Everyone knows the Hulk, Bruce Banner’s big green alter-ago and Avengers member, but now audiences are about to meet his cousin.
She-Hulk: Attorney At Law follows the adventures of the superhero-lawyer Jennifer Walters, Bruce’s cousin who ends up infused with his superpowers.
Jennifer, played by Tatiana Maslany, has been a fan favourite character in the Marvel comics for years and finally she is making her Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) debut.
She isn’t getting the big screen treatment though, but rather her own series on Disney+, expanding the already enormous back-catalogue of superhero content on the platform.
Audiences will be unfamiliar with the character, as her bigger cousin has always overshadowed her in live action, so here is everything you need to know before the premiere.
What is She-Hulk about?
She-Hulk follows Jennifer Walters as she balances her up-and-coming law career with her reluctant foray into the superhero world when she becomes the titular character.
She first appeared in 1980, in The Savage She-Hulk volume one, and her popularity on the page has skyrocketed since.
One of her defining qualities is her Deadpool-style fourth wall-breaking quips as she is aware of the reader/viewer.
Jennifer isn’t as strong as the Hulk, though what separated her from Bruce in the comics was her ability to retain her intelligence when she transforms.
However, since Hulk has been intelligent while in his big-green mode since Avengers: Endgame, it is less clear how the two are distinct in the MCU.
Fans have been praying for a World War Hulk adaptation for years, with many hoping the new series will see the green goliath return to his out-of-control rage by the end.
How does She-Hulk fit into the MCU?
There is a deluge of Marvel shows and films right now, with more content in Phase Four than phases one, two and three combined, and it isn't even over yet.
It can make the timeline less clear, as films such as Black Widow jump around across the established sequence of events.
In an interview with TVLine, She-Hulk head writer and executive producer Jessica Gao clarified where it fits into the timeline.
She explained that it’s “not too far” after Shang-Chi, saying: “It’s not, like, years later. It’s a relatively short amount of time.”
In turn, Shang-Chi is set after The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, but before Eternals and the Spider-Man sequels Far From Home and No Way Home, with the latter taking place immediately after the former.
Which characters will cameo in She-Hulk?
It really wouldn’t be a Marvel instalment without some gratuitous cameos.
The most obvious is Mark Ruffalo returning as the Hulk, but he isn’t alone.
Fans will be happy to hear there is a major one coming, with Daredevil – aka Matt Murdock – making a return in full force during the series.
It shouldn’t come too much as a surprise, as he is a fellow lawyer after all.
Thor: Love and Thunder – When will the movie be released on Disney Plus?
Following the cancellation of his Netflix series, due to Disney taking the character off that platform, fans were concerned the blind superhero was dead in the water.
However, during Spider-Man: No Way Home, he made a cameo appearance when he acted as Peter Parker’s legal aide.
Charlie Cox returns to star as the Catholic crime fighter again, with the actor getting a rebooted show on Disney+, Daredevil: Born Again, as part of the MCU’s Phase Five.
Benedict Wong’s, ahem, Wong will also appear, after starring in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness earlier this year.
Tom Roth’s Abomination is also back after he first appeared in The Incredible Hulk from 2008 and cameoed in Shang-Chi.
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