Disney May Regain Hulk Movie Rights Soon Marvel With the current state of Hulk's distribution rights sitting up in the air, new evidence has been uncovered to suggest when Disney will reacquire the rights. Marvel Studios has also been reported to be developing a World War Hulk movie following on from the events of Disney+'s She-Hulk with plans to shoot this year for a late 2023 or early 2024 release. Rumors have previously spread to suggest Disney may have regained the rights but have yet to be supported by anything definitive. This complicated legal issue has since led the MCU to limit Hulk to supporting roles and omit solo projects altogether. Universal and Marvel reached an agreement in 2008 for the former to distribute The Incredible Hulk which starred Edward Norton as Bruce Banner before he was recast with Mark Ruffalo for The Avengers.ĭisney and Marvel still hold the rights to develop movies starring the Hulk, but Universal has the first refusal opportunity to distribute the project and takes a significant chunk of the profits. Despite being one of the founding Avengers, the Hulk has had an arguably small role to play in the MCU as the only member of the team not to lead a solo project since Phase 1.

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