"In December 2014, Joss Whedon stated that, for the time being, a new solo Hulk film has not been announced or confirmed, due to Marvel wishing to have a character that only appears in "Avengers" films, despite the positive reception to Ruffalo.In April 2015, Ruffalo told Collider that Universal Pictures holding the distribution rights to Hulk films may be an obstacle to releasing a future Hulk standalone film.