The Avengers 'Iron Man 2' Occurs Before 'Incredible Hulk' In Marvel Movie Timeline, Says Jon Favre

[LostSon88]

Norton never said he'd come back. He said he would wait until they approached him and would see what they had in mind script-wise before making a decision as to whether or not he would return.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

But I saw this article months ago that said he'd be open to coming back. He'd be open to being in The Avenger if there's no scheduling issues.

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1622158/story.jhtml

 

[LostSon88]

Never saw that article...good to know.

So its just a matter of scheduling...COOL!

 

[FaT_tONle]

It better not be some lame cop movie or random comedy if it comes down to scheduling.

 

[LostSon88]

Tweak in the timeline...according to Kenneth Branagh, "Thor," is AFTER "The Incredible Hulk,"

So its:

The First Avenger: Captain America-->Iron Man-->Iron Man 2-->The Incredible Hulk-->Thor-->The Avengers.

I guess this makes more sense because at the end of TIH, Tony is talking about still putting a team together, Thor is obviously the last piece before they recover Captain America (which I assume will be very early on in The Avengers).

 

[DocHoliday]

Tweak in the timeline...according to Kenneth Branagh, "Thor," is AFTER "The Incredible Hulk,"

So its:

The First Avenger: Captain America-->Iron Man-->Iron Man 2-->The Incredible Hulk-->Thor-->The Avengers.

I guess this makes more sense because at the end of TIH, Tony is talking about still putting a team together, Thor is obviously the last piece before they recover Captain America (which I assume will be very early on in The Avengers).

Spoiler

JoeJ said that CAP is thawed out in The First Avenger. There's a scene where he is thinking to himself "this what we fought for" according to JJ

 

[Scarlet Spider]

So from what we know, this is what Marvel's movie timeline is:

TFA: Captain America (past) > Iron Man > Iron Man 2 > The Incredible Hulk > Thor > TFA: Captain America (present) > The Avengers


Looks about right.

 

[LightningFlash]

The two-hour season premiere of "Lost" got everyone's timeline senses tingling, but it only took "Iron Man 2" director Jon Favreau one word to clarify fans' understanding of Marvel movie continuity.

When asked via Twitter where (or rather, when) "Iron Man 2" falls in relation to 2008's "Incredible Hulk," Favreau said the upcoming sequel actually falls "before" Edward Norton's adventure as the green goliath.

Of course, this seems to make perfect sense, given what we know of "Iron Man 2" and the final scene of "Incredible Hulk," in which Tony Stark approaches General Ross in a bar to talk with him about his "unusual problem."

In the final "Hulk" scene, Stark asks Ross, "What if I told you we were putting a team together?" — inferring that he's not only aware of Nick Fury's "Avengers" team, but is also a member. This would seem to indicate that the armored superhero's status as a solo act in "Iron Man 2" plays nice with Favreau's timeline for the Marvel movie universe, despite the order in which the films were released.

However, that doesn't mean the brief comment hasn't spawned some questions, too. With Stark appearing to become a member of the Avengers in the time between the finale of "Iron Man 2" and "Incredible Hulk," one has to wonder which of the other Marvel films might fill in the gap in the overall continuity.

Additionally, if "The Avengers" shows us the team's origin, it stands to reason that the 2012 superhero team-up film could actually fall before "Incredible Hulk," too (or possibly run parallel to the "Hulk" timeline).

Got all that? Yeah, me neither... but I think we can all agree that May 7 can't come soon enough.

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/02/0...ore-incredible-hulk-in-marvel-movie-timeline/

Whoever wrote this, he/she was doing a good job until he/she said what's in bold writing. If you write an article, don't put down your own opinion if it's pure ridiculous, haha.

No way is "The Avengers" running in parallel with the events of "The Incredible Hulk".

And the ONLY outcome I could see fit is if it's true about [BLACKOUT]Loki controlling the Hulk, which was supposedly written as to what Loki does in the Avenger's film, in which he controls Bruce Banner's mind, thus controlling the Hulk. And the ending sequence could have been Loki making his way into Banner's subconscious. But, then again, I think I heard that "Thor" happens after "The Incredible Hulk".[/BLACKOUT]

UNLESS!!!

Spoiler

The Marvel Cinematic Universe, thus far, is this:

The First Avenger: Captain America (all events; I think S.H.I.E.L.D. helps recover Cap's body and Cap does indeed become the first Avenger, maybe apparently getting ready for a suspected alien invasion? Or Asgard invasion led by Loki?) --> Iron Man (again, even the present events of 'The First Avenger' will happen, or at least I think so, before 'Iron Man') --> Iron Man 2 --> The Incredible Hulk --> Thor (MAYBE the ending of 'The Incredible Hulk' was Loki taking over the Hulk, IF that does indeed happen as a plot during 'The Avengers') --> The Avengers.

 

[smooth3006]

No suprises here, now if RDJ can talk Norton into returning, then we are really on.

for the right $$ norton will return.

 

[Cyclonus]

At this point the loki controlling the Hulk idea is kind of played out, they shouldn't have the Hulk as a villain. The main theme behind the Incredible Hulk was to make him appear as a hero finally in a movie, and with the end of the movie showing that Bruce Banner has learned more control over changing into the Hulk, it would be silly at this point to disminish both things and have someone else have control over the Hulk and have him percieved as a villain/threat again. The Hulk needs to be shown as a hero again along with the other Avengers - teamed together to take down a threat no one hero can handle. Now if that threat is Kang, Ultron, Skrulls, whoever, Hulk needs to be the wildcard of the team, not the villain of the movie.