Rumour: Marvel Studios To Adapt Ultimatium

[thechase]

According to MCU Cosmic, Marvel Studios is quietly adapting the Ultimate Universe comic book event Ultimatum for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.



Jeremy Conrad of MCU Cosmic reports story and plot details are scarce regarding the project, but if Marvel Studios does go through with bringing Ultimatum to the MCU, it will more than likely not be a straight adaptation of the comic. This would follow similar changes from comics-to-screen that took place in Captain America: The Winter, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. All of these films took basic ideas from the comics and made them work in the MCU.



Ultimatum was a 2009 limited series by writer Jeph Loeb and artist David Finch, and brought together the main heroes of the Ultimate Universe such as the Ultimates/Avengers, Spider-Man, the X-Men and Fantastic Four. Magneto, seeking revenge for the deaths of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, reversed the Earth's magnetic field, causing natural disasters across the world. The event drew criticism for its many deaths, which helped set the stage for the next era of the Ultimate line of comics.



Although it is unclear if Marvel Studios will adapt Ultimatum, it does have many of the major players under the MCU banner if it chooses to. The main villains Magneto and Doctor Doom will more than likely make their MCU debuts after the X-Men and Fantastic Four are properly introduced, though with the recent changes to Phase Five's release schedule, when that will happen is anyone's guess.

www.cbr.com/marvel-studios-developing-ultimatum-event/

[Raskovnik]

Ultimatum? Tastes like chicken.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

I doubt it'll be a straight adaptation given A: the story was needlessly gory as Hell and B: it went over like a lead balloon.

[Deleted]

I don't know if the fans would revolt at the sight of this - as they should because it's straight up fecal matter trash - or embrace it like they do everything else and fawn over everything about it.

Guaranteed at least 45 "OH MY GOD I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL MY LIFE TO SEE ULTIMATUM BROUGHT TO LIFE, PUT IT IN MY BLOOD VEINS" reactions. At least.

[eJm]

Apr 30, 2020 6:29:03 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

I doubt it'll be a straight adaptation given A: the story was needlessly gory as Hell and B: it went over like a lead balloon.

Yeah, this seems like a Civil War sort of thing where it'll probably evoke the name but the filling that wouldn't quite work in a film setting gets taken on i.e. no Clone Thor.

And honestly, better that than the other option of House of M since, well, the Marvel Universe isn't really at that point yet to do something that broad even if they tweak the "No More Mutants" thing.

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I'd imagine it'd bare as much resemblance as Civil War did - taking the very broad strokes of the concept and doing something wholly unrelated.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Apr 30, 2020 6:47:41 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I'd imagine it'd bare as much resemblance as Civil War did - taking the very broad strokes of the concept and doing something wholly unrelated.

What even WAS the premise of Ultimatum? Magneto makes a tidal wave and then sits there while everyone else dies.

[eJm]

Apr 30, 2020 7:14:48 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

Apr 30, 2020 6:47:41 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I'd imagine it'd bare as much resemblance as Civil War did - taking the very broad strokes of the concept and doing something wholly unrelated.

What even WAS the premise of Ultimatum? Magneto makes a tidal wave and then sits there while everyone else dies.

...yeah, pretty much.

[Deleted]

Apr 30, 2020 7:14:48 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

Apr 30, 2020 6:47:41 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I'd imagine it'd bare as much resemblance as Civil War did - taking the very broad strokes of the concept and doing something wholly unrelated.

What even WAS the premise of Ultimatum? Magneto makes a tidal wave and then sits there while everyone else dies.

If I had to condense it down it'd probably be, "Worldwide disaster movie with superheroes," but really it was about a bunch of unlikable idiots being slaughtered by other unlikable idiots.

[Rolent Tex]

I’m calling BS on this. I’m willing to bet good money that we’re getting a MCU version of Annihilation instead.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Apr 30, 2020 7:22:19 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Apr 30, 2020 7:14:48 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

What even WAS the premise of Ultimatum? Magneto makes a tidal wave and then sits there while everyone else dies.

If I had to condense it down it'd probably be, "Worldwide disaster movie with superheroes," but really it was about a bunch of unlikable idiots being slaughtered by other unlikable idiots.

Basically yeah. I'm thinking this will be an Age of Ultron situation where they take the title and literally nothing else.

[Mozenrath]

Apr 30, 2020 7:25:49 GMT -5 Rolent Tex said:

I’m calling BS on this. I’m willing to bet good money that we’re getting a MCU version of Annihilation instead.

Complete with Liu Kang turning into a shitty dragon.

[thechase]

Apr 30, 2020 7:28:50 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

Apr 30, 2020 7:22:19 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

If I had to condense it down it'd probably be, "Worldwide disaster movie with superheroes," but really it was about a bunch of unlikable idiots being slaughtered by other unlikable idiots.

Basically yeah. I'm thinking this will be an Age of Ultron situation where they take the title and literally nothing else.

If Olsen wants out of the MCU, they can adapt that element of it at least.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Apr 30, 2020 7:40:23 GMT -5 thechase said:

Apr 30, 2020 7:28:50 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

Basically yeah. I'm thinking this will be an Age of Ultron situation where they take the title and literally nothing else.

If Olsen wants out of the MCU, they can adapt that element of it at least.

The last thing anybody wants is the creepy incest plotline Loeb insisted on including lol.

[thechase]

Apr 30, 2020 7:43:55 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

Apr 30, 2020 7:40:23 GMT -5 thechase said:

If Olsen wants out of the MCU, they can adapt that element of it at least.

The last thing anybody wants is the creepy incest plotline Loeb insisted on including lol.

The murder angle and nothing else.

NOTHING. ELSE.

[No One]

Apr 30, 2020 6:31:24 GMT -5 @knapp said:

I don't know if the fans would revolt at the sight of this - as they should because it's straight up fecal matter trash - or embrace it like they do everything else and fawn over everything about it.

Guaranteed at least 45 "OH MY GOD I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL MY LIFE TO SEE ULTIMATUM BROUGHT TO LIFE, PUT IT IN MY BLOOD VEINS" reactions. At least.

Geesh.

[Kevin Hamilton]

That's never happening.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

The more I think of it, why even use the title? Is that really a book you want to promote by association? Might as well call the next Spider-Man movie "Sins Past".

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

If this even happens at all, hopefully they Civil War it and soften everything down so characters are actually likable and there’s, y’ know, hope.

But I don’t see this happening. That book was a mess.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Apr 30, 2020 8:55:50 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

The more I think of it, why even use the title? Is that really a book you want to promote by association? Might as well call the next Spider-Man movie "Sins Past".

I should say MAYBE they use the title ala Ultron like ya mentioned.

There's no chance in the world Feige and Disney do the story where dozens of characters die in gruesome ways including cannibalism.

That's not happening.