Comic-Con, Marvel Panel talks Hulk.
by: Lufguy 1 year, 2 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 12 hours, 31 minutes ago 1
Email Article Print ArticleThey seem to have an updated take on The Hulk while remembering his comic and TV roots.
by Edward Douglas at Super Hero Hype.com
One of the most anticipated presentations at the 2007 Comic-Con International, if not the most, was the Saturday afternoon Marvel Films panel where they’d reshow the footage from Jon Favreau’s Iron Man that was shown on Thursday, this time with Favreau joined by some of the cast, and to bring out the cast of Louis Letterier’s The Incredible Hulk for the first time anywhere…
First up was The Incredible Hulk. Production started two weeks ago in Toronto so they had no footage, but they flew in just for the panel and will fly back immediately afterwards. Present were producer Gale Anne Hurd, Avi Arad, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, director Louis Letterier (who was there with a broken foot), Liv Tyler who plays Betty Ross, and the film’s Bruce Banner, Edward Norton.
Edward Norton rewrote the screenplay and both he and Letterier talked about the influence of the “Hulk” TV show and the performance by Bill Bixby. Liv Tyler also said that she was a fan of the TV show because of the “humanity and what the man is going through.” She was drawn to the love story between Bruce and Betty…
There is a lot more to this article and about a dozen pictures but the new ideas for the movie is what grabbed my attention.
I am looking forward to this movie but I will admit to being a Hulk fanboy anyway. Like I always say, I will like him when he is angry.