Marvel Totally Ruined The Original MCU Villain Plan 30 Years Later

Summary

• Marvel's original Iron Man movie plans in the 1990s would have introduced MODOK as a villain, but the project never materialized.
• High-profile actors like Nicolas Cage and Tom Cruise were considered for the role of Tony Stark in the 1990s Iron Man project.
• MODOK's inclusion in a 1990s Iron Man film would have made sense given his history as a recurring foe of Iron Man in the comics.

Marvel's original Iron Man movie plans would have featured an iconic villain, whose actually introduction to the MCU was ruined 30-years-later during Phase 5. Long before Marvel Studios kicked off the MCU with 2008's Iron Man, a number of different studios set plans in motion to develop an Iron Man project during the 1990s. Although Universal Pictures bought Iron Man's film rights in 1990, no movie was developed and the rights were sold to 20th Century Fox in 1996. Long Hello and Short Goodbye and I, Robot writer Jeff Vintar worked with Iron Man co-creator Stan Lee to draft a script, which would have included one obscure Marvel Comics foe.
Since his debut in 2008's Iron Man, Tony Stark has become synonymous with Robert Downey, Jr., but several high-profile actors had previously expressed interest in donning the superhero armor in the 1990s. Nicolas Cage - who went on to star in 2007's Ghost Rider - expressed interest in portraying Stark, but Tom Cruise was Fox's favorite, ultimately leading to theories that Cruise would appear as an Iron Man variant in the MCU's Multiverse Saga. While Iron Man's film rights would later be sold to New Line Cinema before reverting to Marvel Studios, Fox's proposed Iron Man project would have introduced one of Marvel Comics weirdest villains opposite Cruise's Tony Stark.


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