![]() It made the least amount of money (about $42 million less than Captain America: The First Avenger, which was the second worst showing), the lead actor was recast afterwards, and its status as a Universal co-production meant that it would be the only movie in the first three Marvel phases that would not get its own sequel, no matter how popular Hulk was in the Avengers movies and Thor: Ragnarok. Now, there are plenty of reasons why Incredible Hulk is the green-skinned stepchild of the MCU. ![]() These days, they’re just starting to dust it off as a property with the return of Tim Roth’s Abomination in She-Hulkand William Hurt’s General Ross’ gradually increasing role in the universe itself (he’ll appear in Black Widow and possibly other projects soon enough). Some cogs are bigger than the others, though, and when it comes to “the others,” one can’t help but notice that 2008’s Incredible Hulk is something of a black sheep in the Marvel movie roster. It’s a universe that, for the most part, feels consistent and it builds on itself as each movie feels like an essential cog in a larger machine. With Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, over a decade of movies came together to pull off one of the most entertaining spectacles of our time. Love it or hate it, one of the things that makes the Marvel Cinematic Universe work is the long term synergy.
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