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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 3:30:11 GMT -5
{Spoiler} comicbook.com/blog/2013/02/04/planet-hulk-movie-reportedly-in-the-works/After a week of teasing out the reveal, Latino Review has just reported that a feature film version of the fan-favorite Planet Hulk story is coming from Marvel, springboarding out of the events of Avengers 2 and building to the events of Avengers 3. Massive spoilers ahead for any number of upcoming Marvel Studios movies. In a video journal (embedded below) filmed across the street from Marvel’s New York offices, Latino Review’s El Mayimbe asked, “What about The Hulk? Where does he fit into Marvel’s Phase Two and Phase Three plans?” He reiterated Marvel honcho Kevin Feige’s comments, made last year, that such a thing couldn’t happen until at least after Avengers 2. And then he had answers. While Latino Review doesn’t name names, it suggests that the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of The Illuminati decide to ship the jade giant off-planet following the events of Avengers 2 “either in the third act or during the post-credits sequence, deeming him too dangerous to remain on the planet. Following those events, a version of Greg Pak’s Planet Hulk will see him “smashing puny aliens” on a planet where he’s forced into gladiatorial combat and becomes a Spartacus figure. In the comics, of course, the Illuminati features characters that Marvel Studios doesn’t currently own (Reed Richards) as well as characters who haven’t yet been introduced (Black Bolt, Dr. Strange, Black Panther). The fact that those characters are the same ones whose movies Stan Lee recently said were moving forward at Marvel may corroborate this report. “We’re probably going to see him rage like he’s never raged before,” El Mayimbe said of Avengers 2. “When [Mark] Ruffalo signed his six-picture deal with Marvel, like the rest of the big names, part of the lure was the chance to star in his own franchise–and cross over into others for years to come,” says the report. “Mark Ruffalo didn’t sign on the dotted line to be some third or fourth banana in The Avengers no matter how dope the part was.” He adds that, according to his sources, Avengers 3 will be loosely based on World War Hulk, wherein–after the Illuminati sent him into space and the events of Planet Hulk played out–Hulk returned to Earth and effectively went to war with Marvel’s superhero community. That would seem to scuttle long-simmering rumors that Avengers 3 could be a version of Civil War. These are, of course, rumors and Latino Review has been wrong from time to time in the past–but they’ve also brought some very accurate Marvel scoop to the table–so accurate, in fact, that Marvel Studios began an internal investigation into leaks surrounding the company’s Comic-Con plans last summer
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 4, 2013 4:16:56 GMT -5
Anything over Civil War, so this would be good. ANYTHING over Civil War.
ANYTHING.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 4, 2013 6:47:13 GMT -5
{Spoiler}Something catastrophic is going to have to happen within the next series of Marvel films in order for The Avengers to turn on Bruce then. Especially considering how close the film version of Stark is with Bruce.
And how in the world do you pull off the Illuminati/Planet Hulk without Xavier, Sub Mariner, and Reed? I guess they're going to have Iron Man obviously, Doctor Strange, maybe Pym, and Black Panther?
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 4, 2013 7:06:34 GMT -5
{Spoiler}Something catastrophic is going to have to happen within the next series of Marvel films in order for The Avengers to turn on Bruce then. Especially considering how close the film version of Stark is with Bruce.
And how in the world do you pull off the Illuminati/Planet Hulk without Xavier, Sub Mariner, and Reed? I guess they're going to have Iron Man obviously, Doctor Strange, maybe Pym, and Black Panther? {Spoiler}Remember the shadowy people Fury was answering to in Avengers? Just use those people. Tony and the rest might not have a say in the matter.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 4, 2013 7:07:12 GMT -5
Anything over Civil War, so this would be good. ANYTHING over Civil War. ANYTHING.This. I don't wanna see two-to-three hours or so of superheroes fighting one another, ending with Cap surrendering for no good reason.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Feb 4, 2013 8:29:38 GMT -5
Anything over Civil War, so this would be good. ANYTHING over Civil War. ANYTHING.This. I don't wanna see two-to-three hours or so of superheroes fighting one another, ending with Cap surrendering for no good reason. And then getting smoked.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 4, 2013 8:29:40 GMT -5
{Spoiler}Something catastrophic is going to have to happen within the next series of Marvel films in order for The Avengers to turn on Bruce then. Especially considering how close the film version of Stark is with Bruce.
And how in the world do you pull off the Illuminati/Planet Hulk without Xavier, Sub Mariner, and Reed? I guess they're going to have Iron Man obviously, Doctor Strange, maybe Pym, and Black Panther? {Spoiler}Remember the shadowy people Fury was answering to in Avengers? Just use those people. Tony and the rest might not have a say in the matter. {Spoiler}How would that work? Again, Fury was standing up to them and went against their orders. The only way I could see it working is maybe they remove Fury(killing him, which isn't going to happen obviously) or by some other manipulative means.
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Post by mjolnir on Feb 4, 2013 8:31:37 GMT -5
If this gives me a Planet Hulk movie, something about silence and my money.
Seriously, that has to be one of the funnest arcs in Marvel comics in a while.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 11:44:51 GMT -5
{Spoiler}The government guys Fury was talking to can obviously be used for the role. While Fury disobeyed them in The Avengers, they really had to let it slide because in the end his disobedience worked in saving the world. But what could Hulk do to get them worked up enough to ship him off of Earth?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 11:47:30 GMT -5
Based on other rumors about the third wave of movies, yeah, this is about what they'll need to keep me interested.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 4, 2013 12:03:39 GMT -5
... I'm never getting an Avengers Under Siege movie am I?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 12:04:33 GMT -5
I've been calling Civil War for The Avengers IV since they broke the box office. With the roster of characters they have, I'm sure they could pull it off. Plus they have the bonus of hindsight and know what made the original arc fail.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 4, 2013 12:23:41 GMT -5
I'd just prefer if they avoided Civil War altogether. it wasn't that great a story, was mishandled from the start and the only reasons anyone thinks it's worth adapting are because it's a recent story and Marvel hyped the hell out of it. in 5 years people are going to look at it like they looked at the Onslaught Saga (hyped as being important-as-hell but in actuality largely a forgettable story).
by the same logic why not just adapt Secret Invasion, Dark Reign or Avengers Vs. X-men?
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Feb 4, 2013 12:29:50 GMT -5
And what about The Punisher.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 4, 2013 12:36:58 GMT -5
I'd just prefer if they avoided Civil War altogether. it wasn't that great a story, was mishandled from the start and the only reasons anyone thinks it's worth adapting are because it's a recent story and Marvel hyped the hell out of it. in 5 years people are going to look at it like they looked at the Onslaught Saga (hyped as being important-as-hell but in actuality largely a forgettable story). by the same logic why not just adapt Secret Invasion, Dark Reign or Avengers Vs. X-men? I'd sooner accept a Secret Invasion adaptation for the big screen than Civil War. At least there's an interesting angle with the Skrull angle.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Feb 4, 2013 12:55:40 GMT -5
{Spoiler}The government guys Fury was talking to can obviously be used for the role. While Fury disobeyed them in The Avengers, they really had to let it slide because in the end his disobedience worked in saving the world. But what could Hulk do to get them worked up enough to ship him off of Earth? {Spoiler}He's the Hulk, just wreck a lot of stuff like he always does, they decide he's a liability, a constant danger, and then space him.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 4, 2013 12:58:45 GMT -5
I'd just prefer if they avoided Civil War altogether. it wasn't that great a story, was mishandled from the start and the only reasons anyone thinks it's worth adapting are because it's a recent story and Marvel hyped the hell out of it. in 5 years people are going to look at it like they looked at the Onslaught Saga (hyped as being important-as-hell but in actuality largely a forgettable story). by the same logic why not just adapt Secret Invasion, Dark Reign or Avengers Vs. X-men? I'd sooner accept a Secret Invasion adaptation for the big screen than Civil War. At least there's an interesting angle with the Skrull angle. I wasn't a fan of it either, but a lose adaptation of the concept (not the plot itself, which was garbage) could work. and a better ending than "Wasp turns into a refridgerator-shaped bomb and then Norman Osborne is in charge now for no adequately explored reason" would be nice.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 4, 2013 13:57:28 GMT -5
Live action Planet Hulk sounds pretty awesome to me. Adapting World War Hulk though? I don't know, wasn't that story not particularly well received? Personally I'm just sick of the whole Avengers vs. The Hulk idea. It's just been done to death over the last few years.
As for the whole Illuminati thing, couldn't we just drop that idea all together and just make The Avengers themselves the guys who make the call to send Hulk into space? It is an Avengers movie. I'd rather have a more personal reason for the Hulk to go after the Avengers themselves then a cobbled together team of guys most of whom are only superficially related to the Avengers.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 4, 2013 14:05:12 GMT -5
Live action Planet Hulk sounds pretty awesome to me. Adapting World War Hulk though? I don't know, wasn't that story not particularly well received? Personally I'm just sick of the whole Avengers vs. The Hulk idea. It's just been done to death over the last few years. As for the whole Illuminati thing, couldn't we just drop that idea all together and just make The Avengers themselves the guys who make the call to send Hulk into space? It is an Avengers movie. I'd rather have a more personal reason for the Hulk to go after the Avengers themselves then a cobbled together team of guys most of whom are only superficially related to the Avengers. That angle will only work if Bruce, in some fashion, loses his control over The Hulk and it wouldn't make sense for the Avengers to turn on him that quickly. If they didn't turn on him when he was fighting Thor on the Helicarrier, then something drastic is going to have to happen for them to go the route you're talking about.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 4, 2013 14:11:53 GMT -5
I'd sooner accept a Secret Invasion adaptation for the big screen than Civil War. At least there's an interesting angle with the Skrull angle. I wasn't a fan of it either, but a lose adaptation of the concept (not the plot itself, which was garbage) could work. and a better ending than "Wasp turns into a refridgerator-shaped bomb and then Norman Osborne is in charge now for no adequately explored reason" would be nice. If anything, if they went the route of the cartoon (maybe having Cap replaced by a Skrull early on), I'd be satisfied.
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