All good things are happening for FakeTV Box, bad things continue to get worst for WWE's Tribal Chief Roman Reigns. Last Night on Friday Night SmackDown, Jey Uso had a chose to make, stay with The Bloodline or reunite with his brother Jimmy Uso. Words cannot describe to you my reaction to what happened at the end of this segment, if you're a professional wrestling fan like myself, then you'll love this Really BIG Shocker of the Week. They call it Ten minutes of Cinema called "The Decision."
Our Inside Scoop this week are about rumors. Rumors are currently circulating stories or reports of uncertain or doubtful truth. The biggest rumor in the movie industry right now is: "Will Marvel Studios ever, ever, ever make another Hulk Movie?" Well this week, we might have gotten a clue. News broke out on social media that the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk would be available to stream yesterday on Disney+, joining it fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and also completing the Phase 1 lineup (between 2008-2012) that consists of Iron Man 1 and 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avengers, and Marvel Studios' The Avengers.
Rumors regarding how The Incredible Hulk is finally on Disney+ are that Marvel and Disney have bought the Hulk rights back from Universal Pictures. It could be that a deal has been made from right under our noses and Marvel and Disney has been real quiet the whole time about it. Or maybe it's something else, let's take a little history trip: Universal and Marvel reached an agreement in 2008 for Universal to distribute The Incredible Hulk which starred Edward Norton as Bruce Banner before he was recast with Mark Ruffalo for The Avengers in 2012.
While Disney and Marvel have always held the rights to develop movies starring the Hulk, Universal would have the first refusal opportunity to distribute the project and take a significant chunk of the profits. In the present days, there has been talk recently that Universal's distribution rights to the Hulk (and also Namor) have expired and that they have comely. Reddit user u/vidoardes had recently shared evidence that indicates Disney may regain those distribution rights this month in June. Revealed by the reddit user themselves is an SEC filing from 2006 that notes Universal Studios' agreement to distribute The Incredible Hulk under the same terms as a similar deal with Paramount Pictures.
Here's the full story: "Universal Studios has agreed to distribute Marvel’s film The Incredible Hulk and sequels on essentially the same terms as those on which Paramount has agreed to distribute the other films financed and produced under the film facility. 6. Distribution Term: Paramount shall have the right to exercise its Paramount Distribution Rights with respect to each Picture for an initial period of 15 years commencing on the initial Theatrical Exhibition of such Picture (the 'Initial Distribution Term')."
How convenient that it's been 15 years already since The Incredible Hulk premiered in theaters and I still remember seeing it with my family, even though I had gotten into a lot trouble in school that week. My father kept bragging that there was gonna be a chain fight towards the end of the movie between and Hulk and Abomination. I told him over and over again that there would be, but much to my dismay, he was right all along, talk about spoiling the movie am I right?
Moving on, The Incredible Hulk hit theaters in June 13, 2008, and with the 15-year period indicates Disney will regain distribution rights to the character and Namor on June 15, 2023, at which point Marvel Studios would be able to begin production on a Hulk movie that Disney themselves would distribute. Imagine now if Marvel Studios announced at San Diego Comic Con next month in July that it was to make the movie everyone's been waiting for: World War Hulk. According to The Direct: "Fans shouldn't take the newly-uncovered details of the agreement between Disney and Universal as a certainty the House of Mouse is about to reacquire the distribution rights to Hulk and Namor. However, these SEC filings may be the strongest evidence yet that the rights will be changing hands [in 2023]."
With Marvel Studios delaying the releases of much of its films in Phase 5 and Phase 6, there's now opportunity that they could squeeze a solo Hulk movie in their lineup, and the same could be said for Namor. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever introduced Tenoch Huerta as the Atlantean ruler, and perhaps he will get his own solo movie in the future. We'll just have to wait and see.
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