by Chris Snellgrove
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You can make many Marvel fans feel instantly frustrated with just one word: multiverse. The Multiverse was intended to add some flavor and spice to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it quickly became a storytelling crutch that focused on fun cameos over actual storytelling. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness He is the biggest criminal in this regard. Many fans want Marvel to abandon this storytelling crutch completely, but I have a different recommendation, true believers: Instead of focusing on endless multiverse cameos in the main universe, Kevin Feige and his team should give us entire movies set in Inside other universes.
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In other words, my suggestion going forward with the Marvel Multiverse is that we should have a “variant” of the Multiverse what if…? Television series are applied to feature films. Like the comics it is named after, this show showcases how dramatically different the familiar universe would be if something different happened to change the timeline. However, I don't think so MCU It should be limited to “what if?” Animated Tales should instead take a page from Sony's book by creating the live-action equivalent of the Spider-Verse films.
To keep things simple, marvel Simply looking at its publishing history to get ideas on what multiverses could make for great feature films. The low hanging fruit would be an adaptation of the original Ultimates line of comics that introduced different, updated versions of iconic heroes as a way to attract new readers who may be intimidated by decades of comic lore.
A movie or even an entire series of movies set in this universe would provide the perfect excuse to bring back dead MCU heroes like Iron Man while recasting as needed… after all, it was these comics that originally gave us Black film. Nick Fury (Similar to Samuel L. Jackson, no less). Plus, like the original comics, films like this can take everything fans and writers loved about the old universe while giving everything a bit of a much-needed update.
Lots of Marvel Multiverse options
But Marvel comics have given us other multiverses that could make for great feature films, including Earth-65, the original home of Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy) who faces off against an evil version of Matt Murdock. A live-action Spider-Gwen movie would certainly mean Marvel would need to team up with Sony again, but both studios could benefit from a win. At this point, Marvel hasn't done anything good lately other than… Deadpool Wolverineand Sony's only major superheroes were Poison And the Spider-Verse movies. Frankly, a live-action movie focusing on Spider-Gwen (a known quantity among fans) could be a much-needed hit for both studios.
As a long-time Marvel comics nerd, I think there are other multiverses that need the big screen treatment, including the one with the Squadron Supreme (it's like Justice League but cool). Additionally, while we need to get a proper MCU X-Men before we can get multiverse mutant cinema, the Apocalypse and Powers of Heck, if Marvel can get past the moratorium on solo Hulk movies (where's our live action? Hulk planet You cowards?!?), Future Imperfect would be, well…perfect.
In addition to giving Marvel fans great new movies to enjoy, this approach would keep the MCU endlessly fresh. New actors can be cast in old roles even as existing actors act against type as wild versions of familiar characters. Disney writers will have carte blanche to adapt the best comic stories for the multiverse or just create something completely new from scratch. What I'm saying is that it's time for a very special event what if…? Adventure: What if Marvel stopped worrying about preserving its sacred timeline, and could just tell the kinds of cool, standalone stories that attracted so many fans in the first place?
The ball is in your court, Marvel. And if you need a creative consultant to give you this clear advice on a regular basis, my rates are very reasonable. Especially compared to Plan A, which constantly brings truckloads of cash to Robert Downey Jr. when you're worried your franchise is failing.
