10 Amazing Comic Book Characters That Narrowly Missed Appearing In Movies

10. Plastic Man

Back before Deadpool made the sarcastic superhero cool, Plastic Man was ready to fulfill that same role on the big screen. The former crook turned stretchable hero has always been one of DC’s oddball characters, and it's his distinct personality which almost garnered him his own film.

The Wachowskis were heavily invested in the character and they have a knack for adapting projects that others might deem unfilmable. Couple that drive with their keen visual sense and it looked like Plastic Man had a real chance. They were reportedly aiming to give fans what they wanted and were allegedly hoping to get back to doing things like never before as they did on The Matrix.

The script was ready to go and rumour was that they had lined up Keanu Reeves to play the part and were gearing up for pre-production in Germany. But it turned out to all be talk and nothing ever came of this.

Now, with the super-serious nature of the DCEU there doesn't look to be an immediate place for Plastic Man to appear anytime soon. It’s a shame, because this one had some real momentum behind it and, judging from the public’s embrace of an off-kilter hero, DC might be wise to revive Plastic Man.