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There was a lot of potential for Marvel movies long before the days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with many films sadly not getting the green light despite promising intriguing concepts. Ever since Iron Man, the movies of the MCU have turned the Marvel Comics into a pop culture titan, redefining the metrics of success in modern cinema.
✕ Remove Ads 9 Wolverine & The X-Men Almost brought mutants to the big screen a decade sooner Between the popularity of the comics and the classic 90s cartoon, X-Men: The Animated Series, the 1990s seemed like the hottest the franchise ever was, ripe for a live-action movie.
7 Sam Raimi's Thor The short-sightedness of studio executives missed a big opportunity ✕ Remove Ads Having long been an icon in the world of horror comedy, the legendary Sam Raimi was allegedly reached out to by Stan Lee himself in the 90s after seeing his movie Darkman. Lee was eager to work with Raimi on a Thor script, with the two getting together to develop and pitch the idea to some Fox Studios executives.
5 Wes Craven's Doctor Strange Might've been an interesting horror twist on the Sorcerer Supreme While Sam Raimi may have been the horror director that managed to imprint his signature style on Doctor Strange, Wes Craven nearly beat him to the punch years earlier. Once again commissioning Stan Lee to draft a script, Marvel teamed the comic legend up with Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas scribe Alex Cox in 1990 with the aim of making Doctor Strange a supernatural horror movie.
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