AVENGERS: ENDGAME Star Mark Ruffalo Says He's Pitched Marvel An Idea For A SMART HULK Movie

AVENGERS: ENDGAME Star Mark Ruffalo Says He's Pitched Marvel An Idea For A SMART HULK Movie

Mark Ruffalo has already shared details on his idea for another solo Hulk movie, but in a new interview, the Avengers: Endgame actor revealed that he's actually pitched a Smart Hulk prequel to Marvel...

By MarkCassidy - May 11, 2020 08:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Endgame
Source: Via The Direct.com

Avengers: Endgame's Mark Ruffalo has already made it very clear that he'd love to return as Bruce Banner/The Hulk in some capacity, but in a new interview, the actor reveals that he's actually pitched a Smart Hulk prequel movie to Marvel Studios.

Ruffalo has previously shared his idea for another solo Hulk movie set between the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, and while speaking to Jimmy Fallon, he reiterated his desire to explore how Banner and Hulk were able to merge their personalities to form an entirely new persona he refers to as "Bulk."

"That should have been its own movie," Ruffalo stated when the Tonight Show host complimented his take on Professor Hulk in the Infinity Saga finale. "That's what I'm pitching actually, that section of time... like how did Banner become the Bulk?"

Ruffalo also confirmed a previous report that he was initially apprehensive about signing on to play Banner/Hulk in the first Avengers movie, but costar Robert Downey Jr. convinced him to take the role over the phone.

"I got a call from Downey. It must of made it to him, that I was, you know, hemming and hawing, and he just simply said, 'Ruffalo, let's go. We got this,' in true Iron Man fashion. And after that, I was like, I guess I have to do it."

As far as we know, there are still some rights issues that prevent Marvel from moving forward on a solo Hulk adventure, so even if the studio bites on Ruffalo's idea, the film is unlikely to come together for quite some time. The actor is expected to return as the Green Goliath for the Disney+ She-Hulk series, however.

Would you be interested in a Bulk prequel set before Endgame? Let us know in the comments.

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THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/11/2020, 8:31 AM
Ugh.
santoanderson
santoanderson - 5/11/2020, 8:32 AM
Sequels are more interesting than prequels. I’m fine with the Black Widow movie, which supposedly takes place between Civil War & Infinity War, because it’s a movie Feige wanted to make for years, but Perlmutter kept vetoing the idea, and since Widow died in Endgame, it’s a nice retcon sendoff for the character.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 5/11/2020, 8:45 AM
@santoanderson - Sequels are more interesting than prequels
Uhhh, the Metal Gear Solid and Red Dead Redemption franchises would like a word with you.
LaserKing
LaserKing - 5/11/2020, 8:32 AM
I really would like to see a Wolverine vs Hulk movie but not sure how they could handle it being a smart Hulk if that is the way they want to take it.
dracula
dracula - 5/11/2020, 8:54 AM
@LaserKing - simple flip the roles of Wolverine’s first appearence. Have Wolverine escape from Weapon X and eventually the Hulk is sent after him
LaserKing
LaserKing - 5/11/2020, 9:11 AM
@dracula - Brilliant! You are hired!
Rob76
Rob76 - 5/12/2020, 8:08 AM
@LaserKing - It wouldn't work at all with Smart Hulk, the Russo pretty much removed everything that made the Hulk fun and interesting.
Rob76
Rob76 - 5/12/2020, 8:09 AM
@dracula - Still wouldn't work as Smart Hulk, maybe in a prequel or it would be a great way to reboot the Hulk from the cringeworthy path he took in Endgame.
LaserKing
LaserKing - 5/12/2020, 12:25 PM
@Rob76 - Maybe a new director may be to your liking.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/11/2020, 8:33 AM
AtakanKaratas
AtakanKaratas - 5/11/2020, 8:33 AM
I actually liked Smart Hulk, so I would be down for this.
KWilly
KWilly - 5/11/2020, 8:35 AM


I can't get over how great Professor Hulk looked in Endgame. I mean, the immense details and everything. They definitely took the budget out of Black Panther's third act for this.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 5/11/2020, 8:44 AM
@KWilly

They had to have reshot the Black Panther ending. It’s the only thing that makes sense to me. That the VFX studios got that footage at like the last minute.

Only thing that makes sense.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 5/11/2020, 8:47 AM
@regularmovieguy - right? I just can’t believe the same studio that made Thanos have bum fluff down to the follicle, is the same studio behind PS1 graphics.
KWilly
KWilly - 5/11/2020, 8:50 AM
@regularmovieguy - Apparently, the real story is they were under time constraints. Like they had to finish up the CGI for the ending way sooner than expected, so I get it.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/11/2020, 8:52 AM
@regularmovieguy - they did re-shoot it. They were rushed towards the end. The only thing Coogler wanted to re-shoot initially, and he did anyway, was Killmonger's death.

There's even b-roll footage of whatever they originally shot, with Killmonger and T'Challa fighting under a small waterfall in a cave underneath the mine.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 5/11/2020, 8:55 AM
@BlackBeltJones

That's interesting.I haven't seen that B-Roll. Good call from Coogler, too. Without Killmonger's last scene that would've taken away from the whole movie.

And a more personal fight that mirrored the first waterfall fight is cooler conceptually than the fall down the mine.
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 5/11/2020, 8:36 AM

Smart Hulk should be a one and done. He didn't really seem to have a direction. Just use regular Hulk, but give him Smart Hulk's intelligence. Problem solved.
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