Marvel's Original Ambitious Movie Plans Still Haven't Come Together 20 Years Later

Marvel's movie offerings stretch much further than the MCU alone and have been just as ambitious since 2004 with multiple plans that are still yet to come to fruition. Marvel has come a long way since selling off movie rights to studios in the 80s and 90s, with the MCU becoming the most successful cinematic franchise in history by a vast margin, nearly tripling the worldwide box office of Star Wars to date. In 2004, Iron Man was one of several projects that would eventually make it past the cutting room floor before it launched the MCU timeline in 2008.