Everything to Know About ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’: Cast, Release Date and More

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Everything to Know About 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law': Cast, Release Date and More

She-Hulk smash … hit? The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding with Disney+’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. The nine-episode TV show — which will be released Thursday, August 18 on the streaming service — follows “Jennifer Walters [as she] navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered Hulk,” the official synopsis reads. Canonically, Jennifer is the cousin of Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), and she gains some of his Hulk powers after he donates his blood to her after she is injured in a shooting. She-Hulk features a star-studded cast, including Tatiana Maslany as the titular character, Ruffalo (who will reprise his role as Bruce Banner/The Hulk), Jameela Jamil as fellow superhero Titania, Tim Roth as villain Abomination and many more. Hamilton star Renée Elise Goldsberry is set to star in a one-off episode. The Disney+ series was created by Jessica Gao, who was turned down by Marvel three times before helming the latest MCU spinoff. “I was elated because it was a dream job, but also I’d been rejected by Marvel three times for previous projects, so I was like, ‘I guess fourth time’s the charm!'” the screenwriter, 38, joked at a press event, per Slash Film, earlier this month. “It was the right project. I’m glad they rejected me so many times.” Gao also revealed what drew her to the project in the first place, sharing several characteristics of the Marvel comic books fans are hoping will appear in the show. “For me foundationally, first and foremost was the fourth wall breaking, and the meta humor, and the self-awareness,” she said. “It was the John Byrne run [in the comics] that made me fall in love with this character. It was so lighthearted and fun, and refreshing.” Additionally, Ginger Gonzaga — who portrays Nikki Ramos on the show — told Toronto's CP24 in June that Gao infused She-Hulk with "a lot of really cool feminist commentary." Keep scrolling to get all of the details about She-Hulk: Attorney at Law:

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When Does 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' Premiere?

Disney+ will release the latest MCU series on Thursday, August 18. New episodes will premiere on Thursdays weekly. 

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What Is the Premise of 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'?

Jennifer Walters — Bruce Banner’s cousin — “navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered Hulk,” the show’s official synopsis reads. The comedy mini-series, which features many characters from the comics — including The Hulk, villain Abomination and fellow superhero Tataina — is also peppered with “really cool feminist commentary,” star Gonzaga said.

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Who Is in the Cast?

In addition to Maslany, Ruffalo, Roth, Gonzaga and Goldsberry, She-Hulk also stars Benedict Wong as Wong, Charlie Cox as Daredevil, Josh Segarra, Griffin Matthews and more.

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How Does The Hulk Factor In?

Ruffalo is set to reprise his role as Bruce Banner — and his alter-ego, The Hulk — on the mini series. “There are some really good, funny, cool, long, long scenes between Professor and her,” the Spotlight actor told Access Hollywood in March. “We’ve never really seen The Hulk interact with people the way he does in that show. It’ll be really interesting.”

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What Has the Cast Said About 'She-Hulk'?

Maslany revealed that what “drew [her] to the role” of She-Hulk was “how human and unheroic she is,” the actress revealed in an August interview with The Guardian, adding, “What made me go: ‘Oh OK, this feels fresh and surprising,’ is that it feels deeply – if I can use a binary term – feminine. There’s a girliness to it. That word is often used as a derisive term, but to me there’s a celebration of female friendship in She-Hulk that’s really fun.”

As for Ruffalo’s opinion on Maslany’s portrayal of the superhero, he called her “frickin’ legendary as the She-Hulk” in a March interview with Access Hollywood, adding, “I’m passing the Banner onto her.”

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How Many ‘She-Hulk’ Episodes Are There?

As of August, She-Hulk is a nine-episode miniseries that will air on Disney+ from August 18 to mid-October.

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Will She-Hulk Appear in the MCU Films?

It's entirely possible. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige previously confirmed that characters like She-Hulk — as well as other MCU female superheroes, including Ms. Marvel Moon Knight — are intended transition to the big screen as well. “They'll go into the movies but the MCU will now go back and forth," Feige told The Hollywood Reporter in November 2019.

Ahead of the series premiere, Ruffalo claimed She-Hulk will be in the fifth Avengers film. "She’s in now, there’s not going to be another Avengers without her,” he told The Hollywood Reporter at the Disney+ launch event in August. Maslany seemed very surprised as she asked, “What?” The Marvel veteran replied, “That’s what I’m hearing.”

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Is Captain America a Virgin?

The Marvel comedy will answer the age-old question: Is Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) a virgin? In his pre-Captain America days, Steve didn't have much of a love life, and after getting the super soldier serum, he was busy saving the world. However, some fans believe that he and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) surely had a night alone at some point during World War II, and others think that Cap and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) are way too close to be just best buds.

The question is one Jennifer keeps asking her cousin Bruce in She-Hulk, and it will be answered eventually. "We just started putting it in scripts. There used to be a season-long runner where the thing that is constantly gnawing away at Jen is this question of whether or not Steve Rogers had ever had sex," head writer Jessica Gao told Variety in August. "I can’t describe to you how thrilled and shocked I was that not only was Kevin on board with answering the question, that he supplied me with the canon answer."

Gao added, "Yes, that is straight from Kevin’s golden mouth."