With Iron Man 2 around the corner and Captain America and Thor shaping up the road to the Avengers we just assume that the events in these related films will all take place as they were released. But clearly The First Avenger will take place before, and Thor will likely cover before that and after… so how do the current chapters fit in relation to one another?
Fav’s himself spills on his Twitter as a fan asks this question:
Just watched “The Incredible Hulk” Gotta ask you:Does “Iron Man 2” takes place before or after Hulk movie?
To which he sussinctly replies Before
So the scene where Stark approaches General Ross at the end of The Incredible Hulk will actually take place after Iron Man 2, which kind of changes my perspective on the scene.
While originally the stinger at the end of Iron Man with Sam Jackson as Fury approaching Stark about a “special team” we just assume that when Stark is giving the “special team” pitch to Ross, that he has already joined. But now we know different, and the events of Iron Man 2 where it seems Stark is coming into conflict with owning his own advanced technology and what that means to Homeland Security will all be taking place before he officially signs on to the Avenger Initiative that Fury was talking about in the previous film.
Its a tiny detail, but it sure sets the perspective on the films and the order they take place in relation to one another.
