Published Jul 16, 2026, 8:02 PM EDT
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Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being “Politics Reflected In American Comics.”
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Marvel has come up with a subtle remake of an underrated Hulk movie right before Bruce Banner steps into the spotlight once again. Many actors have played the Hulk over the years, with the Jade Giant leading quite a few live-action solo movies. However, as far as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is concerned, Hulk has only been able to lead one film.
That was Edward Norton’s The Incredible Hulk, which was released all the way back in 2008 when the MCU was just getting started. After that, Banner was recast, with Mark Ruffalo playing the Hulk starting in 2012’s The Avengers. Ruffalo has never been able to lead a Hulk movie due to a complicated situation regarding the character’s rights.
Due to that, many have forgotten about the Hulk’s movies. For a large number of fans, the character has become a supporting player in some of the MCU’s biggest movies, being a fixture of the Avengers franchise and showing up in other heroes’ solo adventures. That said, the Hulk’s solo efforts deserve to be remembered, and I’m not only talking about his live-action movies.
As one of Marvel’s most popular heroes, even before the start of the MCU, the Hulk has also had a storied history in animation. To that end, there have been multiple animated Hulk movies and TV shows. Well, 2026 has just seen Marvel Studios pull off a remake of sorts of the 2009 animated Hulk Vs. double feature.
Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for X-Men ‘97 season 2, episode 5.The animated movie contained two stories, with one of those being Hulk vs. Thor, where Loki created his usual mischief as he tried to separate the Hulk and Bruce Banner, and the other being Hulk vs. Wolverine, where the Avenger and the X-Men member recreated a famous comic book fight. It is the latter that Marvel Studios has now subtly remade with its latest episode of X-Men ‘97. The animated movie focused on Hulk and Wolverine being captured by Team X and taken to a Weapon X facility. That mutant team featured Deadpool, Omega Red, Lady Deathstrike, and Sabretooth.
Interestingly, that storyline sounds a lot like that of X-Men ‘97 season 2, episode 5, “Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs.” In the latest episode of the animated Disney+ Marvel TV show, Wolverine assembled a team to venture into a Weapon X facility and get back his Adamantium. The character roster for this episode closely resembles that of Hulk vs. Wolverine, with Lady Deathstrike and Sabretooth among those recruited by Logan, whereas Omega Red was lying dormant at the Weapon X facility and wakes up to fight the team, and Morph shape-shifts into Deadpool. Both animated projects share a lot of elements.
Given how Marvel Studios does not seem able to make another live-action Hulk movie yet, this subtle remake of one of the hero’s best and most underrated films through the lens of one of Marvel’s best TV shows in recent memory is perfect. It was as if I was reliving that exciting Hulk movie, only with no Hulk. That said, for anyone who is missing Bruce Banner, the character is not going anywhere in the MCU. In fact, he is coming back in only a couple of weeks.
Ruffalo will once again play the Hulk in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Trailers for the upcoming MCU movie have already confirmed that the project will be a must-watch for fans of the character. After years of complaints related to the Smart Hulk iteration of the hero, Marvel Studios is changing that, with the Spider-Man movie seeing the return of Savage Hulk, who will fight Tom Holland’s Spider-Man for reasons yet to be revealed. As such, July 2026 is a great month to be a **Hulk **fan.
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