4) The Punisher
Frank Castle has previously had three attempts at big screen stardom with each failing to take off. Clearly, TV is a much better home for him, after Jon Bernthal nailed the character in Daredevil season two. As that series ended with him properly becoming The Punisher, however, a cameo in someone else’s movie could be on the cards.
In the comics, The Punisher made his debut as an antagonist of Spider-Man. In the MCU, this would be pretty bizarre on the surface of it, seeing as Spider-Man: Homecoming seems to be a throwback to those feel-good John Hughes movies of old. Dropping an ultra-violent serial killer in the middle of that might imbalance the tone somewhat. Nevertheless, if he was toned down slightly for the film, it would be great fun to see Spidey going against The Punisher.
3) Jessica Jones
Enough about the side characters, the ones we really want to see migrate to the movies are the heroes. The clash of personalities between the streetwise Netflix heroes, in particular, with the government-sanctioned (well, some of them) Avengers is too good a scenario to pass up.
Just imagine Jessica Jones – more of an anti-hero than a superhero – meeting Steve Rogers, with all his old-fashioned values? Or what about the battle of quips that would ensue if she met Tony Stark? No offence to Robert Downey Jr. and his quick delivery, but I think the acerbic wit of Krysten Ritter’s character would beat even him.
In the comics, Jessica (along with hubbie Luke Cage) joined Cap’s Secret Avengers, formed after the fallout of the Civil War event. Dare we hope for something similar to happen on screen?
Published: Jul 3, 2016 02:51 pm