How Marvel Retconned 'Age Of Ultron' To Add Hulk To 'Thor: Ragnarok'
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Eventually, Marvel Studios decided they wanted to do something different with Thor and considered adding some other Asgardian characters to the movie. Loki would, of course, return and Hela and Valkyrie made it in, but Balder and Beta Ray Bill, who were both considered, didn't feel "big" enough.
"We wanted to do something totally different with Thor," Feige said. "Chris Hemsworth really was like, 'When do other Marvel players come in with me?'
"Definitely, [we] want Hela in the movie. Definitely wanted, of course, the continuing relationship with Loki. We had early ideas for Valkyrie. We were talking about Balder. We were talking about Beta Ray Bill, but, that's not enough. But we were like, 'We need something big.'"
Eventually, Marvel Studios landed on the idea of adding the Hulk and sending Thor to space, and Thor: Ragnarok as we know it began taking shape.
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However, sending Hulk to space meant Feige had to have a somewhat awkward conversation with Joss Whedon.
"Well, what if he did go to space?" Feige said. "We would jokily call it Planet Thor, for a while. I went, 'You know what that means?' They go, 'What?' I go, 'That means Hulk went to space at the end of Ultron.' So, I had to tell Joss. And this was a year after Ultron came out. It was kind of a big thing. We were like, 'You gotta change it, Joss, he's not going to space.' A year after, I go, 'Joss, guess where he's going? He's going to space.'"
It just goes to show that even the people making the Marvel Cinematic Universe happen don't always know what direction its headed in next.
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Thor: Ragnarok opens in theaters on November 2, 2017.
Other upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movies include Black Panther on February 16, 2018, Avengers: Infinity War on May 4, 2018, Ant-Man and the Wasp on July 6, 2018, Captain Marvel on March 8, 2019, the fourth Avengers movie on May 3, 2019, the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming on July 5, 2019, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in 2020.
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