When was hulk movie made

The dramatic, philosophical nature of that film rubbed fans the wrong way. For this new movie, Marvel wanted to look back to the roots of the TV series and create more of a thriller about a man on the run.

They liked Leterrier enough, however, that they offered him The Incredible Hulk. At that point, the comic book adaptation marked the biggest film the Transporter and Unleashed filmmaker had ever tackled. Elektra and X-Men: The Last Stand co-writer Zak Penn was the first screenwriter onboard and wrote multiple drafts, ultimately earning sole screenplay credit for the film. However, the screenplay is really where things start to get interesting. In early , Penn left the project to attend to his film The Grand , at which point casting for the role of Bruce Banner was underway.

So negotiations with Norton began with an unfinished screenplay, which Norton saw as an opportunity to help craft the story, according to Leterrier :. But actors on set noted that Norton was writing during filming, as the film continued to evolve while Leterrier and Norton reportedly fought to make the film more cerebral, while Marvel fought to make the film more commercial.

I always try to bring the character and the actor forward. One major point of contention was the opening scene, which as-shot was supposed to begin with Bruce Banner walking out into the arctic and trying to shoot himself with a gun, only for the Hulk to appear and smash the gun to pieces. Leterrier said this opening was too much for the studio:. All of that stuff made it deeper, if you will.

Fans will note Bruce Banner makes an allusion to this moment during The Avengers , and you can watch the deleted scene on the Blu-ray, but that's all that remains. There were major clashes between Norton, Leterrier, and Marvel throughout post-production as Norton and Leterrier lobbied for a longer, more detailed film while Marvel wanted a leaner cut that moved much faster. At this time, Norton declined to comment on the matter, but a couple of weeks later he released a statement that read, in part:.

Regrettably, our healthy process, which is and should be a private matter, was misrepresented publicly as a 'dispute,' seized on by people looking for a good story, and has been distorted to such a degree that it risks distracting from the film itself, which Marvel, Universal and I refuse to let happen. It has always been my firm conviction that films should speak for themselves and that knowing too much about how they are made diminishes the magic of watching them. All of us believe The Incredible Hulk will excite old fans and create new ones and be a huge hit And I hope that that changes, that changes with regimes, it changes over the course of time.

In , at the D23 expo, Ruffalo was explicit in his irritation at the matter. It was reported in early that the rights to the character had, in fact, reverted to Marvel, and that a solo film could be on the cards. A few months later, Ruffalo in an interview to Variety sounded more optimistic.

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