THE MARVELS Reportedly Cut An A-List Cameo With A Twist - Were We Going To See Nova's MCU Debut?

THE MARVELS Reportedly Cut An A-List Cameo With A Twist - Were We Going To See Nova's MCU Debut?

According to a new rumour, The Marvels once featured an A-List cameo, though there would have also been an inevitably divisive twist. Were we going to see the MCU debut of Nova? Here's what we know...

By JoshWilding - Sep 04, 2023 05:09 AM EST
Filed Under: The Marvels

We recently learned that The Marvels will likely clock in at just over 90 minutes, a perplexing decision on Marvel Studios' part after the complaints surrounding the 2-hour runtimes of movies like Thor: Love and Thunder and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

The studio clearly feels that's enough time to deliver a satisfying team-up for Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Photon, but we're curious about exactly how much of what was shot has ended up on the cutting room floor. 

According to one reliable scooper, an early idea for the sequel - which was never shot - featured an A-List actor playing a fan-favourite hero from the comics. However, they'd have died in the first act, and it sounds like Clive Owen and George Clooney were both on Kevin Feige's radar before the idea was dropped. 

Who is the hero in question? We don't currently know, though we'd bet on it being Nova. Thankfully, Marvel Studios came to the conclusion this would be a waste of Richard Rider and we're still anticipating the character appearing in his own movie or TV show, likely alongside the young Sam Alexander.

Between this and The Marvels' reported runtime, we're sadly not anticipating much in the way of world-building or a satisfying follow-up to Secret Invasion. On the plus side, everything we've seen from the movie thus far looks pretty solid. 

In The Marvels, Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe.

When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as "The Marvels."

The movie stars Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson, Zawe Ashton and Park Seo-joon.

The Marvels is currently set to arrive in theaters on November 10.

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Ginley
Ginley - 9/4/2023, 6:28 AM
Probably for the best.

The character would have likely died shitting his pants or revealed as a traitor.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 9/4/2023, 6:35 AM
probobaly would have been as "ICONIC" as that harry styles and cgi midget cameo.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 9/4/2023, 6:51 AM
That was a terrible idea.
ptick
ptick - 9/4/2023, 7:09 AM
Nice pot-stirring here. Reporting on a rumor that doesn't name the character, asserting that assuming it's Nova is somehow logical (how?) and then putting Nova in the click bait headline.

And it worked. People commenting on, and getting worked up over. a scenario that Josh made up based on a rumor of something that was never even shot.
SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 9/4/2023, 8:33 AM
@ptick - I agree 100%. Assuming it was NOVA is purely a guess. Heck, as far as we know, it might have been the original Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) himself!

That is unless Mar-Vell never existed in the MCU. I've seen the 2019 movie exactly one time and have virtually no memory of any details from it whatsoever... 🫤
ptick
ptick - 9/4/2023, 8:43 AM
@SuperiorHeckler - They named Bening's character Mar-Vell ... but of course they could always base a movie character off of the comics' Mar-Vell, but with a different name. Marvel Studios does a lot of character blending now. Could be all sorts of characters, especially since Kamala and Monica are also involved.
Origame
Origame - 9/4/2023, 9:26 AM
@SuperiorHeckler - mar-vell does exist in the mcu. She's the scientist who made the light speed engine. Played by Annette bening
RolandD
RolandD - 9/6/2023, 11:08 AM
@ptick - While I do not enjoy Superherhype as much as this site, I just read their stories on this and the Cox, D’Onofrio, Ritter pic and this story. Their writers made no assumption that the photo meant Ritter was reprising her role nor did they assume the cameo was Nova or anyone else. They left it up to the readers to make any assumptions.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 9/4/2023, 9:46 AM
No way they'd cast an actor that old as Rider. Think it would've been a different character.

As for Nova himself, I really they're giving him a show. Out of all characters with projects in the works, Nova probably has the most potential in my opinion.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 9/4/2023, 10:47 AM
Who wouldn't want to see an A-list actor portray a fan favorite hero, only to have him die in the 1st act?
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/4/2023, 10:51 AM
They wouldn't have cast a male Nova Prime.
cadunovaes01
cadunovaes01 - 9/4/2023, 2:08 PM
Maybe could be Mar-Vell, that could be something unexpected but worth to watch!
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