9 Major Marvel Movie Events That Could Follow Avengers: Infinity War

The events of Thor: Ragnarok are aligning the planets nicely, so there's a chance Hulk fans will get to see this much-loved story arc play out on screen in the future.

A World War Hulk adaptation was largely dependent on the Green Goliath being exiled from Earth so he could return and wreak his revenge on the planet which rejected him, and since Ragnarok will find him enrolled in a galactic gladiator contest, all of the pieces are in place.

World War Hulk played an emotional tug-of-war with readers. On one hand, Hulk had a legitimate reason to see revenge against mankind, but on the other, it felt only natural to empathise with the heroes sent to block his path of destruction.

The writers might have to get creative since Hulk's exile at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron was very much self-imposed, but it's an easy fix - have General Thunderbolt Ross lead an assault on Bruce Banner upon his return from the cosmos.

World War Hulk would slot right into the film slate after Ragnarok and Infinity War, but it remains to be seen whether Universal's ownership of the rights to a Hulk solo movie - although its technically a crossover we're talking about - will prevent it from happening.