Published 14:14 IST, June 20th 2020

When Mark Ruffalo opened up about Hulk standalone movie and said 'never gonna happen'

Given the popularity Mark Ruffalo's role Hulk received after Avengers, rumours stated that solo Hulk movie was on cards. Here is when Mark spoke about the same.

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Actor Mark Ruffalo has been time and again lauded for his performance as Hulk Avenger series, however, unlike or characters of series, Mark Ruffalo has confirmed on several occasions that a standalone Hulk movie will never happen. If reports are to be believed, rights to a standalone Hulk movie belong to Universal Studios, who released 2003 Hulk film, starring Eric Bana, and 2008 version with Edward rton in le role. Reportedly, Marvel and Universal Studios have signed a clause, which allows Marvel to only feature Hulk in larger storylines as a supporting character.

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Speaking about same in an interview in 2015, Mark Ruffalo revealed that Marvel and Universal don’t get along very well, which is working against Hulk standalone movie. ding to same, actor revealed that both parties involved are holding out hope for movie to happen. However, actor remarked that, as per nature of relationship, project seemed a little prohibitive. Furrmore, Mark Ruffalo revealed that movie doesn’t look particularly promising.

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In 2017 at an event, Ruffalo revealed that ‘a standalone Hulk movie will never happen’. ding to same, actor revealed that Universal studios have rights to standalone Hulk movie and for some reason, institution doesn’t kw how to play well with Marvel studios. Mark Ruffalo joked about same and stated that he has two or three years before he is too old to play Hulk onscreen.

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Hulk to be on cards after 2020?

However, reports of a standalone Hulk movie resurfaced again in 2020 and speculations suggested that much-awaited standalone movie is finally on cards. Sounding more optimistic about project in an interview with a leing news daily, Ruffalo remarked that Hulk’s character was always kept on side and revealed that it would be interesting to fill in all blanks about what happened to his much-loved character between all standalone movies released on different superhero characters.

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14:14 IST, June 20th 2020