Gangway for Captain Marvel!

One problem with the brief TL... WB owns DC. Wouldn't it make more sense for another studio to do the CM movie?


Incidentally, I'm trying to think of cast for a new CM movie for a TL of mine. I have Billy Batson and Mary Bromfield cast already, but I may need some others.
 
One problem with the brief TL... WB owns DC. Wouldn't it make more sense for another studio to do the CM movie?

Excellent catch.

[Fom what I put together, Kinney National Services bought DC (National Periodical Publications) in 1967. In 1968 they then bought Warner Brothers.]

No way WB would try to make a movie with their rival's character and no way Fawcett (or whoever owned Captain Marvel) would work with their rival either.
 
With the success of the campy Batman TV series (66-68), who would make a good cast for a 60's Captain Marvel TV series starting in say 1967?

James Brolin might be a reasonable choice for Captain Marvel.
 
You think by 1985 that internal guidelines relective of either the comic book code or Fawcett's desire to maintain the "wholesomeness" of their superhero universe would still be relevant?

Its all about branding. Look at Disney, they haven't realy become much more "edgier" over time. They might have allowed certain jokes in one decade that would have been considered distastefull previously but thats about it. With only minor cuts, most modern disney films could be sent back in time to be shown but the same does not hold true for most other companies movies.
 
Hmmmm...Disney could buy Fawcett...then who gets Marvel?
Alternatively, Paramount or some other studio could get Fawcett.
Finally, will anyone play Mr. Mind or at least voice him? (I could see Mr. Banjo being big on TV, but not in film.)
 
With the success of the campy Batman TV series (66-68), who would make a good cast for a 60's Captain Marvel TV series starting in say 1967?

James Brolin might be a reasonable choice for Captain Marvel.

I've been thinking about this but I wonder, considering captain marvel already is on the goofy side, is it possible they went in a different direction with a TV series ? Trying to make it gritty for example (dragnet gritty, not dirty harry) or bringing in some young talents to make it "experimental" (imagine something like The Prisonner) ?
 
Hmmmm...Disney could buy Fawcett...then who gets Marvel?
Alternatively, Paramount or some other studio could get Fawcett.

For some reasons, it would be funny if in 1951 a Captain Marvel surprise blockbuster allowed RKO to stave off its financial problems, leading to a long collaboration between RKO and Fawcett and the former eventualy acquiring the later.

On a more serious note, fawcett doesn't need to be bought, a partnership could simply be made with another studio like paramount as you said or Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer.

Finally, will anyone play Mr. Mind or at least voice him? (I could see Mr. Banjo being big on TV, but not in film.)

I'm actualy not sure what Mr. mind should sound like. should it be some some sort of high-pitch squeal due to his size and have some guy on helium or do you go against type and cast james earl jones ?
 
Finally, will anyone play Mr. Mind or at least voice him? (I could see Mr. Banjo being big on TV, but not in film.)

For an early 80's movie, I could see Robin Williams playing the person who's body Mr. Mind has "inhabited". At the end of the movie, when Mr. Mind/Robin Williams is about to be caught by Captain Marvel, Mr. Mind "worms" its way out of the body and makes an escape. So you get the on-screen antics of Robin Williams and the special effects cost of portraying a worm as a main character kept to a minimum. Hell, for movie goers uninitiated in Captain Marvel lore (probably most of them) the shock at the end of the movie of Mr. Worm being an actual worm might make a cool payoff to the audience.

For a post 2000 Captain Marvel movie, Mr. Mind is all CGI. Lots of possible actors to voice him. Robin Williams (again) or Jim Carrey (as antic Mr. Mind), David Hyde Pierce (as prissy OCD Mr. Mind), F. Murray Abraham (as malevolent Mr. Mind), Christopher Lloyd (as off his rocker Mr. Mind), William Shatner (as egotistical Mr. Mind), Danny Devito (as scheming Mr. Mind). Lots of possibilities to go with based on how the Director wants to present Mr. Mind's personality.
 
The guy's 6'4" for carp's sake. If he worked out a bit he could nail it.

The picture of him I posted from megaforce was, I think from when he was at his peak. its not that he look like a weakling but its a different look than the slightly more bulky captain marvel that you usualy see:
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The difference basicaly between a basketballer and a quarterback. All that I am saying is that while I see interesting potential in him playing the role, I think it would probably be a different interpretation of it then if it was done by someone with a more imposing physique like for example patrick warburton has been suggested recently in OTL.
 
The picture of him I posted from megaforce was, I think from when he was at his peak. its not that he look like a weakling but its a different look than the slightly more bulky captain marvel that you usualy see:

Barry Bostwick was in Megaforce? I always thought that was Kris Kristopherson.

Course it's been a while since I saw it last.
 
Marc, I love your timeline. Yet it's such a surprise that Giffen and Matteis would write a story with so many parallels to OTL's Watchmen. What are the odds? ;D

As for Fawcett having strict guidelines in 1985, I can see that going either way. Certainly such guidelines would help get them through the '50s, and they may or may not hold onto them for thirty years. I like the idea of them having guidelines which loosen up when Giffen writes the best comics of the 80s.
I'm curious about what would happen to the Justice League ITTL. My ideal would be mostly Justice League Detroit with a few JLI members, but I think a return to a Big Seven-style lineup is more likely.
 
I'm curious about what would happen to the Justice League ITTL. My ideal would be mostly Justice League Detroit with a few JLI members, but I think a return to a Big Seven-style lineup is more likely.

Assuming that fawcett continuing existence didn't have much of an impact on the development of the DC universe, this would mean that the big seven are currently going through their post-crisis re-establishment which was why in OTL (or so I've read) their respective editors refused to have them be part of the new Justice league save for batman (whose origin wasn't being changed) and martian manhunter which didn't have his own ongoing series. So like here, that would probably count them out.

You could have a continuation of the detroit incarnation of Justice league but it is my impression that it was rather unpopular hence the revamp into justice league/justice league international

Now, assuming we dont want DC to simply copy Giffen's concept, the new Justice League might be composed of a small core of heros (martian manhuter comes to mind) around which would serve as a showcase for lesser known characters who would be recruited on an ad hoc basis (a bit like the suicide squad of the era but heroic).
 
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It's a shame it took DC so long to revamp everything.

Now, if I wrote that timeline, I would have called the Global Crime Crusaders the Global Guardians, and stated that DC's Global Guardians was called the Justice League International. But, either way, I'd like to see that timeline fleshed out.
I like the idea of a Justice League with a rotating cast. I would suggest a core of John Stewart, Batman, and Martian Manhunter. Another possibility would be to go without the rotating cast and put some Quality characters and either Bronze Tiger or Richard Dragon on the team. I'd also like to see Gypsy on the team, because I like absolutely everything about her except for the name Gypsy.
 
Now, if I wrote that timeline, I would have called the Global Crime Crusaders the Global Guardians, and stated that DC's Global Guardians was called the Justice League International. But, either way, I'd like to see that timeline fleshed out.

The reason I used Global Crime Crusaders was that I wanted to have an updated team name like the JLI did for the JLA and Crime Crusaders Club was the only Fawcett team I could find. If anyone know of another, let me know.
 
That's a perfectly good name. I can imagine the cover with an attractive GCC on it. And I don't imagine that Fawcett had any other teams, because there weren't many of them before the silver age. I just like the name Global Guardians if it's a sequel to Guardians, but now I think I misunderstood its connection to Guardians entirely, and that it's a very different book that happens to have at least one character who appeared in the previous book.
 
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