Why the hulk movies didnt work, according to stan lee. The movie started out as the sequel to the eric bana hulk movie but marvel studios stepped in and changed it when they decided to put it into the mcu. Ang lee and eric bana in hulk 2003 sam elliott and james schamus in hulk 2003. It was directed by ang lee and written by james schamus, michael france, and john turman, from a story by schamus. Bruce banner gamma radiation exposure scene hulk 2003. A third and ultimately final movie based on the classic hulk tv series, death of the incredible hulk, aired in 1990. It has always been my firm conviction that films should speak for themselves and that knowing too much about how they are made diminishes the magic of. Apr 01, 2020 the red hulk first appeared in a new volume of the hulk comic book that launched in 2008. In fact, the first volume of the incredible hulk was canceled after only six issues, due to poor sales. This 1944 movie was the first ever adaptation of a marvel comic, which even predates the name marvel itself. Every adaptation of the incredible hulk, ranked worst to best. But thanks to their partnership with marvel on 2003s hulk and 2008s incredible hulk movies, it appears universal still has to be somewhat involved in all the hulk specific movies marvel makes. Wouldnt it have made more financial sense to pick a new marvel character. Jul 30, 2017 the battle between the ff and the hulk only lasted a few pages, with the thing hulk clash cut short when the hulk was knocked unconscious.
How marvel decided iron man would be its first superhero movie. Oct 25, 2017 spiderman vs the lizard school fight scene the amazing spiderman 2012 movie clip hd duration. Every superhero and comic book movie in chronological. First unit production on the film is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks in anticipation of the movie s may 1, 2015 release date. Jun 11, 2018 the movie will be released on this date in the united states. Ang lees hulk was a divisive movie when it was released back in 2003, but this newly revealed concept art takes us into the making of the marvel comics adaptation.
It was directed by louis leterrier from a screenplay by zak penn, and stars edward norton as bruce banner alongside liv tyler, tim roth, tim blake nelson, ty burrell. The incredible hulk is a 2008 american superhero film based on the marvel comics character the hulk. Hulk 2003 first transformation scene movie clip hd. It begins with a group of young people driving in a thunderstorm and a tree falls over onto the road.
Another mark ruffalo upcoming movie is the incredible hulk 2 in which ruffalo will reprise his role as bruce banner the hulk. Theres also the factors of hulk being a arguably less interesting character from a cinematic standpoint. Directed by louis leterrier, the incredible hulk isnt an origin story, which is fairly surprising given that most of the phase one movies were. The film explores the origins of bruce banner, who after a lab. Why was this second film created so soon after the first. Zoals in veel marvel films heeft stan lee een cameo in deze film.
It counts among its characters such wellknown superheroes as spiderman, iron man, hulk, thor, captain america, black panther, doctor strange, antman, wolverine, daredevil and deadpool, and such teams as the avengers, the xmen, the fantastic four, and the guardians of the galaxy. The hulk reluctantly befriends the combatants on his team. Marvels first hulk is rewriting your mind with a book that. Difference between hulk and incredible hulk compare the.
There was an effort made to tie the incredible hulk. It is directed by louis leterrier and stars edward norton as bruce banner, liv tyler as betty ross, william hurt as her father thaddeus ross and tim roth as the villainous emil blonsky, known in the comics as the abomination. Hulk is een amerikaanse actie en sciencefictionfilm uit 2003, geregisseerd door. In fact, the first volume of the incredible hulk was canceled after only six issues, due to poor sales even after the hulk returned to lead his own marvel series, many writers didnt. Mark ruffalo says that a solo hulk movie will never happen for this reason.
Even after the hulk returned to lead his own marvel series, many writers didnt know how to keep him interesting for readers over the long haul. Hyde in the hulk s creation, while kirby recalled as inspiration the tale of a mother who rescues her child. Since then he has been adopted by the marvel cinematic universe and is the subject of two movies, with a third movie on the way later in 2017. While hulk gained a great deal of notoriety thanks to the incredible hulk television show, and was considered by many to be the best part of joss. The incredible hulk, the liveaction tv series based on the popular marvel comics character, was preceded by a 2hour tv movie pilot. What are all the hulk movies in order, including the years. Change directors, alter the script, and add it to the universe. He finds the lab where the creature originated, a man claims to have been the first hulk and most importantly, a cure. Spiderman vs the lizard school fight scene the amazing spiderman 2012 movie clip hd duration. The actors playing major roles in this film were eric bana, jennifer connelly, josh lucas, and nick nolte. The film was a new version of the hulk origins story. Marvel looks back at iron manthe movie that started it all. It was directed by ang lee and featured eric bana as bruce banner, jennifer connelly as betty ross, and sam elliott as general thunderbolt ross.
In his comic book appearances, the character is both the hulk, a greenskinned, hulking and muscular humanoid possessing a vast degree of physical strength, and. Script by stan lee, pencils by jack kirby, inks by paul reinman. Hulk is a 2003 american superhero film based on the fictional marvel comics character of the. Ang lee is a wonderful and imaginative director, and his adaptation of the incredible hulk is wonderful for the time it was made. Foxs deadpool movie made pretty much all the money when it hit the big.
List of films based on marvel comics publications wikipedia. Marvels early movie history 1944 to 1990 geektyrant. The first part 1 is episode sixtynine of the liveaction tv series the incredible hulk. People will never understand how important thor 1 was to the mcu. A fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress. This was the first marvel movie version of the hulk. His first trip to theaters, ang lees 2003 hulk, underperformed and so did louis leterriers 2008 incredible hulk, which tried to reboot the story to middling effect. Marvel comics is a publisher of american comic books and related media. Was the marvel cinematic universe planned before the first. Mar 18, 2020 marvels first hulk is rewriting your mind with a book that doesnt exist. Why marvel doesnt really want to give hulk a movie. What are all the hulk movies in order, including the years they were.
There was an effort made to tie the incredible hulk into the larger marvel. Hulk is the name of a movie made by director ang lee on the superhero called hulk. Nine years and 16 movies since that first marvel studios effort, feige and the rest of the team behind the first iron mandirector jon favreau, star robert downey jr. Indeed, during press rounds leterreier claimed a whopping 70 minutes of footage ended up being cut out of the movie. With edward norton, liv tyler, tim roth, william hurt. This was another fun made fortv hulk movie, and it was the first marvel film ever to include a cameo by stan lee.
Universal bought the movie rights to the hulk in the 1990s, which first spawned ang lees sluggish hulk in 2003 and louis leterriers the incredible hulk in 2008. They first wanted to do a series of solo movies for the primary heroes iron man, hulk, captain america, thor that would lead into the avengers. There have been several movies based on the gargantuan green monsterantihero, but very few did justice to his epic comical saga. Its a strange twist of fate that even now, getting a hulk solo movie made seems almost. In april of 2015, ruffalo told collider that as far as a hulk movie, a standalone hulk movie, marvel doesnt really have the rights to that yet.
This film has been in development in hollywood from 2008 when the first film in this franchise the incredible hulk was released. The incredible hulk movie clip antidote test 2008 edward norton marvel superhero movie hd duration. Oh, so thats why marvel hasnt made any more hulk movies. Eric bana stars as bruce banner hulk, alongside jennifer connelly, sam elliott, josh lucas, and nick nolte.
The hulk is a fictional superhero appearing in publications by the american publisher marvel comics. The first movie was decent all around even had some cool standout parts like the hulk bashing those tanks to bits in the desert. Iron mans hulkbuster armor revealed in new avengers. The incredible hulk 1977 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. They swerve, hitting a standing tree, causing the car to be inoperable. Some may be uncomfortable with the child and wife abuse show in the movie, but when the hulk makes his appearance, hes far stronger and determined than the next movie in the series, and eric bana is a far better bruce banner than the emaciated ed norton. Produced by marvel studios and distributed by universal pictures, it is the second film in the marvel cinematic universe mcu. Best hulk movies ive been a huge fan of the hulk ever since i first came. The incredible hulk is an odd fit for the mcu, speeding through its origin story in the first few minutes before acting as a quasisequel and reboot of ang lees 2003 film starring eric bana. Nov 03, 2016 the first two hulk films did a decent job of bringing the green behemoth to life via cgi, but marvel studios really knocked it out of the park with the avengers and avengers.
The continuity between this movie and subsequent mcu films remains the same, but as performances go, norton and ruffalos takes on the character are. Apr 30, 2015 while hulk gained a great deal of notoriety thanks to the incredible hulk television show, and was considered by many to be the best part of joss whedons the avengers, the two solo features in. A look at how much liveaction incredible hulk has changed since 1977. Though the film was not a success at the box office, a sequel was made in 2008 that was named incredible hulk. Hulk is a 2003 american superhero film based on the fictional marvel comics character of the same name. For example, he brought in the hulk dogs from the comics and he made the decision to use banners father as a real. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into whenever he loses his temper. Why marvel doesnt really want to give hulk a movie eric eisenberg. Like the first two before it, the movie was planned to include another marvel. Seven years later, she hulk gained another standalone comic run with 1989s the. Ang lee felt obliged to cast bana upon seeing chopper, and first approached the actor in july 2001.
David barr travels to vissaria where another hulk was sighted years before. Thor is a marvel superhero that made his first appearance in comic books dating all the way back to the 1960s. Wasserman, lisa ann beley, mark hildreth, liam obrien. Then just five years later there was another hulk film, apparently a reboot, called the incredible hulk. Best hulk movies ive been a huge fan of the hulk ever since i first came across the character in marvel comics. May 14, 2018 in 2008, marvel studios made a gamble that should be studied in film classes and business schools for years to come when it released iron man, thus birthing the marvel cinematic universe. By comparison, twentieth century foxs two fantastic four movies both made more than the hulk movies. Saved it entirely basically by justifying franchise continuation following the hulk disaster and caps first movie not making much money, introduced an extremely compelling loki who was the glue that made avengers 2012 work so well as well as giving a storyline reason for their creation, and introduced the hemsworth. The hulk has plenty of appearances in the mcu left to go, but dont count on any of those being in a solo movie. Evolution of hulk in movies 19882018 bruce banner history.
They walk to the clive house and decide to go in to call home because they were. With bright red skin and orange, glowing eyes, the red hulk was a striking figure who grew in popularity. Oct 26, 2017 the incredible hulk movie clip antidote test 2008 edward norton marvel superhero movie hd duration. The official marvel movie page for the incredible hulk. Apr 22, 2019 indeed, during press rounds leterreier claimed a whopping 70 minutes of footage ended up being cut out of the movie. The comic book company was then known as timely comics, before it. The first appearance and origin of the incredible hulk in the coming of the hulk. With bill bixby, jack colvin, lou ferrigno, harry townes. Created by writer stan lee and artist jack kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of the incredible hulk may 1962. Marvel did try to mount its own she hulk movie in the late 1980s.
Mark ruffalos incredible hulk may be a fanfavorite in the marvel cinematic universe, but that only makes it more surprising that when hulk was first introduced in 1962, he was not a popular marvel hero. The first appearance of the human torch the android. With eric bana, jennifer connelly, sam elliott, josh lucas. It counts among its characters such wellknown superheroes as spiderman, iron man, hulk, thor, captain america, black panther, doctor strange, antman, wolverine, daredevil and deadpool, and such teams as the avengers, the xmen, the fantastic four, and the. No, the 2003, ang lee film titled hulk was not a part of the mcu. Bruce banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry. Here at flights, tights, and movie nights, my goal is to seek out and watch every superhero and comic book based movie out there, this is my attempt at creating a comprehensive list of every single one i can find as well as the ones coming out in the near future. The incredible hulk is a 2008 film based on the marvel comics superhero, a reboot to the 2003 film and the second film in the marvel cinematic universe. It also included the first liveaction appearances by the kingpin, played by john rhysdavies the lord of the rings, and matt murdock a. Why a solo hulk movie will never happen, according to mark.
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