10 Dream MCU Projects Disney Will (Probably) Never Make

1. Infamous Iron Man

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Make no mistake - Doctor Doom is coming to the MCU, and when he does, audiences aren't going to know what hit them.

That may seem overly confident given the last two films made him out to be the lamest figure in existence (the first as a generic suit and tie antagonist, and the next as a borderline crash-test dummy with glowing eyes), but still, there's a reason he's considered Marvel's primo big-bad.

Strangely enough, though, some of the best Doom storylines involve the character using his obvious genius to do good. Doom does it in his own, morally ambiguous ways, but said turns never fail to be exciting, as it was during Infamous Iron Man, which saw the erstwhile Latverian dictator replace Tony Stark as the Avengers' new iron-clad ally.

To be clear, it's absolutely inevitable that we'll see Doom turn good in the MCU, but it'll be brief. It's way too early to contemplate him being a hero when we haven't even seen him done right as a villain, and it's far more likely that Marvel will abandon the concept of a new Iron Man altogether as the movies progress.

Still, one can only wonder how great Alex Maleev's redesign would look in live action, mystical armour and all...

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1. Which MCU Movie Is It?

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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.