HULK vs WOLVERINE (2025)

Plot: Weapon X vs Weapon Gamma

Set before the events of Avengers: Secret Wars, the film begins when a rogue military faction attempts to recreate the Super Soldier serum. Their experiment? Unleashing the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) into the Canadian wilderness to test his limits.

But they get more than they bargained for when they trespass on territory watched over by a lone mutant — Logan, aka Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), who’s living off the grid.

When Banner loses control, Logan doesn’t run. He fights.

Cast & Characters

• Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine

• Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk

• Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, sent by the new SHIELD to monitor Hulk activity

• Giancarlo Esposito (rumored) as General Thorne, the film’s human antagonist

• A young Weapon X clone (rumored cameo by Dafne Keen as X-23)

Creative Team

• Director: Sam Hargrave (Extraction)

• Written by: Michael Waldron (Loki, Multiverse of Madness)

• Produced by: Kevin Feige

• Runtime: 2h 11m

• Rating: R — Marvel’s second R-rated film after Deadpool 3

Hargrave promises bone-breaking realism and heavy hand-to-hand choreography, using limited CGI and real stunt actors.

“It’s not a superhero film,” he says. “It’s a survival war movie with claws and rage.”

Tone and Style

• Brutal: Realistic combat, deep cuts, and Wolverine’s healing factor in full force

• Isolated: Set in frozen wilderness, the movie feels more like The Revenant than The Avengers

• Emotional: Banner and Logan both struggle with the monsters inside them — one seeks peace, the other accepts violence

Trailer Buzz

The first teaser, dropped at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, ends with this scene:

Logan snarls, blood on his knuckles. Hulk roars. They charge.
Cut to black.
One line of dialogue: “You don’t scare me, bub.”

Fans online went wild:

“THIS is what the MCU has been missing.”
“Logan vs Hulk? I’m all in. R-rated, finally.”
“Give me a 10-minute fight scene — nothing less.”

Legacy and Comic Roots

This film draws inspiration from Incredible Hulk #181 — Wolverine’s first appearance in Marvel Comics (1974), where he was sent to hunt down the Hulk. The movie modernizes that premise while teasing a new Weapon X arc.

Final Word

HULK vs WOLVERINE may not have multiversal chaos or alien invasions — but it’s shaping up to be the rawest, most grounded Marvel film yet, driven by primal fury and personal pain.