Thor: Ragnarok Might Be a Planet Hulk Mash-Up

Plus, Thor’s mission in the film rumored.

By Scott Collura

With Thor: Ragnarok’s god-like cast recently announced -- including Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, and Cate Blanchett as the villainous Hela, in addition to Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk -- we’re now starting to get word on what direction the film’s story could be taking. That includes a new rumor that indicates the film will definitely take some elements from the popular Planet Hulk comic-book tale.

Potential spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok follow...

JoBlo reports that the Thor sequel will be a sort of mash-up between the Ragnarok story and Planet Hulk. As per the site: “How Thor ends up on the planet in question is unclear, but he will definitely be involved in some gladiatorial games run by none other than Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster. In terms of Hulk’s appearance in this portion of the film, he will be rocking the one-shoulder armor as seen in the comics, so expect him to be decked out in the familiar Planet Hulk look.”

Planet Hulk

In Planet Hulk, the Incredible One found himself exiled to space where he wound up becoming a gladiator on an alien world. Ragnarok, meanwhile, is the Asgardian version of Armageddon -- the End Times for Thor’s people. Combining these two tales is a novel approach to getting a version of Planet Hulk on the big screen, since Marvel reportedly cannot make standalone Hulk movies (due to their deal with Universal Pictures, who made Ang Lee’s Hulk film and retain some rights to the character).

Additionally, JoBlo says that Thor will cut off his golden locks for at least part of the film, and Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie will look less like a Norse shield maiden and more like a “Native American warrior” with war paint and the such.

As for Thor’s mission in the film, it reportedly involves finding “the ultimate weapon to stop Ragnarok and reset the universe.” This would track with where we last saw the Thunder God in Age of Ultron, as he set off to figure out the mystery of the Infinity Stones. And with two Stones still unaccounted for in the MCU (the Soul Stone and the Time Stone), could it be that this weapon is one of them? The Time Stone to stop the End Times, perhaps…?

Talk to Senior Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottCollura.

Let's block ads! (Why?)