Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Marvel’s highly-anticipated sequelThor: Ragnarokwill start production on the4th of Julyin Australia. While very little has been confirmed about the story, the cast is starting to come together, withCate Blanchett(Hela),Jeff Goldblum(The Grandmaster),Karl Urban(Skurge) andTessa Thompson(Valkyrie) coming aboard to star.Mark Ruffalois also coming aboard to star as Hulk, and while promoting his new movieNow You See Me 2, the actor dropped some new details about how Hulk fits into this sequel.
We last sawMark Ruffalo’sHulkinAvengers: Age of Ultron, where he commandeered a S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet and took off for parts unknown. BothThorand Hulk were the only two Avengers who didn’t show up in last month’sCaptain America: Civil War, but we’ll get to see them on the big screen next year. During a new interview withCollider,Mark Ruffaloteased that Bruce Banner will have to confront his relationship with his giant green alter-ego, the Hulk.
“I think the arc that he is ultimately making in his relationship with The Hulk and how that’s gonna resolve itself, that’s really where … nobody has gone to that place. He’s always been running from him or trying to deny it but they are coming for a collision course with each other and I think that could be pretty exciting if we can figure out a way, how to do it - multi-dimensionally. Hulk vs. Banner! The only person Hulk’s scared of is Banner.”
ThorandThor: The Dark WorldstarsChris Hemsworth(Thor),Tom Hiddleston(Loki),Anthony Hopkins(Odin) andIdris Elba(Heimdall) have been confirmed to reprise their roles, and it has also been confirmed thatNatalie Portmanwill not be back as Jane Foster. Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigehas teased thatThor: Ragnarokwill largely be set in the cosmos, with very little time spent on Earth. While no official story details have been released yet, there have been plenty of rumors.
One of the most prevalent rumors is that the new villain Hela will team up with Loki and banish Thor from Asgard, destroying his mighty hammer Mjolnir in the process. Thor then goes on a journey that leads him to a plant full of gladiators, where he is forced to go up against the current champion,Hulk(Mark Ruffalo). This eventually leads to a “cosmic road trip” between Hulk and Thor, but none of those details have been confirmed. We’ll be sure to keep you posted as we get closer toThor: Ragnarokstarting production on the 4th of July.
