The Incredible Hulk
If Marvel Studios and its creative squad have been consistent about anything , it ’s in tattle around the possibility of a sequel toThe Incredible Hulk . Despite Mark Ruffalo ’s take on Dr. Bruce Banner becoming a fan - favorite inThe Avengers , the tumid and meanest of Earth ’s Mightiest is n’t quite bankable enough for a solo outing .
Instead , like fellow Avengers Black Widow and Hawkeye , Hulk is a central supporting lineament , and so far his floor have been exclusive to theAvengersmovies . That changes in form 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe when , after all the other Earthly fictitious character of the enfranchisement show up inCaptain America : Civil War , the remain two - Thor and Hulk - return in 2017’sThor : Ragnarok .
Since retentive beforeAvengers : Age of Ultronopened in theaters , rumors dating as far back as early 2013 pointed towards Marvel using the Joss Whedon - written and directed continuation as a launchpad to aPlanet Hulkadaptationthat would launch the brute into infinite . Eventually , just like in Marvel Comics , Banner / Hulk could return to Earth seek vengeance in aWorld War Hulkstyle of story . wonder Studios bossKevin Feige tally that he believes Hulk could take his own new movieand that these two aforementioned events from the comics are " nerveless " stories of interest to him and the studio apartment .
That Leslie Townes Hope was quick dashed however byRuffalo and Whedon , and by and by altogether eradicate when Marvel put out their entire Phase 3 schedule in October of 2014 . Hulk was nowhere to be recover and Feige said himself , Planet Hulkwouldn’t be the right movefor a standalone feature because they ’d want to use Ruffalo on screen more instead of just the CGI Hulk .
And then everything change .
Reports began surfacing several calendar month ago that Marvel was planning on usingThor : Ragnarokas a elbow room to bring back the Hulk , and to do so off - planet … just likeRuffalo hint atonce again last class . We knewThor 3would last focus less on Earthand explore more of the cosmic side of the lore , and as additional report confirmed that Ruffalo would be teaming up with Chris Hemsworth for a " buddy adventure " film , guess was once again touch off that Marvel could be taking a pageboy from the books ofPlanet Hulkafter all .
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The last time we saw Hulk was in the terminal act ofAvengers : Age of Ultronwhen he stole the team ’s Quinjet and flew away . We did n’t know where but early rumors about theAvengers 2script channelize towards it plunge Hulk into blank space . That did n’t make the final cutting and it was left ambiguous as to give Marvel more options as they plan for the hereafter . And be after they have , fit in to the latest rumor fromGeekwhich claim to have sources revealing more plot details aboutThor : Ragnarok . Potentialspoilersahead .
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Cate Blanchett ’s role inThor : Ragnarokaccording to their sources isHela , and she and Loki will be teaming up to do legal injury by Asgard , and their plans may have large implications for the MCU ( Infinity Warconnectionperhaps ? ) . According toGeek’srumor Hela apparently will ruin Thor ’s mighty weapon system Mjolnir and ban him from his plate realm .
Unlike Odin sending his Word to Earth in the original 2011Thormovie however , Hela will send out Thor to another distant planet . And yes , you hazard it , this major planet will - as the rumor choke - manifestly be the dwelling to the MCU ’s edition of Planet Hulk . We ’re not quite certain if it ’s actually the planet advert Sakaar ( homeworld of an alien opposition army fromGuardians of the Galaxy ) from the comics , but it ’ll utterly put up a gladiator - stylus arena where Thor may get his whisker lopped off and thrown into battle .
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Thor , without his mighty helmet and lock of haircloth , battles through a series of opponents until he meets Hulk . The report does n’t nail down how or why Hulk is take on off Earth to this alien world but he ’s been in Hulk - mode for quite some clock time when audiences encounter him again , but his inner - Banner will remind him slowly of who Thor is , an friend and a acquaintance .
During this time , Thor is reportedly in search ofsomething(think Marvel - style MacGuffin , Infinity Gauntlet / Stone , or some such ancient artefact / arm from the books ) to help him in his ultimate pursuance of save Asgard , and will team up with Hulk after this to go on a journey . Perhaps this is just one act of the film because none of it seems to bear on to " Ragnarok " as we know it in Marvel Comics and/or Norse Mythology lore .
Take all of this news as a crowing fatty rumour , but also very believable opening apply what ’s been order about the project to date . We must mention however that even thoughThor : Ragnarokhad a handwriting , much can alter - view as it ’s being rewritten by Stephany Folsom , who joined the project only in December , and managing director Taika Waititi , who aims to make the picture show much funnier thanThor : The Dark World . The earliest draft by Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle ’s playscript werereportedly too grim for the studio .
Cate Blanchett as Hela Art by Xteve Abanto
Regardless of if and how component ofPlanet Hulkfit intoThor : Ragnarok , the move by Marvel is a smart one to increase the marketability and appeal of anotherThoradventure , specially one that ’s step away from drop anchor itself on Earth . In summation to the obvious merchandising entreaty and the idea of keeping Hulk relevent until the nextAvengersmovie , it also permit the studio to dance around any possible right issues of developing another soloHulkmovie with Universal who still own some or part of its statistical distribution right .
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Captain America : Civil Warwill departure on May 6 , 2016 , followed byDoctor Strange – November 4 , 2016;Guardians of the Galaxy 2 – May 5 , 2017;Spider - Man – July 7 , 2017;Thor : Ragnarok – November 3 , 2017;Black Panther – February 16 , 2018;The Avengers : Infinity War Part 1 – May 4 , 2018;Ant - Man and the Wasp – July 6 , 2018;Captain Marvel – March 8 , 2019;The avenger : Infinity War Part 2 – May 3 , 2019;Inhumans – July 12 , 2019 ; and as - yet ungentle Marvel moving-picture show on May 1 , July 10 and November 6 , 2020 .
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Hulk art byAlessandro Giovagnoli . alternating Thor : Ragnarok logotype byJoe Steiner .
