In an interview with JoBlo Original Ghostrider Nic Cage was asked which Comic Book Roles he would be interested to play check out the full interview here
"I mean, I think my comic book days are kind of...I'm on to other things, but I always thought I'd make a great Joker and I always thought that I would've been a good villain in one of the Marvel [movies] like Doctor Doom. But, Doctor Doom you have to wear that mask, but I thought the story leading up to Doctor Doom could've been interesting. At this point if I was to go back into the format it would probably have to be as a villain"
This got us thinking, what villains could Nic Cage play? It would have to be a villain with screen presence, as powerful as Dormammu and the exact opposite of Zemo's calm and collected? Who could this be? Here are a few ideas we were throwing around.....
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Annihilus
Location:
Planet of Arthros, Negative Zone
Powers
Superhumanly strong
Superhumanly durable.
He can survive in space.
Spawns clones of himself that retain his memories if he dies.
He has wings and can fly at 150 mph.
Fantastic Four Annual #6 (1968)
Background:
Annihilus has been the ruler of the Negative Zone, using his powerful Cosmic Control Rod to control the population.
Annihilus was first encountered when Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four discovered how to travel to the Negative Zone from Earth.
Annihilus plans have been beaten on several occasions by the Fantastic Four who have stopped him from invading Earth from the Negative Zone
In the Annihilation story line, Annihilus figures out a way to leave the Negative zone to our universe sending a fleet of ships called the annihilation wave through that would enslave or destroy countless world, Annihilus was stopped by cosmic heroes like Star-Lord, Drax and The Silver Surfer.
The introduction could be easy with Richards, one of the Governments most brilliant scientists has been drafted in to create a more permanent safe prison following the breakout at the end of Civil War. Richards designs a state of the art prison and locates it in the Negative Zone a dimension he found by accident. Following the prisons creation they are put at odds with Annihilus, who want them out of the Negative Zone, following an attack on the prison by Annihilus the four are accidentally given superhuman abilities by The Cosmic Control Rod
This would have to be a motion capture role of Cage as it would be sightly hard to suit up as a giant insect plus we get many behind the scenes clips of cage performing mo cap like Benedict Cumberbatch.....priceless
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Mr Mxyzptlk
Unpronounceable but goes by Mister Mxyzptlk
Location:
Zrfff, 5th Dimension
5th dimensional.being
Powers:
Reality manipulation
Not bound by third dimensional laws
Can alter 3-D laws in a manner that resembles magic
Ability to break the 4th wall along with retconning abilities
Superman Vol 2 #11 (November, 1987)
Background:
Mr. Mxyzptlk is described as a tick/jokester, he is able warp reality around him which he uses to annoy people.
Until recently Mr. Mxyzptlk could only be stopped if you tricked him into saying his name backwards which would send him back to his home dimension for only 90 days. However, this limit seemed to removed since the Crisis on Infinite Earths comic series, during this story Mr. Mxyzptlk only left when he agreed to, and only if he reaches a deal first.
Come on, Nic Cage as Mister Mxyzptlk could be exactly the strange and manic character that Cage can bring to life with his signature style. plus with how dark and depressing the Superman movies have been this could be turnaround we need.
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The Riddler
Edward Nigma
Location:
Gotham City
Abilities:
Genius-level deductive reasoning
Vast esoteric knowledge
◾Genius-level intellect
◾Criminal mastermind
◾Utilizes complex puzzles and riddles
Detective Comics #140 (October, 1948)
Background:
Depicted as a Gotham City criminal mastermind, the Riddler is obsessed with incorporating incredibly difficult riddles and puzzles into his plots and situations in an effort to test Batman's intelligence and abilities.
Following domestic abuse he suffered at the hands of his father, Nigma was left with a compulsion to tell the truth, a compulsion that materialized in Nigma leaving riddles. this compulsion also manifested in Nigma trying to prove how intellectually superior he is to everyone around him.
The Riddler's seems unable to stop himself from leaving his riddles. In recent times his character was fleshed out and his intense obsessive compulsion was explored more deeply, this compulsion for him to leave his mark or a clue, has beaten him on numerous occasions despite his best efforts to stop, Nigma welcomed incarceration in Arkham Asylum as he thought it might bring him peace.
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Galactus
Galan
Place of Birth
(Galan) Taa; (Galactus) the Cosmic Egg
Powers
Cosmic power.
Levitation
Matter manipulation
Concussive Energy Blasts
Teleportation
Inter Dimensional travel
Time Travel
Force Field Projection
Healing powers
Enhance the powers of other beings.
Store and increase his own power beyond measure.
Telepathic
Fantastic Four #48 (1966)
Background
Galactus was originally Galan of the planet Taa which existed in a universe before the Big Bang.
An unknown cosmic event slowly begins to kill all of the life in his universe forcing Galan and his people to flee their home world but as universe around them is destroyed, everyone but Galan dies.
Galen is saved from death when he is bonded with the 'Sentience of the Universe' and is trapped in an egg made from the remains of the ship he and his people used to escape his dying world, while inside the egg he gestates and mutates for billions of years as the new universe created by the Big Bang forms around him.
Galactus Starving, consumes the nearby planet of Archeopia to keep himself alive an action he needs to do regularly to keep himself from dying.
Galactus appoints numerous heralds to locate worlds for him to consume:
- The 1st herald, Tyrant rebels against Galactus
- The 2nd herald, The Fallen One was too war like and bloodthirsty
Finally after much searching Galactus finds the planet Zenn-La, Norrin Radd aka The Silver Surfer desperate to save his homeworld, offered to become Galactus' herald.
The Mad Hatter
Jervis Tetch
Location:
Gotham City
Abilities:
Genius intellect
Expert neuroscientist
Inventor
Mind-controlling chemicals and devices
Batman #49
Background:
Jervis Tetch a neuroscientist, he moves to a boarding house owned by a lady named Ella Littleton and befriends her daughter, Connie, and her friends in her junior high school computer club, helping them with projects. A few years later, when Connie is in high school, she becomes pregnant.
Fearing the reaction of her mother, Connie lies and claims she had been raped by someone on her high school's baseball team, the Gotham Hawks. Ella, in turn, approaches Tetch for help convincing him that the Gotham Hawks are "bad kids". Tetch agrees to use his newly created mind control technology on a member of the team forcing him to kill the other players using a pipe bomb.
The Mad Hatter has a delusional obsessions with the Alice in Wonderland story and has kidnapped people forcing them to become the characters in the story and attend his tea party.
The Mad Hatter is portrayed in comics armed with a mind-controlling device.
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MODOK
Real Name:
George Tarleton
Place of Birth:
Bangor, Maine
Powers:
Psionic abilities
Superhuman calculating
Ability to form form force field barriers
Mentally produce heat
Mental blasts of psionic energy
Probe peoples minds
He can convert himself into raw data and travel in an e-mail.
Tales of Suspense #93 (1967)
Background
MODOK or M.O.D.O.K. - Mental/Mobile/Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing
MODOK a former employee of Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M) and former arms dealer specializing in futuristic weaponry, underwent substantial mutagenic medical experimentation designed to increase his intelligence though this was a success it left him with a freakishly large head, small body and the need for a flying chair for mobility.
After the experiments, MODOK uses his new found super intelligence to forcibly seize control of AIM.
Do i need to say why Nic Cage would be awesome for the role? seriously?
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Mephisto
Bio
Real Name:
Mephisto
Location:
A pocket dimension named by Mephisto as Hell
Relatives:
Blackheart (son)
Mephista (daughter)
Powers:
Immensely powerful
Supernatural entity
Mystical energy
Force blasts
Matter manipulation
Astral Projection
Inter dimensional Portals
Illusion-casting
Shape-shifting
Able to capture the souls of recently deceased
Silver Surfer #3 (1968)
Background
Mephisto is a constant villain in the Marvel Universe, and has performed a lot of evil acts, he claims all demons were created by a supreme being who's suicide created the universe as well as the infinity stones.
Mephisto claimed that his evil nature was because the supreme being did not choose to make him good, as he had no concept of it.
Mephisto became jealous of the worship fire demon Zarathos received, so vengeful and angered Mephisto defeated Zarathos and tormented him by bonding his soul to a human creating the Ghost Rider.
Mephisto's dimension contains includes the Arena of Tainted Souls where the souls he has stolen are trapped in eternal combat. Mephisto delights in impersonating Satan to strike fear into humans and draws his power from the amount of souls he gas trapped. Mephisto strikes deceptive bargains with the living and takes particular interest in the souls of extremely powerful and pure humans.
This role would be amazing for Cage, a dark, gritty role that he hasn't played before, twisted, deceitful and downright evil, it would be awesome to see him go up against Dr Strange or bring Robbie Reyes' Ghostrider (Gabriel Luna in Agents of SHIELD) to the big screen, either way it would be great to see Cage playing this role
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