There was an earlier attempt at an X-Men film. James Cameron was going to produce, his then wife Kathryn Bigalow was going to direct. Angela Bassett...
Maybe they didn't want to remind readers about the guy who could take down any machines, and even owned Iron man whose armor must be triple protected...
The two first issues of the Doom/Arcade arc. I remember loving the structure of the story (each character facing different trials) but it didn't sell...