I of the Avengers who was sidelined the most through the Infinity Saga was Bruce Banner/Hulk, but his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't over withal, and here'due south what'due south next for him in Phase four and possibly beyond. The MCU continues expanding with its highly-anticipated Phase 4, which, unlike past phases, is covering movies and TV shows, with the latter being straight connected to the movies. The MCU is introducing new characters on both sides, and the starting time new hero to become a solo motion-picture show in Phase four was Shang-Chi.

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings introduced the title hero (played by Simu Liu), who is forced to face up his by after running away from his family many years dorsum. Shang-Chi's father is none other than Wenwu (Tony Leung), the leader of the 10 Rings organization, and the hero is fatigued dorsum to him and the Ten Rings forth with his sister, Xialing (Meng'er Zhang), when they take to search for a mythical village. Shang-Chi, like most MCU movies, has 2 post-credits scenes, the first one directly connecting him to other characters thanks to the appearance of Helm Marvel (Brie Larson) and Bruce Banner (Marking Ruffalo), the latter with the big surprise of him not beingness Smart Hulk anymore.

Bruce/Hulk reverting to his normal, Bruce Banner grade makes manner for his return in the MCU's Stage four and possibly beyond, as at that place's a lot of explaining to do about how and why he stopped being Smart Blob and how the Hulk will deal with what Banner did to him in guild to merge the best of both into one trunk. Luckily, Bruce/Hulk'due south future in the MCU looks bright so far, and later his brief (only intriguing) advent at the end of Shang-Chi, Hulk will be back in the TV series She-Blob, which will introduce his cousin Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany). The starting time expect at She-Hulk showed Bruce as Smart Hulk, simply fans are speculating that he will observe how to de-Blob himself during She-Hulk, allowing Ruffalo to as well appear as Bruce Banner.

She-Blob is the only Phase 4 project in which Bruce/Hulk is confirmed to appear, just beyond this electric current phase, his future is unknown. At that place have been many rumors about a World State of war Hulk movie being in development and planning to begin filming in 2022, which would be office of the MCU's Phase 5. Every bit mentioned above, Hulk has been left aside during his history in the MCU so far, and he has always been part of a team – either the Avengers or the Revengers, the latter seen in Thor: Ragnarok – so Phase 5 could finally see him at the forepart and center of his own adventure, which in turn would extend his time in the MCU and make way for other appearances, meaning that he could still be around when/if Avengers five happens.

Even though She-Blob volition focus on Jennifer Walters, information technology's possible that it will further fix up Bruce/Hulk'south hereafter, hinting at World State of war Hulk or something else, and it's besides possible that Blob will make a surprise appearance in another movie, as he secretly did in Shang-Chi. The MCU hasn't forgotten about Bruce Banner and the Blob, and hopefully, this universe will finally give him a take chances to lead his ain adventure and clean up his reputation in the process, as he doesn't have the all-time history when it comes to his solo movies.

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