4. Dazzler
Iron Man was Marvel Studios’ first independently produced superhero movie, but that’s not the first time the comic book publisher tried to enter the superhero movie game.
Back in the 1970s, they started developing a movie based on X-Men character Dazzler. She had only just debuted at the time, and the disco diva who has the ability to turn sound into light actually seemed like an ideal candidate for her own movie back in the decade she was created in.
The project got pretty far along, and Bo Derek (10) was attached to star in what was a pretty perfect bit of casting. Unfortunately, it was her insistence that her husband direct Dazzler which saw the project ultimately come to nothing.
The character has yet to make her debut in any of the X-Men movies, and while that’s a shame, ultimately, this was completely unnecessary, so no great loss.
