Alright. This is only like, the third article I've ever made. But I finally came up with the plot summaries for the four new solo films I most want to see in the MCU. And before anyone points it out, I think Nova should be a Netflix Phase 2 series along with Darkhawk and Night Thrasher culminating in the New Warriors series.
The Marvel Universe has a great many characters to provide the MCU. Ka-Zar, Alpha Flight and Black Knight or even Captain Britain(if it's even possible for Marvel) would be great ways of expanding the scope of MCU's Earth. We'd be venturing out to Canada, UK (moreso than in Thor 2) and even as far out as The Savage Land. But there is no place more immediately needing to be explored than a small isolated kingdom deep in the heart of Africa.
1. The Black Panther
All his life, young Prince T'Challa has been different, curious of the world beyond his isolated kingdom in the heart of the African continent. So, when his father finally sent him abroad to study the ways of the world, naturally, he jumped at the chance.
Now returned, a man, T'challa urges his father to open their great kingdom, Wakanda, to the wider world. But he is not the only one returned to the shining tribal city and its unique advanced technology. M'Baku, "Man-Ape" of the White Gorilla Tribe has come to challenge T'chaka of the Panther Tribe, proud leader of the realm for the right to the throne. With the help of Ulysses Klaw, one of T'challa's old Professors, obsessed with the rare orre, Vibranium, found only in Wakanda, Man-Ape kills T'challa's father before his very eyes. T'challa must now take on his father's role as Black Panther and save his kingdom, his tribe-his sister, before M'Baku and Klaw destroy their chances of joining the rest of the world in peace.
For the next solo, I know a lot of people are anxious to see the first female solo film be a cosmic success. Ms. Marvel is an icon Marvel and has been a long time. But she didn't start off as superpowered from the get go. Captain Mar-Vell deserves just as big a play in the MCU. Even now, his legacy and legend permeates the comics. Thanos is no stranger to him. And the Skrulls award him a Medal of Honor declaring him one of their greatest foes on his death bed.
But lets take a step back. Back to what made him interesting in the first place. A celebrated soldier on extended mission in a foreign land begins to question his own patriotism. And thus is born the legend. If Marvel can't get Silver Surfer to turn against Galactus to protect Earth, then Captain Mar-Vell will easily play the role, turning against the entire Kree Empire, to save a backwater planet he has found worth protecting.
2. MARVEL
Golden-boy Super Soldier, Captain Mar-Vell of the intetrgalactic Kree Empire adopts Earth, planet he was sent to spy on, betraying his own race, and falls in love with the beautiful and spunky Air Force Major, Carol Danvers.
The Kree Empire is a hundred-thousand Star-Systems strong, lead by a vast supercomputer called the Supreme Intelligence.
Now because of Mar-Vell's actions, he and Carol, with the help of the Sentient World Observation and Response Division (S.W.O.R.D.) set up after the invasion of New York, must find a way to stop the approaching galactic armada before the full might of the Kree Empire lays down their law and wipes Humanity from existence.
Witness the beginning of the legend that is Captain Mar-Vell and the birth of a new hero, Ms. Marvel.
Note: Yes, Carol gets her powers in the third act. But not until after her character is well established independant of being defined by those powers. She's not Pepper Potts or Jane Foster. She's not a sideline love interest. She becomes the co-lead character of this story. That is why the film is simply called MARVEL.
If there's one place on Earth besides Wakanda, we want to see its the Savage Land right? Jungles, dinosaurs, half-naked blonde dudes with giant pet cats. It's like getting Jurassic Park and Tar-Zan at the same time! Your right, your right. The Savage Land is way to hot and humid and sweltering, and those giant bugs! Okay, how bout we take a dip t cool off. In fact, how 'bout we take a dive. All the way to Atlantis!
"Namor was I born. Avenging Son. Spawn of two worlds-yet fated to belong to none."
3. The Submariner
Namor, Prince to the throne of Atlantis. Half Human-half Atlantean. In his youth, he remembers the Great War that tore the upper worlds asunder. For the safety of his own realm, he fought alongside surface heroes like the Captain and the burning Torch to rid the world of the evil spawned in the lands called Germany. But his alliance with the surface dwellers made an upopular impression amongst his suspicious citizens. To prove his loyalty Namor retreated to the seas and promised his people never to return to the world above.
A political storm has been brewing however, and while Atlantean Warlord, Krang, contests Namor for the hand of Lady Dorma, rising out of the West, in the city of Lemuria, one calling himself Attuma has declared the throne of Atlantis as his destiny and is assembling an army to take it. To top it off, a human intruder, some genetically modified terrorist known only as Tigershark strikes chaos in the watery realm and causes a wave of doubt and unrest in the citizens once again.
Namor will need to bring all his strength and cunning to fend off Attuma's army while keeping his Kingdom from crumbling around its shaky throne.
"Imperius Rex!"
So, where do we go from here? Well, how about a tour through the Greek cotuntryside. That beautiful mountain Olympus. Hey, you thought Asgardians were the only myths to be real in the MCU? Think again. But honestly, who else is Thor gonna have as good a drinking buddy in? Hercules is much more reckless and willing to be a quirky goof than his equally powerful mead-brother, Thor. Then again, Herc never had to worry about responsibly taking over his father's throne one day.
"Thor was rejuvenated by the rain from the storm he'd created as Hercules relinquished Dionysus' pig and, vowing to never again forget Thor's name or face, scooped up two arm-loads of beauteous women and strode away."
4. Hercules: Prince of Power
Hercules, once the great hero of a long forgotten age now clouded in myth. He accomplished many great deeds, had several great loves along his long life, and even once saved all of Olympus from the threat of Titanian Giants.
But the man who's just woken in a hospital bed in Greece does not remember these things. He does not recognize the title Prince of Power. He does not even remember his own name. He believes he is just a normal former coma patient with amnesia. That is, until the day a two-headed wolf attacks him and a teenage boy also a patient at the hospital that has befriended him.
Memories jostle about in his head. Impossible memories full of myths and monsters. But all too soon they fade to vagueness. A distant dream. Hercules sets out with his new companion, teenage genius Amadeus Cho, to regain his full memories hoping they lead to whoever put him in the coma and why. But old ressurrected enemies come to silence him. A hydra, a giant lion, the dragon Ladon... Soon Hercules realizes there's only one god with the power to ressurect these old monsters. Pluto. And as the three-headed dog of Hades itself comes bounding at his heels, Hercules also remembers Pluto has unleashed Typhon, the great father of monsters, and is about to lay seige to an unsuspecting Olypmus. To save the city, the Lion of Olympus and Amadeus Cho race to find a weakness in Typhon and expose Pluto's deceit before the great city of gods comes tumbling out of its dimension and crashes into Greece.
So that's my shot at the four new solos I want Marvel to tackle. Something tribal, something undersea, something cosmic and something well, "Herky". Hope you guys enjoyed. Hey Hercules, you enoyed it right?
Cool, I knew you would god-bro.