Hulk Star Mark Ruffalo Breaks Silence on Disney and Marvel Firing Rumors
Forget the firing buzz—Mark Ruffalo isn’t going anywhere. Marvel’s Hulk will smash back as Bruce Banner in Spider-Man 4: Brand New Day, hitting US theaters this summer.
In case you saw the chatter: no, Mark Ruffalo has not been fired by Disney or Marvel. The Hulk is still employed, still green, and still cracking jokes about it.
Where the rumor came from (and what Ruffalo actually said)
After a week of social-media whispers that Disney had cut ties with Ruffalo — likely because he is very public about his politics and his criticism of the Trump administration — he addressed it head-on during a chat with The News Movement while promoting his new thriller, Crime 101.
'Not that I know of,' Ruffalo said with a laugh when asked if the firing rumor was true. 'People keep going, like, Did you get fired? I'm like, not that I know of... Yeah, I'll be there as long as they have me. But I have a good relationship with them. Who knows, there might be things I'm already doing. I'm around, let me just say that.'
Chris Hemsworth chimed in: 'It's nonsense. That's a nonsense thing.'
Halle Berry backed him up: 'We would protest.'
What he is up to next
Ruffalo is not only sticking with the MCU, he is pulling double duty on the big screen this year. He is co-starring with Hemsworth and Berry in Crime 101, and he is suiting back up as Bruce Banner/Hulk in the next Spider-Man movie — which, for now, is going by Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Yes, that subtitle is a choice, and yes, it is the one currently in circulation.
- Crime 101 — Releases February 13, 2026 via Amazon MGM Studios. Directed by Bart Layton and based on Don Winslow's 2020 novella. Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nick Nolte.
- Spider-Man 4 (aka Spider-Man: Brand New Day) — Dated for July 31, 2026. Tom Holland is back as Peter Parker, with Ruffalo returning as Bruce Banner/Hulk. Supporting cast includes Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher, Michael Mando as Mac Gargan/Scorpion, and Marvin Jones III as Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone.
So, to recap: the firing talk is noise, the co-stars are calling it out, and Ruffalo is very much still in the mix — and possibly working on things he cannot even talk about yet. Sounds like business as usual.