TheMarvel Cinematic Universedebuted Red Hulk two month ago , causing me to see that the originalIncredible Hulk 2plan for the character would have been better for him . Red Hulk was one of the manyvillains ofCaptain America : Brave New World , with Harrison Ford look at over the function of Thunderbolt Ross from the late William Hurt . Throughout the film . Ross was manipulated by The Leader , another villain first introduced inThe Incredible Hulk , with theending ofCaptain America : Brave New Worldtransitioning him into the blood-red berate demon from the comics .

What persona Red Hulk will have inupcoming MCU moviesremains to be seen , but it is unlikely he will appear in more 2025 projects . Moreover , the future of the MCU is set withAvengers : Doomsday ’s storyand its sequel , Avengers : Secret Wars , throwing Red Hulk ’s time to come into even more doubt . Although I admit I mostly enjoyed Red Hulk ’s cellular inclusion inCaptain America : Brave New World , several component made me wish for the original launching the case was design to have inThe Incredible Hulk 2 , be it his Hulk connections or his seeming absence in the occur years .

Captain America: Brave New World’s Red Hulk Debut Was Fun, But Highlighted The Lack Of The Hulk In The Movie & MCU

Red Hulk Would Have Better Served Another MCU Franchise

As I have alluded to , Captain America : Brave New Worlddid well with the character of Red Hulk . In fact , for the most part , Harrison Ford ’s Thunderbolt Ross was the most challenging facet of the film , as was his connection with Sam Wilson and the politics involved . When Ross set out to Hulk out , the picture included some fantastic legal action sequences that made for the most exciting in the overall unsatisfying MCU movie .

Captain America : Brave New World miss the entertainment of an MCU film , despite compelling performances from Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford .

However , despite being the good part of the film , I can not deny that Red Hulk ’s coming into court only made the glaring absence seizure of Hulk - related factor more obvious than they already were . This was not aid by the inclusion of The Leader , another of Hulk ’s iconic comic book villains . Since 2008’sThe unbelievable Hulk , a solo Hulk movie has not happened in the MCU due to rights issues , withCaptain America : Brave New Worldsadly highlight the drawbacks of this . The villains mostly worked , but they only highlighted how Hulk fib have been wanting from the enfranchisement .

Anthony Mackie In Full Captain America Costume With Red Wing Drones Standing In Front Of Cherry Blossoms In Captain America Brave New World

The Incredible Hulk Director’s Comments About His Plans For Red Hulks Could Have Been Even Bigger For The MCU

And Given The Hulk’s Various Stories A Bigger Spotlight

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To further rub salt in the combat injury , the director ofThe Incredible Hulk- Louis Leterrier - unwrap in 2023 that a subsequence to the flick would have involved Red Hulk . While he did not go into details , Leterrier toldVarietythat“There was … Grey Hulk , Red Hulks — there was a lot of dear stuff that we were planning . ”This was before Marvel opted not to produce more Hulk pic , break that Universal would take a large cut of the profits and control distribution , with Thunderbolt Ross ' changeover into Red Hulk ostensibly planned much to begin with .

If Red Hulk had been introduced in the other 2010s , at the same clock time as sequels to the likes ofThorandCaptain Americahad been unloosen , his MCU future could have been even bigger than it is now . Red Hulk could have been a lasting character throughout a potential Hulk trilogy . If Leterrier ’s design to have Red Hulks , plural form , had make out to realization , they could even have been antagonist of the Avengers . Regardless of my thoughts onCaptain America : Brave New World , I think thisMCUstory for Red Hulk would have shape better .

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