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Back in 2013 when I ran my own site daily thepicreview.com, I reported on a rumor that Marvel Studios may have possibly had plans for a Planet Hulk film that never came to fruition. Six years later at SDCC 2016, it is good to get some vindication for that hunch. While Disney is not doing a direct adaptation of Greg Pak’s classic: Planet Hulk they are telling their classic spin on that tale in next summer’s Thor: Ragnarok.
First confirmed once Gladiator Hulk’s legendary armor was revealed earlier in the week at SDCC 2016, we got all the
While it may seem odd to have the cinematic take on Planet Hulk take place in the third Thor Film, all these years later I am still impressed with Marvel’s ability to adapt these classic storylines without compromising the core mythos of the series. Was Captain America: Civil War the battle of Super Human registration? No, but all the core themes and undertones that made the comic great were there. I have no doubt that Patty Jenkin’s Thor: Ragnarok will do the same for the Planet Hulk storyline. I just hope that Marvel Comics continues to allow it’s talented and diverse creative teams to develop more original stories that can be adapted into film for years to come rather than writing big events that feel more like script treatments than a comic!
Thor: Ragnarok hit’s Theaters July 28th 2017
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