The Incredible Hulk in space - is the next step for giant jade of the The Avengers?

OFF to fight some little green men... Mark Ruffalo Hulk could go interstellar. Photo: Planet pictures/Marvel

Away from the impact a myriad of Star Wars it seems we'll get in the next few years, all the talk this week in the geekosphère has focused on a possible new movie Hulk, based on the scenario of 2006 Planet Hulk comic. Latino Review suggests that once great green rage machine has done his homework in The Avengers 2, which is scheduled for may 2015, it will be sent to offshore in outer space to ensure that it cannot do any more to the poor old dirt. At first glance, this looks like a rather absurd proposal: Planet Hulk is one of these intrigues of Sci-Fi beloved bizarre style of Marvel that can translate well to film big screen live-action, where scenarios should rely on the charisma of the actors rather than the subplots nickname-mystical and mysterious aliens. But more I think, more I think the scenario could work just - with some adaptations pretty salty.

The Avengers [also known as the Avengers assemble]year of Production: 2012countries: USACert (UK): 12Runtime: 142 mnAdministration: Joss Whedoncast: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Cobie Smulders, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Stellan Skarsgard, Tom HiddlestonMore on this film

Planet Hulk begins with the awakening of Hulk in a spaceship's shield which was sent out of the solar system, on the order of a group of superheroes called Illuminati (Iron Man and Doctor Strange among them) for the exile of their old pal for always on a planet without intelligent life (where it is proposed, it may break cheerfully local wildlife(, far from being something approaching a civilization). So far, so fair enough: However, it is a Marvel comic, the spaceship accidentally travels through a wormhole and ends up landing on the planet Sakaar where there's lots of sensitive life (not many civilized attitudes). The Incredible Hulk is captured and is forced to compete as a Gladiator for a ruthless ruler named King red, with an assortment of competitors compatriots of different planets, some which he eventually tame. I say no more, but suffice it to say that the not-so-jolly green giant will eventually be warm enough in the arena, and finally heads back to Earth for revenge on the Avengers - a spat depicted in the comics World War Hulk. Latino Review says that its sources suggest that this could be the basis of The Avengers 3.

Planet Hulk would be in many respects a splendid Hulk film, especially at this stage in the development of the broader Marvel Universe. To begin with, he launched the character into a completely new environment where he is the only individual audience is likely to know much. In a sense, it becomes almost an origins of Hulk film, because it is forced to form again in a new world. It allows marvel to avoid repeating the rather bland scenario featured in two films (pretty prosaic) two precedents on the character (in which case the military want to shoot to stop destroying stuff). And well implementing the Hulk as a potential adversary - we won't say nasty - for The Avengers 3.

On the other hand, much like his hero, Planet Hulk has problems. The comic strip is so influenced by Gladiator history would need many to expand if it were to avoid like a shallow retreading. Even more urgent is the fact that in the press, the Incredible Hulk, which appears in this story is the version of the character which does not turn into Bruce Banner (see the details of this link to find out why). Unfortunately, the Hulk without banner - even a pontoon with the ability to feel love and father half-Hulk children as it does in the comic - turns out to be a somewhat boring creation. On the other hand, the success of the character in The Avengers, which spawned the current application for a new Hulk movie, derives largely subtle magnetic performance of Mark Ruffalo as banner as the value of the comedy of his other anger half. Add in the fact that Ruffalo is contracted for at least six films and it seems likely that one of the central locations of the comic it dispense. If Planet Hulk gets made, Ruffalo should be in the picture.

Marvel President Kevin Feige has confirmed last year in an interview with MTV that Planet Hulk and World War Hulk were the two options for the next swath of superhero movies, but admitted that each was problematic. "I think that he are the pitfalls of the overload of continuity", he said. "And the mythology so dense that it collapses in on itself. It happens all the few decades or so in the bands drawn. Apart from that, I would say that everything is on the table. »

What are your thoughts on Planet Hulk as the basis for the upcoming Hulk movie? Should the jade giant head offshore in outer space adventure? Or, now that they have finally found a way to make the character work on the big screen, should Marvel keep these monstrous feet firmly on the surface of the Earth?