Happy Back to the Future day! Let's celebrate by discussing the Norse Apocalypse!!
It's been confirmed by multiple movie news outlets that Mark Ruffalo's Hulk is set to have a major role in the upcoming third movie in the Thor franchise, Ragnarok. The film, which is currently eyeing director Taika Waititi to helm the project, is set to be released on November 3rd 2017, in-between Spiderman's first solo outing and the Black Panther solo film. The news also states that Thor will find Hulk on a distant planet and the film will see our heroes team-up on a cosmic adventure.
Accompanying this news is also the confirmation that Tom Hiddleston will return as Loki. So to those who were a fan of the "puny God" scene from the first Avengers, you're in luck!
When I heard this news I was excited but to me it also made perfect sense. It wouldn't make sense for the character of the Hulk to ride the fence during Phase 3 up until Infinity War. There were those who speculated around the time of Age of Ultron's cinematic release that Hulk would appear in a Phase 3 film in some capacity, which at the time everyone thought was going to be Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2.
What this news could mean is the possibility of at least glimpses of the famous Planet Hulk storyline which Marvel has been so reluctant to do despite enormous fan pressure on them to do it. If it turns out Thor finds Hulk on a distant planet then we could well be seeing the Hulk fighting in gladiator pits just like in the famous comic book storyline. I think this would appease a lot of fans.
But on what planet would Thor find him? I assume he would find him in space somewhere as opposed to Earth given the nature of how this news has been reported. Most likely it could be one of the planets which make up the 9 realms of the cosmos.
In case you didn't know, the nine realms are connected by Yggdrasil, or the Tree of the World. These realms are not other dimensions, they are in fact planets from across the universe connected by this large tree. So far in the movies we have seen Asgard, Midgard (Earth), Jotunheim (Loki's home), Vanaheim and Svartalfheim (the Dark World).
Is it possible that Thor could find Hulk in one of these distant realms? It's definitely possible. But Asgardians still have the ability to travel to locations outside of the 9 realms. Remember the post credits scene of Thor: The Dark World? Here we see Sif and other Asgardians deliver The Collector the Aether (which has been confirmed to be the Reality Stone). Its fun to speculate.
Also, how and why does Hulk travel into space? Last time we saw him he was fleeing from his duties as an Avenger using the Quinjet's stealth mode. I don't know if the Quinjet can perform interplanetary travel; maybe Hulk was taken? Again, it's fun to speculate over these questions.
What we do know is that Ragnarok is "the end of all things" in Norse mythology. Expect some monumental stuff to go down. In fact, I remember Kevin Feige saying that Thor: Ragnarok was the linchpin movie of Phase 3; the film that would change the landscape of the MCU and pull the carpet from under our feet, similar to Captain America: The Winter Soldier's "SHIELD" revelation in Phase 2.
If Ragnarok is close to the source material we should see Thor and Hulk fight Surtur and the fire demons of Muspelheim. But what about a certain Mad Titan hell-bent on collecting infinity stones to complete his newly acquired gauntlet?
I think Thanos is going to have a role in Thor: Ragnarok. Whether he has a small one or is the main villain of it I can't tell yet. Just bare in mind that he's now off to collect the Infinity Stones himself. One such stone is hidden inside the Tesseract (the Space stone) which is currently on Asgard in the custody of Odin...
... or at least what Thor thought was Odin. In actuality it's Loki. Remember back to the first Avengers film? Loki's scepter and the gem powering it was given to him by the Other, Thanos' servant. Loki failed to conquer Earth and lost the gem which Thanos presumably gave him. The God of Mischief has some serious debt to pay. So what if Loki somehow causes Ragnarok to happen... and when Asgard is in ruins, Thanos can come and retrieve the Tesseract for his own personal use...
Whatever happens, this news that Hulk will be appearing in Thor: Ragnarok gets me even more excited for a film which will have massive repercussions for Infinty War and everything else after it!
Thanks for reading,
Matt
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