The Incredible Hulk
When Mark Ruffalo join Marvel Studios’The Avengers , taking over therole of Bruce Banner from Edward Norton , he signed a six - word picture contract with the studio apartment . SinceIron Man 1 , it ’s become the average for Marvel to operate up their stars long - full term for franchising purposes , but in Ruffalo ’s slip , there was on the face of it no luck ofThe Incredible Hulk 2becoming a reality anytime before long since both Hulk solo flick did n’t bank big numbers at the box position .
With Marvel interested in up to six appearance of the character however , and apparently no touch of Ruffalo pour down up in any of the pre - Avengers 2Phase Two ( 2 ) film , where does that bequeath Hulk in the coming age ?
Hispanic - Review’sEl Mayimbe is steamroller theMarvel flick cosmic scoopsand if this former twofold - report ( which I will knight the da Gamma radiotherapy dud ) proves true in the descend years , then Marvel Studios will be very unhappy about these long - term plans leaking early on . The following news report detail a possible future of Mark Ruffalo ’s Hulk and where the persona may fit into the studio ’s Phase 2 and Phase 3 plans .
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Of the nub heroes that formThe Avengersthe only character that ’s been remold so far is Bruce Banner AKA The Hulk . Before Marvel Studios became a ego - financing production business firm , Eric Bana played the lineament in Ang Lee ’s adaption and a quasi - sequel of sort had Edward Norton star . Norton could n’t maintain a family relationship with Marvel and thestudio replaced him with Mark RuffaloforThe Avengersand fortunately for everyone involved ( i.e. Not Norton ) , he nailed it and became scene - steal devotee - favorite .
Despite the wonderful functioning and Whedon ’s take on the character fight Banner in the taradiddle to have more ascendence over his big green alter ego , the character failed to rely swelled numbers in both of his solo outings prior . And even beforeThe Avengersdominated the worldwide box office , another Hulk - headlining feature seemingly did n’t factor in intoMarvel ’s plan up to 2017which we heard about two years ago from Paul Gitter , Marvel Entertainment ’s President of Consumer Products for North America .
harmonise to El Mayimbe however , Hulk ’s case inThe Avengers 2- a plastic film whichWhedon read will take the lineament to a dark place- will attain an all raw low when it comes to losing control and it ’ll force Earth ’s Mightiest and the Marvel cinematic universe ’s version of the Illuminati ( secret council of mellow - profile superheroes ) to launch the big green giant into outer space where he can do no harm . Fans of the books know what this means and yes , Planet Hulkis what these actions ensue in - Hulk will , according toLR’ssources , have another standalone photographic film and it ’s one that Marvel President of Production Kevin Feige publically express interest in last year , when he say the following toMTVabout there beingno novel Hulk movie until afterThe Avengers 2 .
" I do n’t think there ’s a lot that we could n’t do someday , as the cinematic universe continues to grow and exposit and get as big as the comic Holy Writ universe . ’ Planet Hulk ’ is a cool story . ‘ World War Hulk ’ is a coolheaded floor … I think there are pitfalls of persistence - overload , and mythology getting so dense that it almost collapses in on itself . It occur every few decades or so in the comics . aside from that , I ’d say everything is on the table . "
" Do I think Hulk can comport a motion picture and be as entertaining as he was in ‘ retaliator ’ ? I do trust that . I do believe he absolutely could . We for sure are not even going to set about that until ‘ Avengers 2 . So there ’s a lot of time to reckon about it . "
The release slate for Phase 2 is locked down after being all unveil at Comic - Con last summer . Unlike Phase 1 which had six films , form 2 house five :
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Phase 3 as we now know - thanks toFeige ’s verification last week- begins withAnt - Manwhich has a release date set for November 2015 , and sometimefollowing it will be theDoctor Strangemovie . Where does that leaveHulk ? Ruffalo may play the character inPlanet Hulksometime in Phase 3 as well and that cinema will represent a crucial part in place upThe Avengers 3since El Mayimbe claims that ’ll sweep up theWorld War Hulkstoryline from Marvel Comics where after the events of Planet Hulk , he returns to Earth as a king leading an army against those who betrayed him .
Phase Three - Many query Marks :
Epic ? Yes . Believable ? KnowingGuardians of the Galaxyis on the means and thatThanos has a beef withThe Avengers , and learn thatTony Stark may head to space inIron military man 3 , partly . Feige does n’t just namedrop projection for playfulness - What he said aboutGuardiansandAnt - Manall came rightful , as unlikely as many think both of those features were .
move theWorld War Hulkroute would make the Hulk character a villain , and that may not be a card Marvel Studios want to play if they ’re branding him a hero for the linkup - in merchandise , toy , account book , etc . , especially after having Ruffalo save the day inThe Avengers . Planet Hulkon its own pee-pee sense , but if any semblence of his assault on New York occurs in the film , the motivation behind it and how it plays out will be drastically altered ( e.g. No need for Hulk to have a numb significant wife ) .
For obvious reasons , characters such as the X - Men , Ghost Rider and the Skrulls wo n’t factor intoThe Avengers 3 , so if Hulk does lead an flak on Earth , Thanos and the Guardians of the Galaxy will in all likelihood have some liaison since we know Thanos is being setup as a farseeing - terminus villain . Such a plot thread however would involveDoctor Strangeand likely , The Inhumans- another more obscure Marvel Comics property thatKevin Feige is confident in adapting into a flick . He say that about a yr afterEntertainment Weeklyreported that moviegoer can expectThe Inhumansalong withAnt - ManandGuardians- the latter two of which both have since earned sack dates .
Perhaps Hulk could be another Loki - comparable cat’s-paw in Thanos ' master design and that could absolve the demand to exile him from Earth inThe Avengers 2 . Where does the Infinity Gauntlet fit into all of this ? Could this tie - in to some variant of the Marvel Civil War spark ? With the big stories Marvel has to play with , it seems unlikely that a Hulk attempt would take priority over Thanos and the large picture cosmic threat to be inclose in Phase Two and Three , so at good , Hulk ’s agenda - shouldPlanet Hulkprove real - would be only one facet of a larger plan againstThe Avengers .
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Iron Man 3releases May 3 , 2013,Thor : The Dark Worldon November 8 , 2013,Captain America : The Winter Soldieron April 4 , 2014,Guardians of the GalaxyonAugust 1 , 2014,The Avengers 2on May 1 , 2015 andAnt - Manon November 6 , 2015 .
Source : Latino - Review
Beta Ray Bill art by Dougie Braithwaite . Hulk and Iron Man art by Gabriele Dell’Otto .
