More details on the Hulk/Banner arc over the next 3 movies since there was no way of getting a solo Hulk movie it seems.
Thor: Ragnarok
In an interview with
Cinema Blend, Mark Ruffalo revealed that in lieu of a standalone Hulk movie,
Ragnarok and the upcoming
Avengers duology will serve as an extended arc for the character:
So basically, Kevin [Feige] pulled me aside before this, and said, ‘If you were gonna do a… if we were going to do a standalone Hulk movie, what would it be?’ And I said, ‘I think it should be this, this, this, and this and this, and ends up like this.’ And he’s like, ‘I love that. Why don’t we do that in the next three movies, starting with Thor 3 and then we go into Avengers 3 and 4.’ And I was like, ‘That sounds great!’ And so we are at the beginning of this arc.
Ruffalo went on to discuss the separation of the Hulk and Banner as separate entities.
Hulk speaking is the start to separating of these two individuals, these identities in this split-identity person, and where that’s going to end up going. So it was really interesting to me. He’s like a baby! He’s like a five year old or six year old. So he has the same syntax, he has the same world view, and so it was fun. It’s like Chris [Hemsworth] — we all got to reinvent our characters in this.
