12 Badass MCU Plans That Should NEVER Have Been Scrapped

Ever since Iron Man in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become a juggernaut of the industry, has inspired studios trying the same shared universe method, and has seen a ridiculous amount of success. Of course, the franchise isn't perfect, but there have been very few mistakes or misses over the course of its 23 movies.

Marvel Studios found a way to produce one of the most compelling narratives ever told through the medium of cinema, spanned across more than a decade, combining a handful of properties to create something truly unique.

The MCU is undoubtedly one of the biggest and best franchises in the world, but could it have been better? With every movie made there are tonnes of ideas that wind up on the cutting room floor, and never quite make it into the final cut, and with a lore so deep and rich as that which is available to Kevin Feige and co., there was always going to be some incredible ideas that, for whatever reason, never came to fruition.

Many of these concepts were left out of the final product for good reason, but there are some amazing plans the MCU left behind, and we're left scratching our heads as to why.

In the MCU, Ant-Man has become a fantastic character. From the epic Giant Man reveal in Civil War, to helping to save the universe in Endgame, and of course, being portrayed by the impossible to dislike Paul Rudd. His movies have even become incredibly important to the wider MCU story thanks to the introduction to the Quantum Realm.

However, when comparing the Ant-Man franchise to the likes of Iron Man, Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the rest of the titles under the MCU umbrella, it does leave something to be desired. Not that they're bad movies by any stretch, but Ant-Man, and Ant-Man and the Wasp certainly fall into the bottom half of the MCU list.

Originally beginning development way back in 2006, director of Scott Pilgrim, Baby Driver, and the Cornetto Trilogy, Edgar Wright, was hired to direct Scott Lang's solo movie. After years of work, rewrites, and developmental hell, the Englishman ultimately left the project, leaving us all wondering what might have been.

Of course, there's no way of knowing what an Edgar Wright directed Ant-Man movie would have looked like, but we can certainly make an educated guess, and judging by his talent, and the passion the director has for the character, the franchise could have been so much better for having him behind the camera.