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title: Edward Norton text: contract he had signed. Norton accordingly refused to promote the film's release. Norton won critical praise for his role as Baldwin IV, the leper king of Jerusalem, in "Kingdom of Heaven". Norton portrayed Marvel Comics character Bruce Banner / The Hulk in the Marvel Studios film "The Incredible Hulk", released in 2008. Norton's attempt to rewrite the film along lines of his own choosing was unsuccessful; consequently, Norton refused to promote the film. He was expected to reprise his role in the 2012 film "The Avengers", but was replaced by Mark Ruffalo due to Norton's disagreements with Marvel on salary title: Mark Ruffalo text: SAG Award, BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also co-starred in the mystery films "Now You See Me" and "Now You See Me 2" as FBI Special Agent Dylan Rhodes. Ruffalo gained international prominence by portraying the Marvel Comics character Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe beginning with "The Avengers" (2012), and also appearing in "Iron Man 3" (2013), "" (2015), "" (2017), and "" (2018). He will reprise his role in "" scheduled to be released in 2019. He starred in and was the co-executive producer of the 2014 television dramafilm "The Normal Heart", title: Thor (film) text: was released on November 3, 2017, directed by Taika Waititi. Eric Pearson and Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost wrote the screenplay, with Kevin Feige again producing. Hemsworth, Hiddleston, Hopkins, Elba, Asano, Zachary Levi, and Stevenson reprised their roles as Thor, Loki, Odin, Heimdall, Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg, respectively, while Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Cumberbatch appeared as Bruce Banner / Hulk and Stephen Strange respectively, reprising their roles from previous MCU films. Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum and Karl Urban joined the cast as Hela, Valkyrie, Grandmaster, and Skurge, respectively. Thor (film) Thor is a 2011 American superhero film based title: Thor: Ragnarok text: sacrificed for profit", Waititi said he felt "like a guest in Marvel's universe but with the creative freedom to do what I want". Waititi was confirmed as director of the film by multiple news outlets later in October. Mark Ruffalo was also finalizing a deal that month, to reprise his role as Bruce Banner / Hulk from previous MCU films; he soon confirmed that he would appear. Hulk was last seen at the end of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" traveling in a Quinjet, which was originally planned to be shown flying near Saturn. Feige explained that this was changed to title: Thor (Marvel Comics) text: a founding member of the superhero team the Avengers, appearing in each volume of that series. The character has also appeared in associated Marvel merchandise including animated television series, movies, video games, clothing, toys and trading cards. The character was first portrayed in live action by Eric Allan Kramer in the 1988 television movie "The Incredible Hulk Returns". Chris Hemsworth portrays Thor Odinson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films "Thor", "The Avengers", "", "", "Doctor Strange", "", "" and will reprise his role in "" in 2019. Additionally, archival footage of Hemsworth as Thor was used in the episodes "Pilot"