She-Hulk Confirms Edward Norton’s Incredible Hulk is Still Canon

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law simply confirmed that The Incredible Hulk remains to be a part of the mainstream Marvel Cinematic Universe canon.

Several scenes within the Disney+ sequence’ second episode, “Superhuman Law,” reference occasions from the 2008 blockbuster, significantly the climactic showdown between Edward Norton’s Hulk and Tim Roth’s Abomination. This represents the most important in-universe nod to The Incredible Hulk since animated sequence What If…? featured an alternate model of one of many film’s set items, and clears up any remaining doubt relating to whether or not Mark Ruffalo is taking part in the identical Bruce Banner as Norton. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law even features a meta-reference to Norton’s recasting by having Banner describe himself as “a very completely different particular person” since his MCU debut.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 2 additionally marks the correct return of Roth to the MCU, after voicing Abomination for his temporary cameo in 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The English actor seems primarily as Abomination’s human alter-ego, Emil Blonsky, with “Superhuman Law” establishing that the supervillain can now management which kind he takes. This marks a significant change from how Abomination was portrayed in The Incredible Hulk, as in that movie, his transformation was seemingly irreversible.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s Possible X-Men Connection

Aside from concerning prior MCU continuity, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law additionally appears to be establishing the shared universe’s future, too. Specifically, a scene early in Episode 2 seems to tease one of many X-Men’s most iconic members, Wolverine, through a information article headline that reads “Man fights with steel claws in bar brawl.” Many followers have already interpreted this as an Easter egg designed to foreshadow the X-Men’s MCU arrival, nevertheless, Marvel Studios has but to formally verify that that is the case.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law creator and head author Jessica Gao not too long ago revealed that she is aware of how Jennifer Walters’ subsequent MCU journey will unfold as effectively, ought to a second season get the inexperienced gentle. “Honestly, even once I pitched the present, I already had an concept of the place I’d need it to go for an additional season and what the premise of that season can be,” she mentioned. “From the start, I had concepts of the place it will go… There are a variety of issues that we simply couldn’t get to, or needed to lower from the primary season, and it will be very nice for these issues to see the sunshine of day once more.”

Source: Disney+