The made-for-television Hulk movies starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno that were produced by NBC in the late 80's/early 90's were meant to serve as backdoor pilots for television series about Thor, Daredevil, Black Widow and Iron Man.
Thor appeared in the first movie, "The Incredible Hulk Returns", played by Eric Kramer. Daredevil appeared in the second movie, "The Trial of the Incredible Hulk", played by Rex Smith. Black Widow was set to appear in the third movie, "The Death of the Incredible Hulk", played by Elizabeth Gracen, and Iron Man would appear in "The Rebirth of the Incredible Hulk".
After the first two movies got bad reviews and low ratings and failed to launch their intended spinoffs, they scrapped the fourth movie and rewrote the third to turn Black Widow into a generic Russian spy named Jasmin. And, if you will remember, Banner and Jasmin actually hook up in the movie, which in a roundabout way sets a precedent for the MCU shipping Banner and Black Widow together in "Age of Ultron".
It is amazing to consider how long live action Avengers were trying to get off the ground.
Lucas Cruz
Dardevil would have worked perfectly as a show too. It's a shame.
Thomas Perez
so how bad would iron man have looked in an 80s tv movie?
Kayden Baker
"[producers] Golan and Globus misunderstood the concept of [Spider-man] ("They thought it was like The Wolf Man", said director Joseph Zito) and instructed writer Leslie Stevens, creator of The Outer Limits, to write a treatment reflecting their misconception. In Stevens' story, a corporate scientist intentionally subjects ID-badge photographer Peter Parker to radioactive bombardment, transforming him into a hairy, suicidal, eight-armed monster. This human tarantula refuses to join the scientist's new master-race of mutants, battling a succession of mutations kept in a basement laboratory." source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_in_film#Development
Jace Gutierrez
They kinda' made this eventually. It's called Earth VS. The Spider and it's actually pretty good. Dan Aykroyd is in it.
Exactly. I once saw Stan Lee talking about it in a doc or something and The Man was really pissed about it. I just wonder why they put David instead of just take Banner’s middle name. Even in comics sometimes they call im Bobby or Robert.
Jaxson Gonzalez
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Benjamin Cox
There's an episode of Kim Possible that is a reference to the 60's Batman show. In that episode, an old man voiced by Adam West takes Ron under his wing to pass on the mantle of the old superhero he thought he was in the past. But this episode is ALSO a reference to Batman Beyond, were an old Bruce delegates the Batsuit to Terry McGinnis. Ron and Terry share voice actor Will Friedle.
Asher Lewis
Based Exo-Man.
Alexander Williams
This one's fairly common knowledge on Yas Forums, but still some of my favorite trivia: When Eastman and Laird originally pitched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Marvel (who turned it down) the mutagen was supposed to be the same chemical that gave Daredevil his powers. The kid that gets knocked in the head by the container flying off the truck and drops his jar of turtles was Matt Murdock.
There are still a bunch of references to this in the story, such as The Foot instead of The Hand, Master Splinter instead of Stick, etc.
