With Captain America: Civil War set to be essentially another Avengers movie, could Phase 3 be about to put the spotlight on team-ups between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? If a new Thor: Ragnarok rumour is to be believed, then that’s going to be the case for this one at least!

Apparently, Mark Ruffalo is set to reprise the role of Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the threequel, in a story which will see the God of Thunder facing “what amounts to the Norse Apocalypse” on a “distant planet” that is “not Asgard and not Earth.” Could we finally be about to get that long rumoured Planet Hulk movie? It sounds like this might loosely adapt that anyway.

The scenes between Thor and Hulk in The Avengers were a real highlight of the superhero ensemble, and even if Thor: Ragnaork is just a team-up between the two heroes against a greater threat rather than a big screen take on the beloved Planet Hulk storyline, this is an idea with a ton of potential (and an unexpected place for the Jade Giant to show up next).

Ant-Man and The Wasp is another Phase 3 team-up movie of course, and as Thor’s outings have always struggled at the box office, inserting Hulk into the story could really help take this franchise to the next level as we build towards the events of Avengers: Infinity War!

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