Hulk To Be The Villain In The Avengers?

by Liam Goodwin on October 9, 2008 · 18 comments

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In June The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier hinted that the last shot of the film could be interoperated in two ways:

“…if you decide that he’s smiling, in control, then he’s a good guy, that’s ‘The Hulk 2,’” he continued. “If Hulk is a failure, then he looks up and smirks and that’s eventually the Hulk of the Avengers — the uncontrollable beast that they need to team up to stop.”

The latest Hulk movie didn’t make as much money as Marvel probably hoped for, so the chances of a Hulk 2 are slim. That means we could be getting the second option, which is The Hulk being the villain in The Avengers.

However, it is not just Leterrier who thinks this. Iron Man writers (and potential writers of The Avengers) Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, spoke to MTV about their thoughts on the situation.

“I hope ‘The Avengers’ embraces that,” Fergus said of having the Hulk as misunderstood baddie. “You don’t want like 10 super-badass good guys fighting together. Where’s the fun in that? Let’s break it off a little. Friends or colleagues who become enemies is always an interesting thing because you know it’s based on love and friendship and that’s always the worst thing to have turn bad — is someone you actually care about and someone you actually believe in.”

Out of all the characters that will most likely appear in The Avengers movie (Thor, Iron Man, Captain America) The Hulk is the one most likely to go on a rampage against his ‘friends’. There is also the issue regarding Edward Norton, who didn’t have the best working relationship with Marvel while making The Incredible Hulk. If Norton didn’t make an appearance for whatever reason, they could easily just have The Hulk CGI’d all the way through.

Would anyone be up for Thor, Iron Man and Captain America vs. The Hulk? I know I would be!

  • Rod

    Having all of them vs. Hulk would be great!

    Or this guy:
    http://apps.facebook.com/lovecinema/movie/profile/Hellboy–2004

  • Rod

    Having all of them vs. Hulk would be great!

    Or this guy:
    http://apps.facebook.com/lovecinema/movie/profile/Hellboy–2004

  • jordan

    sigh… I suppose it will be cool but I always thought of the hulk as a misunderstood good guy not a bad guy. I would die if they killed the hulk in the end of the avengers as seems to happen to most marvel villains

  • jordan

    sigh… I suppose it will be cool but I always thought of the hulk as a misunderstood good guy not a bad guy. I would die if they killed the hulk in the end of the avengers as seems to happen to most marvel villains

  • denise

    i think it would be a BAD choice to have the HULK as a bad guy!! he is a comic book hero!! he helps people, he doesn’t hurt them!!! he is a kind hearted character who happened to get contaminated. if they make him the bad guy, there is a large possibility that people will get turned off.
    bring the abomination back as the bad guy. they didn’t kill him off, so he can come back as a villian.

  • denise

    i think it would be a BAD choice to have the HULK as a bad guy!! he is a comic book hero!! he helps people, he doesn’t hurt them!!! he is a kind hearted character who happened to get contaminated. if they make him the bad guy, there is a large possibility that people will get turned off.
    bring the abomination back as the bad guy. they didn’t kill him off, so he can come back as a villian.

  • andries price

    the hulk is the bad guy on the avengres im playing tony stark jr. on the avengres avengers team are ironman captain america thor black window ant man and bumblebee girl edward norton as the incredible hulk terrence howard as war machine on this movie and ironman 2 on the avengres 2 don cheadle will play as the black panther the hulk is very hard on the avengres movie trust me ironman will kill the hulk.

  • andries price

    the hulk is the bad guy on the avengres im playing tony stark jr. on the avengres avengers team are ironman captain america thor black window ant man and bumblebee girl edward norton as the incredible hulk terrence howard as war machine on this movie and ironman 2 on the avengres 2 don cheadle will play as the black panther the hulk is very hard on the avengres movie trust me ironman will kill the hulk.

  • andries price

    i like iron man 2 iron man 3 the first avengre captain america thor antman and the avengres and the incredible hulk 3. i will see the incredible hulk 3 starring eric bana liv tyler tim roth and tim blake nelson i will see eric bana as the incredible hulk on the avengres so the avengres in theatres may 4th 2012

  • andries price

    i like iron man 2 iron man 3 the first avengre captain america thor antman and the avengres and the incredible hulk 3. i will see the incredible hulk 3 starring eric bana liv tyler tim roth and tim blake nelson i will see eric bana as the incredible hulk on the avengres so the avengres in theatres may 4th 2012

  • Max

    sounds cool!

    • Guest

      Loki uses his new found powers from the object he steals shown at end of Thor, to control hulk, thats the most popular answer. All the actor for loki could reveal, is that he will be facing 7 heroes, altho 9 were listed, the hints of more hulk draw were pointed out in other interviews and blogs. Gonna be good

      • Nobodynowsme

        this is pethetic!!!! if your gonna make a hulk be the villain then you cant use the green one !!!!!!!!!! if the hulk is the villain it should be the experiment that went wrong     The Grey Hulk   its bruce when he loses control forever   you got this from MR MARVELL

  • Max

    sounds cool!

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  • Nobodynowsme

    mr marvell again !!!!!!!!                     i speak from the heart      WERE ALL GEEKS!!!!           but were vproud