlem to stop the destruction. The subplot was almost entirely cut and Williams' role reduced to a cameo.

>Norton also added an extended comedic sequence where Banner interacts with a computer geek while trying to retrieve data from the university. Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Jason Segel were approached to make an appearance as the computer geek, but when they all declined, the scene was scrapped and the geek reduced to a cameo, played by Martin Starr.

Iron Man 2 (2010)

>Emily Blunt was originally cast as Natasha Romanoff, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Scarlett Johansson.

>Terrence Howard, who played James Rhodes, was the highest-paid actor in "Iron Man", and asked to accept a pay cut for the sequel. When he refused, he was fired and replaced by Don Cheadle.

>Tim Robbins was approached to play Howars Stark, but declined.

>Zhang Ziyi was approached to play Rumiko Fujikawa before the character was scrapped.

>Justin Hammer was originally the main villain, and would've been an older, shrewd businessman. Producers envisioned Al Pacino in the role, but the idea was scrapped when Hammer was made into a younger, more comedic character and the secondary antagonist.

>Ivan Vanko was originally a secondary villain, alongside his brother Boris Bullsky. Vanko would die during the fight in Monaco, and Bullsky would be recruited by Hammer to become Titanium Man and avenge his brother's death. Sam Rockwell originally auditioned for Bullsky before the two characters were merged into one and made into the primary antagonist, played by Mickey Rourke.

>Jon Favreau's original plan was to adapt the "Demon in a Bottle" storyline, with Stark descending into alcoholism due to Hammer's machinations to ruin his public image, government pressure to surrender his technology and Pepper finding a new boyfriend, but the studio felt the subject was too dark and persuaded Favreau to change it to a storyline of Stark dying of Palladium poisoning.

>what could've been marvel movies?
Not good, that's for sure.

>Hawkeye was featured in early drafts, but was cut due to being superfluous to the narrative, filling the same role as Black Widow.

>In early cuts, Stark and Romanoff had a more flirtatious relationship. Most of these scenes where cut as test-audiences believed it underscored Stark's relationship with Pepper.

>In early cuts, Vanko was a more sympathetic character, but most of these scenes were cut, which displeased Rourke. He disowned the movie and swore never to work with Marvel again.

>Rourke added most of Vanko's quirks such as the hair, the tattoos, the dentures and the bird.

>Favreau notoriously complained about the rushed production schedule that didn't allow him to refine the script as much as he wanted. The cast once again ad-libbed most of their dialogue.

>In the original ending, Vanko would kidnap Pepper to force Stark to surrender to him and be executed, but War Machine intervenes and rescues Stark and Pepper before killing Vanko with the Ex-Wife missile. Test-audiences felt the ending was anti-climatic, and a new version where Iron Man and War Machine fight an armored Vanko was filmed.

Thor (2011)

>Daniel Craig was the original choice to play Thor, but declined.

>Charlie Hunnam, Joel Kinnaman, Alexander Skarsgard and Tom Hiddleston auditoned for Thor. Hiddleston impressed producers enough to be offered the role of Loki. The frontrunners were Chris Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth, with Chris ultimately being cast.

>Natalie Portman agreed to play Jane Foster because she felt the need to be in a lighter movie afte the emotionally straining "Black Swan".

>Josh Hartnett and Charlie Cox auditioned for Loki.

>Brian Blessed was originally approached to play Odin.

>Jessica Biel and Diora Baird auditoned for Sif.

>Alexander Townsend was originally cast as Fandral, but was fired due to his erractic behavior. Zachary Levi was originally approached to replace him, but couldn't commit, and Josh Dallas was cast.

>Early drafts featured Thor's human alter-ego, Dr. Donald Blake, and Kevin McKidd was reportedly approached to play him before the character was scrapped.

>Early drafts featured Thor and Loki's other brother, Balder.

>At one point, Sif and Heimdall would've been siblings, and Sif would've been black, but the idea was scrapped.

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

>Louis Leterrier volunteered to direct the movie, but the studio favored Joe Johnston.

>Joss Whedon made minor revisions to the script after signing on to direct "The Avengers".

>Channing Tatum, Garrett Hedlund, Scott Porter, Mike Vogel, Michael Cassidy, Wilson Bethel, Chace Crowford, Jensen Ackles and Sebastian Stan auditoned for Steve Rogers before Chris Evans was cast. Stan impressed producers and was hired to play James "Bucky" Barnes.

>Evans was initially reluctant to join due to the nine-picture contract offered by the studio, but agreed once it was reduced to a six movie contract.

>Emily Blunt was offered the role of Peggy Carter, but declined. Rosamund Pike, Alice Eve, Keira Knightley, Gemma Arterton and Alexa Davalos auditoned before Hayley Atwell was cast.

>Thomas Kretschmann auditioned for the role of Red Skull. He'd later play Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in "Avengers: Age of Ultron".

>Early drafts featured Baron Heinrich Zemo and Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker as high-ranking members of Hydra, but the writers believed they'd be wasted on minor role and should be used later as main antagonists.

The Avengers (2012)

>Jon Favreau was approached to direct the movie, but declined, while Louis Leterrier volunteered his services, but was turned down.

>Joe Carnahan was in discussion to direct the movie before Joss Whedon was hired.

>Zak Penn wrote the original script, and produced multiple drafts to accomodate the developments of the MCU. At one point, there were plans to introduce Thor and Loki directly in the movie rather than give Thor his own feature, as producers believed audiences would react poorly to the tonal dissonance of Thor's magic-oriented story.

>Penn's original drafts featured the Avengers being assembled by SHIELD to fight Hulk, who had been brainwashed by Loki, before they join forces to defend the Earth from an invasion of the Frost Giants. When Whedon joined the project, he scrapped Penn's version and wrote his own draft.

>Whedon originally wanted to use Ultron as the main villain, but was convinced by Marvel to use Loki as originally planned.

>Ant-Man and the Wasp were featured in early drafts. Ant-Man was removed after his movie was delayed. Whedon still wanted to include the Wasp, but the character was ultimately cut for being superfluous to the plot.

>Early drafts made Stark into the main character, but further revisions turned the movie into a more effective ensemble.

>Whedon was the one that suggested that Thanos be added to the movie as Loki's benefactor.

>Originally, Thor would use lightning to revive Stark after he falls back from the wormhole. Ruffalo improvised the scene where Hulk awakens Stark by roaring at him, and Whedon liked it enough to include it in the movie.

>Early cuts were over three hours long. To scale down the running time, Whedon cut several segments of the Battle of New York and several scenes about Rogers' struggle to adapt to modern times.

>In early cuts, Maria Hill being debriefed by the World Security Council about the Battle of New York is using a framing device that opens and closes the movie.

Too bad they're all good as is.

>Robert Downey Jr. ad-libbed most of his dialogue.

>Edward Norton did not return due to his troubled relationship with Marvel Studios. David Duchovny was briefly considered as his replacement before Mark Ruffalo joined the cast.

>Jensen Ackles auditioned for Hawkeye before Jeremy Renner was cast.

>Morena Baccarin and Mary Elizabeth Winstead auditioned for Maria Hill before Cobie Smulders was cast.

>At one point, it was discussed to make Loki's army the Skrulls, but the studio felt the shapeshifting aspect would clutter the narrative and opted to create a new race and name them the Chitauri.

>The movie was originally rated "R" for the scene where Phil Coulson is killed by Loki. To ensure the PG-13 rating, the blood was digitally erased, the stabbing was shortened and a reaction shot of Thor was added to "break" the continuous sequence of Coulson being stabbed and collapsing on the floor.

Iron Man 3 (2013)

>Tom Hooper was approached to direct the movie before Shane Black was hired at Robert Downey Jr.'s behest.

>Early plots discussed for the movie including Stark dismantling a conspiracy to sell Arc Reactor-powered weaponry on the black market and Stark attempting to prevent the Mandarin from hijacking China's efforts to create their own Iron Men.

>The Mandarin was expected to be the main villain, but Black and writer Drew Peace believed him to be a racist caricature and decided to make him a fabrication of the real villain.

>Originally, Maya Hansen would've been the main villain, but in further revisions her role was reduced in favor of Aldrich Killian.

>Jude Law was approached to play Killian before Guy Pearce was cast.

>Jessica Chastain was originally cast as Maya Hansen, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Gemma Arterton, Isla Fisher and Diane Kruger auditioned before Rebecca Hall was cast.

>Andy Lau was originally cast as Dr. Chen Wu, an old friend of Stark's who is instrumental to Killian's defeat, but dropped out and was replaced by Wang Xueqi. The role was reduced in further revisions, although the Chinese cut of the movie had several minor aditional scenes of Wu and his assistant, played by Fan Bingbing, to cater to Chinese audiences.

>Anthony Mackie auditioned for the role of Eric Savin. He'd later play the Falcon.

>Black's first draft for the movie was rated R.

>In early drafts, Extremis was a nanotechnology-based version of the Supersoldier Serum, but was later changed to a gene therapy procedure.

>In early drafts, Pepper would've had a tryst with Killian. Killian would use his Extremis-enhanced pheromones to seduce her, record their sexual encounter and broadcast it nationwide to taunt Stark.

>"Iron Man 3" was the last movie in Robert Downey Jr.'s original four-picture contract, and was written as a definitive end for the character should Downey Jr. not renegotiate to play the character in further installments.

If you're wondering why Whedon was given a free hand on Avengers 2 at first it's partly because he clearly saved Avengers 1.

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

>Patty Jenkins was hired to direct the movie at Natalie Portman's behest, but dropped out due to creative differences, and was replaced by Alan Taylor. Portman was reportedly upset by the decision and no longer wanted to be in the movie, but was contractually obligued to do so.

>Taylor notoriously clashed with producers, as he wanted a longer, darker and grittier movie, while they preferred a shorter, more humorous and sci-fi-oriented movie. The movie was revised multiple times during filming to find a middle ground, and several scenes were cut. Taylor also hated the stinger directed by James Gunn, which he felt didn't fit with the movie's tone.

>Mads Mikkselsen was originally cast as Malekith, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Christopher Eccleston.

>Josh Dallas couldn't reprise his role as Fandral due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Zachary Levi.

>In early drafts, Malekith was a more sympathetic character, and his backstory included witnessing his family needlessly being slaughtered by Thor's grandfather, Bors, fueling Malekith's hatred of Asgard and his obsession with plunging the Universe into darkness to restore his people.

>In early drafts, Sif had a larger role and would compete with Jane for Thor's affections, but most of her scenes were cut after Jamie Alexander injured herself on set.

>In early drafts, Loki had a minor role, but further revisions expanded his part due to his newfound popularity caused by "The Avengers".

>Early draft also included larger roles for Jane's suitor, Richard, played by Chris O'Dowd; and Asgardian commander Tyr, played by Clive Russell. They also featured the Valkyrie in a pivotal role.

>In early drafts, Jane would be corrupted by the Aether and become a vengeful sorceress, but this was scrapped as a "needless complication".

>Joss Whedon did minor revisions on the script. One of his demands a shirtless scene for Chris Hemsworth.

>Louis Leterrier was also interested
>Louis Leterrier volunteered to direct the movie, but the studio favored Joe Johnston.
>while Louis Leterrier volunteered his services, but was turned down.

wtf i hate whedon now

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

>F. Gary Gray and George Nolfi were considered to direct the movie before Joe & Anthony Russo were hired.

>Anna Kendrick, Emilia Clarke, Felicity Jones, Imogen Gay Poots, Teresa Palmer, Alison Brie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jessica Brown Findlay auditioned for Sharon Carter before Emily VanCamp was cast.

>Kevin Durand, Josh Holloway and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau auditioned for Brock Rumlow before Frank Grillo was cast.

>Michael B. Jordan auditioned for Sam Wilson before Anthony Mackie was cast.

>Alec Baldwin was approached to play Alexander Pierce before Robert Redford agreed to join the movie.

>Early drafts featured several flashbacks of Captain America in WWII to explore his friendship with Bucky and his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but they were nearly entirely scrapped from the movie.

>Early drafts featured Hawkeye being deployed to capture Captain America after he escapes from the Triskelion, leading to a chase through the streets of Washington, D.C. that ends with Rogers and Barton fighting in an abandoned warehouse. Rogers gains the upper hand, and Barton alerts him that there are tracking devices on his suit before letting Rogers go and making it appear as if he had escaped. He would later coordinate the evacuation of the Triskelion and protect innocent agents from Hydra operatives, but writers felt he was superfluous to the narrative and Renner was unavailable for the majority of filming.

>In early drafts, Sharon Carter had a larger role. To streamline the narrative, parts of her character were merged with Black Widow.

>In early drafts, Zola would survive the explosion at the old SHIELD outpost by leaving in a robotic body, but the idea was scrapped as it "looked too silly" after such a emotionally-heavy scene.

>Scarlett Johansson suggested the arrow necklace Romanoff wears throughout the movie.

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

>Peyton Reed was considered to direct the movie before James Gunn was hired.

>Joel Edgerton, Eddie Redmayne, Jensen Ackles, Jack Huston, Cam Gigandet, Sullivan Stapleton, Logan Marshall-Green, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Lowell, James Marsden, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Aaron Paul, Michael Rosenbaum, Wes Bentley, John Krasinski, Lee Pace and Glenn Howerton auditioned for the role of Star-Lord before Chris Pratt was cast. According to Gunn,Howerton would be offered the part if Pratt hadn't been cast.

>Gunn originally didn't want to watch Pratt's audition tape, believing him to be wrong for the role, but was ultimately convinced by his assistant and immediately decided Pratt was the ideal Star-Lord.

>Gina Carano, Olivia Wilde, Rachel Nichols, Thandie Newton and Adrianne Palicki auditioned for the role of Gamora, while Elizabeth Banks campaigned for the part, before Zoe Saldana was cast.

>Jason Momoa was offered the role of Drax, but turned it down due to salary issues. Djimon Hounson, Brian Patrick Wade and Isaiah Mustafa also auditioned before Dave Bautista was cast. Hounsou was later cast as Korath.

>Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler and David Tennat were approached to voice Rocket before Bradley Cooper was cast.

>Gal Gadot auditoned for the role of Nebula.

>Early drafts featured Richard Rider becoming Nova as a counter-point to Star-Lord. In further revisions, Rider was cut so Star-Lord could be the sole focus.

>Early drafts featured Bug as a member of the team, but he had to be cut due to copyright issues.

>Early drafts featured an appearance of Adam Warlock.

>Gunn originally didn't want to include Thanos in the movie as mandated by the studio, as he believed it'd cheapen Ronan's role as the main villain. However, he found an appropriate middle ground in Ronan threatening to go after Thanos and killing his lackey, the Other.

>Early drafts included the Spartoi and the Nova Centurions.

>In early drafts, Yondu would die during the Battle of Xandar.

>Early cuts featured additional scenes set to "Livin' Thing" by ELO and "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum. Also, "Hooked on a Feeling" was originally set to Star-Lord's arrival at the Moragian temple to retrieve the orb.

>Early cuts featured an extended version of the epilogue set to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", revealing an elderly Grandpa Quill still hoping Peter will return one day. The segment was cut because several test-audiences didn't recognize actor Gregg Henry due to the prosthetics used to make him look older, and felt that the scene was too depressing.

>Ronan's soldiers were originally the Badoon, but their rights were with 20th Century Fox, requiring them to be changed to Saakarans.

>Marvel wanted to use Galactus and the Silver Surfer in the scene where the Collector is explaining the Infinity Stones, and offered to extend the deadline for the rights of Daredevil so Fox could complete the troubled, long-delayed R-rated movie written and directed by Joe Carnahan that they were producing, in exchange for letting the Fantastic Four's affiliated characters revert to Marvel. Fox preferred to hold on to the Fantastic Four's lore, and a Celestial was used in that scene instead, while Daredevil and his affiliated characters reverted.

>Originally, Stan Lee would be part of the Collector's inventory and flip off Groot when Groot notices him, but Gunn changed it as believed it was "too meta".

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

>Saoirse Ronan was approached to play Scarlet Witch, but declined, and Elizabeth Olsen was cast.

>Dougray Scott and Marton Csokas auditioned for the role of Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker.

>Natalie Martinez auditioned for the role of Laura Barton.

>Early into production, there were plans for J.A.R.V.I.S. to become Ultron.

>The Tesseract and Loki's staff were originally not going to be Infinity Stones. They were retroactively made into part of the Stones to further Thanos' storyline.

>Loki would originally appear in Thor's vision, discussing the impending cataclysm in the ruins of Asgard. This was cut because test-audiences were confused about the nature of the vision and believed it implied Loki was behind Ultron becoming sentient.

>The studio originally planned to cut the heroes' visions and reduce the segment at Hawkeye's farm, but Whedon convinced them otherwise. He was require to include the segment about Thor's investigation into the Infinity Stone, although it was later poorly received by test-audiences and mostly cut.

>Whedon included the romantic subplot between Banner and Black Widow as he felt the Hawkeye/Black Widow pairing originally planned by the studio was too predictable.

>Whedon notoriously struggled to write the script and clashed with the studio throughout production.

>The rough cut was over three hours long and severely edited to reduce the running time, which included completely reestructuring the final battle, which required lenghty reshoots and post-production.

>An alternative ending where Quicksilver survives and joins the New Avengers was filmed should the studio change their minds about the character's death.

>The original formation of the New Avengers also included Spider-Man and Captain Marvel, but the deal with Sony Pictures was not yet finalized and the studio felt Captain Marvel was best served being introduced in her own movie.

>In early drafts, Ultron would recruit the Abomination to join him. Tim Roth was approached to return to the role before the idea was scrapped.

>In early drafts, the Battle of Sokovia would culminate with the Ultron drones combining to form a skyscrapper-sized Ultron that'd fight all the Avengers at once.

>In early drafts, Banner would reject Romanoff, as she views him as a representative of the stable, normal life she wishes she had, and he believes he's no longer entitled to. She would also trigger his transformation into the Hulk in the final battle by claiming to have lied about her feeling to keep the Hulk under control.

>In early drafts, Rogers and Stark would have a more contentious relationship and part on less amicable terms.

>In early drafts, Ultron was directly modeled after Stark's personality and his ideals were a corrupted, extremist version of Stark's own viewpoints about humanity.

>In early drafts, the Avengers confront Ultron, the Twins and Ulysses Klaw at a hijacked Vibranium mine in the outskirts of Wakanda, which was changed so as to give Wakanda a proper introduction in the standalone BLACK PANTHER movie.

Ant-Man (2015)

>"Ant-Man" would originally be part of Phase I with a tentpole release date in 2010.

>Edgar Wright was originally attached to direct the movie. Production was delayed numerous times, and he eventually dropped out due to creative differences with the studio.

>Wright reportedly wanted a stylized and completely standalone movie, unfitting with the tone and approach of the MCU. Studio revisions to his script, including mandatory cameos by Howard Stark and Peggy Carter, are what drove him to quit.

>Adam McKay and Rawson Marshall Thurber were considered to direct the movie before Peyton Reed was hired. McKay revised the script.

>Joseph Gordon-Levitt was the frontrunner to play Scott Lang alongside Paul Rudd.

>Jessica Chastain was approached to play Hope Van Dyne, but declined due to scheduling conflicts.

>Steve Buscemi was Reed's first choice to play Hank Pym, but was unavailable, and Michael Douglas was cast.

>Patrick Wilson was originally cast as Jim Paxton, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts when production was delayed.

>Matt Gerald was originally cast as a member of Scott's crew, Sam, but the character was scrapped in Reed's revisions.

>Early cuts included a prologue set in 1989, featuring a young Pym retrieving stolen data from a military compound in Cuba. Jordi Molla was cast as the compound's leader, General Castillo, but his scenes were cut.

>Early cuts featured Lang retrieving the stolen Cross Particles from HYDRA operative Mitchell Carson, but this was cut to leave the storyline to be explored in a potential sequel.

>Evangeline Lily nearly dropped out of the movie after Wright's departure, and only changed her mind after meeting Reed and learning her role would be expanded.

>Early cuts featured Darren Cross experimenting with the Cross Particles before unveiling the Yellowjacket, and testing the suit himself, explaining his insanity. The order of the scenes was rearranged in post-production to make the movie more dynamic.

>In Wright's draft, Lang is an petty criminal who has been arrested multiple times and Pym is a mad scientist obsessed with his legacy. Both characters were much less sympathetic than their movie counterparts.

>Hope Van Dyne had a minor role.

>Scott's crew was formed by eight different criminals, who all had minor roles.

>Darren Cross would become the Nano-Warrior rather than the Yellowjacket.

>Maggie and Paxton had larger roles. Scott, Maggie and Paxton would be childhood friends, and Scott and Paxton would have always competed for her affections. Paxton would been a petty crook before becoming a policeman, and much less sympathetic towards Scott.

>The final battle between Ant-Man and Nano Warrior would've taken place at a high-speed car chase.

>Reed's revisions added Scott's sympathetic backstory; Pym's more sympathetic characterization; a larger role for Hope; Scott's crew being condensed into Luis, Dave and Kurt; the Quantum Realm; Ant-Man fighting the Falcon; and reduced roles for Maggie and Paxton, with Paxton being a more sympathetic character.

>Daniel Craig
The guy is only a couple inches taller than RDJ, and he was their first choice?

>Marvel wanted to use Galactus and the Silver Surfer in the scene where the Collector is explaining the Infinity Stones, and offered to extend the deadline for the rights of Daredevil so Fox could complete the troubled, long-delayed R-rated movie written and directed by Joe Carnahan that they were producing, in exchange for letting the Fantastic Four's affiliated characters revert to Marvel. Fox preferred to hold on to the Fantastic Four's lore, and a Celestial was used in that scene instead, while Daredevil and his affiliated characters reverted.
Shame we didn't get the rights for Fantastic Four characters back. On the bright side, we did get Daredevil
>Originally, Stan Lee would be part of the Collector's inventory and flip off Groot when Groot notices him, but Gunn changed it as believed it was "too meta".
They should've kept this in

>In early drafts, the Battle of Sokovia would culminate with the Ultron drones combining to form a skyscrapper-sized Ultron that'd fight all the Avengers at once.
Now that I would like to see

>This was cut because test-audiences were confused about the nature of the vision and believed it implied Loki was behind Ultron becoming sentient.
Why are test audiences so retarded?

>>Early drafts featured the Mandarin as a corrupt Chinese businessman who led the 10 Rings and created the Crimson Dynamo armor to fight Iron Man, before Jon Favreau decided to build up to the character.

They got offended in behalf of the chinese because oh noes, we cant do the mandarin as a chinese wizard without people thinkin of fu man chu

>Joss Whedon did minor revisions on the script. One of his demands a shirtless scene for Chris Hemsworth.

Is he gay? Or trying too hard to please women?

>Zhang Ziyi was approached to play Rumiko Fujikawa before the character was scrapped.

Good, bullet dodge, remember the last that chinese woman played a japanese girl?

The Chinese are the biggest part of the revenue.

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

>During early development the Russos considered adapting the "Grand Director" storyline, about a psychotic supersoldier created in the 1950's to replace Captain America.

>Kevin Feige was initially reluctant to adapt the "Civil War" storyline, but was ultimately persuaded by the Russos.

>Tony Stark was meant to only make a brief appearance per executive producer Ike Permultter's demand. Robert Downey Jr. lobbied for a larger role, and was backed by Feige, who believed the movie needed the proper conflict. Permultter objected due to Downey Jr.'s salary, leading to a feud that would result in the disbandment of the Marvel Creative Committee that oversaw all previous movies, and Feige seizing control of the entire movie department, while Permultter was shuffled to the television department.

>During a brief period where it appeared Downey Jr. wouldn't be a part of the movie, the Russos entertained an alternative third act in which Zemo would be after the Madbomb, which was created by Hydra and stored in the Siberian outpost. Zemo would the unleash it on Washington, D.C., forcing the Avengers to find a way to prevent the outbreak without harming the mind-warped civilians.

>Early drafts featured Captain America's death, but the Russos believed this would cause the Avengers to come together again, and felt that leaving Captain America alive and the team shattered and facing their choices was more dramatically interesting.

>In early drafts, Black Widow and Vision were on Captain America's side, while Ant-Man and Hawkeye were on Iron Man's side.

>Early drafts featured Pepper Potts, who would be pregnant, but the idea was scrapped as it'd require a contract renegotiation for Gwyneth Paltrow.

>Early drafts featured Bruce Banner in a minor role, but this was scrapped as it'd conflict with THOR: RAGNAROK.

>Early drafts featured an extended introduction to Ant-Man, which was scrapped as it conflicted with what was established in ANT-MAN.

>Steve Buscemi was Reed's first choice to play Hank Pym, but was unavailable, and Michael Douglas was cast.

Thank fucking God. Michael Douglas was amazing.

ANTS.

>Early drafts featured the Wasp joining Captain America's team alongside Ant-Man, but the Russos felt she was superfluous to the story and best served being introduced in ANT-MAN & THE WASP.

>In early drafts, the Russos considered giving Peter Parker the Iron Spider suit and having Secretary Thaddeus Ross transform into the Red Hulk.

>The Russos intended for Spider-Man to have a larger role and function as the neutral viewpoint to the conflict. When negotiations with Sony initially fell through, he was replaced by Black Panther, who would originally only appear as Prince T'Challa, advocating for the Accords at behest of Wakanda. Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures later reached a deal and Spider-Man was reinserted in the narrative, although Black Panther's expanded role was maintained.

>Logan Lerman and Dylan O'Brien were Sony Pictures' top choices for the role before Marvel Studios decided to cast a young unknown.

>Tom Holland, Asa Butterfield, Charlie Rowe, Judah Lewis, Matthew Lintz and Charlie Plummer were the finalists to the role after numerous auditions. Butterfield was favored, but allegedly lost the role after disclosing confidential details about it. The frontrunners ended up being Holland, Rowe and Plummer, with Holland ultimately being cast.

>Ernie Hudson was approached to play King T'Chaka of Wakanda.

Doctor Strange (2016)

>Fede Alvarez, Mark Andrews, Jonathan Levine, Nikolaj Arcel and Dean Israelite were approached to direct the movie before Scott Derrickson was selected.

>Colin Farrell, Ethan Hawke, Jack Huston, Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhall, Tom Hardy, Oscar Isaac, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew McConaughey, Keannu Reeves, Ewan McGregor and Justin Theroux were approached for the role of Stephen Strange.

>Joaquin Phoenix was the studio's top choice for the role and was very interested in it, but ultimately declined due to the multi-picture contract that required him to be available for multiple sequels and crossovers.

>Benedict Cumberbatch initially declined the role of Stephen Strange due to scheduling conflicts, but after a brief production delay he became available and ultimately accepted the offer.

>Morgan Freeman, Bill Nighy and Ken Watanabe were considered for the Ancient One before Tilda Swinton was cast.

>>The movie was originally rated "R" for the scene where Phil Coulson is killed by Loki. To ensure the PG-13 rating, the blood was digitally erased, the stabbing was shortened and a reaction shot of Thor was added to "break" the continuous sequence of Coulson being stabbed and collapsing on the floor.

An R rating just for the original scene while everything else is Disney PG........furtherproof that PG-13 nowadays means Practically G and nobody over 13 will like it.

>Keanu Reeves as Doctor Strange
whoah

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Spider-Man (2002)

>Chris Columbus, Roland Emmerich, Tony Scott, Jan de Bont, Ang Lee, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan and Tim Burton were approached to direct the movie before Sam Raimi was hired.

>David Koepp wrote the first draft of the script, which was later revised by Scott Rosenberg and Alvin Sargent. Koepp's draft was notoriously campier and more melodramatic in line with the comic book movies of the 1990's.

>In Koepp's draft, Peter Parker and Harry Osborn are not friends, and Mary-Jane Watson has a crush on Harry. Peter and Harry eventually move in together so Aunt May can sublet Peter's room to help pay the bills, with the agreement Peter will help Harry with his studies. Harry is consumed by jealousy when Peter and MJ begin growing closer. Mary-Jane also has a younger brother who finds out Peter is Spider-Man.

>In Koepp's draft, Norman Osborn despises Harry and believes OsCorp will be ruined under his administration. He forces Harry to fire OsCorp's head scientist, Dr. Otto Octavius, whose designs OsCorp has stolen, causing an infuriated Octavius to lash out and cause an explosion that both fuses his mechanical arms to his spine and exposes Norman to a serum that turns him into the Green Goblin.

>In Koepp's draft, Norman's goal is to kill Harry to preserve OsCorp's future, and he later begins targeting Peter for stealing MJ from Harry, and MJ from choosing another man over Harry, which Norman views as an affront to the Osborn family. Octavius sees the Green Goblin using his designs and vows revenge against him, becoming Doctor Octopus.

>In Koepp's draft, the Green Goblin lures Peter, Harry and MJ into a trap at OsCorp Tower and attempts to kill them, but Peter manages to intervene as Spider-Man and save Harry. Doctor Octopus intervenes, forcing the Green Goblin to flee after kidnapping Mary-Jane. He attempts to throw her from the Brooklyn Bridge, but Spider-Man rescues her and knocks the Green Goblin off his glider. The Green Goblin is arrested and swears revenge on Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus swears revenge on Spider-Man for sparing the Green Goblin's life and Harry swears revenge on Spider-Man after seeing him kissing MJ.

>Rosenberg's and Sargent's revisions removed Doctor Octopus and refined the storyline, centering it on Peter's relationship with his surrogate fathers, Uncle Ben and Norman. Only two scenes from their drafts were removed from the movie: Peter rescuing hostages in a subway station, which is referenced in the movie, and Peter protecting Fargas, the wheelchair-bound OsCorp executive, during the Green Goblin's first attack.

>Freddie Prinze Jr. was Sony's top choice to play Peter, but Raimi believed he wasn't right for the role. Scott Speedman, Jay Rodan and James Franco auditioned before Tobey Maguire was cast. Franco was later cast as Harry.

>Kate Hudson was Sony's top choice to play MJ, but declined. Alicia Witt, Mena Suvari, Elisha Cuthbert and Eliza Dushku auditioned before Kirsten Dunst was cast.

>Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich and Robert De Niro were approached to play Norman Osborn before Willem Dafoe was cast.

>Hugh Jackman was approached to make a cameo appearance as Wolverine, but scheduling conflicts prevented it from happening.

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

>Al Gough & Miles Millar and Michael Chabon wrote two alternative scripts, which were later combined by Raimi, Koepp and Sargent. Both drafts centered on Peter struggling with his responsabilities as he battles Doctor Octopus. Gough & Millar's draft also included Black Cat as an expert thief who attempts to entice Peter into abandoning his responsabilities and set up the Lizard for a potential sequel.

>In Chabon's draft, Otto Octavius is a handsome young scientist and the creator of the spider that bit Peter, to whom he provides with a microchip that can suppress his abilities. Octavius begins dating MJ, but spirals into insanity adter becoming addicted to the endorphins released into his system whenever he uses his mechanical arms. They're fused to his spine after a fight with Spider-Man, slowly killing him, and he becomes obsessed with using Spider-Man's spinal fluid to cure himself.

>In Chabon's draft, Harry also descends into paranoia, believing that Spider-Man is conspiring against him, and places a $10 million bounty on Spider-Man through the Daily Bugle, turning New York City against him. This, coupled with Octavius' accident and MJ's relationship with him, are what drives Peter to use the microchip to remove his powers, although he later has to slice it out with a butcher knife to become Spider-Man once again and stop Doctor Octopus.

>In Chabon's draft, Octavius realizes he's become a monster after MJ appeals to his humanity, and commits suicide in a collapsing building.

>Tobey Maguire injured his back while filming "Seabiscut" and demanded that shooting be delayed to accomodate his recovery, leading to tense negotiations with Sony in which he was nearly fired. Jake Gyllenhall had already been lined up to replace him before Maguire and Sony reached an agreement.

>Vincent D'Onofrio, Chris Cooper and Robert de Niro were approached to play Octavius before Alfred Molina was cast.

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

>Raimi and his brother, Ivan Raimi, wrote the first draft of the script, which was later revised by Sargent.

>In early drafts, Sandman and Vulture are the villains. Sandman is a reluctant criminal who accidentally killed Uncle Ben and uses his newfound powers to steal the money needed for his daughter's treatment, while Vulture is Sandman's former cellmate whom he breaks out of prison to help him defeat Spider-Man. Harry's descent into villainy is explored, but he only becomes the new Green Goblin as a stinger for a potential sequel.

>Sony demanded that Raimi add Venom and Gwen Stacy to the narrative and explore Harry as the New Goblin, forcing Raimi to remove the Vulture and change the movie's storyline from "Peter finds out good people can be criminals" to "Peter grapples with his dark side". The script became so complex that Sargent considered splitting it into two movies, but couldn't find a satisfying breaking point in the story.

>In early drafts, the symbiote would arrive on Earth in a space shuttle piloted by John Jameson, which would malfunction and nearly crash-land on Manhattan before Spider-Man intervenes and manages to divert it into the Hudson River, for which he is awarded the key to the city. The sequence was deemed too extenside and expensive and entirely scrapped.

>In early drafts, Eddie Brock's sociopathic tendencies are evidenced, with Peter learning of his criminal record. Brock would also obsessively stalk Gwen and attempt to force his way into her house, claiming she told him she loved him, before being escorted out by Captain Stacy, and present himself as "the only righteous man in a world of sinners" during his rant at the church.

>In early drafts, Sandman would ambush Spider-Man once again at the construction site, before being interrupted by Captain George Stacy, who brings his wife and daughter into the site. Sandman learns that his daughter's conditional is terminal and there is no longer a cure, and is allowed by Spider-Man and Captain Stacy to escape and spend his daughter's final moments by her side.

>In early drafts, Harry's butler Bernard is revealed to a hallucination projected by Harry's subconscious to justify him betraying his father's memory by helping Peter. The scene was shot, but removed after test-audiences were confused by it.

>In early drafts, Gwen would've been kidnapped by Venom and Sandman, but scheduling conflicts forced Raimi to replace her with MJ although he didn't want MJ to be the damsel in distress once again.

>Ben Kingsley was approached to play the Vulture before the character was cut.

>Elisha Cuthbert and Scarlett Johansson were approached for Gwen Stacy before Bryce Dallas Howard was cast.

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

>Sony greenlit SPIDER-MAN 4 for June 2011, with Raimi, Maguire, Dunst, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons set to return, and John Malkovich and Anne Hathaway as the Vulture and Felicia Hardy. James Vanderbilt wrote the script, which was later revised by Steve Kloves, Gary Ross and David Lindsay-Abaire, but Raimi was not satisfied with the story and dropped out, leading to the project being scrapped.

>The script featured Peter and MJ as a married couple with a young son, Ben. Peter develops a relationship with Felicia, the adoptive daughter of Adrian Toomes, the new editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, who attempts to seize control of New York City's criminal underworld as the Vulture. When Toomes accidentally dies in a fight with Spider-Man, Felicia becomes the Vulturess to enact revenge, but chooses to spare Peter's life upon learning who he is and leaves, while MJ and Ben also depart for Los Angeles, driving Peter to give up being Spider-Man.

>Sony originally planned to complete Raimi's series with SPIDER-MAN 4 and SPIDER-MAN 5 before rebooting the franchise, but decided to move forward with a reboot written by Vanderbilt and later revised by Kloves, Sargent and Paul Feig, and Marc Webb was selected to direct.


>In early drafts, Peter learns that his father, Richard Parker, coded the venom of the genetically engineered spiders he's created to Peter's DNA to prevent it from being weaponized by OsCorp, for which him and his wife, Mary Parker, were assassinated. Although "The Untold Story" was one of the marketing campaign's major selling points, Sony was wary after fan backlash when the concept was leaked online and deleted all scenes referencing the idea for the time being.

Norman wasn't really a surrogate father to Peter anyway, which made his begging in the climax weird

>In early drafts, Peter's high school classmates are more prominent. In addition to Gwen Stacy and Flash Thompson, there'd be Sally Avril, a popular student whom Peter is initially attracted to; Missy Kallenback, an introverted nerdy girl who has a crush on Peter; and Ariel Keene, Flash's manipulative girlfriend who attempts to seduce Peter once he becomes more popular after humilliating Flash in a basketball match. All three make brief appearances in the movie.

>In early drafts, Connors' relationship with his estranged ex-wife and son would receive more focus.

>In early drafts, Uncle Ben would be shot dead after chasing after the robber into a dark alley, mistakenly assuming he's Peter, causing the robber to panic and kill him.

>Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Daniel Radcliffe, Robert Pattinson, Logan Lerman, Anton Yelchin, Alden Ehrenreich, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Zac Efron, Jim Sturgess, Xavier Samuel, Liam Aiken, Drake Bell, Michael Angarano, Dane DeHaan and and Josh Hutcherson, among others, auditioned for the role of Peter before Andrew Garfield was cast.

>Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mia Wasikowska, Imogen Poots, Teresa Palmer, Brooklyn Decker, Amber Heard, Dianna Agron, Emily Browning, Lily Collins, Emma Roberts, Anna Kendrick, Ophelia Lovibond, Sara Paxton, Georgina Haig, Dominique McElligott, Scout Taylor-Compton auditoned for the role of Gwen before Emma Stone was cast.

>Michael Fassbender was approached to play Connors before Rhys Ifans was cast.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

>Originally, Peter would find out Norman Osborn murdered his parents and engineered his accident to use his blood as a cure in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, and Norman would become the Green Goblin, leading to a vicious confrontation in which Gwen dies, in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3. However, Sony changed their plans in order to launch a cinematic universe built around the Sinister Six and condensed the Green Goblin storyline into one movie, replacing Norman with Harry Osborn.

>Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Jeff Pinkner wrote the script based on Vanderbilt's original idea.

>In early drafts, Mary-Jane Watson is present as Peter's neighbor, a skilled mechanic and waitress who lives with her abusive father and greatly admires Spider-Man. She helps Peter fix Aunt May's car, and Peter repays the favor by vising her father as Spider-Man and intimidating him into leaving MJ alone, and they establish a friendship.

>In early drafts, Peter meets J. Jonah Jameson and Robbie Robertson when he visits the Daily Bugle to discuss a staff job, during which he debates with Jameson on the validity of Spider-Man's methods. Spider-Man and Electro later fight throughout the Daily Bugle offices during their first encounter as Jameson decries them both.

>In early drafts, Max Dillon lives with his domineering, invalid mother. Upon returning home after his accident, he finds her celebrating the hush money she received from OsCorp to not report his disappearance, and demands she hugs him, but when she does, he accidentally electrocutes her, which causes him to snap and become Electro.

>In early drafts, Peter gives Harry his blood, which Harry believes can cure his condition, but it instead leaves Harry disfigured and drives him insane. He finds the weapon prototypes that Norman had stored in his secret laboratory and joins forces with Electro, who had escaped from Ravencroft Penitentiary in search of revenge, to destroy Spider-Man and OsCorp.

>In early drafts, Aleksei Sytsevich is a brilliant engineer who creates the Rhino himself with Soviet-era weaponry acquired from the black market to enact revenge against Spider-Man.

>In early drafts, Felicia Hardy is an ambitious, manipulative OsCorp executive who develops a relationship with Harry and becomes his accomplice.

>In early drafts, OsCorp is stolen from Harry by Ratha, who is later killed by the Green Goblin. The symbiote created by Peter's father Richard Parker is also in OsCorp's storage. The Special Programs division storing the weapons of the Sinister Six is absent.

>In early drafts, Peter would beat Harry to an inch of his life after Gwen's death, but ultimately choose to spare him.

>In early drafts, it is revealed that Norman's head is preserved in suspended animation following his apparent death while his enforcer Gustav Fiers uses Harry's venom-enhanced DNA to clone a healthy younger body for Norman.

>In early drafts, Richard reveals himself to have survived the plane crash that allegedly killed him and observed Peter from afar to protect him from OsCorp. He comforts Peter after Gwen's death and encourages him to keep fighting as Spider-Man, reminding him that "with great powers come great responsabilities".

>Shailene Woodley was cast as MJ, but all of her scenes were cut, reportedly to streamline the story and focus on Peter and Gwen's relationship.

>Webb wanted J.K. Simmons to return as Jameson, but Sony rejected the idea as they wanted a complete reboot from Raimi's movies. John Slattery and Sam Elliot were approached for the role before the character was cut.

>Damian Lewis was approached to play Electro before Jamie Foxx was cast.

>Alden Ehrenreich, Brady Corbet, Eddie Redmayne, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Boyd Holbrook auditioned for Harry before Dane DeHaan was cast at Garfield's behest. Harry was originally envisioned as a "jock" in contrast to Peter being a geek.

>Charlie Rowe
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT
LOOK WHAT COULD'VE BEEN

they're usually composed of old white people

boomers can be blamed for a lot of society's ills

X-Men (2000)

>In 1989, Carolco Pictures approached Kathryn Bigelow to direct the movie, with James Cameron as executive producer, a script by Andrew Kevin Walker and Bob Hoskin in advanced talks to play Wolverine, but the project was scrapped when Carolco went bankrupt, and the rights were eventually acquired by 20th Century Fox in 1992.

>Walker's script was scrapped, and 28 drafts were submitted by multiple writers between 1992 and 1996, among them Joss Whedon and Michael Chabon. The final script was written by Ed Solomon based on a story by Bryan Singer and producer Tom DeSanto, with uncredited revisions by Christopher McQuarrie and David Hayter.

>Richard Donner was Fox's original choice to direct the movie, but he declined. Robert Rodriguez and Tim Burton were also approached, and Brett Ratner, John McTiernan, Irvin Kershner, Stephen Hopkins, Danny Boyle and Joel Schumacher were also considered before Bryan Singer was hired.

>Early drafts included Beast as a member of the X-Men and Pyro and Blob as members of the Brotherhood of Mutants, in addition to the Danger Room, but all of these elements had to be scrapped due to budget conflicts.

>In early drafts, Cyclops' and Storm's backstories are revealed: Cyclops' mutation manifested during his high school prom, when he destroyed the bathroom with his optic blasts, while Storm's manifested when she was surrounded and pelted with rocks by other children in her village in Kenya, accidentally summoning a blizzard that nearly swept the villagers.

>In early drafts, Magneto was indeed after Wolverine, as Adamantium was needed to power the machine that turned humans into mutants. Singer later decided to have Magneto be targeting Rogue instead.

>Russell Crowe was Singer's first choice to play Wolverine, but declined due to salary issues. The studio's top choices were Keannu Reeves and Gary Sinise. Edward Norton, Kiefer Sutherland, Aaron Eckhart and Viggo Mortensen were also considered before Dougray Scott was cast. However, he was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with last-minute additional photography for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II and was replaced by Hugh Jackman at Crowe's behest. Jackman was cast three weeks into filming.

>Thomas Jane was Singer's first choice to play Cyclops, but declined. Edward Burns and D.B. Sweeney auditioned for the role before James Caviezel was cast, but he also had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with FREQUENCY and was replaced by James Marsden.

>Maria Bello, Peta Wilson and Lucy Lawless auditoned for the role of Jean Grey before Famke Janssen was cast.

>Angela Bassett and Jada Pinkett-Smith were approached to play Storm before Halle Berry was cast.

>Natalie Portman, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci were approached to play Rogue, but declined. Rachael Leigh Cook and Katherine Isabelle auditioned for the role before Anna Paquin was cast.

>Terence Stamp and Christopher Lee were considered for the role of Magneto before Ian McKellen was cast.

>Jeri Ryan auditioned for the role of Mystique before Rebecca Romjin was cast.

>Triple H auditioned for the role of Sabretooth before Tyler Mane was cast.

>At one point, the studio considered giving the X-Men their classic colorful uniforms from the comics, but Singer and studio both believed that black leather uniforms would be easier to producer, and more realistic and aesthetically pleasing.

>Production was fraught with issues including script rewrites, unexpected delays and budget issues. Fox notoriously postponed the movie from Christmas 1999 to July 2000 and the rescheduled shooting caused several actors and crew members to drop out due to conflicts with other commitments.

>Fox was skeptical of the movie's potential and enforced several last-minute cuts to shorten the running time, almost completely deleting a subplot about Storm.

>Fox didn't account for the possibility of sequels, but Singer believed something should be set up to explore in potential future installments and instructed Famke Janssen to react to being exposed to Magneto's machine. Singer pinpoints that moment as the awakening of the Phoenix.

X2: X-Men United (2003)

>David Hayter and Zak Penn wrote two different scripts, both centered on the Legacy Virus, which were later combined and revised by Singer, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Singer decided to not use the Legacy Virus in favor of an adaptation of "God Loves, Man Kills".

>In early drafts, William Stryker had several brainwashed mutant enforcers, including Sabretooth, Toad and Archangel, who would have Adamantium wings. Sabretooth and Archangel were removed due to budget issues, but Toad remained part of the script during multiple rewrites. Ray Park was even approached to reprise the role, and plans had already been made for a fight between him and Nightcrawler before the character was scrapped as well.

>In early drafts, Stryker's enforcer is Anne Reynolds, a human loyal to his cause. When the other enforcers were removed, she was made into Lady Deathstrike to inject more action in the third act of the movie.

>In early drafts, Wolverine would have a training session in the Danger Room. The sets were already being built and it was even included in the first teaser trailer before it was cut due to budget issues.

>In early drafts, Stryker would have a Sentinel at his disposal to target the X-Men at Alkali Lake, but the idea was scrapped both due to budget issues and because producer Tom Rothman thought giant robots were "stupid".

>In early drafts, Stryker's attack on the X-Mansion was longer and would've feature several students fighting back, including Colossus helping Wolverine throughout the fight, but this was scrapped due to budger issues.

>In early drafts, Kitty Pryde would escape the X-Mansion alongside Wolverine, Rogue, Iceman and Pyro, but was deleted for feeling superfluous to the narrative.

>In early drafts, Dark Cerebro would cause mutants across the globe to lose control of their powers, but this was cut due to budget issues. The scene included cameo appearances by Beast, becoming blue and furry as his colleagues watched in horror; and Gambit, who accidentally caused a deck of cards to explode at a bar in New Orleans. Steve Bacic would've played McCoy, and stuntman James Bamford had been lined up to play Gambit before the idea was scrapped.

>In early drafts, Wolverine's claws are revealed to be artifically implanted onto him by Weapon X, but this was changed at Marvel's behest, to not conflict with the comics, where Wolverine has bone claws.

>Anthony Hopkins was approached to play William Stryker before Brian Cox was cast.

>Steve Buscemi was Singer's original choice to play Nightcrawler, but declined. Neil Patrick Harris and Etham Embry also auditioned for the role before Alan Cumming was cast.

>Following her Oscar win, Halle Berry demanded a larger role, and the script was revised to make her the pilot of the X-Jet and later further revised to include a romantic subplot with Nightcrawler.

>>Terrence Howard, who played James Rhodes, was the highest-paid actor in "Iron Man", and asked to accept a pay cut for the sequel. When he refused, he was fired and replaced by Don Cheadle.
What a scrub.

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

>Singer, Dougherty and Harris drafted a script in which Jean returns at the Phoenix and attempts to end conflicts between humans and mutants in her own terms, with the X-Men trying to protect her, the Brotherhood of Mutants attempting to control her, and the United States government hellbent on destroying her.

>Singer's draft featured Emma Frost as Xavier's old flame who can control people's emotions and is recruited by Magneto to brainwash Jean; Gambit as a young thief who joins the Brotherhood, but later defects to the X-Men due to his attraction to Rogue; the Juggernaut as Magneto's new enforcer; and Bolivar Trask as the anti-mutant U.S. Secretary of Defense, in addition to larger roles for Kitty Pryde and Colossus.

>Singer planned to cast Channing Tatum as Gambit and Sigourney Weaver as Emma Frost, but plans were scrapped when he left to direct SUPERMAN RETURNS for Warner Bros Pictures and Fox decided to move on without him.

>Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn wrote a new draft based on Singer's ideas and added the mutant cure storyline to the narrative to give Magneto a stronger motivation to declare war on Humanity. Rothman was notoriously against the more outlandish aspects of the mythos and demanded that the cure receive major focus rather the the Phoenix, which was also made into Jean's malevolent split personality at his behest.

>Fox rushed the movie into production, leading to scheduling conflicts with several actors including James Marsden, Rebecca Romjin and Anna Paquin, which caused their characters to receive minor roles. Cyclops was nearly killed off-screen in-between movies due to Marsden's commitments with SUPERMAN RETURNS.

>Kinberng and Penn rewrote their script multiple times in accordance to Fox's demands, budget adjustments and scheduling demands, leading to a scattershot story.

>In early drafts, Wolverine and Storm developed a romantic relationship, but this was cut as it underscored Wolverine's relationship with Jean. At one point, a love triangle between Wolverine, Storm and Beast was discussed, as well as making Colossus gay and harboring feelings for Wolverine and a triangle between Rogue, Iceman and Kitty.

>In early drafts, Cyclops would return during the final battle.

>In early drafts, Mystique would still be in league with Magneto, providing his location to the military to lead them into a trap, and would be by his side after he lost his powers.

>In early drafts, Rogue would seemingly defect to the Brotherhood in order to secretly spy on them for the X-Men.

>In early drafts, Beast, Iceman and Kitty Pryde would infiltrate Worthington Labs to investigate the cure, and Iceman and Kitty would later rescue Warren Worthington Sr. from Magneto's enforcers during a high-speed car chase.

>In early drafts, Angel would join the battle against the Brotherhood after rescuing his father, but get taken down when Magneto slashes one of his wings with a piece of shrapnel.

>In early drafts, Gambit would be one of Magneto's recruits, but later defect during the final battle while the X-Men and the Brotherhood are fighting.

>Early drafts featured several scrapped fights including Colossus VS. Juggernaut, Rogue VS. Juggernaut, Wolverine VS. Multiple Man, Storm VS. Phoenix, among others.

>In early drafts, the Sentinels would've been sent to stop Magneto during the battle at Alcatraz Island, but the idea was scrapped for budget issues.

>In early drafts, Alcatraz Island would be a maximum-security mutant prison which Magneto attacks halfway through the movie in order to recruit his army. The final battle would take place outside the White House in Washington, D.C., during which Iceman would freeze the Potomac River.

>In early drafts, Jean would destroy the entire city of San Francisco before Wolverine manages to kill her.

>Matthew Vaughn was set to direct the movie and cast Kelsey Grammer and Vinnie Jones as Beast and Juggernaut, but dropped out due to the troubled production. Joss Whedon and Alex Proyas were briefly considered before Brett Ratner was hired to replace him.

>Alan Cumming was approached to return as Nightcrawler, but declined as he was unwilling to undergo the laborous make-up process for such a minor role. He was then removed from the script, which Fox justified by claiming the audience would have trouble following three different blue characters.

>Maggie Grace was originally cast by Vaughn to play Kitty Pryde before Ratner replaced her with Ellen Page. Summer Glau and Eliza Dushku also auditioned for the role.

>Mike Vogel was approached by Vaughn to play Angel before Ratner replaced him with Ben Foster. Nick Stahl also auditoned for the role.

>Several alternative endings were shot, including Beast staying the the Xavier Institute to become a teacher and Storm welcoming human students into the school; and Wolverine leaving the X-Men to mourn Jean's death, returning to the bar where he met Rogue in X-MEN for one last drink.

>The movie's troubled production, coupled with Fox's belief that the superhero movie genre wouldn't last much longer, led to them regarding X-MEN: THE LAST STAND as the last movie in the main X-MEN film series, and investing in their spin-off series, X-MEN ORIGINS.

Almost feel bad for him.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)


>David Benioff wrote a R-rated script, which was later revised by Skip Woods and made into PG-13. David Ayer, James Vanderbilt and Scott Silver performed uncredited revisions.

>In Benioff's script, Logan is a feral young man from an impoverished family who lives in the Canadian wilderness in the 1950's and joins the military to avoid prosecution after slaughtering a group of local boys who had attacked him. He is assigned to William Stryker's unit in Vietnam and embraces his violent, animalistic side, but eventually regains his humanity and returns to Canada, prompting Stryker to set in motion a conspiracy to conscript him to Weapon X.

>In Benioff's draft, Sabretooth is not Wolverine's brother and is Stryker's enforcer.

>In Benioff's draft, Silverfox is one of Stryker's enforcers, although she develops genuine feelings for Wolverine and ultimately betrays Stryker.

>In Benioff's draft, rather than an elderly couple, Wolverine is rescued by a young couple, James and Heather Hudson, who are later murdered by Agent Zero at Stryker's behest.

>Team X, Deadpool and Gambit are not present in Benioff's draft, although the Blob appears as a former associate of Sabretooth's and John Wraith appears as Logan's old human army buddy. Beak is also featured as a young mutant murdered by Sabretooth, as well as two original characters, mutant mobsters Barbarus and Pantera.

>In Benioff's draft, Weapon XI is an army of clones of Sabretooth artifically infused with Wolverine's healing factor so they can survive the Adamantium bonding procedure. Wolverine proceeds to decapitate Sabretooth and slaughter his clones, but one of them escapes and goes on to become the Sabretooth that is later recruited by Magneto and featured in X-MEN.

>Deadpool, Gambit and Cyclops were added to the script to build interest for their own movies.

>Weapon XI would originally be Garrison Kane, a human operative from Team X, but Rothman decided to merge the character with Deadpool.

>Zack Snyder and Len Wiseman were approached to direct the movie before Gavin Hood was hired at Jackman's behest.

>Hood had a notoriously contentious relationship with Rothman due to Rothman's executive meddling, and nearly dropped out of production after Rothman ilegally rebuilt and recolored the Weapon X sets behind his back for make them brighter and more cleaner.

>Gerard Butler was approached to play Sabretooth, but declined.

>Liev Schreiber was originally approached to play William Stryker, but Jackman advocated that he be cast as Sabretooth. Once he was, Michael C. Hall was offered the role of Stryker, but declined, and Danny Huston was cast.

>Michelle Monaghan was originally cast as Silverfox, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. After negotiations with Maggie Q fell throught, Lynn Collins was cast.

>Ryan Reynolds was notoriously coherced into playing Deadpool despite disagreeing with the movie's creative choices.

>Scott Adkins was originally cast as Garrison Kane. When Deadpool and Weapon XI were made into one character, Reynolds reshot close-up shots of Weapon XI in last-minute additional photography, while Adkins' fight scenes and faraway shots were kept, and he was credited as Reynolds' stuntman.

>Dominic Monaghan was originally approached to play Beak, but after the character was scrapped in rewrites, he was instead offered the role of Bolt, a minor character added to fill up the roster of Team X.

>A young Storm would originally appear in the scene where Team X slaughters a village in Africa in search of Adamantium, summoning a thunderstorm out of grief, but her scenes were cut from the movie.

>The young mutants featured in the movie were added as a potential backdoor into a YOUNG X-MEN spin-off.

>>The Mandarin was expected to be the main villain, but Black and writer Drew Peace believed him to be a racist caricature and decided to make him a fabrication of the real villain.
Why didn't they just make a Mandarin that wasn't a caricature instead of a false identity?

X-Men: First Class (2011)

>The project was originally envisioned as a spin-off centered on Rogue, Iceman, Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Angel and Jubilee.

>Josh Schwartz wrote a script centered on Professor Charles Xavier recruiting Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm and Beast to fight the government, but it was rejected by Fox for focusing too much on interpersonal drama at the expense of action.

>Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz wrote an alternative version centered on Xavier and Magneto building the X-Men during the Cold War, borrowing elements from Sheldon Turner's recently scrapped X-MEN ORIGINS: MAGNETO, which would've been directed by David S. Goyer. Their draft was later revised by Jane Goldman.

>Bryan Singer was approached to return, but declined due to scheduling conflicts, and Matthew Vaughn was hired instead.

>In early drafts, there was a love triangle between Xavier, Magneto and Moira McTaggert.

>In early drafts, Sunspot was a member of the Hellfire Club.

>In early drafts, the incident that led to Havok's imprisonment is revealed: He accidentally incinerated three hoodlums who had attacked his adoptive sister.

>In early drafts, the final battle in Cuba was much more elaborate, with Havok using his powers to creative a massive maelstrom, but this was scrapped due to budget issues;.

>Amber Heard auditioned for Mystique before Jennifer Lawrence was cast.

>Rosamund Pike auditioned for Moira McTaggert before Rose Byrne was cast.

>Benjamin Walker was originally cast as Beast, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Producer Bryan Singer initially approached Taylor Lautner before Nicholas Hoult was cast.

>Alice Eve was originally cast as Emma Frost, but dropped out due to creative differences and was replaced by January Jones.

>Dexter Fletcher was hired by Vaughn to play the Man in Black before the studio replaced him with the more famous Oliver Platt.

>Bryan Cranston and Colin Firth were approached to play Sebastian Shaw before Kevin Bacon was cast.

He never should have gotten Hulk to begin with.

He's a talentless hack, never made a good movie in his life

>Jensen Ackles

GIVE HIM A ROLE ALREADY

>and Glenn Howerton auditioned for the role of Star-Lord before Chris Pratt was cast. According to Gunn,Howerton would be offered the part if Pratt hadn't been cast.
>Dennis could have been Star-Lord
I liked Pratt but still FUCK

meant to post this

>Tony Stark was meant to only make a brief appearance per executive producer Ike Permultter's demand. Robert Downey Jr. lobbied for a larger role, and was backed by Feige, who believed the movie needed the proper conflict. Permultter objected due to Downey Jr.'s salary, leading to a feud that would result in the disbandment of the Marvel Creative Committee that oversaw all previous movies, and Feige seizing control of the entire movie department, while Permultter was shuffled to the television department.

"KEIKAKU DOORI!"- Feige

Its kinda crazy how Whedon, who I always hated, saved this movie and at the same time producers saved this movie from some of his ideas.

Avengers honestly should have been an absolute disaster, but goddamn did they pull it off.

Now AoU, thats what happens when you give Whedon carteblanche and then decide to make some boardroom decisions in post.

The Wolverine (2013)

>Christopher McQuarrie wrote an R-rated draft more faithful to the story arc, set in 1982, in which a directionless Logan is recruited by the Hand and becomes an enforcer for the Yashida Crime Family in Japan, but falls in love with Mariko Yashida, daughter of mobster Shingen Yashida, and must fight for her love. Other characters included Yukio, Logan's bodyguard and lover; Zen, Logan's master in the Hand; Elvis, an American mobster and Shingen's rival; Harada, Shingen's illegitimate son who wants to kill Wolverine to earn his father's love; Viper, an assassin and Harada's lover; and corrupt Chief of Justice Noburo.

>Darren Aronofsky was hired to revise the script and direct the movie, but ultimately dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by James Mangold.

>Matt Bombach and Scott Frank revised the script, and although the final movie was rated R, Fox re-editied it to release it as PG-13.

>Mangold considered including Rogue as Wolverine's companion, but the idea was ultimately scrapped.

>Jessica Biel was approached to play Viper, but declined, and Svetlana Khodchenkova was cast instead.

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

>Matthew Vaugh was originally set to direct the sequel, set in 1963 and centered on the X-Men - Professor X, Havok, Polaris, Beast and Banshee - racing against time to prevent the Magneto and the Brotherhood - Mystique, Emma Frost, Azazel, Tempest and Riptide - from assassinating President John Kennedy for supressing mutants' roles in preventing the Cuban missile crisis.

>Singer returned after Vaughn left to direct KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE and decided to adapt the "Days of Future Past" storyline to bridge the two series, bringing back the original cast for one last movie.

>In early drafts, Jubilee was a member of the X-Men in the future.

>In early drafts, Havok was captured by Trask Industries and murdered by the Sentinels during a test run.

>In early drafts, Wolverine, Xavier and Beast would recruit Juggernaut to help them break Magneto out of the Pentagon. He'd be a dim-witted former student from the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters and be dropped into the Pentagon from a helicopter, tearing a hole through each floor under he reaches the underground section where Magneto is detained. He was later replaced by Quicksilver.

>In early drafts, Mystique would reunite with Xavier and Beast after in the end and being seen as a member of the X-Men in 2023.

>Early drafts included a post-credits scene where a meteorite crash-lands outside Magneto's hideout in Mexico and Apocalypse emerges from the crater and possesses Magneto, who then becomes Apocalypse.

>An entire subplot about rescuing Rogue from the X-Mansion overrun by Sentinels so she can replace Kitty as Wolverine's tether to the future was cut and later reintegrated to the movie in the "Rogue Cut", which also reinserted a subplot about Mystique returning to the X-Mansion after Paris and later deciding to leave again.

>Josh Helman was originally hired to play the Juggernaut. When the character was replaced with Quicksilver, Helman was instead cast as William Stryker.

Deadpool (2016)

>In early drafts, Wade is much more violent and unpredictable, and assassinates people rather than just volunteering his services as a bodyguard.

>In early drafts, Ajax's enforcers were Garrison Kane, Wyre and Sluggo.

>Negasonic Teenage Warhead in not included in early drafts, and Colossus is sent to arrest Deadpool rather than recruit him to the X-Men. He also volunteers to help Deadpool rescue Vanessa rather than being enlisted by Deadpool.

>Further rewrites added a trainee for Colossus. Originally, it was intended to be Cannonball, but the writers learned about Negasonic Teenage Warhead from a catalog of Marvel characters available to use and felt the need to include her.

>In early drafts, Deadpool becomes a mercenary after escaping from the Workshop and only finds out about Ajax two years later, after which he attempts to enact revenge. He doesn't believe Ajax can cure his condition.

>In early drafts, Weasel is Deadpool's weapons dealer, and they frequent a bar for mercenaries run by Patch.

>In early drafts, the final battle takes place at the derelict Workshop facility.

>Early drafts ended with a massive gunfight between Deadpool and Ajax and his men. Due to budget cuts, the scene could not be filmed, and the writers made it a joke that Deadpool forgets his bag of guns for the final battle.

>Early drafts included Cable, but this was scrapped due to budget issues and to focus on Deadpool.

>Olivia Munn was approached to play Vanessa, but declined in favor of playing Psylocke in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE and Morena Baccarin was cast.

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

>In early drafts, Wolverine would become the young mutants' drill sergeant and field leader and had a sizeable role, but this was scrapped to give Mystique more prominence.

>In early drafts, Xavier would be kidnapped by Apocalypse, who'd use his psychic powers to prepare the world for domination. This would effectively make Xavier the fourth Horseman, with Magneto, Storm and Angel as Apocalypse's other enforcers. Singer eventually felt the concept was not coming across and added Psylocke as a last-minute "official" fourth Horseman.

>Taron Egerton was offered the role of Cyclops, but declined. Jamie Blackley, Charlie Rowe, Timothee Chalamet and Ben Hardy auditioned before Tye Sheridan was cast. Hardy was later cast as Archangel.

>Chloe Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld and Elle Fanning auditioned for the role of Jean Grey before Sophie Turner was cast.

>Amber Stevens and Zendaya Coleman auditioned for Storm before Alexandra Shipp was cast.

>Tom Hardy and Idris Elba were approached to play Apocalypse before Oscar Isaac was cast.

>Although the Weapon X segment was always part of the script, Wolverine's breakout was added in post-production reshoots.

>Several scenes were deleted, notably a long segment of Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler and Jubilee going to the mall and getting into shenanigans.

>The ending of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" with Mystique rescuing Wolverine from Weapon X was added in reshoots based on notes from test-screenings. Singer effectively ignored, rationalizing that although Mystique let Wolverine go at that particular occasion in 1973, he was eventually captured in the ten year gap between the two movies.

>as she views him as a representative of the stable, normal life she wishes she had
>The man that literally turns into a giant green out of control monster
What the fuck

>Marvel wanted to use Galactus and the Silver Surfer in the scene where the Collector is explaining the Infinity Stones, and offered to extend the deadline for the rights of Daredevil so Fox could complete the troubled, long-delayed R-rated movie written and directed by Joe Carnahan that they were producing, in exchange for letting the Fantastic Four's affiliated characters revert to Marvel. Fox preferred to hold on to the Fantastic Four's lore, and a Celestial was used in that scene instead, while Daredevil and his affiliated characters reverted.
>didn't even want Daredevil
>ends up arguably the best thing about the MCU
>Fant4stic was DCEU tier
this will never not be hilarious to me

So? Chinese audiences love anything remotely chinese, why do you think almost every big blockbuster nowadays has some sort of "oh hey we are in China/Hong Kong/Macau because reasons" subplot?

>Early cuts featured Darren Cross experimenting with the Cross Particles before unveiling the Yellowjacket, and testing the suit himself, explaining his insanity. The order of the scenes was rearranged in post-production to make the movie more dynamic.
This is by far one of the biggest issues with this movie.

Everything is said, not shown. I have no idea why so many people on Sup Forums think Cross was amazing. He was about as one-dimensional as villains get.

>Favreau was going to adapt "Demon in a Bottle"
>The studio made him change his plans

FUCK YOU MARVEL YOU FUCKING CUNTS

>Bob Hoskin in advanced talks to play Wolverine
what??

I can see it now

Has anyone made this for the Nolan Batman movies?

>In early drafts, the Russos considered giving Peter Parker the Iron Spider suit
Me and my friend and back and forth arguments if they would do this or not. I guess it makes sense they didn't, but I was disappointed in Tony spider suit.

>>In early drafts, Harry's butler Bernard is revealed to a hallucination projected by Harry's subconscious to justify him betraying his father's memory by helping Peter. The scene was shot, but removed after test-audiences were confused by it.

Lol that's so much better than "Weird Butler who has way too much screen time for no reason."

>Sony cucked themselves by trying to create a cinematic universe

TOP KEK

The fact that they perfectly map onto The Gang is enough of an argument

>Drake bell

That would be hilarious as he played a parody of Spider-man in the movie "Superhero movie" and voices him in Ultimate Spider-man

I read the script to this, makes for an intersting "what-if".

dailyscript.com/scripts/spider_man_koepp.html

I think most of this is just straight up taken from wikipedia.

>Jared Leto

DORMAMMU'S GONNA FREAK

>>Several scenes were deleted, notably a long segment of Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler and Jubilee going to the mall and getting into shenanigans.

I want to see this so bad, for whatever reason I felt Apocalypse needed more teen mutants being teen mutants.

>trying too hard

who do you think the Thor movies were aimed at

In early cuts, Vanko was a more sympathetic character, but most of these scenes were cut, which displeased Rourke. He disowned the movie and swore never to work with Marvel again.
That sucks, I actually felt there was something more to Rourke's portrayal so I guess this pretty much confirms it.

>Early drafts featured Baron Heinrich Zemo and Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker as high-ranking members of Hydra, but the writers believed they'd be wasted on minor role and should be used later as main antagonists.
Like what they did with Strucker in Age of Ultron?

>IN MID-AIR

>M.J. and Spider-Man are jerked upwards as the helicopter pulls up, up and away from the bridge, bringing them with it as they dangle from the undercarriage by the strength of his webbing.

>Using the last of his strength, Spider-Man pulls M.J. up to his level and holds her, only one arm wrapped around her, the other holding onto the web.

>They soar over the water which sparkles like diamonds now, the morning sunlight has blasted away the last traces of the fog.

>M.J. looks into Spider-Man's eyes. She reaches up and raises the bottom of his mask, revealing only his lips.

M.J.: Kiss me now.

>Don't have to tell him twice. Their mouths fall together and devour one another.

>ATOP THE MANHATTAN TOWER

>Doc Ock stands alone on the bridge tower, watching as POLICEMEN climb the high tension cables, approaching the Green Goblin, to take him into custody.

DOC OCK: He's alive! You fool, you left him alive! Spider-Man!

>Doctor Octopus strikes a pose of operatic anguish - head thrown back, tentacles waving, SNAPPING in the air around him. He SCREAMS to the heavens.

DOC OCK (cont'd): SPIDER-MAAAAAAAN!

>DOWN ON THE BRIDGE

>Harry Osborn staggers to the railing of the bridge. Looking out over the river, he sees Spider-Man, dangling from the helicopter as it soars off, locked in a passionate kiss with the woman Harry loves.

>Rage is born. Permanent, murderous rage. Harry Osborn strikes a pose of operatic anguish - head thrown back, fists shaking at the heavens and SCREAMS:

HARRY: SPIIIIIIDERRR-MAAAAAANNNN!!!!

>IN MID-AIR

>M.J. and Spider-Man spin and pull out of the kiss. She opens her eyes -

>- and he's gone, swinging away into the canyon of skyscrapers. She must be really, desperately in love.

M.J.: ...SPIDER-MAN...

Because then they couldn't have their self-fellating message of the Mandarin identity being so much of a caricature that it had to be purposely fabricated.

I keep saying this stuff about Wright's draft and Paxton and such but never any link to proof of it. It doesn't seem unlikely given the other stuff but I want to see for myself.

Nationalism is bad if you are not an American.

No, he's doomed to repeat the same handsome, possibly incestuous brooding cycle in supernatural until he's retired