The Incredible Hulk: The Deadliest Man Alive (2016 film)

The Incredible Hulk 2 is the untitled sequel to the 2008 superhero film based on the Marvel comics character of the same name; The Incredible Hulk. The film will see Mark Ruffalo reprise his role of Dr. Bruce Banner / the Hulk from both The Avengers movies. Marvel studios hired The Bourne Legacy director Tony Gilroy to direct and RED writers Joe and Erich Hoeber for the screenplay. The film will also star Jessica Chastain, Tom Selleck and Samuel L. Jackson. The film has a set release date of June 18, 2016.

Cast

 * Mark Ruffalo as Dr. Bruce Banner / the Hulk
 * Jessica Chastain as Betty Ross
 * Tom Selleck as General Thunderbolt Ross
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
 * To be confirmed actor as Dr. Leonard Samson
 * To be confirmed actor as Captain Hector

Production
The film's announcement came from Kevin Fiege who attended the July 2014 San-Diego Comic Con alongside Mark Ruffalo as part of the Marvel Studios panel which also included a first feature-length trailer for Edgar Wright's Ant-Man, footage from Joss Whedon's The Avengers 2 and the announcements of Iron Man 4 with a release date of May 4, 2016, Ka-Zar with a release date of July 29, 2016 and Thor 3 with a release date of August 21, 2017. During the panel Fiege talked about what how the film would go back to the theme of the Hulk's good old days, when he was still a fugative and on the run from both S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Hulk Busters and mentioned that the script had been completed and was written by RED writers Jon and Erich Hoeber. Fiege also confirmed that Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. will appear and play a large role in the film. In early August of that year Joss Whedon announced that he will serve as executive producer on the film and confirmed that the Hulk's appearance will be the same as that of the Avengers movies. In October 2014, Fiege confirmed The Bourne Legacy director Tony Gilroy has signed on to direct and stated that filming is scheduled to begin in February 2015. Later that month Gilroy announced that Jessica Chastain had been cast as Betty Ross. In December that year Fiege confirmed that filming is scheduled to begin in the first week of February 2015 in Malselv, Norway and that Viggo Mortensen was closing in on a deal to play General Thunderbolt Ross. Gilroy later that month confirmed that Mortensen had backed out from playing General Ross and announced that actor Tom Selleck was preparing the sign a deal to portrate the character.