Click to viewWith The Dark Knight limit to follow Hancock , Wanted , The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man into the theaters and hearts of cinemagoers worldwide , it seems that this really is the summertime of movie superheroes . But what about Will Smith ’s early effort to be a superhero and all the other superhero also - rans that did n’t quite make it onto motion picture ? Under the jumping , we calculate at five superhero moving picture that we ’re relieve did n’t make it to a first day of shot .
The Mark : Rob Liefeld ’s near - mythical movie for Will Smith ( First announced in 1997 ) possibly go away due to trouble over its similarity to Marvel ’s Star Brand serial publication ( which is , itself , a crosscurrent - off of DC ’s Green Lantern ): Smith was to toy an average joe who would end up with ultimate top executive that he did n’t want , thanks to a mysterious brand that is as if by magic “ transport ” to his body from the corpse of a Confederate soldier . The pitch meeting probably went like this : “ Picture this , Will . You have this mark on your hand , correct ? And you ’re look at it , wondering what it is , and then it has this laser blast that comes out of it and blasts through a wall in your flat . ” “ Can I take care at the muddle in the wall and say ‘ Awww hell naw ’ ? ” “ Sure . ” “ I ’ll do it ! ”
Warcop : In 1993 , Madonna wanted to star in another picture , and thought that she ’d make a good superhero . She ask Spawn Almighty Todd McFarlane to come up with an estimate for her , and Todd – wanting nothing to do with it – gave the melodic theme to Grant Morrison , who come up with a pitch call for a Judge Dredd - esque futuristic space copper who traveled in metre back to the present day to get a particular perp . In one of her last good vocation moves , Madonna decided against the labor , but Grant obviously didn’t;the claim , at least , is about to be used for one of his unexampled comic Book .
Iron Fist : Is this adaptation of Marvel Comics ’ kung - fu fighter anything more than a hopeful dream for The Phantom Menace ’s Darth Maul , Ray Park ? The stuntman - turned - actor has been talking about the perpetually - coming movie version of Danny Rand for more than half a decade now , and the moving-picture show has had multiple co - genius , music director and film writer impound at various points in its account but seems to be fix no near to in reality being made . This can only be a good thing , because it just increases the likelihood of team the character up with ( the likewise movie - cursed ) Luke Cage to give us the Power Man And Iron Fist pic the world need to see .
Green Lantern : One of the greatest near - misses in film history is the fact that lover outcry halting pre - production of Jack Black ’s comedy movie variant of DC ’s space cop superhero a few years ago . Hearing Jack lecture about what we could ’ve look in an alternate existence is enough reason to be grateful :
I was going to be make all kinds of stuff … I was going to be beguile bad guys with green , jumbo prophylactics . Some funny material .
To everyone who complained aloud enough to block up this picture show being made : Thank you .
Spider - Man : I know , I bang ; you ’re all thinking “ Wait , did n’t they make Spider - Man ? I ’m pretty certain I ’ve see a Spider - Man movie . ” But I ’m not talking about the Sam Raimi version ; I ’m talking about Jim Cameron ’s debate early ’ 90 adaptation that would had a scoundrel that osculate his girlfriends to death , a personality - less Sandman as afterthought hood , and Peter revealing his secret identity at the end of the movie to a amazingly unimpressed Mary Jane . There ’s no doubt that it would ’ve made a cool - seem special - effects bonanza , but it had none of the heart or quirkiness of Raimi ’s version .
Jack BlackJames CameronRob LiefeldTodd McFarlane
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