Thoughts on a possible She-Hulk movie

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'Phase 4 MCU' is apparently going to try to make female protagonists more of a thing hence Brie Larson entering the picture for 'Avengers 4'.

Zoe Saldana's performances as Gamora makes me think that strong, green superhero woman doesn't sound as hokey an idea as before making me hopeful for a She-Hulk movie.

Given the momentum of superhero media recently I can see it as more feasible to take a risk on the lawyer Jennifer Walters beginning say with an 'after-credits' scene in another movie where she was caught in collateral damage and a blood transfusion from her cousin is sent to her while in the hospital before kicking off to a more feminist Ally McBeal style action legal-comedy movie of her own.

Considering how Tom Holland supposedly tried to go for a Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly vibe as Spider-man thus far, I would appreciate it if whoever plays Jennifer Walters could project 'Anne Hathaway style awkwardness'.

Years before Deadpool, Howard the duck and She-Hulk could both 'break the fourth wall'

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Something which hasn't been as much of thing for years now but could be revived with a She-hulk movie securing the 'meta-ironic humour' which Deadpool can't quite provide even if Disney is apparently buying Fox et al with the fuzziness of studios and character ownership.

Any thoughts?.

My idea is instead of focusing so much on making female versions of characters that are male. They should make some original female characters that have their own new super-powers and traits...I'd be more interested in that.

What super-powers have not already been expressed by male super-heroes?

It seems that no matter what super-power a new female superhero might have, a male super-hero already has it.

So, aside from providing fanservice to 12-year old boys, what is the point of having female superheroes?

If the motive behind those responses is b/c of a fatigue for superhero movies I would approach that differently and I understand the sentiment as well..

It's not *only* about the powers though, it's also about the kind of story which can emerge from a character.

I mean think about how many characters are esentially more or less non-powered martial artists (Nightwing, Batgirl, Daredevil, Coleen Wing, Shang-Chi, Lady Shiva, the Shredder,Bullseye, Deathstroke, Beast, the Ninja turtles etc) and how the stories about them can vary wildly; the Hulk and Colossus essentially have the same powers but you can expect different stories about them not the least b/c of who they usually associate with. This can even apply to characters whose limitations are open-ended (think magic user like Dr. Strange and Scarlet Witch who can sooner or later in the *MCU* have her powers more clarified as magic and a mutant ability)...

It can also help to consider how the story might change in how characters with similar powers are *related*. From what I understand, Polaris's powers are essentially watered down from what her dad Magneto does but one is more often on a less ambiguous sort of 'hero' while both sons of Cyclops/Scott Summers, Nathan Summers/Cable and Nate Grey/X-man have the same powers but different amounts of attention can be given to their different personalities as
seen in the current X-men comic event scene..

And like I said before with the lawyer Jennifer Walters her .P.R. is clearly going to be different from her variably self-controlled cousin which means the treatment she is going to get in a story is going to be different..

There are female characters who haven't really ever had 'alternate sex' versions of themselves. Storm, Rogue,
and Jean Grey esp. as the Phoenix is a character who's powers *can't* really be replicated not the least b/c of her uniqueness is fulfilling as 'cosmic role' in the Marvel Universe

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Aside:if Sandra Bullock was ~+15 years younger and not around the age of one of my parents I think it'd be cool to see her as She-Hulk both before and after transformation.

The real problem isn't the notion that so-called "minor female heroes films" won't be accepted. The real problem is that Universal/Comcast own the rights to the Hulk and all related side characters, including She-Hulk, and they've been sitting on those rights not making any movies/shows for over a decade. That's why we haven't gotten a Hulk standalone movie in the MCU outside of the 2008 Ed Norton one (which was 100% under Universal's umbrella). The agreement Marvel Studios has with Universal is similar to that with Sony and Spider-Man, only less generous. Basically, Hulk and certain characters (like Thunderbolt Ross) can make supporting appearances in the MCU, but that's it.

I'm hoping for a more amicable solution to the issue, but since Comcast was the sole opposition to the Fox/Disney merger it doesn't look to be happening anytime soon unfortunately.

*that* , I was not aware of and thank you for brining it to light; I've heard that things are even funkier for the possibility of Namor to appear live-action.

So many thumbnails and news of disparaging Brie Larson..I wonder how much more it would be if it had been She-Hulk*.

*Given her strength and being a lawyer an arguably more overt representation of female empowerment.

I'd love a She-Hulk movie!

Movie rights aside, it seems like there could be an interesting addition to Hulk, and what he/they is, the entity that is their body. I am not big on knowledge of Hulk/Bruce, but what I have been seeing later is a sort of point that there is no true personality for him, that Banner, Hulk, Joe Fix-it (Grey Hulk), are all just different parts of the same person. That the real secret behind him and the transformations, is that his mind is kind of fractured, and the other parts only come out explosively because he always repressed different parts of him that they practically come out as pretty much different personalities with different expressions of his power.

She-Hulk may not be that. Again, limited understanding, but what I have seen seems to point out that she is more stable, and closer to what Professor Hulk would be. At most having mild changes, like apparently she becomes more active once getting the power, and having mental blocks from turning to a more human form after having the strength, because she doesn't want to feel weak. Yet maybe it kind of just being representative of the strong person she was inside as someone who became a lawyer.

It is a good chance to show a contrast between people with similar power. My understanding is that there is also not an as dramatic shift between Ross and Red Hulk, just a release of the aggression and soldier within. I think there is good potential for movies showing that not all Hulks are the same, with a portrayal of a law minded woman gifted with super strength. Keeping that identity while green.