Making a superhero film universe is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; from Avi Arad leaving Marvel & Edward Norton fighting for a final edit, to firing Terrence Howard & forcing script changes on Jon Favreau, or casting troubles with Chris Hemsworth & Chris Evans, and overlooking Favreau for Joss Whedon. 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Kevin Feige’s Vision of Avengers 00:57 - Universal Sells the Rights to the Hulk 01:36 - Marvel’s Shake Up (David Maisel in, Avi Arad out) 02:14 - Rebooting Hulk with Louis Leterrier & Edward Norton 03:19 - The Final Edit: Norton vs Marvel 04:22 - The Incredible Hulk Releases June 12, 2008 05:18 - Iron Man's Instant Sequel Problems 06:03 - Terrence Howard Fights Capitalism & Racism 07:05 - Iron Man 2’s Forced . Plot Lines 08:09 - Jon Favreau’s Edits, Mickey Rourke’s Regrets 09:26 - Iron Man 2 Releases May 7, 2010 10:05 - Adapting Thor for General Audiences 11:02 - A False Start with Matthew Vaughn 11:47 - Landing Kenneth Branagh & Chris Hemsworth 13:26 - Thor Releases May 6, 2011 13:45 - Captain America: The Outdated Character 14:46 - Joe Johnston Enlists Chris Markus & Steve McFeely 15:41 - Casting Chris Evans & Making Him Skinny 17:02 - Captain America Releases July 22, 2011 17:22 - Joss Whedon is Hired Over Jon Favreau 19:03 - Whedon Rewrites Zak Penn’s Avengers Script 19:52 - Edward Norton is Replaced by Mark Ruffalo 20:48 - Whedon’s Whims on Thanos & Shawarma 21:27 - Marvel’s The Avengers Releases May 4, 2012 Sources: Box Office Mojo: Business Insider: Cinema Blend: Collider: CraveOnline: Deadline: Earth’s Mightiest: Entertainment Weekly: Financial Times: HitFix: Hollywood Reporter: Huff Post: IESB: IGN: IndieWire: MTV: New York Times: Rotten Tomatoes: SuperHeroHype: SYFY: Thrillist: Variety: Featured Footage: Ant-Man (2015)* The Avengers (2012)* Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)* Avengers: Infinity War (2018)* Avengers: Endgame (2019)* Blade (1998)* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) The Cabin in the Woods (2011)* Captain America (1979) Captain America (1990) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)* Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Casino Royale (2006)* Daredevil (2003) The Dirty Dozen (1967) Fantastic Four (2005) Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)* Hamlet (1996) Hellboy (2004) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) Hulk (2003) I Am Legend (2007) The Incredible Hulk (2008)* The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) Iron Man (2008)* Iron Man 2 (2010)* Iron Man 3 (2013)* The Last Song (2010) Loki (2021 - ) The Office (2005–2013) Pacific Rim (2013)* Pan's Labyrinth (2006) The Rocketeer (1991) Serenity (2005) Speed (1994) Spider-Man (2002)* Stardust (2007)* Thor (2011)* Thor: The Dark World (2013)* Transporter 2 (2005) Tropic Thunder (2008) Venom (2018) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) X2: X-Men United (2003) *Including special features Bravo: Comedy Central: GQ: MTV: Rotten Tomatoes: Vice: Music: Alan Silvestri - The Avengers (Original Soundtrack) Alan Silvestri - Captain America: The First Avenger (OST) Brian Tyler - Marvel Studios Fanfare Craig Armstrong - The Incredible Hulk (OST) John Debney - Iron Man 2 (OST) Patrick Doyle - Thor (OST) Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme #itwasashtshow #mcu #avengers