Loiis Leterrier, the man behind the camera for the upcoming Hulk film recently shared some thoughts on the project with Wizard magazine. I have provided an except of the interview below, the full interview is available at Wizard:
“It’s a fresh start because I saw there is a real fan base for Ang Lee’s movie,” said Leterrier of Lee’s ill-received “Hulk” in an exclusive interview with Wizard. “I didn’t want to offend [those fans] in any way, and also I like the movie. It was very interesting. [But] it was weaker ground to build a big franchise upon so we decided to scrap it and establish it from bases that are more comic book-based and TV show-based.”
“Obviously, General Ross is the villain, so he had to be in it,” added Leterrier. “But the Abomination, Emil Blonsky, was who Marvel wanted to put in this chapter—the first chapter of our new saga—because he’s the most famous. He’s an enemy that can actually threaten the Hulk. It’s very important for me that there is a danger. When Bruce Banner is Hulk, I didn’t feel in Ang Lee’s ‘Hulk’ that there was any threat. He was invincible. So with Abomination there’s actually a monster that can, you know, kill him when he’s in the Hulk form.”
This is the news I wanted to hear from Leterrier. I think the Hulk is a great character and I am glad he is getting a restart. I am extremely interested in seeing how Edward Norton’s script materializes, he is an outstanding actor and if his abilities are equally great when it comes to writing; I think we are in for quite a ride.
I just hope Marvel lets these guys work and keeps their mitts out. When Avi Arad put pressure on Raimi to throw Venom into the last Spiderman film – it was a cluster fuck. I appreciate that they wanted to put him in “for the fans” but what the fans got was a whack impersonation of a character that rules. As long as they do not mess with continuity or origin, I say let the filmmakers do what they do best.
Comic book films are among the highest grossing films Hollywood puts out these days. With much power comes much responsibility and I hope that we see a triumphant return of the Hulk. The character deserves an excellent film with action and smashing, smashing and crushing, crushing and jumping! The better a comic book movie is, the more money it will make, and the stronger the legs will be for innumerable sequels; I want to see Hulk 8 in 2030.
