According to the foreign media "The Hollywood Reporter", 80-year-old Harrison Ford joined the MCU to replace William Hurt, who died in March this year, as "General Ross", which will appear in "Captain America 4" released in May 2024 and "Thunder Agents" released in July 2024.
In the comics, he is Hulk's biggest enemy and a four-star general of the US Army, who has always wanted to capture the Hulk incarnated by Bruce Banner. After the murder of his daughter Betty, Ross secretly uses gamma rays to avenge the murderer, which leads him to transform into the Red Hulk and declare war on all superheroes, and finally the Hulk stands up to defeat him.
After realizing that he had made a big mistake, Ross joined the Avengers under the persuasion of Captain America, vowing to use the power of the Red Hulk to make up for his mistakes.
In 2003's "Hulk" directed by Ang Lee, Sam Elliott played General Ross, and General Ross, played by William Hurt, appeared in "The Incredible Hulk" in 2008, "Captain America 3" in 2016, "Avengers 3" in 2018, "Avengers 4" in 2019, and "Black Widow" in 2021.
General Ross in Hulk in 2003
General Ross played by William Hurt
Also according to foreign media SlashFilm, the main line of "Captain America 4" will involve a terrorist attack that affects the whole world, and the truth of this conspiracy is the long-rumored "Hulk World War"! And there are also many characters joining cameos.
Including the female Hulk, the Hulk, and his illegitimate son Skaar, it is reported that in "Captain America 4", the leader formed an organization called "New World Order" to secretly study the serum of the Hulk, and finally produced a large number of Hulk soldiers in batches, trying to subvert the order of the entire world and transform the earth into a new world ruled by the Hulk.
General Ross will also inject Hulk serum into the Red Hulk in the film. However, according to my personal guess, combined with Marvel's urine over the years, since the protagonist of this film is still Captain Falcon, even if Ross becomes the Red Hulk, there should not be too many scenes, and if it is better, it can appear in the ending or ending Easter egg, leaving a foreshadowing for the future, and it may almost be directly brought away.
Although this may be a bit disheartening, I also think that those fans who are looking forward to Hulk vs Red Hulk should lower their expectations, otherwise the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
Of course, as far as I think in my private opinion, I personally must hope that the red-green war will happen, and the first comic I read is the Hulk World War, and the second is the Red Hulk vs. the Hulk.
However, I personally think that since Marvel has taken so much trouble to "resurrect" General Ross, it must have important plans for the role, so the addition of the Red Hulk is certain, but I don't know which work it is in.
According to the film schedule previously released by Marvel Studios, General Ross will return in "Thunder Special Attack" after "Captain America 4", so fans have at least a second chance to look forward to the arrival of the Red Hulk. It can only be said that Marvel's old PUA master.
"Captain America 4" will be released on May 2, 2023, while "Thunder Special Strike" will be released in North America on July 26, 2024. For the audience who are looking forward to the landing of the Red Hulk on the MCU, let's wait and see.