What Other Shows On Marvel’s List Deserve To Be Made?

I don't know if it is just me but seems that there is some sort of hate against Marvel Studios for trying to do live action stuff themselves. I am noting the previous article about The Hulk TV show too saying that it is a failure. The movie made it's money back which can't be said for some other movies, but still I don't see what the negative is.

I think the best idea would be Heroes for Hire because they can use some of the other characters like Iron Fist and just roll Daughters of the Dragon into it. Punisher could work with it too because it may not be able to sustain it's own TV show unless it is done extremely well on cable or pay tv.

“Alter Ego” is interesting because they could just open that concept for anything and not be exactly about the book itself but just the world of heroes.

I think Moon Knight could work because people have been wanting a new “batman” tv show for a long time but has to be done right so I am sure a tv version will differ.

“marvel's batman rip-off”? I am offended.

i agree with your assessment that they should be using lesser-known street level characters, not only because of the cost but it'll be more palatable to new audiences. (but i really like iron fist)

the only ones here that seem likely to me, are alias and the eternals. abc wants a new, slick mystery type show to rope in fans of lost and that one jennifer garner show. and eternals because i just think someone wants to milk the heroes cash cow.

Darkhawk, at least the early part of the series. I'd think you get the best of both worlds. A bit of street level violence with Chis Powell's family dealing with his father under suspiscion for corruption. The case against mob boss Phillipe Bazin. Then you have the mystery of the amulet that gave Powell his powers, its origins ,and all that. It gives the network and the fans the best of both worlds. Street level action, with a healthy dose of sci-fi/mysticism.

The Daily Bugle.

If they used Mark Waid's Kazar as a spring board to the whole fish out of water mentality if could be quite well done…with a little (and I mean only a little) Crocodile Dundee thrown in for good measure.

If Dexter has proven nothing else you can focus an entire series around a man out for blood, so if this approach is taken it could be quite successful. The trick is to not go down the same path as Blade.

And I would definitely be down for a Daily Bugle TV show. I think it could probably be the best of the bunch with the right writing crew.

And just to capture that CW demographic, they could throw in Generation X or Avengers Academy, showcasing heroes in training all the while finding themselves.

Heroes for Hire: Think A-Team…..if Iron Fist isnt going to be in it, atleast include Shang Chi

@Chris:

a Daily Bugle show could be awesome; sort of like the ever-popular police procedural, but with investigative reporters & the like. and whenever you needed a boost (whether for sweeps or the like), you could bring in Spider-Man or one of his villains. since you wouldn't be spending a ton on F/X every episode, the ones that had them could be that much better.

i'd watch it!

Hey, why no Iron Fist love? He was and still is awesome, you can't have a Heroes for Hire featuring featuring the kungfu master!! That's probably the BEST option there is!

Heroes For Hire without Iron Fist? Epic fail.

Hope his specific exclusion means the Iron Fist film is coming soon.

Agent of Atlas. Was going to vote Heroes For Hire, but no Iron Fist? Why don't we just have the Fantastic Four without the Thing?

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Hey, what's with calling Moon Knight Marvel's Batman rip-off?!! That's kind of unfair. For that matter, you might as well call Batman a rip-off of Zorro, The Shadow, or The Phantom. Or call Zorro a rip-off of The Scarlett Pimpernell and Dr. Syn.

You didn't read the article? It's explained in the article. Why comment on an article you didn't, apparently, read?

Seriously, why comment on an article without reading it?

'The Punisher' is the only recognisable character for most people, and given the lack of interest in the three films made about the character it is unlikely that he would be a huge smash. The others are not recognisable, and work best within comics. I mean, 'Alias' (the comic) had as its major selling points: sex, swearing, Bendis. Sex and swearing aren't selling points in a medium dominated by HBO, and nobody outside comics cares about Bendis (nor do more and more people getting sick of his samey, samey dialogue).

Guardians of the Galaxy. A version of the most recent team/title that is. It has everything you need to make a good action packed sci-fi show with the right balance of humor.

Powerless earthman in space? Check. (Starlord)
Fish out of water humans in space? Check. (Jack Flag)
Talking animals? Check. (Rocket Racoon and Cosmo)
Giant guns? Check (Rocket Racoons guns)
Space Monarchs who talk in an interesting manner? Check. (Groot)
Hot lesbians? Check (Moondragon and Phyla Vel)
Space religion? Check (Warlock and Mantis)
A character too cool to be defined easily? Check (Bug)
A time traveler? Check (Major Victory)
A cool HQ? Check (The fricken head of a dead Celestial!)

I ask this. Why /isn't/ this show being looked at to become a TV series?!?

I picked Agents of Atlas because I think it's a quirky idea that could pick up a decent following, with a bunch of odd characters that could translate better to TV without too much in the way of tinkering the concept. The Hood would probably be my second choice, even though at this point it sounds redundant of NBC's “The Cape” project, regardless of whether it came first or not. I also wanted to vote for Moon Knight, but like someone else said, they would probably have to water down certain elements to make it more palpable to Ma and Pa TV Viewer.

As for the rest…most of them really aren't anything we haven't seen before. Both Heroes for Hire and the Punisher would basically be like the Equalizer, except with powers in HFH's case. Daughters of the Dragon would catch comparisons to Charlie's Angels or, worse, VIP. The Eternals, while having potential, would probably play a lot like the various vampire flashback sequences we saw on “Buffy” and “Angel.” Alter Ego is ultimately just another detective show with superpowers in the mix. And Ka-Zar? I would love to see a Ka-Zar movie…the appeal of the character is that he's basically the Tarzan of Jurassic Park. Taking him out of that environment…well, look at how well WB's “urban Tarzan” series did a couple years ago.

Daughters of the Dragon would make a perfect show as prophetically written about here:

http://bikinisandpancakes.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/misty-knight-and-colleen-wing-daughters-of-the-dragon-coming-soon-to-television/

I think that a Doctor strange show can be cool on Tv

I would support any of these shows getting on the air, if handled properly.. My guess is the report is combining/confusing some of the titles, but I guess we'll see..

Ka-Zar– hmm… setting it in an urban environment cuts down costs vs. a “Savage Land” setting, but Zabu's FX would be mighty expensive, I think.. (anyone see 10,000 BC?). And, does anyone remember the “Tarzan” update on the WB, lasted less than a season.. heh..

Hulk- starring Mark Ruffalo or yet another new Banner? Hmm… and would they get a bodybuilder or use FX to create the Hulk this time? If the latter, then that would likely be very expensive for episodic TV..

The Eternals– Hmm, My guess is that they wouldn't be wearing costumes most of the time.. possibly an analog to “Heroes”..

Cloak and Dagger- I'm most excited about this.. I wish I was involved in the show.. This can be Marvel's “Smallville”.. they can cast some talented unknowns or near-knowns.. thematically the show can be a kind of super- “Mod Squad” without 'Pete' (Ty= Linc, Tandy= Julie)… The duo would be based out of a church/runaway shelter, they could be peer counselors during the day, and at night they stalk bad guys.. Father Delgado could be a known TV/Movie veteran.. to save money, they don't have to do supervillains every week, especially since C&D's early agenda was to target drug outfits & the Mob (maybe lift a Maggia boss from the comics or make up one)..

this would be a chance to amp up/reboot Cloak's character development in particular, short-circuit some of the typical complaints about him..

(and the show can feel free to film in Detroit.. tax credits, tax credits, tax credits)

Exiles, Exiles, Exiles. I will fully admit it would be too large of a budget for network TV but put Exiles on HBO or other Premium channel and make it as brutal and uncompromising as the comic (before Claremont go a hold of it) this would be a excellent Marvel property with a wealth of material and characters to work with.

For those not in the know Exiles was a series involving a team of heroes gathered from different dimensions and have to travel each week to a different dimension to set things right and restore order to the multiverse. Basically it was a combo of X-men meets Sliders with a little Quantum Leap thrown in.

Each week they would have to fight strange variations of known heroes and villains. One week an evil Iron Man has taken over the world, another week an Insane Charles Xavier psychically kills an entire city, and then the next week the team have to destroy the utopia a good Dr. Doom has created in his dimension. Sometimes faced with impossible tasks like killing the good guys and send the world to hell because in the greater good this will set things right.

It was dark and beautiful and had so much more potential as a comic before it was cancelled after 100 something issues.

No, seriously. Read the damn article. They put a bullet pointed list. That was much easier to read than Saleem's comment; but somehow you skipped the article

Heroes for Hire, or just Luke Cage + some other people would be great, if they can find an actor with the right voice for Luke. They need someone who has street cred without being a jerk, who can be tough while able to laugh at himself, and who can throw out the line “Sweet Christmas!” without making it sound forced.
Moon Knight would be great if they play up the psychological instability and multiple personality aspects, while keeping it gritty and based in the concept of “is Konshu real or just in Spector's head?”

Marvel definitly should go for heroe's for hire and moon knight for both are just screaming tv. plus alter ego would fill the void left by 24. as for kazar and eternals they are too ahead of their times plus not really well known to get the needed fan base .

FX really pushes the boundaries with their shows and I think they could do an Alias…sorry…Alter Ego or Heroes for Hire show justice.

A She-Hulk single green lawyer show based on dan slotts run would be tight.

But that wouldn't work for the general audiences as most of the changes to each universe won't make sense to people who haven't read a ton of Marvel. Not to mention that X-Men rights aren't owned by Marvel right now, nor the FF.