The Incredible Hulk (2008 Film)

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Ed Norton RULES...and he will be better than Bana

Liv Tyler is Betty Ross

Tim Roth is Abomination (woo hoo!)

William Hurt is Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross

I really liked the first Hulk film...I know alot of you didn't but I'm a HUGE Hulk fan

But, I really think this one will be better...

I can't wait.

[AYHJA]

I didn't think that the first Hulk was all that bad, but I thought the best part of it was the Danny Elfman score...I think of all the Superhero films, the Hulk is the hardest to do...From all adaptions that I've read in the comics, the hulk is just pure, power...Uncontrolled Rage...I mean the signature line is , 'Hulk Smash!' ...In the movie, he fucked up a lab, some mutant dogs, couple tanks, and some San Francisco streets, lol...

I thought the CGI was impressive enough, but like its been mentioned, I just felt uninspired...

But definitely, Norton will be a better Banner...Skinny, nerdy...Waiting to snap...He was almost born to play the part, lol...

[jdog]

Who cares if it's Eric Bana or Edward Norton, the important question is ...

Will Jennifer Connelly be playing Betty Ross again?

Because she is da Gamma BOMB!!! :geek:

Liv Tyler is replacing Connelly. a worthy replacement at that.

No way! Jennifer Connelly has a much better rack.

[geekboynj]

Heh. I was thinking the same thing.

Thank you for saying it jdog!!!

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

i think i'm as amped for this shit as much as Iron Man now they've put out a poster.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

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[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

There is good news for fans of the Big Green Guy this time around, Edward Norton definitely gets it. His draft of The Incredible Hulk dated 5-13-07 is an incredible ride and will attract both fans and non-fans alike.

It’s two (make that 100) steps ahead of the 2003 edition. There’s no waiting around ‘til 40 minutes in to have the big green guy make an appearance, this time around we got him in the opening sequence and it’s harsh! The Hulk is the star of this film and makes quite a few appearances throughout.

SPOILERS BEGIN

Story details are as follows:

Character roll call: Bruce Banner, Blonsky (crazed soldier turned Abomination), General Ross, Betty Ross, Dr. Samson (Betty’s live-in boyfriend), Dr. Sterns (a cellular biologist trying to help Bruce) and Major Kathleen ‘Kat’ Sparr (Ross’s right-hand woman).

In the opening sequence, we find a man (unknown to the reader but it’s presumably Bruce Banner) walking in snow, surrounded by snow. He slouches to his knees, gun in his hand, attempting suicide. The trigger is pulled but a flash of green stops the bullet flat and it falls to the ground.

Fast forward 5 years. Banner is in Brazil working at a bottling plant staying under the radar in hiding. Living a quite, invisible, life Banner is searching for exotic flowers that he believes will help destroy the gamma radiation in his blood to end the struggle he’s lived with for the past 5 years. He tries desperately to always remain calm through the use of mediation and a pulse monitor.

Banner has a funny little run in with some Brazilian heavies who are harassing a lady co-worker. Due to Banner’s poor handle on the Portuguese language his threats aren’t threats at all, they are actually funny lines that cause the heavies to pull a WTF? Luckily Bruce stays calm enough to make it through.

While working, Bruce is cut and a drop of his blood falls into one of the bottles that gets shipped out for sale. A woman in Minnesota drinks the juice and almost dies. The gamma is detected in her blood and this alerts the military, General Ross in particular and Cabot. They organize a team, headed up by Blonsky, to find where the drink was bottled and to apprehend a white man in the area.

The team finds Banner in bed, but he is smarter and quicker than they think and he leads them on a chase around town. Coincidentally the same heavies who had a run-in with Banner earlier are out drinking and join in the chase to beat Banner’s ass. It doesn’t take long for the Hulk to rear his ugly greenish grey head and basically crush everything and everyone (literally) in his path. He escapes to smash another day. Banner heads back to the States to find help through Dr. Sterns, striving to put right what once went wrong, within himself and with Betty.

Upon arriving in the States, Banner heads to his old stomping grounds, back to where it all began, to get his data and find Dr. Sterns. Instead, he finds Betty. He quickly leaves out the back door of a restaurant when she sees him, but she chases after him until he agrees to come over to her house to talk.

After talking with Betty and her live-in boyfriend Samson, Betty is driving Bruce to the bus station, on the way he wants to stop back at the university. Big mistake, the military and General Ross finds him and a big battle ensues. Betty is injured (Hulk saves her) and they finds themselves on the run together.

In the meantime, Blonsky was crushed by Hulk, but due to the super soldier wacky sauce he’s been shooting up he heals and is stronger than ever. Ross shoots him up a little more to make sure he’s strong enough for another round with Hulk.

They head to New York to find Dr. Sterns. He has developed an “anti-dote” of sorts for Bruce that works to bring him back to normal during a “flare up.” Unfortunately, Ross and his men catch up with them and Bruce and Betty are taken into custody. Blonsky has his own ulterior motives and makes Sterns shoot him up with the super gamma serum he’s developed from Bruce’s blood. This turns him into Abomination and he begins to destroy the city.

The only one who can stop him is Bruce…Ross agrees. Monster on Monster action ensues!

SPOILERS END

It’s a well written script with a lot of action and intensity strewn throughout. It’s easy to feel the agony Banner goes through as he tries to make it through each day.

Thanks to IESB.net for the heads up.

[AYHJA]

Man, that sounds KA..!!

I can't wait to see this one....

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Source: Advanced Dark
October 22, 2007


Scooper 'Advanced Dark' received word from The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier who informed him that the script for the film that has leaked online is "6 months old and a lot has changed...for the better." The helmer added that he's pushing through the final weeks of filming now.

Starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Christina Cabot, Lou Ferrigno and Martin Starr, the comic book adaptation hits theaters on June 13


In a Mail Tribune interview with "Back to You" star Ty Burrell it is revealed that the actor will play Doc Samson in The Incredible Hulk:

He managed to get time away from the show recently for shooting on Louis Leterrier's upcoming movie "The Incredible Hulk," with Edward Norton, Liv Tyler and Tim Roth. Burrell plays Doc Samson. The picture is due for release in June.

Doc Samson was a psychiatrist who exposed himself to siphoned radiation and at first, the length of his hair determined how much power he had.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Lou Ferrigno on Edward Norton as Hulk
Source: MTV
October 23, 2007

Consider that Lou Ferrigno’s most iconic role is about to be taken over (for the second time) by a huffing and puffing mass of computer-generated images, and you might forgive the former Mr. Universe for being green with envy. But the world’s most famous Hulk told MTV News that he’s totally on board with Edward Norton’s upcoming reboot…literally.

“I was in the movie. I just finished filming,” Ferrigno said, smiling. “It’s a spectacular movie. Very impressive.”

Ever since 1977 when he began playing the character in a famous television series, Ferrigno has had a lot of time to ruminate on the Hulk. Norton, he says, shares a similar obsession.

“We talked about it. I believe he rewrote the script because he’s very involved with the character,” Ferrigno related. “He’s not just doing another movie, he wanted to be involved with the character. I think that’s going to bring it to the next level.”

Lou went on to give Norton and the production his highest seal of approval, in fact, saying the work they were doing on the film will “be like the TV series.”

“[Ed actually] reminds me a lot of Bill Bixby,” Ferrigno confessed, referencing the actor who played Banner in the series. “He has a similar physique, similar personality. Ed is a very fine actor and it adds tremendous credibility for him to be involved with the movie.”