The Incredible Hulk is a 2009 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. Produced by Marvel Studios, Bat Hat Harry Productions and Valhalla Motion Pictures, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It was directed by Bryan Singer from a screenplay by Michael Dougherty, and stars Eric Bana as Bruce Banner alongside Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Sam Elliott, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell and Adrian Pasdar. In the film, Banner becomes the monstrous Hulk as an unwitting pawn in a military scheme to reinvigorate the "super soldier" program through gamma radiation. He goes on the run from the military while attempting to cure himself of the Hulk.
