Loiis Leterrier, the man behind the camera for the upcoming Hulk film recently shared some thoughts on the project with Wizard magazine. I have provided an except of the interview below, the full interview is available at Wizard:
“It’s a fresh start because I saw there is a real fan base for Ang Lee’s movie,” said Leterrier of Lee’s ill-received “Hulk” in an exclusive interview with Wizard. “I didn’t want to offend [those fans] in any way, and also I like the movie. It was very interesting. [But] it was weaker ground to build a big franchise upon so we decided to scrap it and establish it from bases that are more comic book-based and TV show-based.”
“Obviously, General Ross is the villain, so he had to be in it,” added Leterrier. “But the Abomination, Emil Blonsky, was who Marvel wanted to put in this chapter—the first chapter of our new saga—because he’s the most famous. He’s an enemy that can actually threaten the Hulk. It’s very important for me that there is a danger. When Bruce Banner is Hulk, I didn’t feel in Ang Lee’s ‘Hulk’ that there was any threat. He was invincible. So with Abomination there’s actually a monster that can, you know, kill him when he’s in the Hulk form.”
This is the news I wanted to hear from Leterrier. I think the Hulk is a great character and I am glad he is getting a restart. I am extremely interested in seeing how Edward Norton’s script materializes, he is an outstanding actor and if his abilities are equally great when it comes to writing; I think we are in for quite a ride.
I just hope Marvel lets these guys work and keeps their mitts out. When Avi Arad put pressure on Raimi to throw Venom into the last Spiderman film – it was a cluster fuck. I appreciate that they wanted to put him in “for the fans” but what the fans got was a whack impersonation of a character that rules. As long as they do not mess with continuity or origin, I say let the filmmakers do what they do best.
Comic book films are among the highest grossing films Hollywood puts out these days. With much power comes much responsibility and I hope that we see a triumphant return of the Hulk. The character deserves an excellent film with action and smashing, smashing and crushing, crushing and jumping! The better a comic book movie is, the more money it will make, and the stronger the legs will be for innumerable sequels; I want to see Hulk 8 in 2030.
Because it just seems silly to me to put 150 Million dollars into a movie such as this and only put out 90 Million on, theatrically. Also, Is it possible to do an Extended version for the regular DVD release, maybe put the movie on the first disc and The special footage on the 2?
Hi Mr. Leterrier. I don’t know if you check this website or if it’s just a fansite. Im a fan of your movies, especially Unleashed, But I’ve heard rumors the Theatrical version of The Incredible Hulk, has been cut and edited considerably short compared to yours and Edwards take on it. Let me tell you that I will go see The Incredible Hulk. I’m looking forward to it, but I would have prefered The longer version. The one claiming to be nearly 3 hours long. I know realistically no studio would allow such a long cut with a film their trying to revamp and make money off of, But they should’ve considered a cut at least 2 hours and 20 min.
I’ve also heard rumor that there is over 70 minutes of footage, you plan on putting on the Blue Ray DVD’s. Is that footage actually in a extended version or just Deleted Scenes, I would prefer the Extended version all the way. If not, What will it take for you to put together a extended version with that footage in it, Because
As long as Bruce Banner doesn’t hate his father in this movie then I’m on board with this movie.
I hope this work over the last year i have bin disapointed with malvel. We all know how spider-man 3 turned out x-men 3 i didnet think worked as a finale though i kinda liked it my relly complat was it was way to short. i have my fingers crost for the new hulk movie iron man and the dark knight and i hope they all work out from what i read the ideas are good for these movies.
Well Hulk IS the threat. He is not necessarily a protagonist, since Hulk is pretty unrelatable. I know this is a comic book movie and people want the hero and villain to fight, but treating Hulk as the villain to Bruce Banner was the way to go. Instead of that, now we get CGI-creatures fighting, which everybody seem to agree was the worst part of the first Hulk movie? But I guess that’s forgotten now…
I thought Ang Lees Hulk was okay. I was upset that Bana wasnt coming back, I thought he was great, but when Norton came on board I think they actually upgraded there.
I think that because of Nortons involvement and Leterriers’ penchant for action they can strike a good balance in this film and hopefully a franchise.
“I didn’t feel in Ang Lee’s ‘Hulk’ that there was any threat.”
While I too liked Ang Lee’s take, I expected some serious threat and on that it failed to deliver. So hearing this, it seem moving in the right direction.