The Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the most successful franchise in Hollywood over the past decade. A crucial reason for this: The stories of the individual films and series cleverly build on each other. Everything is connected. Only one film has been stubbornly ignored for a long time: The Incredible Hulk.
The Incredible Hulk launched in 2008 as second MCU film in the cinemas. However, he could not follow the success of Iron Man. Neither from a qualitative nor from a financial perspective did Edward Norton’s Rage impress, so he was completely revised in the course of Marvel’s The Avengers. NITRO will air the blockbuster on Tuesday evenings at 8:15 p.m.
The Incredible Hulk is making his big comeback in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Ever since Mark Ruffalo brought the Hulk to life, The Incredible Hulk has been forgotten, almost overwritten. Although the MCU still remembers events from the first Iron Man films today, Hulk’s Origin story has often been overlooked. Only the character of General Thaddeus Ross appeared in individual films.
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The Incredible Hulk – Trailer (German)
In recent years, however, The Incredible Hulk has experienced a small revival within the MCU. Through projects like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and She-Hulk: The Lawyer are more and more elements and figures returns from the unloved Marvel film. And now there’s more to come.
The next big pivotal film in The Incredible Hulk’s rehabilitation is Captain America 4: New World Order, which features two major Hulk characters we haven’t seen since 2008: Liv Tyler as BettyRoss and Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns. General Ross also plays an important role.
In fact, Ross made it to President of the United States in Captain America 4: New World Order. So far, the role has been played by William Hurt. Since he died in March 2022, Harrison Ford takes over the part and may even turn into in the course of the story Red Hulk.
Edward Norton may even return one day. After all the multiverse stories that have been told lately, this sounds like Return of the original MCU Hulk not so far-fetched anymore.
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