Locked THOR: RAGNAROK v.1 (First Trailer Released)

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

That sounds terrible I wish Universal would make some Hulk movies if not give the rrights back to Marvel.

I might be in the minority here I enjoyed the Hulk moves though I had some Problems with them and Eric Bana is my favorite Banner, I also liked the PH animated movie to bad they didn't make an

Just a slight correction. Marvel Studios owns the movie rights to Hulk but Universal still has the distribution rights. Marvel can make a solo Hulk movie if they want to. If they do, Universal gets to distribute it.

As for Marvel's holdup on a solo Hulk movie, read below:

Update: June 22, 2015

Breakdown of HULK Movie Production and Distribution Rights

Back in April, Mark Ruffalo revealed that Universal owns the distribution rights to a solo Hulk movie. "As far as a Hulk movie, a standalone Hulk movie, Marvel doesn't really have the rights to that yet," said Ruffalo. "That's still Universal's property, so there's that issue. That's a big impediment to moving forward with that. Now I don't think that's insurmountable, by the way, but I don't know where it's going from here for me."

A Forbes article expands on Ruffalo's statement. Marvel owns the film production rights to the Hulk. They have since 2005, after Universal's character license lapsed since a follow-up to Ang Lee's 2003 film Hulk had not yet entered into production. In the first quarter of 2006, then-Marvel Entertainment chairman Morton Handel announced in an earnings report that the rights to Hulk and Iron Man had reverted to Marvel; later that year, the studio also regained film rights to Captain America and Thor.

Now the complication: Universal still retains distribution rights to the Hulk, along with the right of first refusal. In other words, Marvel can make their movies without any interference from Universal, but Universal decides whether or not they want to act as distributor. That being said, if Universal opts not to distribute, Disney would then immediately be able to scoop up the distribution rights. So, for Universal: Nothing to do with production; distribution rights are dependent on exercising that option.

Marvel's Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Thor were all distributed by Paramount. Marvel's deal with Sony as it pertains to using Spider-Man, Marvel can use the character for team-ups while Sony can continue to produce and distribute their own Spidey-centric films. So it's obvious that Marvel Studios is willing and able to make arrangements with other Hollywood power players.

So if a Hulk movie is possible, why isn't it probable? As Forbes sums up, there are three reasons:

1) Previous Hulk films have not been, relative to other Marvel films, as critically or financially successful for the studio and thus pose a greater risk for developing another standalone feature. Coupled with the extremely high cost in special effects if you were going to make a film in which Banner is The Hulk for most of the movie, make it a dicey investment.

2) The Hulk seems to work better as a wildcard member of a team rather than the central character shouldering the entire movie; in short: he's a supporting character.

3) Reimagining the Hulk as anything more than a rage monster has not impressed audiences in past films.


Who Owns the Hulk? A Breakdown of Movie Production and Distribution Rights

 

[raty tat tat]

Just a slight correction. Marvel Studios owns the movie rights to Hulk but Universal still has the distribution rights. Marvel can make a solo Hulk movie if they want to. If they do, Universal gets to distribute it.

As for Marvel's holdup on a solo Hulk movie, read below:

To bad it won't be done then. My tablet was acting up so I
could finish what I was trying to say about them making an
WW Hulk animated movie.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

What is Ragnarok about anyways?

DL gave the correct answer as I was assuming, when they titled the next installment "Ragnarok", they intended to tell the Surtur Saga.
What Ragnarok actually is, is the end of days for the Asgardian Gods that will usher in the age of man. Surtur is the antagonist in both stories.

edit: Ragnarok is an actual ancient story of Norse Mythology. Its their equivalent of the Bible's Revelations, but the comics have also told it.

 

[KnightTemplar]

DL gave the correct answer as I was assuming, when they titled the next installment "Ragnarok", they intended to tell the Surtur Saga.
What Ragnarok actually is, is the end of days for the Asgardian Gods that will usher in the age of man. Surtur is the antagonist in both stories.

edit: Ragnarok is an actual ancient story of Norse Mythology. Its their equivalent of the Bible's Revelations, but the comics have also told it.

Correct. In Norse Mythology, Odin, Thor, the rest of the Gods and every warrior of Valhalla battle Surter and his army, Loki and his, "son" the giant Wolf, Fenrir and the Midguard Serpent. Odin is killed by Fenrir, who in turn is killed by Thor. Thor then kills the Midguard Serpent, but the poison in it's fangs fatally wounds Thor.

The battle rages on until all the World Tree has been burnt to ashes. Only two Gods, the sons of Thor, are left, and Midguard is reborn.

Basically, it's like the Book of Revelations had a drunken, regretful hate-fuck with Game of Thrones and Ragnarok is the unwanted offspring.

 

[MaveDeltzer]

Yes metal, but what kind of metal?

They don't say, Stark just had it in case Thor needed it and since Ultimate Reed brought about Ragnarok by dematerializing Odin and the World Tree which left Asgardians powerless. Then demolished Asgard and killed every Asgardian but Thor and his son Modi (kid he had with Hela).

He was talking about one of the greatest Thor stories ever told, "The Surtur Saga" by Walt Simonson.

Used ideas from that...

this and the Earth's Mightiest Heroes show for my script outline.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Used ideas from that...

this and the Earth's Mightiest Heroes show for my script outline.

Yah, I recognized the stories you were using. My Thor 4 is from Ballad of Beta Ray Bill and the Surtur Saga.

 

[D Train]

I hope the movie goes in this direction.

 

[El_Dyablo619]

Update: January 25, 2016

Rumor: THOR: RAGNAROK Plot Will Incorporate PLANET HULK Storyline

A few years ago, there was a rumor that Marvel was planning to weave the Hulk through the Avengers “Phases” in a creative way, banishing the Hulk from Earth after Avengers 2, spinning off into his own Planet Hulk movie (based on the Greg Pak comics storyline of the same name) and returning him to Earth in Phase Three in some sort of World War Hulk (also a comic book storyline) Avengers movie. The specifics of that arc were outright denied by Marvel staff over and over again.

According to Geek.com's sources, after Thor catches on to Hela and Loki’s (still mysterious) plot that is going down in Asgard in Thor: Ragnarok, Hela destroys Mjolnir, and banishes Thor from Asgard. Loki and Hela’s plan involves the major arc of the Marvel Universe, and just when it looks like Thor is about to put a stop to it, he gets banished — but not to any old planet. He ends up on a gladiatorial planet where his head is shaved and he’s forced to fight for his life. Let’s call this planet Sakaar, like it was in the comic books.

Thor knows that he has to get to some MacGuffin weapon object to defeat Hela and Loki (could this be the Infinity Gauntlet that Thanos is in possession of, or maybe an assemblage of Infinity Stones?) and he has to get off the planet. Thor runs through all of his alien opponents in gladiatorial combat, even without his trademark hammer. Finally, Thor has to face the current champion of the arena, and wouldn’t you know who that ends up being? The Hulk.

When we reconnect with Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok, he’s managed to avoid reverting back to the Banner state since we last saw him in the Quinjet in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Hulk in Hulk form is pretty much unkillable, so he survived the trip to Sakaar (however he got there). His “Banner” is starting to seep through into the Hulk persona, and because of the Hulk-Banner melding, Hulk actually remembers Thor and his relationship to him. That’s what starts the two on a Midnight Run to the MacGuffin that Thor desperately needs.

Some of these details could shift like the sands of time considering the shooting script for Thor: Ragnarok hasn’t been locked down, but Geek.com's sources confirm that the outline is there: Marvel found a way to include the Planet Hulk storyline without having to attempt a solo Hulk movie where everyone is a CGI character, not to mention dealing with the character’s solo movie rights (which has some sort of hold-up with Universal). Instead, gladiator Chris Hemsworth will be the audience’s focus as Thor picks up Hulk on his road-trip through the stars.


Hulk’s Role in Thor: Ragnarok Revealed (Exclusive)

God I hope they incorporate Beta Ray Bill somehow!

 

[KnightTemplar]

If they really shave off all of Thor's hair my wife is going to be heartbroken. She's madly in love with Chris Hemsworth. This will devastate her.

She's not alone. Someone joked that they took their wife to see the first Thor movie and that when Hemsworth took off his shirt, she and every other female in the audience spontaneously ovulated.

The Hemsworth brothers won the Genetic Lottery. The bastards.

 

[CoolB]

She's not alone. Someone joked that they took ther wife to see the first Thor movie and that when Hemsworth took off his shirt, she and every other female in the audience spontaneously ovulated.

The Hemsworth brothers won the Genetic Lottery. The bastards.

My wife has that reaction in every scene he's in.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: April 11, 2016

Tessa Thompson Joins THOR: RAGNAROK; Natalie Portman Not Returning

Creed star Tessa Thompson has a key role in Thor: Ragnarok. The third installment of Marvel’s Norse myth-inspired franchise is heading towards a June start with Taika Waititi in the director’s chair.

Chris Hemsworth is back as the Marvel superhero version of the Norse god of thunder with Tom Hiddleston and Jaimie Alexander among those that are also returning. Also playing roles are Mark Ruffalo, as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, and Cate Blanchett.

Details for Thompson’s part have not been revealed, but she could be the female lead as Natalie Portman, who was the female lead as Dr. Jane Foster in the previous two Thor installments, is not returning. Ironically, Thompson is due to also shoot Annihilation, Alex Garland’s follow-up to Ex Machina, opposite Portman this spring.

Thompson’s other credits include Dear White People and Selma. She is also a lead in HBO's much-buzzed about Westworld series.

'Creed' and 'Dear White People' Star Tessa Thompson Joins the Cast of Marvel's 'Thor: Ragnarok'

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Jane Foster not returning...

 

[KnightTemplar]

Jane Foster not returning...

 

[Misfit23]

I never saw the Thor movies but Natalie Portman would have made me watch them. Was her character that bad?

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

I never saw the Thor movies but Natalie Portman would have made me watch them. Was her character that bad?

Very forced

 

[Bald1]

I never saw the Thor movies but Natalie Portman would have made me watch them. Was her character that bad?

Not that her character was that bad, it's that these movies could have been called Thor & Jane Foster. And Thor & Jane Foster The Dark World. Too much screen time for someone who is totally, utterly and completely inconsequential.

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

Jane had a place in the first Thor and maybe TDW. She has no place in the MCU anymore.

 

[method115]

Same. First was great, second was kinda meh.

I hope there's less Earth stuff in this one and just cut out Darcy, Selvig, and all human comic relief characters.

Make Sif and the Warriors Three part of the whole adventure and not just used for a limited amount of time and then just discarded like garbage.

Funny I thought the first Thor was boring slightly above the first captain america movie. The second was great and a lot more interesting. Looking forward to this one mainly because of Hulk.

 

[Gambitpool]

Jane Foster not returning...

Natalie Portman Returns As Female Lead in Infinity War Parts 1 and 2

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

lol that would be hilarious