‘Thor: Ragnarok’ through ‘Avengers 4’ will include Hulk trilogy storyline

Because of certain rights issues, Marvel Studios can’t utilize The Hulk in the same way that they can most Marvel Cinematic Universe heroes. Solo movies are pretty much a no-go at this point, and he can basically only appear in features where he’s not a titular character. This isn’t stopping Mark Ruffalo and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige from sculpting a special Hulk trilogy, however, as the actor recently revealed to me that there is a very specific arc for the character built into Thor: Ragnarok, The Avengers: Infinity War, and the untitled Avengers 4. Said Ruffalo,

“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.”