some pics here from a comic convention, not sure which, but it has a life size Hulk. Apparently from the movie. you can see a new promotional poster behind the ATV that looks like the statue.




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That is a badass looking statue. I wonder how much that's going to go for on ebay after all the promo stuff is over with.

well if that's what he'll look like, he's a very pale green. very saturated. Is ILM doing this as well? That would be kinda weird for them being so close to their last work.

This time around, Rhythm and Hues is doing the Hulk character. I don't know if they are doing all of the visual effects.

Two new pics from EMPIRE Magazine.

Ed Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner




William Hurt as General Ross



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"We didn't want to make a cerebral movie," says director Louis Letterier of comparisons to Ang Lee's earlier film. "We wanted full action, Hulk smashing stuff up. But Ed Norton's script has given Bruce's story real gravitas – Marvel has always made their superhero movies with great actors to make it tangible and Ed has nailed it here. Admittedly, I'm not the most adult director, but just because we're making a superhero movie, it doesn't just have to appeal to 13-year-old boys. Ed and I both see superheroes as the new Greek gods, so there's a classical undercurrent to Bruce's psycho-drama. It's Prometheus, Pandora's Box, Hercules...but with explosions!" That's what we always felt was missing in the Greek myths.

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what's shocking is this movie opens on June 13... 3 freakin months!! And we don't even have an official poster or teaser trailer ! I just don't get the lack of advertising for a potentially HUGE summer film like this.

I'm still interested in this. Look is different to be sure, but you can't really tell if Abomination has ears there. I think LL said they were taking away the reptilian qualities though. Trailer is supposed to be with Doomsday on the 14th, not with 10, 000 B.C. on Friday as was rumored. The word around is that Marvel is going to do a hard three month advertising blitz rather than a slow drip.

Personally, I think the fx shots are behind or subpar (ILM is not working on this one). This is why we haven't seen much. No proof, just a feeling.

Universal Pictures just announced that it's a go for March 12 - this Wednesday!


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The first teaser trailer for hotly anticipated summer superhero epic "The Incredible Hulk" will have its exclusive broadcast debut in a simultaneous "roadblock" on seven networks on Wednesday, March 12. This first opportunity to see material from the motion picture will be aired at approximately 9:56 p.m. EDT/6:56 p.m. PDT on MTV, MTVU, MTV2, VH1, Spike TV, Nick at Nite and CMT.

Following the on-air premiere, the trailer will be immediately posted on MTV.com for an exclusive period. The trailer will begin showing in theaters across the country on Friday, March 14, with prints of Rogue Pictures' "Doomsday."

"The Incredible Hulk" hits theaters worldwide on June 13, 2008.

About "The Incredible Hulk"

"The Incredible Hulk" kicks off an all-new, explosive and action-packed epic of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk.

Living in the shadows -- cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) -- Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power.

As all three grapple with the secrets that led to The Hulk's creation, they are confronted with a monstrous new adversary known as The Abomination (Tim Roth), whose destructive strength exceeds even The Hulk's own. And on June 13, 2008, one scientist must make an agonizing final choice: accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or find heroism in the creature he holds inside -- The Incredible Hulk.

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a TEASER for the trailer?? !!!

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Well so far it looks like a tv show.=


www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com /ed-norton-and-marvel-in-a-hulk-ing-feud/

Ed Norton is fighting with Marvel over the final cut of the film. Apparently, Edward was given final edit approval and wants to change some things last minute and Marvel is fighting him. He's threatened not to do any promotion for the film if he doesn't get his way! It's WAR behind the scenes ... stay tuned.

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Can someone post their own link for it - In Canada we're prohibited from seeing it.

not yet. it's streamed. why can't you go to mtv's webpage? is it blocked in canada or something? HD PopUp

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Hell ya that shit looks good. The graphics for the Hulk are definitely better this time around! I'm looking forward to it.

I liked the whole first, oh 3/4 of that trailer. Norton looks in good form almost could've been a Batman Trailer actually then it went to shit with half-finished CG everywhere. It looks, essentially another Origin Story for the Hulk? So they're totally Dissing the Ang-Lee version entirely?

I don't get the hate-on for the Lee version I really don't. Think out of all the "big" summer movies, this will be the one I skip.

Maybe worth seeing, but I don't really care to see opening weekend.

Still waiting for Oblix thoughts on the trailer.

Well, I've got the flu, and a job interview tomorrow I've been trying to get for about 10 years. So I've been vomiting, and trying to relearn 5th grade math for the last few days. I actually forgot this was coming out until this afternoon.

I dunno'. I was so geeked up for this one that I'm pretty sure anything that didn't go as if I had directed it myself might seem a bit of a letdown. But still, happy and sad at the moment. Here goes.

I really thought (still hope, but..) Norton was going to be great in this. Banner is a Genius. Big fat nerd. Well, not really fat, skinny, but fat in the hugely nerdy genius sense, you know what I mean. Glasses, labcoat, high IQ. Norton in the trailer plays out like some kind of distressed yuppie and I'm not feeling him as Banner at the moment. The film itself may give more of the charaterization I was hoping for from his role, but it sure didn't show it in the clips. And that kind of worries me. Also, origin, no origin, almost (?) origin? I'm confused, hope it makes sense on-screen.

I think zombie-bomination works. The CG does appear sort of unfinished, but overall it isn't horrendous. It is a gigantic departure from what I expected, but a hulking monster of what looks like undead green-ish meat as villian here seems to sit well with me. And since I wasn't really expecting a direct recreation of comics Blonsky, the change doesn't bother me at all.

Then, there is The Hulk. Looks Incredible. I just really hope he gets the screen time neccesary to keep me interested here. Only a couple of minor bitches so far. First, when he starts walking, he looks like he has hulk-hemerhoids or something, but that might just be unfinished effects work so I'm not going to dwell on it. The bigger minor bitch I have about the Hulk in the trailer is, now is it just me, or right before he flexes and lets out the giant growl, does he do some kind of hand cross-step-out dance move or something? His footwork looked a little strange and over choreographed or something to me. But I am kind of feverish, so maybe I'm just making shit up. Looked kind of strange though. Other than that, I have no complaints about the actual Hulk so far. Hope he talks more in this one.

Overall, I like what I've seen so far. I'm still geeked to see this one. I'm a little worried about Nortons portrayal, but still it looks to be head and shoulders over the savage ass-raping Eric Bana gave the character the first go around. And as far as the hate for Ang Lee's version goes Biggs, I think that really defines it. For me at least that was the kicker. Sure the Lee version had some odd moments, Nolte's character and a lackluster end battle etc. All that could have been overlooked if Bana hadn't been so completely wrong for the role. Which is why I'm really anxious to see if Norton does the good Doctor justice this time. If he doesn't, the whole thing falls apart. For me anyways.

I'll still be there. Maybe not opening night, but opening weekend for sure. I'm too old and hateful to put up with opening night crowds anymore. I turn green and smash shit.

what I liked:

* falling out of the helicopter to force Hulk to come out of him.
* the green eyes closeup, right out of the tv show
* another thing like the tv show is how he's being portrayed as the fugative.
* on the run, everyone chasing him, even running from himself good stuff
* Abomination looks like a worthy opponent, not like the Hulk Dogs from the last go around


from what I've read, the final fight is suppose to last about 25 minutes! So I'm expecting a lot of the movie will be Bruce running a lot, trying to find answers, maybe a scene or two of Hulk smash a table or minor things like that until the big payoff at the end. This has me hyped, but not nearly as much as Iron Man or Dark Knight.

The film has a total of three big action scenes:

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I can't agree. Personally, I thought ILM's Hulk was amazing. He had pores and individual hairs on his head. As good as any CGI I've ever seen...including Gollum, Kong and Yoda. This looked a couple of steps above Roger Rabbit (hyperbole). Troy may be right that the effects aren't completed, however, I expected more considering the wait.

Watched it on a 42" LCD and Abomination didn't look like he was really interacting with his enviroment. And I don't think Hulk looks as good as ILM's with the possible exception of the face which looks more like comic Hulk and not Eric Bana.


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I with ya. I like Ang's a lot more than most, but it was/is definitely a polarizing film like say - The Phantom Menace.

Ang Lee's Hulk as a CG character was fantastic. People can have gripes with the movie itself, I sure do, but the big green guy on-screen was near perfect. Other than fluxuating in size too much and not being utilized enough. Comparing the two, there are things I like about them both. The newer version appears more solid, as opposed to the sort of rubber-ish consistency the older version had. But the older version was just more visually impressive for some reason. This is just from what I've seen of the trailer. I could change my mind when it comes out.

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My general reaction: meh.

ILM's CG Hulk had some great, great moments. This CG Hulk looks more representative of the comic Hulk, though.

Either way, I don't care since the movie doesn't look all that interesting.

This trailer was underwhelming. The movie looks like it was made for TV and the effects on Hulk are nowhere near the excellence of Lee's Hulk.

But it does seem to have some potential based on a few scenes and it has a sort of X2 vibe if X2 had a low budget. I believe in Norton, Liv Tyler is boring and I'm willing to see this in a theater.

This is just a teaser right? With a trailer soon to follow?

I've heard there may be a second trailer with Iron Man. My guess is they want to push the whole Avengers theme.

There have been some complaints about Abomination's overall look considering how much it differs from the comic version. In an interview, Louis Leterrier stated that he never understood the reptilian look of the character in the first place.

I've wiki-searched, and read the entry on marveldotcom, I don't see any logical reason given for his reptillian attributes anywhere either. Just a guess, w/out going back and trying to find old issues, but maybe it was just a stylistic choice made at the time so people wouldn't get the two big green guys confused. Plus reptiles are commonly portrayed as lower forms of life, and he was a Russian charater created during the cold-war, after all.

I'm not sure why people are hung up wanting a direct visual recreation of Blonsky, as long as it makes sense and looks good in the movie, who cares? Well, assuming it does anyhow. If it doesn't, I'm going to claim they butchered it and I wanted reptillian Abomination from the get-go, denying everything in the above paragraph until I look stupid(er).

Also, kind of odd, but I read somewhere that Norton is a real fuckstick. WTF do I know, I never met him. I'd be an asshole too if I had banged Salma Hyek. Because really, isn't all of life downhill after that?

Yeah, I must say that was a big trade up from Courtney Love.

The website has been revamped.

http://incrediblehulk.marvel.com/

There are some desktops, AIM icons, etc. Listen to the theme in the background. It's a take on the lonely man theme from the tv show. Pretty sweet.

Hi guys, long time lurker, first time poster (just have never really had anything to say I guess). But back on the topic of the Abomination.

I've read Hulk comics on & off for years, and frankly I can live with the redesigned they've gone with for the movie. What bothers me is the argument that they use for not implementing design characteristics from the original comic design - logic. It's a fucking comic book movie! Logically, people wouldn't turn into monsters (unless they were Elephant Man man type monsters resulting from birth defects). The Hulk's other villain has a green brain protruding from his skull, and the fin ears seem tame in comparison. I would expect this excuse from Chris Nolan (I love Batman Begins btw), not the director of Transporter 2 (a movie I fucking loathe).

I would have liked if the Abomination somewhat resembled his comic book counterpart at least give him a Voldemort face so that he looks reptilian! I want this movie to be awesome, but I am constantly reminded of Mr. Hyde from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (a man with prosthetic gorilla arms and fake teeth). Does anybody remember the quote that Louis Leterrier made about him wanting to use prosthetics instead of CG whenever possible for this film? I do, and I think about that whenever the new Hulk movie comes up.

btw, love that Lonely Man Theme on the Hulk site, it sounds fucking epic.

Thanks for joining/participating DDD.

I can see what you mean about logic being a bad argument here, but suspension of disbelief yadda-yadda blah blah etc and all that. They have to appear to be trying to make some sense, at least. So I get it. But I do agree with you that they could at least made him somewhat similar. As far as prosthetics, I dunno'. Done right they can look great, but being done right is pretty rare. Personally, I always thought one of those rare moments was Mr Hyde in League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Allthough looking back the actor really made that work, and by todays exacting effects standards it might look a little odd. I don't think it would be feasable to do that here, but they may. If they do, I sure hope it's limited.

On a bit of a tangent, I sure hope they are going to come out with a new game. Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction was the shiznit. Allthough barely tied to the movie, it had what looked like Ang Lee's movie Hulk and was good for smashing the living crap out of things. I wasted 2 controllers playing that game. And it had Joe Fixit. I think I need to dig out my Gamecube and play it now that I mentioned it.

Absolutely. IH:UD was THE Hulk game. If ever a comic book game was done right, that game was it. Damn, now I have to go out and buy the gamecube version to play on my Wii.

EDIT: Got the Xbox version (for my 360) for $8! Hell Yeah!

Good call, Ultimate Destruction was cool as flip. I loved the game, my only grip was the sci-fi helmet plot device to explain how Banner has control of the Hulk. It would be cool if the player was Banner, with the ability to change into the Hulk. Your anger gauge fills, BAM, you're the Hulk.

The strategy would be that sometimes it would be inappropriate time to Hulk out (i.e. retrieving research from a University campus or whatever), so you would really have to mind the anger gauge. When you are the Hulk, deal with it, because you have Hulk Buster teams after you. You fill you're anger gauge further, BAM, now you are a mindless berzerker Hulk (a villain essentially) and Banner (you) gains control with a quick button mashing minigame before the time is up and you lose your mind/or murder too many civilians.

Sprinkle Max Payne-esque dream sequences involving Banner losing himself to the Devil Hulk and his Childhood with his abusive father. Bonus mini game- you are a civilian running from the Hulk's rampage throughout the city. Avoid the Hulk and debris from collapsing buildings. Damn I hope the tie-in game for the new film is close to as good as Ultimate Destruction was...

I’ve been doing some thinking about Lee’s version of late.

Didn’t Nolte’s Banner work with hela monsters and starfish in his quest to make something like a super soldier?

If they just built off of the Lee origin by showing that the formula David Banner developed was used here on Blonsky, I’d say we would have a legitimate reason for the 'reptilian look' to Abomination. Then there would be no need for the origin flashback to awkwardly (my opinion) show the audience that this is an entirely different Hulk film.

You can make a different style of film and still put what's been done before to good use. Most people are going to think this is a sequel to Lee's film anyway. It even appears to be so just in how it has been written.

When the film starts:
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Is this not how Lee's film ends?

I can agree there. Every person I've dared mention this new movie to in "the real" world has rolled thier eyes and said "But the first one sucked." Allthough most people agree that the action and special effects were between passable and great, the so-so story and whatevaho' acting more or less did this one in for people who weren't comics fans in the first place. From what I can tell anyway.

I think acknowledging the first one subtly, and then very quickly showing that this was something else alltogether would have been a better choice, at least from a mass marketing standpoint. Pretending it never happened seems like a bad idea, so far. And the lack of advance-marketing (hype) we are seeing in the mainstream on this one has really got me scratching my head. It's like they don't believe it's going to do well. Meesa' nervous.

I think part of the problem is, they havn't GOT a film yet to market.

From what I've read, Norton and the Studio are still squabbling over the final cut and the effects shots are well over-due and they were struggling to get them completed and signed off for the trailer (apparently). I think if you're a die-hard Hulk fan, I really can't see this film doing it for you either. It's had a troubled birth to begin with....and the bad-news just is sticking around it seems.

At this late stage in the production and to only have that trailer as your hype, it can't do well. Yeah, the Hulk fanatics have known the movie is coming. But the everyday moviegoer (who will make this film a hit) don't know squat about it. I blame Marvel (brand new in this arena) and Norton (really does seem like an ego-driven dickhead) for the problems to this point. Stop fucking around and give us more marketing...

IMO, the "average movie-goer" doesn't actually WANT another Hulk film and certainly not a re-imagining of a character so close to another interpretation.

I would class myself as the average movie-goer given I'm not really a comic-book fan, just a fan in general of good movies and GOOD comic-characters like Batman, etc.

Hulk has always seemed at the unrealistic edge of the spectrum for me, so I liked the reality of Ang Lee's hulk, because it's the characters that sold me on that - not the Hulkitself. Though it was ultimately deemed a failure I think the wider audience was in the afterglow of Spiderman (which I thought was "meh") and the X-Men/Matrix Films.

X-Men 1 is pretty average and 2 is okay, but again, they just don't hold up over time. This is my main problem with comic adaptations from Marvel. They're just marketed for the 'moment' and just don't have the classic movie feel to them (like a Star Wars for example, which is timeless).

I think if Nolan gets his Batman Three out of the way, we may have our first timeless superhero trilogy as long as they keep to the rules they've set.

...and same goes with Iron-Man, it's looking to be less short-impact from what I've seen in the trailers they've gone with Quality Actors and realism.

Getting back to the HULK it actually holds up very well now-a-days next to Spiderman 1, 2 and 3 (which 1 looks AWFUL and 3 is a disaster anyways) both with the CG and the story-telling Batman Begins just won't age because it's not a CG-athon like Spiderman is, Superman is at best passable, but again suffers from the publics desire for a Spiderman-esque interpretation, which may be popular for the short-term, in the longer term they just don't stand up to be "classics"

Which is why, I think Ang Lee's Hulk, while not delivering what the comic audience wanted, delivers an 'ahead of it's time' superhero storytelling, and again I'm NOT a hulk fan I just brought the characters.

So again, while this "new" Hulk is a re-image of his story, it's looking more and more (to me) like they're going down the Spiderman 3 route because they believe that's what the audience is looking for. But they're wrong, because what the wider audience is after is realistic-interpretations of iconic comic book characters.

...and unfortunately, The Hulk is never going fit that mold.

Amen.

The realistic, iconic approach is what is missing with the majority of the comic films.

More BATMAN BEGINS and less BATMAN & ROBIN.

But you guys have to remember that the money made will always be the bottom line in all of this.

While I consider Superman: The Movie, X2: X-Men United, and Batman Begins to be the pinnacle of comic book movies thus far, I have to say that the money something like Batman Begins makes really pales in comparison to the money the Spider-Man films make.

This is what the studios are interested in when it's all said and done.

Marvel probably thinks that a Hulk smash movie with little story might appeal to youngsters who either had no interest in the first one, didn't like the CG, or were simply turned of by Lee's approach. These kids and teens may go and see a movie like this several times. This is where the money is made.

I think the marketing push is going to be condensed into the few weeks after the opening of Iron Man. I think it's a safe bet to say that Iron Man will carry the second Hulk trailer. Then the plan will be to push it everywhere in hopes of a big opening weekend. If the effects aren't awful, I think they figure teenage boys might keep this thing around a bit longer than most expect.

They'll need it because this thing couldn't have been cheap to make.

A couple of guys who hang around SHH decided to Photoshop the close-up pic of Abomination from the trailer to make it look a bit more like the comic book version. The first one is okay. The second one is pretty good and far more faithful to the Abomination we know.

This was the explanation by Louis Leterrier as to why he didn't go for the 'comic look' for his Abomination. I can't really argue with his reasoning.
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And yet the Abomination would have been crossed with sealife (starfish & frogs) had this movie been a spiritual sequel to the Ang Lee Hulk in the first place, hurm.

"So he’s got that spine that flares out, which becomes a weapon. He’s got elbows that stick out and become these martial arts, Chinese knives — things that can slash back and forth. He’s got this tongue thing and the heel-spikes, so he’s a killing machine. It’s pretty cool, it’s funny. He’s got bones sticking out, so it becomes like an exo-skeleton which he uses as armor."

Somehow he justified stealing Doomsday from Superman Louis Leterrier sounds like a fucking idiot.

A pic of the Abomination figure.

Comes with "steel pipe."

Latino Review has a little featurette up. Click on the picture. Then scroll down the new page about a third of the way. It's on the right. Only a Flash version is up right now.

A Hulk growl/roar has been added to the scene where he and Abomination are charging toward each other. Also, you see that close-up of the Hulk's face that played in versions of the trailer shown in theaters.

I uploaded it to MediaFire
http://www.mediafire.com/?bvymth02tpn

here's a new poster released at IGN

This poster should've been released like 3 months ago. the hype for this movie has flatlined at the moment.

I hate this goddamn movie. When does it come out?

Got a Hi-Res version. They really are pushing a lot of aspects from the tv show. The duffel bag over the shoulder, the close-up on the eyes during metamorphosis, and even a new take on the show's classic theme.

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Well at least they didn't make Hulk super big like in the first movie...that was one thing that annoyed me was that the Hulk in the first film towered even more so than in this new one.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/nycomicconnews.php?id=44245




Kinda sad that people are more excited about the cameos in the movie rather than the movie itself!

Considering there seems to be such a lack of info on this one, other than the cameos, that doesn't surprise me. It also makes me wonder if the perception of the story is that it's a wee bit 'thin', as in people allready feel like they know what's going to happen. Other than the cameos, I'm not expecting a lot of surprises here. And having just typed that out, I am all of a sudden afraid.

I also read somewheres, I think it was Newsarama's coverage of the Hulk panel, that the vial Blonsky downs the "super-soldier serum" from is red white and blue. And that really got me thinking about how they were going to do Captain America. Of all the characters I can think of that Marvel intends to send up to the big screen, that's the one that has me most paranoid. If done right, it will be great. If done even a little bit wrong, it's going to be a trainwreck. And the supposed Avengers movie will absolutely suck without a believable Cap.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal ... lehulk/hd/

New Trailer.

I don't why I shared that, because I think the CGI isn't very good and I have absolutely no interest in the project whatsoever.

Every time I see a new pic or something from this movie I think that this is the type of comic book character that simply does not translate well to the screen. Maybe it's stuff best left for 60's comic books.

Or maybe the generation that gave us the 70's TV versions were the closest, I dunno. =/

Hulk lame, sorry. I need something a bit more than just a guy that grows big & green. As part of a superhero team, maybe. But solo? zzzzzzz