Why Ang Lee’s ‘Hulk’ Is the First Actual MCU Film

What’s the primary film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Iron Man, proper?

Fallacious. Whereas The Unbelievable Hulk was handled by Marvel as a full-blown reboot of the idea, should you truly have a look at the earlier Hulk film from 2003 — the controversial one starring Eric Bana directed by Ang Lee — you’ll see that nothing in it actually contradicts the occasions of The Unbelievable Hulk. And in reality, there are even a number of little connections between the 2 films which might be value discussing.

And in our newest Marvel video, we have a look at Ang Lee’s Hulk and the MCU’s Unbelievable Hulk, to point out how Hulk, not Iron Man, would possibly actually be the very first entry within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In any case, why does it matter that completely different actors performed Bruce Banner? Totally different actors performed Bruce Banner in The Unbelievable Hulk and The Avengers, however no person excludes Unbelievable Hulk from the MCU in consequence. See all the opposite causes we expect it’s time we began together with Hulk within the MCU beneath:

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