Incredible Hulk has aleady had two shots at the big screen, and while he will get his third chance with a third actor playing Banner in The Avengers, but we are already hearing that Marvel and ABC are considering a Live Action Hulk TV series.
And now we get word that Guillermo Del Toro has signed on to direct and oversee the look of The Hulk himself.
Just recently it was announced that Marvel and ABC will team for a live-action “Incredible Hulk” TV series, and now comes word that Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) and “Battlestar Galactica” producer David Eick have signed on for the project.
The series will be an origin story, in which physicist Bruce Banner will be in his mid-twenties and still a motivated individual. Regarding his green alter ego, The Hulk will be a mixture of prosthetics, puppetry and CGI.
Man in suit! Man in suit! Man in suit!
Honestly with TV budgets, a full CG Hulk would really push some budgets, but it might be better than just a big guy painted green. But with Del Toro behind the look of the character, I wonder exactly what he might come up with. As long as the Hulk doesn’t have eyes in the palm of his hands or something strange like that, it should go well.
Del Toro did excellent work with Hellboy and that larger than life character was created much the way they indicate they will approach the Hulk. Hulk has to be MASSIVE for the character to be believable to me, but I will wait to see what they do with hit before building anticipation or dismissal.
The TV series is slated to come out on the small screen after The Avengers, but will not be a spinoff of that version.
What do you think of names like Del Toro directing?
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