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07.08.2023 - 06:41 / justjared.com
Louis Leterrier is opening up about The Incredible Hulk movie sequel that never was.
In a new interview, the director of the 2008 movie, which starred Edward Norton in the title role, spoke about the plans for the movie that was scrapped before the character was integrated into The Avengers just a few years later.
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Speaking to ComicBook.com, Louis revealed that there was a “lot of good stuff” in the works.
“There was like Grey Hulk, Red Hulks – there was a lot of good stuff that we were planning,” he shared. “Hulk is a complex character within the Marvel Universe.”
He adds, “You want the primeval Hulk… the rage Hulk. And then when you go Grey Hulk and Smart Hulk you lose that a little bit and you get a little bit more kiddish with it.”
While Mark Ruffalo did take over the role in official MCU, Louis says that his plans were much different.
“That was the fun of where I was in my movie, with the access to consciousness and all that stuff. That was really fun. And that’s what I was aiming to do,” he says. “But take my time with it. Because there’s so many characters they want it all fast [laughs]. I like She-Hulk, but then you know, yoga between Hulk and… I was like ‘Okay! yeah, we’re very far from my Hulk.’”
Eric Bana also played The Hulk in 2003 movie.
Just recently, a few MCU stars teased possible returns in new movies.
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
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Marvel‘s The Incredible Hulk would have included the on-screen debuts of the Red and Grey Hulks, it has been revealed.Speaking to Comic Book, Louis Leterrier – who directed 2008’s The Incredible Hulk – revealed details about the Edward Norton-starring sequel that was ultimately cancelled by Marvel.“There was, like, a whole sequel,” Leterrier said, adding that the scrapped film would have featured variations of the Hulk. “There was, like, Grey Hulk, Red Hulks — there was a lot of good stuff that we were planning.”Grey Hulk, in the comic books, was a mutation of Bruce Banner’s Hulk powers, combining Banner’s brains with Hulk’s strength.
Director Louis Leterrier is opening up about the scrapped sequel plans to the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk. The Marvel film had an ambitious path forward and the filmmaker is talking about what was in store in the followup superhero movie.
Michaela Zee “The Incredible Hulk” director Louis Leterrier has revealed there were plans for a potential sequel to the 2008 superhero movie. “Yeah there was, like, a whole sequel,” Leterrier said in an interview with Comicbook.com, adding that the scrapped film would have featured variations of the Hulk. “There was, like, Grey Hulk, Red Hulks — there was a lot of good stuff that we were planning.” Edward Norton starred as Bruce Banner/Hulk in “The Incredible Hulk,” but neither he nor the film’s storyline and characters were included in future MCU projects.
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