User blog comment:ADour/New MARVEL STUDIOS movies announced!/@comment-1713281-20141029184111

So I notice that yet again, a sequel for The Incredible Hulk was absent from the latest phase lineup (not surprising). But, while browsing the Wikipedia entry for the MCU, I came across a tidbit that likely explains why we won't be seeing a Hulk 2.

In 2005, Marvel signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to distribute the first set of films in the MCU, which eventually gave Paramount rights to distribute all Phase 1 films, except for The Incredible Hulk, which was signed over to Universal Pictures to distribute in a separate deal in 2006.

After Disney bought out Marvel Entertainment, they went back and bought out Paramount's distribution rights for, like, all the money. However, Universal's rights to distribute Hulk where not bought out, as Marvel and Universal's agreement is a life-long deal, so long as no one breaks their side of the contract.

This leads one to believe that Marvel and Disney aren't interested in making a sequel to a lower-grossing film, especially since they would be making less money than they would if they owned the rights themselves.