Did you know that the Winter Soldier was not the great Marvel villain initially considered to face Captain America in his second cinematic adventure, broadcast this Monday evening on TMC?
In Captain America, the Winter Soldier, broadcast this Monday evening on TMC, the superhero played by Chris Evans faces Bucky Barnes, alias the Winter Soldier. But did you know that the latter was not the big Marvel villain initially considered for the feature film?
Initially, Christopher Markus, co-screenwriter of Captain America, the Winter Soldier, wanted the antagonist of this second part to be MODOK (for “Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing”). Another supervillain from the Marvel universe known for being the scientist responsible for the creation of the cosmic cube at the heart of the first film, and whose head has taken on disproportionate proportions.
It is finally the return of the Winter Soldier, played on screen by Sebastian Stan, who was chosen to be the main villain of the feature film. But the famous MODOK has not however been thrown into superheroic oblivion.
MODOK on Disney+: what is this animated sitcom about a Marvel super villain in the midst of a crisis?
In May 2021, Marvel’s MODOK, an animated series dedicated to the emblematic bad-guy endowed with superior intelligence and boundless cruelty, is indeed born. Available on the Disney+ platform, this crazy stop motion sitcom carried by the voice of Patton Oswalt is not not related to the MCU per se, but takes place within a universe of the Marvel Multiverse.
The trailer for the animated sitcom “Marvel’s MODOK”:
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