How Fast Will Multiverse Cameos Get Old?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe seems like it may never stop growing, consuming, and expanding its incalculable empire. But, as going forward becomes increasingly difficult, the franchise has taken to digging into the past for new ideas and banking entirely on marketable performances it didn't use to own.
Spider-Man: No Way Home marketed itself heavily on the novelty of reincorporating the 2000s and 2010s takes on classic comic-book villains into the modern MCU. After that film's unbelievable success, fan speculation has already begun on behalf of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Everything from new actors in classic roles, to references to actors who didn't get those parts, to the full reincorporation of performances like Hugh Jackman's Wolverine has been floated as possible.
Why Doctor Strange Needs Loki In The Multiverse Of Madness
There's a long history of Marvel movies that were released before what we now know as the MCU. That brand only began to form after 2008's Iron Man and its iconic post-credits scene which established The Avengers Initiative. Prior to that film, Marvel lent its name to Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Fox's X-Men trilogy, the Blade movies, two Fantastic Four films, two separate Punisher adaptations, and many more. While a ton of the pre-MCU material was trash that deserves to be forgotten, that period also contains some of the best stuff the genre has to offer even today. There's a reason no movie has even tried to recast Wolverine, it's taboo to even discuss the idea. Ditto J. K. Simmons' take on J. Jonah Jameson. As Marvel, and therefore Disney acquires more and more of the entertainment market, the question of what to reabsorb and what to fully remake becomes crucial.
Spider-Man: No
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