Will General Thunderbolt Ross Appear in the Avengers Film?

I have been thinking quite abit about this one too.

I am pretty certain he WILL be in it (and I hope to god they get Hurt back in the role because I think he was easily the best thing in TIH).

That last scene in TIH is interesting on a number of levels. It establishes that both Ross and Stark have 'problems' and that they can get together in order to create 'a team'.

I wonder if these scene may play out very differently once The Avengers is released. They may even use this scene as part of that film - similar in the way that the Bourne Ultimatum used a scene from the Bourne Supremacy in a new context.

It would be interesting to see how Ross could help put together The Avengers team. The obvious answer would be that he has links to The Hulk but if the hulk is 'his problem' then maybe Stark is refering to something (or someone else).

Ross represents the army so maybe Hawkeye is a soldier that SHIELD want to get there hands on. Or maybe Ross has been the one to recover Captain America due to his resources and knowledge about the super soldier serum. Maybe Ross is another member (or past memeber) of SHIELD.

Anyway you look at it Ross (and preferably Hurt) MUST be in The Avengers!

MAKES SENSE TO ME!

agree ross and betty r a must! please marvel bring back hurt and liv tyler!

@Arminies I agree with you, a history about a Hulk out of control, and confronting heroes for the first time must have Ross and Betty. Betty to calm him down, and Ross to make him even more angry lol.

I think there will as many Marvel characters as they can possibly fit in to make the story make sense. Ross makes sense, but what i don't get is not having Hanky or Jan in the movie that pisses me off

I also wonder if Clay Quartermain is gonna be in this too seeing as he is the SHIELD operative who liases with Ross' Hulkbuster intiative in the comics??

this is why i don't like Norton being recast, it leaves the rest of the cast of TIH in the balance, i want them to keep them the same but how likely is that going to be with no Norton? but if they recast the entire film then they screw up the continuity even more (and the continuity was part of the reason for the MCU so its annoying!)

you cant have an avengers film without having the supporting characters of each avenger.

hulk: betty and thunderbolt ross
iron man: pepper and happy
thor: jane foster

to be honest idont think tony was refering to the avengers but the hulkbusters whi if the later is true will apper in the avengers to capture the hulk and subsiquently end up in conflict with the avengers over who can stop the hulk first and claim recocnition from it.
that or tony is really loki in disguise and is using ross to pull the strings to get the hulk under his contol.