AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Set Photo May Hint At A Surprising Development For The Hulk - *MAJOR SPOILERS*
Mark Ruffalo has described Thor: Ragnarok, Infinity War, and Avengers 4 as a trilogy for The Hulk and now, we have a set photo that may indicate which direction Marvel plans on taking the Green Goliath.
3x Academy Award-nominee Mark Ruffalo is on the record saying that Thor: Ragnarok was the beginning of a new trilogy for The Hulk and that his story would continue through Avengers: Infinity War before concluding in 2019's still-untitled Avengers 4. After this reveal, he remained intentionally vague about where Marvel plans on taking his fan-favorite character, but it looks as though a new set photo may have inadvertently revealed their plans - that is, unless we're just reading too much into it.
The new photo sees a bewildered-looking Bruce Banner filming a scene with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Wong (Benedict Wong) with a massive grey hand reaching for his neck. This motion-capture hand could, of course, be either the Mad Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) or his oldest and largest child, Cull Obsidian, but there's also a third, much more, intriguing option as well... it could actually be The Hulk, himself, which would mean Bruce Banner, after years of trying and failing, has somehow successfully separated himself from his jolly green roommate.
Now, if our theory is correct, it's still a little hard to say how exactly Banner could have achieved this feat, but with Wong on-site, there is a strong possibility that magic may have played a significant part, although you can't rule out an Infinity Stone either. Also, this development does essentially feed into the recent theory that Banner is actually piloting the Hulkbuster armor in Wakanda, and not Stark, seeing as he would need a new method of fighting Thanos' forces if he is no longer The Incredible Hulk.
Check out the new set photo, courtesy of Atlanta Filming (via JustUsLeague), below:
An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Avengers: Infinity War features:
Directors: Anthony & Joe Russo
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther
Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man
Paul Bettany as The Vision
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine
Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne/Wasp
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
Zoe Saldana as Gamora
Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
Vin Diesel as Groot
Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon (voice)
Sean Gunn as Rocket Raccoon (mo-cap)
Pom Klementieff as Mantis
Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange
Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Benedict Wong as Wong
Karen Gillan as Nebula
Michael Rooker as Yondu
Danai Gurira as Okoye
Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan/The Collector
Peter Dinklage in an undisclosed role
Terry Notary in an undisclosed role
Tom Vaughn Lawlor as Ebony Maw
Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Josh Brolin as Thanos
Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters May 4, 2018
Avengers 4 hits theaters May 3, 2019