Beast (and Wolverine's) Unmade Movie: X-Men Fear the Beast - Canned Goods

In 2015 or 2016, John Ottman & Byron Burton, some of the minds behind the X-Men Cinematic Universe, got together to create a movie just for Nicholas Hoult's Hank McCoy- AKA Beast.
The movie would have seen Beast fighting a Yeti called the Wendigo, introduced us to presumably a new actor playing The Wolverine, and was set to invoke the tone of the John Carpenter classic: The Thing. It was a project that looked promising, so that raises the question, why did it get canned? Well, that's what we'll be diving into today as we break down the development, plot, and cancellation of the unmade X-Men movie: Fear the Beast.
00:00 Intro
00:42 X-Men Fear the Beast's Development
02:18 X-Men Fear the Beast Plot Breakdown
11:45 Why Did X-Men Fear the Beast Get Cancelled?
#UnmadeMovies #XMen #CannedGoods

[@mjgirard3381]

I'm not surprised he wrote it so fast. It's Incredible Hulk # 162, which also introduced Wolverine in his yellow/blue uniform PLUS whiskers on the mask. It is in places identical. The biggest change? No Hulk (b/c of who licensed the Hulk). Beast is inserted into that role. Add some mutanty goodness as the creation of Wendigo (Cartier had eaten human flesh in a crisis), which is then used to Hulk-out Beast, with shades of Beast from Age of Apocalypse. Add pointless romance, and there you go. And the other X-Men were unneeded, except maybe Xavier. And Wolverine (at that time his "book" or backstory not shared, Wolvie was not a human mutant, but a mutated wolverine, yeah, that was his starting place) is a Canadian government agent, later used to great effect in using X-Men to launch Alpha Flight. I think it could have ended up a good movie, with the final distancing itself from Hulk #162 somewhat. But it should be noted that a 2 week screen play that is that good is not the sign of genius, it is the sign of someone who knows his comic books, which is a different kind of genius.

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

It’s a good idea. Although what it’s doing is taking the horror themed monster Beast from Amazing Adventures and combining it with that Hulk comic where Wolverine first appeared. At least elements of that Hulk comic anyways. Amazing Adventures is when Beast first gets his fur, and why he’s gray in Age of Apocalypse. The end however does remind me of the 1984 Australia movie Razorback, so I wonder how much more of that there is to the script. It’s kind of like an Australian Jaws, so I could see the Wendigo being done that way.

[@vinny_the_kidd]

Agreed.Totally good marvel stuff.Again, blame on Kinberg:the guy who destroyed the Phoenix Saga...TWICE 😡

[@linoquevedotinoco5602]

Man, it really frustrates me that this movie got canned and Dark Phoenix got a full a approval and release

[@El_oh7199]

Fox never understood that the tragedy of Beast lies in his inability to reverse his animalistic form. Being able to shift back and forth is a cop out. Hopefully Marvel will show more respect for these characters.

[@JdeMolay]

Haha yeah exactly it's like removing the most interesting aspect of his character and making him totally boring. Beast was at his best in the brief period from when he changes to the end of First Class. He's a totally tragic and monstrous badass!

[@au6769]

ofcourse they will

[@turtleboy1188]

They won't

[@zillauniverse7208]

They won’t

[@spiderdoctor2269]

Honestly, I thought Wendigo's serum would make Hank's transformation permanent. Which would explain why the Kelsey Grammer Beast from the og trilogy was the way he was

[@andrewdarrow4542]

Beast is underrated as a solo character. If he had a bigger rogues gallery and a little more traits, I’d pay a lot more attention just because of how cool he looks like.

[@christiaanbothma]

I feel like this should be how Marvel introduces the X-Men into the MCU.

[@johnadame2580]

Wish this would have been made, seems so epic

[@HemmasStudios_]

I agree- it seems so cool!

[@Rose_Bride]

HOLY COW. _This_ film was a *THOUSAND* times better than both _X-men: Apocalypse_ AND _Dark Phoenix._ Fox would have had a *DEFINITE* home run had they made this. It's almost saddening, seeing the films these studios passed on. Then when you think about the films the DID choose to greenlight, and the failures/disappointments they ultimately turned out to be, you have to wonder why studios continue making decisions based on what they "think" audiences will watch, (big budget cgi-fests) versus smaller, more intimate/indie-esque films with smaller stories. This film would have only required a FRACTION of the budget the _Dark Phoenix_ and _Apocalypse_ films used and would have actually made them money in the long run...plus it would have gone a long way in re-igniting viewer interest in the X-Men franchise. I especially love the fact that they didn't spam the film with the Wolverine character, (which sadly Fox loved to do to their own detriment). Here, Wolverine was used _sparingly,_ and ONLY towards the end of the film. It was nice that this film focused on Beast alone. We never really got his full thoughts on how he felt about his experiments failing, how he was really coping. He didn't just fail; he actually _FURTHER MUTATED_ both himself as well as others. Actually I am angry at him that he sent a virtually untested vial to someone, knowing what it did to HIM. He honestly got off easy at the end, probably because Professor Xavier is a kind hearted, forgiving soul.

[@marklowther3228]

This would've been freakin awesome! I would have not only watched this, I would have proudly added it to my connection.

[@joegahan7055]

Nice. It would had touched on Wolverines intro into comics by fighting the Wendigo and probably even give a hint of Alpha Flight, along with finally setting up Mr. Sinister as the new core villain.

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

I wish this was made, would’ve seen it in a heartbeat cuz I love both Wolvie and Beast.

[@maxordman4100]

Cool story! This movie could have been amazing! Also I’m personally very strongly in favor of recasting Wolverine. I’m always happy to hear about a potential different take on the character! I would never say anything bad about Hugh but I believe that he’s done enough and I want to be able to see what a new actor could bring to the role! I also like the setting of the story and how they take the X-men into new territory. This project certainly had some amazing potential! Great report!

[@jordanlongley3776]

Gives off Wolverine and The Xmen vibes

[@newwavesuperman]

I actually would have dug this movie.

[@bradygoodall9379]

Milo Gibson is playing as Wolverine in Fear the Beast.

[@Paladino0692]

The content on this channel is way too good for it to only have 300 subscribers.

[@HemmasStudios_]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the sentiment, it means a ton that you’re enjoying the videos!

[@sampletext5927]

I wish this was actually made.

[@justyouraveragegeek548]

I like this movie script be used for a introduction for the x Men in the mcu

[@tylermane77]

The script is actually pretty good. This would have made a badass movie.

[@HemmasStudios_]

The potential of the X Men Cinematic Universe making solo movies was crazy high. It’s such a shame that so many of the spin-offs never came to fruition.

[@agents5307]

This would've been great and way better than Origins, Apocalypse, and Dark Phoenix

[@clemensprod.5756]

Interesting, I think if this film was made, there would be a cameo of sabertooth, where he looks like a human like he did in origins but when he’s with mr sinister (or anybody else) they inject sabertooth with that orange steroid so he turns into the beast looking sabertooth like X-men one

[@acecashman1237]

Would've made for a great sequel too, Beast on another solo outing this time with Logan by his side then Sabretooth with his new mutation shows up with Mr. Sinister lurking in the background

[@antwan1357]

I think a movie about the Legacy Virus with Hank creating the cure would be a box office hit . You talk about M-day removing mutants imagine ALL mutants dying , and all humans with the x-gene thus virus targeted regular humans with a passive mutant gene. Active mutant genes are mutants.

[@loganwithlightsabers3051]

So it would’ve pretty much been an adaptation of Wolverines first appearance in The Incredible Hulk 181 but with Beast instead of Hulk

[@Jones183]

This movie sounds apsultly incredible, great channel btw

[@HemmasStudios_]

Thank you so much!

[@jordanlongley3776]

One of the first scripts Id actually wanna see

[@gammasmash1924]

I rolled my eyes at the title, but I got sucked in.

[@Facade953]

I wish we could have gotten this instead of Dark Phoenix.😢

[@charlespuruncajas9663]

I’d prefer this movie over Dark Phoenix and New Mutants

[@curtyct5389]

That's the perfect idea for Beast when in doubt just take a good Hulk story Hulk 181 they have to do it justice one of these days You know what like it would have been weird if they had to recast Wolverine so early but what better story to recast them in then his true first appearance

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

Should do the Andrew Kevin Walker X-Men script. That thing is great. The script is still my favorite X-Men movie, and just one of the wildest American superhero movies ever. It’s also really interesting because it kind of seems like it got chopped up and used to make the first three X-Men movies over many years.

[@HemmasStudios_]

I will definitely look into this. Sounds very interesting.

[@ihateeverything9355]

It’s been 5 months still waiting on the video for this

[@Sammo212]

My only problem with this idea is that I don't trust FOX to have made. I feel like they've only made...2-3 "X-men" related films that I thought were any good.

[@rockypalacios2494]

Fear the beast sounds real good too bad

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

Always praying for a new upload from you my dude

[@HemmasStudios_]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@wintersoldier164]

man, i love beast

[@ghostly310]

A beast movie would be awesome

[@MG64OdysseyProductions]

Hugh Jackman is the best Wolverine actor. He feels irreplaceable. He's just THAT GOOD

[@nickthebabba7767]

Screw Dark Phoenix, THIS is what happened after X-Men: Apocalypse

[@acecashman1237]

Damn, this movie sounded badass. I wish it got made

[@spentheplug]

The ending is actually sick

[@darthbilbo]

Once the name Simon Kinberg came up, it became painfully obvious.

[@PureMaddnessOne]

Would've changed at least 1 thing, like have Mystique have left the team and that she would be a villain for a later movie instead of her being a X-men leader. As being (anti-)villain fits better for her. The mega-Beast form reminded me of the weird big ape form that Beast had for awhile. They should've canceled Dark Phoenix instead. But same time the amount of Mr Sinister teasing that Fox X-men movies had.

[@HemmasStudios_]

The Mr. Sinister tease in Apocalypse they made work in a light way with Logan, and to a lesser extent New Mutants, BUT that specific tease that introduced Essex Corps was meant to tie into *Gambit*, which in early drafts took place a year after Apocalypse.

[@PureMaddnessOne]

@@HemmasStudios_ Mr Sinister is mine fav X-men villain. BTW Sinister was supposed 2 be a big bad in New Mutants, well it was once in the planning at very least.

[@mickeymouse7726]

The only X-Men spin-off movie I want to see is Channing Tatums Gambit movie

[@mattboy2313]

Y'all think you could do one on the cancelled Inhumans movie, if there's enough info?

[@Jingles6466]

I don't think there is. Ike Perlmutter hated that Fox had the X-Men, so he forced Feige to add the Inhumans movie to the line up because he wanted to replace the X-Men with the Inhumans. Then once Feige was able to free from Perlmutter's demands, Perlmutter forced Marvel TV to speed up an Inhumans show. Now everyone hates the Inhumans and the X-Men are better than ever.

[@yourlocalnemesisllc]

I love grounded small stories like this, hopefully the MCU uses this in some way

[@christianmanka3884]

The best of Fox’s cancelled x-men movies

[@HemmasStudios_]

It’s definitely a favorite of mine, too! I also really love the Gambit script!

[@erickelm4974]

Good thing the studio went with The Dark Phoenix movie instead!! An instant classic!?! 😂👌

[@DillardBCommons]

Sounds incredible

[@WadesMovies]

Do The Cancelled Forest Gump Sequel Next

[@HemmasStudios_]

I won’t lie... Gump & Co is definitely a movie I think about a ton.

[@numbjarl6373]

honestly would've been a smarter movie to make than rushing Dark Phoenix saga a second time. honestly X-Men Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix all should've just been movies about the young X-Men fighting smaller foes instead of rushing two big stories.

[@HemmasStudios_]

100% agreed. By treating Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix like ‘event’ films and adapting the massive stories they did in such a limp way, it inherently de-valued them. Especially since they followed a movie in DOFP that felt like a well adapted and totally earned ‘event.’

[@numbjarl6373]

@@HemmasStudios_ exactly. Fox looked to have redeemed themselves too with DOFP. but then got back to being too fast with their main films despite the good spin offs they've done.

[@acecashman1237]

@@HemmasStudios_ right, DOFP was 14 years in the making then Fox suddenly says, "fuck buildup, let's hit the turbo button"

[@mickeymouse7726]

I like the idea of x-men fear the beast but let's be it would have never been made

[@mickeymouse7726]

Do a video on Andrew Kevin Walkers cancelled X-Men movie script

[@gos_707]

7:46, you had a dune book. That’s funny 😂

[@HemmasStudios_]

I felt like Cartier would have been a fan of Dune (and it was one of the few books I had that would have been out in the 80s :P)

[@gos_707]

@@HemmasStudios_ fascinating for a character who has hobbies for an author that he enjoys

[@wintersoldier164]

man this movie sound awesome

[@thebroschannel]

This sounds VERY good. I wish this got made.

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

Henmas studios this could of been a little departure from other x men films

[@dylan9382]

You are extremely underrated

[@HemmasStudios_]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoy the vids!

[@rogersmith494]

love the channel. Im a fan

[@HemmasStudios_]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

[@rogersmith494]

@@HemmasStudios_ haha nah thanks for the content keep it up. I used to visit a site way back that was all about scripts going no where or development hell. i love hearing about this stuff

[@phreshking5747]

Your just awesome bro.

[@HemmasStudios_]

Thank you so much!

[@doomshill110]

This sounds fire, wtf

[@justakoala5743]

We want more! MORE!

[@HemmasStudios_]

MORE is coming very, very soon!

[@justakoala5743]

@@HemmasStudios_ Oh boy here I go getting excited again

[@infinitylemon345]

Wow

[@yauyuso]

This is pretty good. Except the Wolverine costume part.

[@CharlesLeeRay21823]

I would be great if they made movie Beast Solo

[@pizzamcgee5469]

Man this would hv been great

[@estevangarcia1089]

I love the horror vibe of this and i really wish this gotten made

[@johndidd5789]

This should off happened instead of x men dark phoenixs

[@phantasmo9446]

Sounds like they may have gotten the idea for the movie from Spider- Man #10 where him & Wolverine team up to fight Wendigo.

[@mjgirard3381]

Amazing Spider-Man # 10? That was in '64, 9 years before Wolverine and the Wendigo were introduced in '73. And Spidey fought The Enforcers. Not Spectacular Spider-Man # 10 in '76 the villain is White Tiger. This was lifted from Hulk #162 published in '73. Wolverine is sent to take out Hulk and they team up to fight the Wendigo.

[@phantasmo9446]

@@mjgirard3381 No, Spider Man Vol. 1 #10 (to be more accurate) published May 1991 & written by Todd McFarlen.

[@mjgirard3381]

@@phantasmo9446 Ah. I almost checked more recent vintage, but since it's Incredible Hulk # 162, I didn't. Thanks for letting me know--I'm interested in reading it now. If only to see if it is similar to the Hulk issue! UPDATE: Back, just read that arc. Possible the screenwriter pulled a little from here--Anna in some form, but it is a very different story. But, hey, I just got to read a Spidey arc from when I was being a "grown up" and poor so cut back my reading titles by a ton!

[@phantasmo9446]

@@mjgirard3381 Awesome!

[@4olufade]

Solo: a Star Wars story ?

[@roman3493]

Hey do one about the unmade james cameron spider-man

[@HemmasStudios_]

Fun Fact: In the next year, we're getting 3 Spider-Man movies between Venom 2, Morbius, and Spider-Man 3 if COVID doesn't force Sony and Marvel to shuffle release dates. There are 2 Spider-Man unmade Spider-Man movies that I really want to talk about- the James Cameron one is definitely one of them. All I'm saying is that putting out a Spider-Man related video around the time a Spider-Man movie comes out would be a really neat thing to do. ;)

[@16shogunelitegreen]

Unfortunately the script is NO LONGER available to read online. Which is actually quite bullshit cause I wanted to read it but now i can't

[@AlvinGomes-ny1lg]

Really hate that we never got this movie instead we got x men apocalypse 🥴😬and dark Phoenix

[@kaotikguy]

How is Wolverine even there. Stryker had him. And why is Sinister there? How'd he find out about the serum?

[@HemmasStudios_]

The movie takes place after Apocalypse, so I think at this point, Wolverine is free from Stryker. As for the other two questions, those have no discernible answers.

[@eddiediaz5518]

@@HemmasStudios_ well Apocalypse did set up Mr. Sinister with his company showing up in the post credit scene, it’s possible they were trying to set him up as the Thanos of the X-Men universe, but then messed it up with Dark Phoenix

[@bradygoodall9379]

Wendigo kills two black bears?

[@HemmasStudios_]

Yup!

[@SammyPfoten95]

Could you please change the fact that the music in the endcard is so much louder than the entire sound in the rest of your Videos? This is really off putting.

[@HemmasStudios_]

I never thought it was a problem, but you definitely aren’t alone in thinking that it is. In the past month (Most of the subscribers on this channel have found it in the past month, a week or so after this video came out) that’s been the biggest critique I’ve seen from the new faces around here. So yes, the videos going forward definitely will have lower volume in the end card. :)

[@srstriker6420]

Wow I wish this was one of the last movies before Disney buying out Fox studios, have you heard of David s Goyer’s flash movie?

[@HemmasStudios_]

I actually haven’t- my interest is piqued. Definitely have to look into it now.

[@srstriker6420]

@@HemmasStudios_ 👍🏻 good and imagine if Blumhouse could have done the Immortal Hulk movie

[@HemmasStudios_]

@@srstriker6420 I think Blumhouse could do an AWESOME Immortal Hulk movie that isn't directly connected to the MCU. If Disney play around with the lore as their own standalone movie, I think it could be something really special.

[@srstriker6420]

@@HemmasStudios_ well I’m done with the MCU anyway, but have you heard of Supervoid cinema?

[@srstriker6420]

@@HemmasStudios_ also I feel this movie is more like the Wolfman remake than the Thing

[@mikeisthelunawolf]

I gave this video a chance, in spite of being about Fox's X-Men, but I gave up after you sais Beast had an argument with Mystique... She is one of the characters they wrecked more. X-Men villain poorly made her way into the team... Just ridiculous.

[@HemmasStudios_]

I love the Fox X-Men movies despite their flaws, but I can’t argue the lack of logic in making Mystique, the international criminal, the leader of the X-Men.

[@mikeisthelunawolf]

@@HemmasStudios_ I've been reading X-Men comics since I was 9, so, I can only tolerate X-Men 1 and 2, First Class and Logan. The rest is pure garbage. Deadpool is a big exception.

[@nathanbarefoot4446]

We got the trash that was dark phoenix instead of this

[@HemmasStudios_]

Dark Phoenix was unadulterated cinèma- not even Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, or Jesus H. Christ himself could make a better cinematic experience! :P

[@Spthomas47]

So, instead of this script with a ton of potential, we got another crappy Dark Phoenix sans Saga movie? Nice.

[@HemmasStudios_]

I'd give this comment more than one thumbs up if I could.

[@vinny_the_kidd]

Kinberg doesn't deserve to work in super hero movies never again.After this stryker he's done for good.What a wonderful idea this a-hole waisted.

[@gregdixon9443]

I’m glad that failed

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[@ray.b.75]

As if I need more reason to hate Simon Kinberg!

[@kokewolfxo9710]

Windeego?🤦

[@HemmasStudios_]

The wildest part is that I double checked for pronunciation, imagine my surprise when I learned different :P