How Red Hulk In Captain America 4 Can Set Up The MCU"s New Wolverine

In introducing the highly-anticipated antihero Red Hulk, Captain America: New World Order may also be planting the seeds for Wolverine's debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The upcoming film will act as one of the final entries in Phase 5, set to hit theaters in May 2024, and has multiple opportunities to change the franchise forever. However, one of the most likely avenues that New World Order will explore is the transformation of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (Harrison Ford) into the Red Hulk. Interestingly, the Red Hulk's potential origin is closely tied to that of Wolverine in Marvel Comics, connecting the characters' live-action counterparts.
While William Hurt's passing in 2022 made it seem as though the MCU's plans for his character may never come true, Harrison Ford's recasting seemingly confirmed Red Hulk's debut. Ford's character is not only confirmed to be the new President of the United States in the MCU but also a major villain in New World Order, facing off against the new Captain America, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie). In order to become a true threat to Wilson and his companions, Ross may very well undergo his Red Hulk transformation in the upcoming film, and the MCU has already hinted at how such an event could occur.
Red Hulk & Wolverine Are Both Attempted Recreations Of Captain America In Marvel Comics, both Wolverine and Red Hulk were created in an attempt to fashion a super soldier similar to Captain America. While the results for each experiment differed greatly, both produced powerful superhumans with capabilities beyond even those of Steve Rogers. Interestingly, the MCU has introduced countless super-soldiers, most of whom were the results of direct attempts to create a new Captain America. This includes the MCU's Hulk characters, given that Bruce Banner's botched experiment in The Incredible Hulk was on behalf of the government's efforts to create a new super soldier serum using gamma radiation. Red Hulk's arrival would confirm the government's continued attempts to recreate Captain America.
Thunderbolt Ross was directly involved with Banner's original experiments, tying him to the United States government's never-ending attempts to create a new super soldier serum. Furthermore, Ross's recent health trials, as revealed in Captain America: Civil War and Black Widow, imply that his attempts may have become personal, knowing that the super-soldier serum would be able to save his life. As the President of the United States, Ross would have more power to order experiments based on recreating Dr. Abraham Erskine's original serum, foreshadowing the creation of Wolverine in the MCU, which could follow the comics by introducing the mutant as one such experiment.


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