10 Dream MCU Projects Disney Will (Probably) Never Make
2. New Avengers (Marvel's Illuminati)
Marvel Comics
The MCU has already pooled a ton of material from Jonathan Hickman's Avengers comics, but it's so far omitted the coolest part of all - the arc revolving around the Illuminati.
For added context, the Illuminati in the Marvel universe are a team comprised of the smartest minds in the superhero community. Among their ranks include Black Panther, Tony Stark, Reed Richards, Stephen Strange, Black Bolt and Namor, and Hickman's arc sees them engaged in a world-ending conspiracy that also happens to be the most epic thing Marvel has published over the last decade.
The basic premise of the comic revolves around multiversal 'incursions' - huge, terrifying anomalies that smash realities together and threaten to leave both destroyed. It's high-concept, big on scale and tension and features an incredible pay-off at the end.
Be that as it may, it would take Marvel years to build to such an arc, and without Tony Stark and Steve Rogers to play against, two of the most important pieces on the board are no longer present.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
