Because of intervention by Nadia Blonsky, Betty Ross, Doc Samson, and Iron Man, the plan failed and the Leader died again. It is written by ElectricMayhem, and takes place in the Community MCU Reboot.It stars Adrien Brody as Bruce Banner, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Betty Ross, Tommy Lee Jones as General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Kit Harington as Samuel Sterns, and Charlie Heaton as Rick Jones. The Hulk eventually personally attacked the Leader, who, along with Soul Man, seemingly perished in the crossfire. He freed the Rhino from captivity and sent him against the Hulk. In this incarnation, the Leader is linked with the Hulk’s origin. Tim Roth is contracted for three more films. Soon after this, the Leader would steal the seemingly lifeless body of General Thunderbolt Ross from the back of an ambulance, simply because it was there, and later managed to revive it as a mindless vegetable, which he used as an armored enforcer. Bruce Banner is shown as a mild-mannered, mysterious, shy and analytical man of science. 's Hulkbusters, and brought to trial for his crimes. As soon as the Punisher sees Samuel Sterns, he shoots him right between the eyes, killing him and the Red Hulk's plan. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Just finding the right place. In the The Incredible Hulk (1966 animated series), which was part of The Marvel Super Heroes series, The Leader was voiced by Gillie Fenwick. A one-stop shop for all things video games. The Leader sends a spy to steal a robot Banner was developing. The spy finds Banner's caves and makes a missile to fire at the base. Before long, the Leader's new form was revealed, and he dispatched Half-Life to battle the Hulk. The Leader (Samuel Sterns) is a a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko as the archenemy of the Hulk. Heading into further education, Tom turned his passion for the silver screen into a degree in Broadcast Journalism at Leeds University. Kevin Feige said that Hulk would return after The Avengers. Also, the family relations acting on this character, there are chances this lawyer lady might slowly turn herself into a science volunteer for Bruce’s experiment and turn herself into Hulk. The Incredible Hulk Star Confirms The Leader Was Supposed to Be in 3 Movies. The Hulk has been a popular fixture in the MCU storyline for years. MCU Hulk started as Savage Hulk. Bruce Banner also saw the Leader in a supposed trip to Hell. At its D23 event this weekend, Disney is revealing a lot more about its plans for the Disney+ streaming service and has confirmed several new Marvel TV shows that are on the way. He employed something he ironically called the Deus Ex Machina in conjunction with his follower, the gamma-enhanced reverend nicknamed Soul Man, who falsely believed himself to have been blessed by God with spiritual power, rather than given nearly godlike abilities by the Leader, in an effort to revive Marlo and siphon off Soul Man's power for himself. 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The original comic book continuity has been designated as taking place on Earth-616. Born Samuel Sterns in Boise, Idaho, he worked for a chemical plant there in a menial capacity. He collapsed to the ground, unmoving, and the Hulk assumed that he died of shock. And as I said, if you can’t do it right, don’t do it or do it later, and the notion of “Hey, I’m here too! Some time afterward he gave the Hulk information how to find his brother, Philip Sterns, the Madman, since he thought it would be best to put the latter out of his suffering, due to his original personality being slowly and painfully eaten away by the Madman persona. The Hulk, manipulated by the leader of the Pantheon, Agamemnon, attacked the facility. In battle with the Warbound, the Leader is stabbed through the chest with an iron pipe. Apparently, he really had perished when the Deus Ex Machina was destroyed, but his disembodied consciousness had evolved beyond the need for a body. Remember, the future's bright, the future's green. At the same time, HYDRA decided to storm the base, leading to a multi-sided battle. And now is Professor Hulk. Eager to sell his Humanoids to hostile nations, the Leader gave a demonstration of his power by activating a 500-foot (150 m)-tall Humanoid and ordering it to attack a nearby missile base. After briefly turning back into Samuel Sterns to question Banner about the Hulk's possible weaknesses, he resurrected the Glob to try to pit him against the Hulk. 1, Ultimate Hulk vs. Iron Man: Ultimate Human, https://hulk.fandom.com/wiki/The_Leader?oldid=12174, Gillie Fenwick (voice), Stan Jones (voice), Matt Frewer (voice) Tim Blake Nelson. His head is connected to a machine apparently emitting red gamma radiation (in the fashion of the Red Hulk) with the harness in the shape of the Leader's formerly tall head. During a time of great personal duress for the Hulk and Bruce Banner, who had begun to merge their personas, it became clear that Home Base, a secret organization who had relentlessly pursued the Hulk in order to obtain his genetic material, was secretly led by the Leader. Raised on a diet of Jurassic Park and Jumanji, this '90s boy had VHS movies flowing in his blood from a young age. 6 (Marvel Essentials), Incredible Hulk: Skaar - Son of Hulk, Vol. This plotline remained unresolved due to no direct sequel. Rick Jones had been afflicted with a Hulk-like condition and the Hulk (using Bruce Banner's memories of gamma transfer) devised a machine to transfer all of the gamma radiation from Rick Jones to the Leader. The Leader is captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. Sterns was one of Bruce Banner's contacts who proposed to help him find a cure against turning into the Hulk. The Leader then absorbed the power of the dome, turning himself into a gray-skinned giant. And you would be surprised how many… it’s come up. Abomination is in a prison somewhere too.'". In the end, after all his other agendas had failed, the Leader finally managed to mind-control the Hulk and guided him towards his secret base, with the intention of taking his indestructible body for himself. He later used the Hulk and the Thing as pawns in a contest with Kurrgo. A powerless Leader is later seen in custody demanding "gamma" (the one thing no one is willing to give him) if he was to divulge any information on stopping the Intelligencia's failsafe doomsday plans. There's one villain that was introduced in the Hulk's first outing in the MCU that cannot be forgotten. General Ross soon discovered the Leader's abandoned base and accidentally activated the "Hulk Killer" a large Humanoid designed to defeat the Hulk. The Leader dispatched an army of four-armed robots against the Hulk, and created Rock and Redeemer. In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk. He later activated Arsenal, and then dispatched the Avengers through time. In turn, Hulk is more primitive with his senses amplif… event, a powerless Samuel Sterns is seen apparently housed within a shipping container. Yet before he did so, he intended to cure Bruce Banner for reasons all his own. Using this leverage, the Leader sent the Hulk to the homeworld of the Watcher to raid the Watcher's "Ultimate Machine", a device containing all the knowledge in the universe. After he had done so, he abandoned his body. Interestingly though, while Roth has confirmed that he is done with the MCU - leaving Abomination to rot out there somewhere - Tim Blake Nelson hasn't really commented on his brief time as Sterns in one of the world's highest-grossing franchises. Dr. Samuel Sterns was added to that original film, although it wasn't until the very end that he started to mutate thanks to a chemical accident. The Leader decided his hand in the origin of the Hulk meant that the Hulk was his to control. Adaptation Distillation: Due to narrative conflicts and many of the major players not being present in the MCU at the time, the World War Hulk storyline from the comics was largely removed, having been stripped down to a few essential elements and being folded into Thor: Ragnarok. Later, the Leader reappeared and offered General Ross aid in neutralizing the Hulk. As a side note, this transfer also created a psychic link between the two. Red Hulk leaves Sterns alive to suffer, reminding him that as the person he has been reverted back to with his original, well below average intelligence, Sterns will never be able to duplicate a gamma-infusion and return his powers as The Leader... at least not on his own. The problem isn't that The Leader is a character that Kevin Feige would rather forget about, but instead there are just too many Marvel Comics villains that haven't been used in the MCU canon. The Hulk is an American superhero movie based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In The Incredible Hulk (1996 animated series) (designated as taking place on Earth-534834), The Leader was the main recurring villain throughout the entire series. As the green sheep of the MCU family, fortune wasn't on the side of Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk when it hit theaters in 2008. The Leader began his career as a would-be conqueror by creating a spy ring to overthrow the United States federal government. A sequel to The Incredible Hulk has been in development since the film's release in 2008. Edward Norton is moody. He is compassionate and afraid of hurting someone unintentionally, so he tries not to get close to something or someone that leaves him stressed. ; Alliterative Name: Bruce Banner. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The Leader (real name: Samuel Sterns) is an evil mastermind and the main antagonist of the Incredible Hulk comic book series, a franchise produced by Marvel comics as innumerable cartoons, movies, and videogames. The Incredible Hulk remains to this day one of the worst films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), however, it’s by no means the worst, and Marvel Studios had big plans for these films, but they just never came to fruition.. The Fallen. Fans know that the current rights situation won't allow a Hulk solo movie, but the appearance of Sterns could neatly tie into that promised three-film story arc for the Emerald Giant. As the Abomination began to smash Stern's laboratory, Sterns was hit in the head. Once Deadpool sees that the Red Hulk is employing Samuel Sterns, he expresses his view that the Punisher won't be pleased. The Leader. However, this huge amount of knowledge proved too much for the Leader. Having previously worked at What Culture, Movie Pilot, and Digital Spy, Tom is now finding his way at Screen Rant and CBR. He was played by Tim Blake Nelson. Skip forward to Avengers 1 during the NYC fight. He then superimposed his consciousness upon the Rhino in order to battle the Hulk. Although he was in the process of building a new body out of random organic materials, in a secluded cave near Gamma Base, he was preparing to leave this level of reality behind altogether, transcending both beyond the physical and his old goals. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts He was voiced by Matt Frewer. Also, MCU is known mostly for its male superheroes and has noticeably less female heroes so it’s taking a chance on introducing a new one. The Hulk eventually encountered the Humanoid and managed to thwart the Leader's plans. During that time, he planned revenge on Kate Waynesboro. Due to a miscalculation, the energy of the dome actually kills him faster. In the 2008 film, Samuel Sterns plays a supporting role. If '03 Hulk is MCU it would make sense. He is a Brazilian street thug who bullies Bruce Banner and later provokes Bruce into transforming into the Hulk for the first time in nearly five months. Shortly afterwards, Stern was mutated into the Leader when he fell into a pit of waste left by the gamma bomb. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. The Leader later sent mental projections of the Rhino, Xeron, Namor, the Missing Link, and others against the Hulk, but then suffered a mental breakdown.