Although Marvel has become more known for movies over the past couple of decades rather than TV shows, the small screen is where Marvel has spent most of its time - outside of comics, of course. From the 1960s cartoons to the dark-and-brooding Netflix era all the way to the current Disney+ crop of MCU projects, there is 10 times the Marvel in TV shows than in movies. Despite all of that, however, there are some Marvel TV shows that never saw the light of day - some despite full first episodes being written, cast, filmed, and edited.

This is the latest topic in Popverse's new weekly series Famous, Infamous, and Forgotten — a vigorous, opinionated, and intense look at one specific corner in the pop culture realm we inhabit to pick out the most famous version of it all, the most infamous version of it all, and the most forgotten version of it all.

So let us know you the the most famous, the most infamous, and most forgotten aborted Marvel TV series of all time.

The Famous aborted Marvel show: New Warriors

Actor and AT&T spokesperson Milana Vayntrub has become a phenomenon online - not unlike Marvel's Squirrel Girl. So when the actor was cast as the Marvel hero to lead a MCU team show, it was met with widespread acclaim. Marvel had partnered with its Disney-sibling company, cable channel Freeform, for a 10-episode New Warriors series led by Vayntrub as Squirrel Girl to debut in 2018. But after a pilot was filmed, Freeform got cold feet - with public reports saying the channel didn't have room for it on their schedule anymore - reverting the show back to Marvel. Marvel unsuccessfully tried to shop the New Warriors show (with a fully completed pilot) to other channels, but could not find a buyer, so the entire project fell apart.

The Infamous aborted Marvel show: Hulu's Ghost Rider

Arguably the most beloved new character to debut in ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was Gabriel Luna's Ghost RIder, so it was no surprise that a Ghost Rider show for Hulu was announced in 2019. According to Luna, it was part of his initial contract for appearing on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the first place. This came as Marvel recovered the film & TV rights for the character a few years prior, and this new Ghost Rider series was planned to be part of a family of live-action MCU shows under the umbrella branding ' Adventure into Fear' (similar to the Netflix family of shows lead by Daredevil). Justified producer (and future Griselda showrunner) Ingrid Escajeda was hired to showrun Ghost Rider, going so far as to hire on crew for the show.

Just four months after it was announced however, Hulu dropped Ghost Rider citing the oft-mentioned "creative differences," and there were no public reports Marvel shopped it around elsewhere.

The Forgotten aborted Marvel show: Guillermo Del Toro's Hulk

Writer/director Guillermo Del Toro is known for taking stories of monsters and showing their human side, so him working on Marvel's Hulk sounds like a no-brainer. And it was, as in 2010 it was announced Del Toro and Battlestar Galactica writer David Eick were working on a Hulk TV series for ABC. This was in the lead-up to 2012's Avengers, but would have actually been outside the MCU in a new retelling of the Jade Giant's origin. According to Del Toro, they never could get the script right for him, Marvel, and ABC - and, after three years in development, Marvel shelved it to focus more on its other ABC show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 

According to reports, Del Toro crafted the pilot screenplay himself, with plans for the Hulk to avoid CGI-Hulks as Marvel has one with the character since the turn of the century, instead aiming to create the Hulk using prosthetics, puppetry, and obviously a really great actor. The show never got to the casting phase, however I wouldn't put it past Del Toro to at least have someone in mind for the role. Maybe one day, we'll find out who.

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