HULK: Kevin Feige Explains The Leader And Abomination's Absence From The Marvel Cinematic Universe

HULK: Kevin Feige Explains The Leader And Abomination's Absence From The Marvel Cinematic Universe

There's been no sign of The Leader and Abomination since The Incredible Hulk was released almost a decade ago and now Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige explains why we've heard nothing from either.

By JoshWilding - Nov 07, 2017 10:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Hulk
Source: Crave Online
The Incredible Hulk has become the black sheep of the Marvel Studios family and the only character to make it out of that movie (aside from Bruce Banner who is now played by a new actor in the form of Mark Ruffalo) was General Ross and it took eight years for that to happen! It's a shame too as Liv Tyler's Betty Ross was likeable and villains like Abomination and The Leader deserve another chance.

Well, it turns out that Kevin Feige is well aware fans feel like those two bad guys have been wasted and while he doesn't mention a specific place for them to return, they're both still out there...somewhere! 


"It is an embarrassment of riches of places we could go or characters we could reprise or bring back now that we’re… I think Ragnarok is our seventeenth MCU film. And you would be surprised how many… it’s come up. It’s come up. Just finding the right place. And as I said, if you can’t do it right, don’t do it or do it later, and the notion of “Hey, I’m here too! Next!” is not interesting to us. Abomination is in a prison somewhere too.'"
 
A comic book prelude for The Avengers revealed that The Leader was taken into custody so he too is in prison somewhere. The problem is, with no plans for a solo movie revolving around The Hulk, it's hard to say where characters like this could really fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as of right now. 

Where would you like to see them make their return? As always, sound off in the comments section.
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JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 11/7/2017, 10:54 AM
One of my favorite movies!
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 11/7/2017, 10:56 AM
Unpopular Opinion: The Incredible Hulk is one of my favorite MCU movies.
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 11/7/2017, 10:56 AM
1st. Iron Man
2nd (tie): Winter Soldier, Incredible Hulk, and Civil War
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 11/7/2017, 10:57 AM
@Elayem - Burn the witch!
Lostcause
Lostcause - 11/7/2017, 10:56 AM
thunderforce
thunderforce - 11/7/2017, 10:58 AM
They should make a second Marvel studio for more movies that the first studio doesn't have the time to make .
ShogunOfSorrow
ShogunOfSorrow - 11/7/2017, 11:54 AM
@thunderforce - Will they need to make a third studio to make the films the second studio doesn't have time to make?
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 11/7/2017, 10:59 AM
I'm still down for having the Avengers disbanded/dead following Infinity War and Avengers 4, so following that with Zemo putting together a Thunderbolts team out of villains in disguise would be great timing, IMO. Abomination would be great there.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 11/7/2017, 11:14 AM
@Chewtoy - Would rather see Zemo create the Masters of Evil first, battle the Avengers, then be defeated and lead the Thunderbolts similar to the comics. It'd make a great arc for him from villain to reluctant hero/ant-hero.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 11/7/2017, 11:34 AM
@MrDandy - The original "Thunderbolts" were nothing more than Zemo and the Masters of Evil pulling a scam on the world... there was nothing heroic about the creation of the team. Zemo saw that the world was afraid with the Avengers & FF missing and figured they'd pose as heroes and let the world hand them power in the vacuum.

The larger story arc of the team was what writer Busiek termed "the seduction of good"... i.e. that once these villains got a taste of being admired, respected and adored, some would be unwilling to give it up, growing some morals to become the roles they played, while others (Zemo, Moonstone and the Fixer, originally) would not... giving you the classic "good guy in a gang of criminals gets cold feet and tries to get out/stop the plan from the inside."

Zemo already took a swing at the Avengers and lost. Likewise for any existing villain you could end up using. From a narrative standpoint, I think they're already at a point where this plotline could be put into motion (especially as I never see the MCU using the name "Masters of Evil" for a team anyway.)
MyBeard
MyBeard - 11/8/2017, 7:42 AM
@Chewtoy - The team doesn't actually need a name. They could do something like with the "Revengers" in Ragnarok and then have Zemo veto it.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/7/2017, 11:00 AM
Bringing them back makes little sense narratively.

If making a Hulk trilogy was possible, then I'd be down.

TIH is underrated
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