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. For a long time fans thought the reluctance to make a solo hulk was on the part of marvel. With edward norton, liv tyler, tim roth, william hurt. Universal also owns the right to first refusal on the hulk character, which means that if they arent fucking with a particular idea for a hulk movie or just want to sit on the properties they. With eric bana, jennifer connelly, sam elliott, josh lucas. Hulk movie rights explained, solo movie still years away. Mark ruffalo says a hulk solo movie remains difficult. They initially had the film production rights on the hulk, as they produced the 2003 hulk film. Kevin feige said that hulk would return after the avengers. Difference between hulk and incredible hulk compare the. Why the hulk movies didnt work, according to stan lee.
Do i think hulk can carry a movie and be as entertaining as he was in. In comicbook stores, the hulk is only slightly less popular than spiderman, but at movie theaters, not so much. The first two made decent money, it wasnt like they were flops. When marvel studios set out to make its own films independently, they decided to start fresh with iron man and then hedge their bets with the incredible hulk, which was. The second movie with norton couldnt overcome the failures of the first, and everything about ruffalos hulk was perfect. 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. He finds the lab where the creature originated, a man claims to have been the first hulk and most importantly, a cure. This took a very meandering route to ang lees hulk in 2003, a film whose mixed reaction led to a muted sequel development period that ultimately saw the rights revert to marvel in.
Berkeley workers make way for the hulk archive, comics2film, 16 avril 2002 consulte le 27. It begins with a group of young people driving in a thunderstorm and a tree falls over onto the road. Incredible hulk, american comic strip character created for marvel comics by writer stan lee and artist jack kirby. The film explores the origins of bruce banner, who after a lab accident involving gamma radiation, finds himself able to turn into a huge greenskinned monster whenever he. Was the marvel cinematic universe planned before the first. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into whenever he loses his temper. A third and ultimately final movie based on the classic hulk tv series, death of the incredible hulk, aired in 1990. Over 700 visual effects shots were created in postproduction using a. View fullsize this was another fun madefortv hulk movie, and it was the first marvel film ever to include a cameo by stan lee. The actors playing major roles in this film were eric bana, jennifer connelly, josh lucas, and nick nolte. Does marvel not own the rights to make an incredible hulk. Created by writer stan lee and artist jack kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of the incredible hulk may 1962. 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. David barr travels to vissaria where another hulk was sighted years before.
Like the first two before it, the movie was planned to include another marvel. The incredible hulk is a 2008 american superhero film based on the marvel comics character. Hulk is the name of a movie made by director ang lee on the superhero called hulk. Best hulk movies ive been a huge fan of the hulk ever since i first came across the character. In an interview with collider, ruffalo stated, as far. Why marvel cant make a standalone hulk movie screen rant. Its amazing that marvel wanted to make another hulk movie in the first place. It also included the first liveaction appearances by the kingpin, played by john rhysdavies the lord of the rings, and matt murdock a.
Thor vs hulk fight scene the avengers 2012 movie clip 1080p hd all material belongs to disney and marvel. Much has been made in the last two months of actor mark ruffalos comments about the future of the marvel superhero hulk on the big screen. Marvel movies marvel cinematic universe mcu marvel. 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, and william hurt. What are all the hulk movies in order, including the years. Jennifer walters, backstory and how she ties into many teams from across the marvel universe, including the avengers on this weeks earths mightiest show. Playing hulk scared mark ruffalo, but rdj convinced him to join the avengers disney and marvel made iron man 2 with paramount distributing the movie. The film was a new version of the hulk origins story. The towering, musclebound antihero was a hybrid of two popular comicbook genres.
The character debuted in the bimonthly series the incredible hulk. The incredible hulk 2 was a planned movie in the marvel cinematic universe and a sequel to 2008s the incredible hulk. They walk to the clive house and decide to go in to call home because they were. Incredible hulk hulk vs abomination is best movie ever. Hulk is a 2003 american superhero film based on the fictional marvel comics character of the same name. The proof is in the pudding as they say, as whilst marvel have brought the hulk back to the big screen in the avengers for example, as of writing this there have not been any more hulk movies and nor is there any talk of doing so. The hulk is a fictional superhero appearing in publications by the american publisher marvel comics.
Director joss whedon said after the first avengers movie that a hulk film would be the most. The first movie was decent all around even had some cool standout parts like the hulk bashing those tanks to bits in the desert. Bruce banner transforms into the hulk first transformation scene the. The hulk is born lab scene hulk 2003 movie clip hd 1080p hd. Hulk is a 2003 american superhero film based on the fictional marvel comics character of the. Rise of the silver surfer movie clip switching powers 2007 chris evans movie hd duration. The trial of the incredible hulk 1989 sequel directed by bill bixby. 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. 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. Eric bana stars as bruce banner hulk, alongside jennifer connelly, sam elliott, josh lucas, and nick nolte.
A film starring hulk was first floated in 1990, with universal having bought the movie rights. What are all the hulk movies in order, including the years they were. The incredible hulk is a 2008 superhero film based on the marvel comics superhero hulk. The incredible hulk, marvels forgotten monster movie. During promotion for the movie, the filmmakers have noted that a conscious decision was made to make their movie more like the incredible hulk tv series starring bill bixby and lou ferrigno the films fugitive theme. The official marvel movie page for the incredible hulk. They did leave some of my music in the movie, said danna, so the arabic singing and some of the drumming is mine. Where the first iron man film was mechanical, with its protagonist engineering his way to a new heroic path, the incredible hulk is its biological equivalent, and a more unwitting one at that. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into, whenever he loses his temper. Marvels early movie history 1944 to 1990 geektyrant.
The incredible hulk marvel cinematic universe wiki fandom. Why marvel doesnt really want to give hulk a movie. This was another fun madefortv hulk movie, and it was the first marvel film ever to include a cameo by stan lee. 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. Sam elliott had expressed interest in reprising the role from the first hulk film. Bruce on the run, in hiding, is a nod to the series in which david banner moves from one place to another, searching for a cure for his condition. This was the first marvel movie version of the hulk. With bill bixby, jack colvin, lou ferrigno, harry townes.
A reboot of the hulk franchise, it is the second film in the marvel cinematic universe and the second film of phase one. Developed and produced by kenneth johnson v, the bionic woman. Hulk 2003 first transformation scene movie clip hd youtube. It was directed by ang lee and written by james schamus, michael france, and john turman, from a story by schamus. 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.
Ang lee felt obliged to cast bana upon seeing chopper, and first approached the actor in july 2001. For fans eager to see mark ruffalos hulk blast off into space with a liveaction planet hulk movie, you can. 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. The film production rights eventually reverted to marvel, who produced 2008s incredible hulk. The film is directed by louis leterrier and stars edward norton as bruce banner hulk, liv tyler as betty ross, tim roth as emil blonskyabomination, tim blake nelson as samuel sterns, ty. Evolution of hulk in movies 19882018 bruce banner history. Why havent they made a hulk movie since the incredible hulk. The first part 1 is episode sixtynine of the liveaction tv series the incredible hulk. 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. Ang lee and eric bana in hulk 2003 sam elliott and james schamus in hulk. Hulk 2003 first transformation scene movie clip hd. They swerve, hitting a standing tree, causing the car to be inoperable. Though the film was not a success at the box office, a sequel was made in 2008 that was named incredible hulk.