All The Hulk You Can Handle: Marvel Studios Are Planning To Adapt ‘Planet Hulk’ And ‘World War Hulk’
Phase Two of Marvel’s movie universe kicks off this year, but pssh, whatever. That’s old news. What about Phase Three? Specifically, what’s going to be happening with the Hulk?
Well, as we previously reported a solo Hulk movie will happen after The Avengers 2 (so in 2016 at the earliest) and now rumors are flying that it’s going to be based on the Planet Hulk storyline. For those who haven’t read the story, basically the heroes of earth decide Hulk’s too dangerous to have around, so they exile him to a distant and dangerous planet, and Hulk is all “yeah, whatever jerks” and takes over said planet.
Oh, and Avengers 3? It’s going to be based on World War Hulk, which follows up Planet Hulk by showing what happens when Hulk finally finds his way home (hint: it involves punching). So yeah, you’ll have to wait a while, but there’s a lot of green goliath goodness on it’s way.
Nice to see a more recent story get adapted instead of drawing on stuff from the 80s and 90s like most major superhero movies.
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If only someone had come up with this idea earlier…
Oh God please tell me we get the Sentry. Or at least a Reed Richard cameo… (yes yes, I understand Fox owns the FF rights, blah blah awful boring legal stuff)
But really I just want to see lots of Hulk smash.
*Nerd Alert/Spoilers* They actually meant to send him to a peaceful happy fun planet, but space happened and the ship got sent to the exact opposite of said planet. So while yes it was a douche move by the Illuminati, it wasn’t quite what they planned to happen. Also blowing up his wife and son at the end wasn’t their original plan. Disney does have the rights to 2 of the Illuminati, not sure if they can get Xavier and Reed. Dunno who owns Namor and Black Bolt. And I assume the have Dr. Strange since they have talked about a movie with him. I wonder if there will be sum explanation as to why Hulk turned from mindless Hulk to Hulk who talks and converses more or less normally.
Guarantee Planet Hulk got sold to studio executives as “Well there’s kind of some zombies in it”
I have a reallllllly, really hard time believing this is what they’re going to go with, unless they change the story pretty drastically. I just do not believe Marvel is going to make what is essentially an entirely CGI movie one of their major motion pictures. Especially because everyone loves the new Hulk because of Ruffalo, who would play a pretty minor part in a Planet Hulk movie.
Plus he had his shit together in Avengers. What’s the point of throwing him to another planet if he’s awesome against the constant alien inva–oh.
That’s why they were Chitauri and not Skrulls. Now Loki’s plan makes sense.
And no, I don’t buy it either. This rumor crops up every couple months, it’s just getting attention now because Latino Review (who in fact have a 50/50 record, traditionally) said it this time.
The last page of the Planet Hulk finale still gives me terror chills. I remember reading that and saying out loud, “Earth is fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.”
Yes. Just…yes.
Fuck. Yes.
Marvel is going to have to get back the movie rights to the X-Men and Spider-Man universes, because there aren’t enough heroes in The Avengers to make the WWH fight last more than a minute of screen time.
And center-of-the-franchise Robert Downey Jr isn’t going to like finding out that The Hulk just destroys Hulkbuster armor.
Fuck. Yes.
So wait, how are they going to throw in the Illuminanti with this idea if two of the members are own by Fox?
Oh like I care, as long as they let the Hulk be, you know The Hulk I am totally behind this idea.
I would be fine with the “missing” members just being in silhouette, that’s kind of what I figured they would do anyway. Also, I don’t think the X Men would be necessary for WWH since Hulk only paid them a brief ass kicking anyway and they weren’t part of the main fight.
They could replace Reed Richards with Hank Pym for an Illuminati member.
Finally! I’ve been waiting for a movie about a guy who can jump really far on another planet
awww too soon
New theory: Beyonce’s Illuminati symbol during the halftime show was really just a clever marketing tie-in by Marvel.
Brilliant.
Now I really have to finish reading these books.
They made a good Planet Hulk cartoon movie a few years back
Now you have no excuses Burnsy.
So when’s Civil War happening? Because you know Disney would MUCH rather get bullshit villain backstories and stunt casting out of the way and have Captain America vs.Iron Man.