Potential Hulk Spoilers For Marvel's Phase Two and Three Films

I'll be honest, I'm kinda disappointed that Avengers 3 might just be WWH. I mean, we have so many Avengers villains we could get, like Ultron or Kang, but Hulk as the villain? I don't like it.

Good Idea

I don't think this is a good idea. Here are the problems:

1) What after Planet Hulk? WWH? They need to bring in MANY MANY characters in order to make it BIG. Not to mention that some company like Fox and Sony still own the right of some major characters like X-men and FF.

2) The characters developments. how about the background story of major characters? What drives Hulk so mad? why they need to send him away? People doesn't read the comics will get confused...they need to get all these things done in just 1 film? A bit too much for the audience to digest.

3) CGI, we'll expect something like the Avatar...massive CGI in to make it large. Like Michael Bay films all over again....which I don't like...

I wouldn't mind if they adopted this plan.

I would actually love to see Planet Hulk adapted onto the big screen. Its a fantastic story. Even though I love WWH I would prefer they avoid that one though as I'm also hoping for a villain like Ultron to be used in one of the future Avenger films.

I think that it's an awesome idea but I'd want at least one more Hulk film before any of it started....they need to set it up with Banner losing control of the Hulk and really wrecking some huge area

Man, I'd be pretty bummed if Avengers 2 and 3 focus this much on Hulk. He's cool and all, but like others have said, there are just better stories to tell. Plus, it just doesn't seem like a very Whedon-esque story...

They did a Planet Hulk animated and it was good, not sure if it can be pulled off in the Live action universe. Space is an odd beast to make work for a wide audience. World War Hulk though would be a great Avengers 3 tough.

The Planet Hulk storyline was the most long-developing and arguably ambitious project the character has gone through during recent years outside the exception of the Bruce Smith arc which preceded it. There's a lot of room to breathe life into characters and sub plots which might appeal to any writer or director. Thumbs up if they go this route.

Nah, I'd rather they keep Bruce on Earth. Perhaps introduce She-Hulk, as part of a subplot in TIH 2 (which would be followed by a Lady Liberators movie).

While this plan would be very easy, very easy to mess up completely if done right it would be amazing. Illuminati without Reed Richards, or Professor X? That would be rough, but black panther would do it justice. The alternative is that we get either A) No hulk movie at all, or B) Another Hulk fighting the military, and hiding in the desert film. Neither of which i want to happen.

Imagine WWH leveling Wakanda on the big screen. That would be incredible. lol.

@judasnixon said:

Beta Ray Bill?

or the Surfer unless Fox has right to him too,Speaking of Fox isn't time to cut them out of the picture. I hope the Hulk rumers turn out to be true.

Absolutely no chance.

One, the majority of the Illuminati members are under the possession of Fox. Secondly, Bruce Banner within the Marvel Film Universe has control of his abilities, and it's not like Joss Whedon to re-tred plot points. Also, I may be being a little pre-presumptuous here, but I'm guessing "Avengers 3" would be the final film in the Marvel Film Universe, why would they choose to end it with Heroes vs Heroes?

i knew this was coming anyway.

I'm not sure why everyone thinks the Illuminati is needed for the Planet Hulk storyline. Yes they were used in comics, but sending Hulk away from Earth is the type of thing I can imagine any government or clandestine organization choosing to do eventually when weighing the damage caused trying to capture or kill him versus just sending him away.

If they do it I hope it will be a lot better than the animated Planet Hulk that had too many missing moments and characters that made the arc great. Having the movies focus more on the Hulk if fantastic news though since he is my favorite hero.

This sounds almost too ambitious for Marvel. Also I don't think people should use the "He's got his powers under control" thing as an argument. They could just go with the comic reasoning that they just think he's too powerful to leave on earth. The one thing I didn't like about planet and world war hulk is you only see Hulk. It makes everyone forget how awesome Bruce Banner is. If we had a Planet Hulk movie we'd only see Mark Ruffalo like twice.

Using World War Hulk for Avengers 3 kinda limits how many big stories we could have as movies like Ultron, Secret Invasion, or Civil War, as well as countless others, because choosing all the ideas for the first 3 movies and leaving all those amazing stories out. It's hard to believe it would be possible to continue with more movies like Avengers 4, 5, 6 and on, so the possibility of these other stories would be hard to do.

@SBboard said:

It's probably not going to be the Illuminati as we know them in 616. My guess is the people who Nick Fury reported to in the Avengers (who tried to nuke NYC) are the MCU's version of the Illuminati.

THIS, duh.

urgh fed up of these rumours, from lazy journalists, who say "well that happened in the comics so it must happen in the next film"

cause tbh i don't remember the avengers being formed to chase the the all spark from transformers movies which is the hands of loki who plans on giving it too thanos and using the aliens from the Ultimates to help him.. hmm cause non of thats ever happened in the comics

@AMP - Seeker of Lost Knowledge said:

Sounds a little extreme for Planet Hulk and WW-Hulk to be on the big screen...PLUS we already have a PLANET HULK movie from a couple of years ago...or did you forget.

Animated direct-to-DVD flicks have a pretty narrow audience. And comic fans should know by now that the full-length Hollywood movies aren't being made for them anyway.

Harsh, I know, but true.

I think what they should do with a Hulk film is bring back some of his classic villains. Although a World War Hulk film would be frickin AWESOME!

That would be quite cool on the big screen

I don't mind this idea/rumour mainly because it would be a requisite that certain characters be added such as Black Bolt (who would be frickin' amazing on screen, if they made him look just like he does in the comics) and World War Hulk would have to have Sentry (my favourite) because he's the one who eventually stops him.

I like the idea of Planet Hulk. I wonder about WWHulk tho. Who would the final fight be against? Thor? An introduction to Sentry or maybe Hyperion. I was a Sentry fan, but I think bringing in Hyperion as a Sentry type head case could work for a movie.

World War Hulk on the big screen would be so epic.

This all sounds cool, but....I dunno, I'm taking this with a grain of salt...

And can Hulk really be the big bad in Avengers 3?

Not big on Planet Hulk (Justice League had a better version of it IMO involving Dupes, Dreyga and Mongol.)But if it gets us closer to seeing a Red Hot Red Hulk on the screen, then I say BRING IT OOOONNNN!

Question HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PULL OF A CIVIL WAR MOVIES? Ok lets think for a moment shall we. Phase three will probably have sequels to Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Maybe a Ant-Man, and Probably Doctor Strange. Then phase three could probably add another two to three movies. Also with the Falcon in the Captain America, and if they might throw in War Machine. 14 heroes. That's not close to enough to give us a Civil War.

I could be wrong, but I don't think they can use Black Bolt. I believe Fox owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and those associated with them. That includes the Skrulls, Kree, and - I believe - the Inhumans.

It's unfortunate, really.

Of course this might require the Hulk to speak more than one catchphrase in the coming films, you know, so that if someone who watched the television show complains everyone can burn them in the $1 vhs boxsets.

Oh my! Anything Hulk is fine by me!

NO. In The Avengers, Tony wanted Bruce to embrace his Hulk side, convinced he could control it. In the end, not only did that win them the fight, but Hulk saved Tony's life. He would NOT launch him into space after that.

omg omg omg nerdgasm

some time after Avengers 2 and GoTG - Guardians of The Galaxy 2: Wrath of the Hulk

2019 - Planet Hulk

2023 - Avengers 3: World War Hulk

2040 - When Fox and Sony have lost the rights to Spider-man and the X-men/Fantastic Four and Marvel Studios has created an empire of great films - Avengers 4: Civil War part 1

2041 - Avengers 4: Civil War part 2

2045 - Avengers Versus X-men or Age of Ultron

Don't even know why I wrote this. Just a thought.

I like this idea. Just hope Thor won't be a punching bag by Hulk.

Awesome but...I thought Bruce showed he was in control of the Hulk through the Avengers movie? Still, it would be great to see Planet Hulk or World War Hulk make it to the big screen.

Marvel seems to be moving very slow & too damn fast @ the same time. But we should be used to it, they did it w/Thor & Captain America. How are they skipping the making of the She-Hulk? finishing the Leader story line & basically skipping all of the other villians in Hulk's gallery. Like Captain America has other villians from the WW2 era that they didn't even touch like Baron Zemo. They should have another Hulk movie & introduce another 2 or 3 villians & sidekicks before launching into Planet Hulk & WWH!

Both sad and happy that the rumor is false. There are many other stories I'd like to be done first.

@BlueLantern1995:

This rumor was made up by a guy named 'El Mayimbe' who also said Bale will be in the Justice League. That was false too, as are a few other things he's said. The guy just makes stuff up, and some of it sticks. Still can't believe how dramatic he made this announcement (during the Superbowl) only to have it completely shot down not even a month later.

@Havenless Thanks for the info.

I'd love Planet Hulk, though I'm not too excited for WW Hulk. Makes The Avengers too Hulk centric. If anything I'd prefer The Illuminati send Hulk off to Planet Hulk, then he stays there. Let The Avengers be Hulkless for 5-6 movies.

Added another update to the OP.

i could see a solo Hulk movie with a Planet Hulk theme, with Hulk being portrayed as more in control maybe the whole illuminati thing can be nixed or used in a different sense

I think they are going thru with the Planet Hulk story still. Maybe they wont ship him off at the end of Avengers 2 but if you look at the rock giant in the new Thor: Dark Worlds trailer he looks exactly like one of the warbound from Planet Hulk. (watch the last 30 sec of video to see who im talking about)

@degraaf: It definitely looks like him

@blkson: I wonder why the post above yours was deleted