The Top 10 Marvel Characters Who Deserve Their Own Film

September 25, 2012 Alexander Lowe 90 Comments

Comics are king. Or at least that’s what the box office shows. The two biggest films of the year? The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, both based on comics. Only The Hunger Games has kept The Amazing Spider-Man from rounding out the yearly box-office podium and that financial success will likely continue with this week’s release of The Avengers on Blu-Ray.

Naturally, with this box office success comes more movies of the same genre. Marvel has been cranking out two films a year for the last few years, with talks of possibly upping to 3 a year, and has experienced massive success with almost all of them.

They also recently announced their plans through the end of 2014 which include a Guardians of the Galaxy movie and an Ant-Man movie.

Fans will certainly be happy to see both of those comic adaptations hit the big screen, but what comes after that? Many quality characters are still without their own live-action film, or without any representation in film at all. In order to ease Marvel‘s decision making process I’ve compiled a list of 10 Marvel characters who deserve their own film.

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Big Bro Dee3X

Who do you think should play the Kingpin with Michael Clarke Duncan gone?
- Alex Lowe
  
  That’s a tough one, James Gandolfini definitely looks the part, though he certainly isn’t tall enough. Duncan was phenomenal, so he’d be hard to replace, but with the right actor it could be a great movie.
  - Cruz Gracia
    
    In all honesty, I initially didn’t like Duncan as Kingpin, but I felt he pulled it off. It was based in part of being a “purist” when it comes to comic book characters. However, Samuel L. Jackson sold me on playing Nick Fury…he really pulled that character off and showed of the shadyness the Fury portrays in the comics. I’m still a bit of a purist though…(only when it comes to comics. )
- Odera
  
  LMAO THE BIIIIIIIG SHOW
Eric Neunsinger

Moon Knight for real? Seems like a stretch.
Odera

The Deadpool, Doctor Strange, and Black Panther movies are a definate must. I would be very interested in the Captain Marvel, Kingpin, Cable and Moonknight movies. Im meh at Hawkeye not quite feeling it, not quite for a solo Venom movie either unless its the Flash Thompson, Agent of Shield Venom, and Im sorry but def not seeing Cyclops with his own movie doesn’t have much of a individual backstory, Wolverine is different he had an amazing whole life and adventure before X-Men, Cyclops to me will forever be leader of X-Men and therefore needs to be seen with them.
Snake

There was a TV movie of DR Strange back in the 70′s.
http://www.facebook.com/wiltfongjr Lester Allan Wiltfong Jr.

Good choices… I love the idea for a Kingpin movie. I also think Luke Cage and Iron Fist would be fun, and I loved the New Warriors back in the day.
Robert Newsom

I would love to see Black Panther and Deadpool movies. Who are your top picks to play each role?
- Alex Lowe
  
  For Black Panther I think Michael B. Jordan or Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje would be awesome. Or also Mehcad Brooks. He’s built like a superhero, and some would say the fact he hasn’t played the lead in any major films is a disadvantage, but I think for Panther that would be much better.
  
  Deadpool I just really can’t picture anyone other than Reynolds. I thought he was just about perfect
Milk

Have a hard-on for Ryan Reynolds much? Terrible actor. Punchable face. Didn’t like him as GL, didn’t like him as Deadpool, don’t ever want to see him in any film ever again, especially not playing a superhero.

Anyway, Deadpool movie, sure, likely to happen too.

Kingpin movie? No. Great villain of course, but i don’t see the interest in the general public for this to happen. Get the DD rights back from Fox (which will happen in like 5 days if fox hasn’t started production on anything) and reboot for god sake and put Kingpin in it. My favorite marvel hero and he got the worst film. Spidey gets an uneeded reboot but DD doesn’t? No.It seems like marvel doesnt even care that much since they were willing to let fox keep DD if fox would let marvel have the rights back to Galactus and Silver Surfer… It didn’t happen but it makes me feel they have no love for DD

Venom movie, same as the above. I don’t see anyone wanting to make movies about villains.

Moon knight film might happen down the road. I could see it happen. Don’t care that much for the character though, and i thought that quote was actually pretty lame….

Black panther is probably the one i’d like the most to see. It’ll happen i’m sure…but when!?!? Its been talked about since Snipes wanted to do it in late 90′s. Thank god that didn’t happen though. Snipes is another terrible actor and regardless of that fact, i just don’t see him as black panther. Idris Elba maybe or Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Doctor Strange would be awesome too. There’s rumors he might be in Avengers 2. Even a rumor it could be Viggo Mortensen. Which i think would be a fabulous choice. But no Liam Neeson. Wouldn’t work for me.

Cyclops was your favorite x-men? I’ve always said i never knew anyone who actually liked Cyclops. I guess i was wrong. He wasn’t much in the films either cause no. one. cares. James Marsden played him o.k i guess….in that he was dislikeable.

hawkeye was to me the one disappointment in avengers. the biggest thing is i hate Jeremy Renner he’s kinda fat and unsympathetic. And the costume was lame. Yeah i do get that hawkeye’s comics costume doesn’t work in the real world. But did it have to be such a bland boring black outfit? So yeah, a Hawkeye movie? if it’s gonna be Renner, i don’t give a shit. Won’t see it. And keep in mind i love Hawkeye..
- superboy
  
  Well like it or not in the beggining of the film he pulled off a great deadpool with the wisecracks and all and y is there so much hate for the GL movie it wasnt the best movie out there but it certainly wasnt the unwatchabble mess everyone seems to claim and hawkeye was fat?
- jack frost
  
  big Cyclops fan
  - HelpfulHarry
    
    It WAS an unwatchable mess.
Dr C

What about The Creeper? A very underutilised SH in my opinion. His outright weirdness and maniacal laughter would work a treat.
- steve
  
  Top 10 Marvel movies. Creeper is DC.
Cruz Gracia

Huge Laurie for Doctor Strange!!!!! No effing question (I’m not even a House fan, but I know he’s the only actor alive that could pull that off!)
- Cruz Gracia
  
  Hugh Laurie…sorry! LOL.
Cesar

They’ve already confirmed a Deadpool movie, I think 2015.
Jamie

I think a Luke Cage film would be pretty badass.
Croft

How about some female characters???? Storm, Psylocke and Mystique were my favorites growing up.
- jack frost
  
  DAZZLER
- http://www.facebook.com/Tsun420 Daniel Wood
  
  The moment you realize most of Marvel’s best known Women heroes are all from X-Men.
  - Ziphos123
    
    Black Widow. Spider woman.
    - OMFGMOVIES
      
      omg spider woman would such a cool movie
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Harrison/811408339 Jack Harrison
  
  Given she’s his wife, Storm would probably take a part in Black Panther.
  - Alicia
    
    Can Halle Berry NOT be Storm this time? I love the woman, but she was a really meek Ororo Munroe.
    I wish they thought of casting someone like Angela Basset…but oh well.
    - Ernesto
      
      Maybe one of Tyler Perry actors. He has ties to some quite attractive African American actors. I remember Storm always being drawn so beautiful as with the other X-girls. I think Star Treks Zoe Saldana would make a great Storm.
that1guy_uknow@yahoo.com

Hells yeah, they need a hawkeye movie like yesterday. it could be both him and Black Widow, just to fill out all the avengers having solo stories. That’s one thing I disliked about the Avengers. What would be tops about the kingpin movie, would be his rise to power. i would love to see that flick happen. the rest would be nice. of course, jon proudstar needs to be in an x-movie and luke cage would rock a a movie. him being a badass, knocking mugs out. but now that marvels in the movie biz, there should be a marvel movie a month.
http://www.facebook.com/higgledyh.higglesworth Higgledyh Higglesworth

dr strange maybe. all others are fuck-tard geek comic nerd fantasy fulfilment. no one wants to see them. it`s inevitable what woth comic popularity but they will be shit as they are shit. Spiderman is well spiderman, Deadpool is what ? a guy with swrods. fuck off,.
- thomas
  
  if you want to say something like that you might as well say iron mans is just a guy with a suit, thor an alien with a hammer, captain america, a steroid pumped soldier and hulk a guy with anger managment problems.
- jwj
  
  dude…methinks you cus to much…grow a brain..raunchy language is the sign of tiny johnsons..find a microscope and find yours
Bob Wilson

I’d like to see a decent Punisher movie. Something that shows Frank Castle as more than a gun toting psycho.
- GT
  
  the War Journals!!
PhantomCart2nist

What about Powerman ?
http://www.facebook.com/blackhowling.kagaokami Johnie Snider

Ok i think they should remake x men with out wolverine in it because he was not in it at 1st and if your going to put juggernaut in it dont make him a mutant i hated that about x-men the last stand he should have ran right through that wall and do him in cgi like the hulk because he is just as big a the hulk

next put black cat in the next spider-man movie maybe venom and at the end of the movie show carnage
then doctor strance and i think Hugh Laurie would make a vary good doc
im sorry i dont want to see a black panther movie unless they reboot x men only because he marries storm

so next on the list would be the ff but just leave it at doc doom and let him get his country

and where are the fan for ms marvel let her have her own movie good story hot chick whats not to like

you can do a phoenix movie and this time get it right cuz jean gray was not a skits o
and hell bring emma frost into it
hell just group up comics make movies out of that and stick with what they say no more “well i wanted to change this ” no just do it buy the comics or i beat you with a rose vine
Steph

Definite lack of female heroes on the list. Marvel has a lot of great female heroes some of whom deserve a solo film more than their listed male counterpart (I’m talking about Ms Marvel, just so that’s clear)
http://twitter.com/Glides Glides The Man

Deadpool all the way, although I don’t think Reynolds should play him, since he’s been playing the hunk characters. Like, cough, Green Crappy Lantern. Not a bad actor, but wrong for the part.
Deadpool to me should be more of an action comedy than anything else. Keep the badass sword fights and what not, of course, but it should be hysterical. Like Beetlejuice meets the Matrix or something. Just my 2 cents.
- julian
  
  You basically just described Reynolds, he plays a very similar role to Deadpool in Blade’s 3rd movie. As the author said, he was great in the beginning of the movie, but it was a shitty Wolverine movie, badly written and directed, same thing with Green Lantern. I don’t understand how it’s the actor’s fault when they are given nothing good to work with.
http://twitter.com/WolfenM Wolfen Moondaughter

GAMBIT. I like Kitsch in the role, but I’d take a recast if the character was rebooted & got together with Rogue (an impossibility with the current timeline). I’d also really like a Hawkeye AND Black Widow movie, especially if we got to see them in Budapest. I’m totally down for a Deadpool movie, with or without Ryan, especially if Weasel and Blind Al are in it, but I’d take a Deadpool / Cable movie too. I would love to see Kid Loki on the big screen, especially if Asa Butterfield plays him — a full film is unlikely, but if they decide to kill Loki off, I’d want them to have Loki die heroically at the end of a film, redeeming himself, then have Kid Loki as the post-credit easter egg. And I’d like to see Black Cat on the screen, whether she’s in a Spider-Man film or one of her own.
Leo O’Rourke

Mads Mikkelson for Cable.
Leo O’Rourke

Djimon Hounsou for Blank Panther.
vision

R O M
- Rob_69
  
  i still have the first issue of ROM!!
x factor

Havok cyclops’s brother would be good in cyclops or cable film
Sam

Silver Surfer deserves his own film.

Thundra, Hercules, Black bolt and Namor also deserve their own film.
- http://www.facebook.com/allyn.weimer Allyn Weimer
  
  Hercules is getting his own film starring the rock
jack frost

Power Man and Iron fist … extremely doable and it will pull in kung fu movie lovers … and you can get Micheal Jai White to ply Power Man …

Moon Knight would be epic … I have no idea how they did not already do a Hawkeye movie …

and to be honest they messed up every X-Men movie .. i do not watch them anymore … not even when they come on T.V. …. the same goes for The Fantastic Four … any Comic book movies FOX does i will not waste my time on again
Timo

Djimon Hounsou for Black Panther.
- http://www.facebook.com/billy.leger Billy Leger
  
  Perfect thats who I was thinking too
- http://www.facebook.com/wotanubis Adam Snyder
  
  Alfonso Ribeiro for Black Panther: real royalty.
M-dogg

Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Deadpool, and Hawkeye are the only ones mentioned that I could see getting a movie in the near future. Daredevil doesn’t have many bad guys as is and Kingpin is his Lex Luthor/Joker so taking him out of the mix for a DD movie when they just got the rights back would be dumb. I feel similar with Cyclops and Venom. They should stay in their respective universes cuz I don’t see them being able to hold their own movie without it turning into Elektra. Venom MAYBE could pull it off but he’d need the set-up of a Spider-Man movie to show the true version of him(you wouldn’t say it but I will Topher blew) before a spin-off. Word is Reynolds will be in the JL movie as GL so Deadpool is on the backburner and with the group being small I think they’ll use the next couple movie slots to introduce new Avengers withrogue galleries so IMO Doctor Strange and Panther have the best shot. Strange will cover the magic side of the universe which we’ve seen little of (touched on with Loki but he mostly used weapons in his fights) and open up magic based villians like the Hood, Enchantress, and Morgan Le Fey. Black Panther takes care of the diversity issue and will give a unique POV as a reigning monarch. I also like the vibranium connection. Killmonger would be a weak villian though IMO he has no powers and it’s actually his old lady(Madam Slay) who controls leopards. It should be Klaw since thats his main nemesis but doing his costume/powers would be complicated.him killing T’Challa’s father then getting his hand cut off by T’Challa would be such a ripe storyline with both having reasons to want revenge. There is rumors of a Luke Cage movie but he has no bad guys I mean at all and i’d MUCH rather see a Heroes for Hire movie with him and Iron Fist. It’d be a perspective we haven’t seen before in comic book movies. You’ve got the buddy cop movie feel and heroes trying to make money for saving the day. They could use some shared universe bad guys who probably wouldn’t show up any where else like the Wrecking Crew! You know that’d be bitchin.
http://www.facebook.com/Tsun420 Daniel Wood

I Agree, Cyclops was really underused in the films. I don’t think he’s meant to be that likable a character but it really helps the story when he’s the one trying to play leader and keep the team from imploding.
- Luke
  
  I definitely would not mind a cyclops movie but I disagree where the author said Scott summers had the best mutation…c’mon it’s laser vision, with no light switch. It’s just so limiting and Magneto turned summers’ so called power against the other xmen so perfectly in the original xmen movie. Good idea I just think the character has already been downplayed too much in the xmen movie series to warrant overturning the entire plot to make a solo movie that could never compare to the franchise already in place in cinema
Dione Robertson

Wow. Not ONE female. Pout. Pour. Pout. What could b a blast of a movie? Fantastic Four dealing with the powers of Franklin Richards? Make Venom a women? Copycat should co-star in Deadpool’s movie (in 1st org. story she was the reason he wanted 2 live)
dustychic†

CARNAGE
Matze82

How about with age of apocalypse,cable and weapon x my favorites.
Praxis

Storm would have a great origins story. She had an entire life in Africa growing up where they worshiped her and she had to battle the shadow king before the X-Men ever entered the picture.
Needs More Hiddles.

Am I seriously the only one who demands a Loki movie?! I know I have extra incentive because I adored Tom Hiddleston in Thor and The Avengers, but seriously, in analysis, Loki is arguably the most complex character Marvel ever created. He has so many sides and levels, and of course, Tom Hiddleston would portray Loki beautifully and flawlessly as he always has.
DO WANT. NEED.
I want a Ms. Marvel movie, a Deadpool movie, a Black Widow movie, and DEFINITELY LOKI.
bob

iron fist
shaunn

One point- the only reason that Kingpin ever held his own against Spiderman is because Spidey held back. In the one story where SM did not hold back (this was after he discovered Kingpin had taken out a contract on Aunt May, from prison) he beat Kingpin to a pulp easily.
Charity

Out of all of your choice I hope to God Black Panther gets made he as always been one of my favorites. For me he as one of the best back stories best of all hes not american in form also not some random alien that was sent here for the greeter good. Basically fuck Hollywood and its actors, IF and WHEN this movie gets made they need a real African man who is a savage when comes to fighting skills. They need a African God like person which they should have down with Storm. (Don’t get me started on Halle Berry)

Another one of your picks I like was Doctor Strange his story would trans late every well on the big screen.

Hopefully Deadpool is in the works or at least a thought in Marvel movie directors heads. He is funny, psychotic, a total badass, and he deadly with any weapon you give him. If a Deadpool movie ever happens it defiantly couldn’t be PG-13 for that movie to be the best it can be it needs to be rated R, plan and simple.

I know that chances of this happening is basically a no but I am still going to say it SHE HULK. I just had to throw a girl name out there.
Phill

Introduce carol danvers in avengers 2 as a shield agaent then in captain marvel have her be Cap Marvs Liaison, cue her accident, there u have Ms. Marvel. As for the rest i agree. For me,controversial as it may be, a Sentry movie could be EPIC.
Charity

Out of all your picks I hope Black Panther gets made cause one he’s not white, American or some alien sent here to fix us. He as such a great back ground story. But my biggest fear is casting with this one cause fuck Hollywood and there big price tag actors. They would have to get someone black of course but not just black african black, like a African god like man like they should have done with storm but don’t get me started one bitch. If one day they make a Avengers movie with him it be cool but I rather see a movie of just his amazing story.

Also I the idea of a Doctor Strange movie that be dope cause who doesn’t love a defender of dimensions and endless magical power. Plus its dark and twisted just like everything in the world. They just have to be careful and not get a Tony Stark look a like.

If Deadpool doesn’t get made in my life time I am going to be on heart broken girl. Deadpool is perfect for a movie as long as they stay for a x-men point of view. What more could you want from a hero funny, badass, kill you with basically anything and he a psychotic who doesn’t love a hero with a dark side to them.

Another one of your picks that could make it big is your KingPin idea. I know it will probably never happen because all the rights aren’t in order but it make a dope villain movie. Which no one has ever done or at least right, a movie form a villain point of view is genius if done right.

I am totally just spit balling here but what do you think about wait for it SHE HULK, everything you love about Hulk but with a vagina.

With all these movies like all movies it comes down to casting first of all then you got all that other BS. But if the casting isn’t done right it can take a A+ movie and turn it in to well twilight.

Love your article by the way.
- Alex Lowe
  
  Definitely agree that casting is huge on these, and what you said about Dr. Strange is spot on. That could easily end up being another Tony Stark, and while I love Downey Jr. as Iron Man, we definitely need a different vibe for Strange
- http://www.facebook.com/billy.leger Billy Leger
  
  LMMFAO Hulk with a vagina!!! Brilliant Hulk is my favorite and she hulk is up there.
yodaddy9

venom, yes. deadpool, yes. cable, yes. All the other choices BLOW. I see first comment says Namor. Namor is literally the gayest comic character ever. just check the outfit. equally as stupid as aquaman but much more blatantly homosexual. how about a REAL spawn movie? NC-17 if necessary!!! See the old HBO animated series if you unclear what i mean. i do agree the venom movie would have to be set up in a spiderman movie. they too interconnected to not do that, but cool idea bout sayin Brock thought it was all in his head and then…oh shit its REAL. Interesting way to go about that imo.

cyclops is your favorite xman for real? thats like saying cacti are my favorite sex toy; it just sounds….wrong. im trying to think of any of the five million characters that have been on that squad at some point that are LESS COOL than cyclops and im comin up blank….
Sebastian

Nick Motherfucking Fury deserves a real movie, and not that Hasselhoffs one, a REAL movie, with the REAL Nick Motherfucking Fury, not with Samuel L. Jackson.
Cyanide

Please do make a Venom movie about him in prison talking to his doctor. thats sounds like a great way for people to get introduced to him.
livinginstereo

tom hardy looks like the transsexual porn star buck angel in the photo for the film warrior. he could play shim if they ever made a biopic.
The Unicorn Whisperer

The Cable and Dead pool arc was not a versus, but more of a reluctant team up and ensuing bromance. It was a God Complex run, and for lack of a less clichéd term, where Cable gets full use of his Omega powers and tries to change the world, and Deadpool serves as his friendly counterpoint and comic relief, and which Cable enjoys because he is the only human whose mind he cannot read, and who legitimately believes in his crusade. Two generic gun-toting Liefield abominations with enough pouches between them to host 2 seasons of Prairie Dog Manor, turned into amazing and deep characters in the hands of good writers (Thanks Nicieza).

This movie would be impossible to do outside of an HBO series (I got a little turgid and threw up a bit just typing that) or sequels without it devolving into a shitty versus movie, and but what do I know, I that’s what the said about League of Extraordinary Gentleman, and that is still winning Oscars and BET Music Awards to this day.

And Cable wins when they fight. I Over and Over again.
dsd

I vote Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Deadpool, Namor, Storm, Black Panther,
lokisgirl44690

I may be crazy but i think loki should have his own film about redemption
http://www.facebook.com/billy.leger Billy Leger

Gambit and Rogue
http://twitter.com/twisted_mentat Geoff Walker

It would be better to see the current Captain Marvel, former Ms Marvel, Carol Danvers in her own film. Probably played by Anna Torv or Charlize Theron
- Alex Lowe
  
  if they were to go that route, I’d love to see Theron in the role
- http://twitter.com/rockart9 Rachael Rojas
  
  Anna Torv would pull it off definitely.
Arturo Mockertino

Azrael would be great to see in a film!
Deadpoolfan

Deadpool all the way!!
http://www.facebook.com/calum.mchale Calum ‘Chuck’ McHale

Venom should absolutely NOT have his own film, he’s too big a character and as such has been overused, we need underused characters like Dormammu, Te Infinity wtach or the Guardians of the Galaxy (who I guess must be getting a film as Thanos appears at the end of The Avengers)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jack-Harrison/811408339 Jack Harrison

Black Panther, Doc Strange, Venom, Cable, Deadpool and Kingpin are about the only ones I agree with here.
Mr. Magnanimous

The fact you didn’t mention Dr. Doom makes you inferior. Now bow down you insolent cur! In all seriousness, if done right, I do believe a movie about the bad doctor would go over well. Who would they cast though? Alex Skaarsgard (did I get that right?) comes to mind, as does Benedict Caumberbacht (I know I messed that one all up). Seriously, if done perfectly I do believe Doom would be a character even hardcore movie buffs and critics could sink their teeth into. Of course their teeth would break into a million pieces on his armor!
- Alex Lowe
  
  Another quality choice! Let me tell you, limiting this to 10 was a task.
http://www.facebook.com/maciej.martinek Maciej Martinek

Dead Pool is all i want to see :]
borngreat

Deadpool, hawkeye, skaar, silver surfer, all would be great and moon knight
Drizzt

There was a made for TV moive in the 80′s showing how he became Dr. Strange
seth16

moonknight needs a movie like no kid this guy is an eqyptian warrior of epicness
Ernesto

A Storm flick featuring Star Treks Zoe Saldana
VIGNESH

CARNAGE DESERVES A MOVIE
Oz

Can we get some female superheroes up in here that dont flop?!