Avi Arad talks more about Incredible Hulk

[Advanced Dark]

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/04/20/the-new-incredible-hulk-is-not-green-hes-grey/

The author suggests he's gonna be grey but Louis clearly stated "GREEN" already. Probably a different shade. :)

[DrFrommeyer]

Interesting... Nice find :)

[jadejaws]

this would f'ing blow if that's true. Why the hell would Avi say, "Uh we'll see".

[Sava]

he means, different shade of Green not actually a different colour.

[SpaghettiHULK]

this would f'ing blow if that's true. Why the hell would Avi say, "Uh we'll see".



this is 'cause he don't know at all

[HULKFish]

Yeah, glad people cleared that up quickly... I had forgotten about any of AA's previous statements about it and was about to FREAK because that would be a HUGE mistake to make the HULK grey...

[Hunter Rider]

Only thread on the net not to carry this as "hulk to be Grey" oh AD:woot:

I'm easy either way

[Golgo-13]

Yeah, i was a little worried about the color change as stated by Arad on the homepage, but like others have said, i think it's just a different shade of green. I hope it's not the drab green they used for the Avengers animated movie. That shade of green was terrible.

[ironmaidenrules]

olive green would be the best

[C. Lee]

A different shade of green would be fine....I will be greatly disappointed if he's grey.

[SpaghettiHULK]

I think something like this

http://www.comicsvf.com/scans/vf/marvelfrance/hulk/7.jpg

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Well, that all sounds ****, once again.

[Ahura Mazda]

I just hope when they say new size and how it would resemble the TV show that the Hulk does not suddenly look like a green body builder...

[Spidey]

I just hope when they say new size and how it would resemble the TV show that the Hulk does not suddenly look like a green body builder...

Right, anything below 7'0" and 500 pounds is unacceptable.

[Hunter Rider]

I think something like this

http://www.comicsvf.com/scans/vf/marvelfrance/hulk/7.jpg

What is this from ?:wow:

[Sava]

I just hope when they say new size and how it would resemble the TV show that the Hulk does not suddenly look like a green body builder...

i'd say the new Hulk will be more like the Hulk in Ang's first Hulk-out, 8 to 9ft tall and stuff like that. If he's 7ft tall, i'll be pissed.

[Sava]

What is this from ?:wow:

i'd say some comicbook tie in with the first movie, see that tube thing they had Banner in before he turned into the Hulk?... behind that hulk

[Advanced Dark]

Only thread on the net not to carry this as "hulk to be Grey" oh AD:woot:

I'm easy either way

Well Louis said what he said "He's Green"...while the Grey was never mentioned by anyone it's just an assumption by one person that spread. Did Marvel change it's mind to make him Grey??? I'd be fine with it but the character is more marketable as the big Green guy I think. We'll see.

Here's where Louis state's he's Green quite clearly:

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11110802&postcount=133

[SpaghettiHULK]

no, it is a cover from "Incredible Hulk" #46 during the Bruce Jones management

[Sava]

no, it is a cover from "Incredible Hulk" #46 during the Bruce Jones management

huh... looks alot like that scene from the movie :huh:

[Hunter Rider]

i'd say some comicbook tie in with the first movie, see that tube thing they had Banner in before he turned into the Hulk?... behind that hulk

It does look like that tank they put Hulk in but apparently it's from Bruce Jones run

Well Louis said what he said "He's Green"...while the Grey was never mentioned by anyone it's just an assumption by one person that spread. Did Marvel change it's mind to make him Grey??? I'd be fine with it but the character is more marketable as the big Green guy I think. We'll see.

Here's where Louis state's he's Green quite clearly:

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11110802&postcount=133

Then Arad needs to be clearer but that's par for the course for him,i wouldn't mind seeing Grey hulk in part of the movie

[miltonh]

I love more green Hulk than grey, but Loeb/Sale's grey Hulk looks really nice:

http://www.universohq.com/quadrinhos/2003/imagens/hulkgrey01.jpg


But I mean that Hulk in Leterrier's movie will be dark green.

[Advanced Dark]

It would be cool if the Grey Hulk emerged at the end due to Banner's efforts to rid himself of The Hulk.

[SpaghettiHULK]

It would be cool if the Grey Hulk emerged at the end due to Banner's efforts to rid himself of The Hulk.


yeah! a little cliffhanger to the third movie... GREAT!

[Hunter Rider]

It would be cool if the Grey Hulk emerged at the end due to Banner's efforts to rid himself of The Hulk.

That would be a cool way to end,maybe needing the smarter Grey Hulk to beat Abomination

[Sava]

That would be a cool way to end,maybe needing the smarter Grey Hulk to beat Abomination

still wouldnt work, seeing as how Abomination will still be as smart or smarter than Grey Hulk. plus, Grey Hulk is also weaker than Green Hulk...way weaker.

[Hunter Rider]

still wouldnt work, seeing as how Abomination will still be as smart or smarter than Grey Hulk. plus, Grey Hulk is also weaker than Green Hulk...way weaker.

See that....right in front of you ?....that's the cracks in my Hulk knowledge shining through:csad:

[Sava]

See that....right in front of you ?....that's the cracks in my Hulk knowledge shining through:csad:

lol... wikipedia helps ;) :up:...

[Hunter Rider]

lol... wikipedia helps ;) :up:...

I had a feeling Grey Hulk wasn't as strong b/c he is more in control than green Hulk but i figured he was smarter than Abomination.:csad:

[Sava]

I had a feeling Grey Hulk wasn't as strong b/c he is more in control than green Hulk but i figured he was smarter than Abomination.:csad:
Grey Hulk is smarter than Green Hulk but isnt a genius like Banner. While Banner is a genius, Emil is close to rocket scientist type level. Smart but not genius.

[Hunter Rider]

Grey Hulk is smarter than Green Hulk but isnt a genius like Banner. While Banner is a genius, Emil is close to rocket scientist type level. Smart but not genius.

I see,thanks:up: have we got an Abomination thread so i can ask more questions ?:woot:

[ironmaidenrules]

does avi arad ever make sense?

[Sava]

I see,thanks:up: have we got an Abomination thread so i can ask more questions ?:woot:

you should start one ;)

[Sava]

does avi arad ever make sense?

not really... well, latey anyway.

[Hunter Rider]

you should start one ;)

I commandeered this one:woot:

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11554926#post11554926

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20636

23 April 2007http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gifhttp://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gifThe Hulk Isn't Grey After All!
Exclusive: Avi Arad fills us in
Source: Avi Arad http://www.empireonline.com/images/image_index/150x180/18426.jpg http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gif
http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gif You know this ‘The Hulk may be grey in the new Incredible Hulk movie’ business that’s been floating around the internet for the last couple of days? Well, as it turns out, he won’t be. Move along, nothing to see here!

How do we know this? Well, just this afternoon we spoke exclusively to Avi Arad, ace comic book movie producer and the guy whose casual mention of a ‘new colour’ at a round table in LA sparked a net-geek frenzy on a scale rarely seen, and he confirmed it. Simple.

“It was a joke!” laughs Arad, in town to talk up Spider-Man 3, which opens on May 4. “Here’s what it was. There were 30 people around a table, and they said ‘is there going to be a grey Hulk?’ And I was thinking about it and I said, ‘who knows?’ It was one of those moments. I had just got back from Japan and I was trying to talk about Spider-Man and this guy was pushing me on The Hulk so I thought I’ll be coy. I don’t know what colour it is, and all of a sudden it’s headline news.”

But Arad did mention a new colour – so will the eponymous star of Louis Letterier’s movie, due out in 2008, still be green? Or orange? Or pink with yellow stripes?

“It’s a different shade of green,” confirms Arad. “But the colour is not like the old Hulk. And no, there’s no grey Hulk.”

Talk of a grey Hulk had led to fevered speculation that this version of Ol’ Green/Greyskin would have some intelligence, and even be able to speak, much like the grey Hulk in the comic books. However, not content with debunking one rumour, Avi swiftly shot down another.

“He’ll be instinctive, like a primal creature. That’s what’s interesting. There’s no smarts. My dog is the gentlest animal out there, but he hates the plumber. He won’t fight with anybody, hates the plumber!”

Of course, The Hulk will be taking on a bigger foe than The Plumber in The Incredible Hulk, namely The Abomination, but Arad is adamant that Marvel and Universal are heading in the right direction with the movie, particularly the casting. Last week’s news that Edward Norton – indie darling and star of resolutely uncommercial films, for the most part – had signed on to play Bruce Banner. Especially when it was further revealed that he had actually turned down the Ang Lee version, in 2003. So, why the change of heart for Norton?

“I think we have a much better story,” reveals Arad. “I think he likes Louis Leterrier. It’s a very different movie, one of my personal goals was to make another Hulk movie where Hulk is heroic, lovable, the real Frankenstein story. That’s what we set out to do. To me, I was stuck – literally – if it wasn’t Ed Norton. I was sitting, thinking ‘he has to make it happen’.”

Arad also mentioned that the casting of “an amazing” Betty – Banner’s love interest – should be confirmed within the next couple of days. Keep ‘em peeled, people!

[Advanced Dark]

Toldya

[ang_hulk]

I highly doubt him being grey,you have to think here,EVERY MAJOR HULK PRODUCT SHOWS HIM AS GREEN!.engine of destruction was a great sell,he was green in it,ultimate allience hulk-green,new mrvel mmpg-green.I think he will be a darker green but not grey.It doesnt make sense to do that and alot of fans complained that his green was just to light(even though it was accurate) and notice the mention of the hulk show,hes green in it as well.

[Golgo-13]

Phew, that's a relief.

[Golgo-13]

Last week’s news that Edward Norton – indie darling and star of resolutely uncommercial films, for the most part – had signed on to play Bruce Banner. Especially when it was further revealed that he had actually turned down the Ang Lee version, in 2003. So, why the change of heart for Norton?

“I think we have a much better story,” reveals Arad. “I think he likes Louis Leterrier. It’s a very different movie, one of my personal goals was to make another Hulk movie where Hulk is heroic, lovable, the real Frankenstein story. That’s what we set out to do. To me, I was stuck – literally – if it wasn’t Ed Norton. I was sitting, thinking ‘he has to make it happen’.”

Arad also mentioned that the casting of “an amazing” Betty – Banner’s love interest – should be confirmed within the next couple of days. Keep ‘em peeled, people!

NBorton knew Angs Hulk was a piece of crap. This is good news, and speaks volumes about the new script. :up:

[Hunter Rider]

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7016/hulkcatholicfb6.jpg

"PRAISE THE LORD I'M GREEN!!!!"

[HULKFish]

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7016/hulkcatholicfb6.jpg

"PRAISE THE LORD I'M GREEN!!!!"


ROFL!! I'm feelin' yah... Praise is the word! FOR US WHO REALIZE WHAT THIS MEANS i THINK IT COULD MEAN LIKE THE BLUR STUDIO'S HULK!! I would say a cool shade of olive would be good!!

Still though, as long as they get the skin texture right just about any shade will look good!! Considering that the first HULK was the first entirely CGI person I'm sure the past 4 years has been plenty of time for corrections in that area.

[Prison Mike]

Am I the only one who liked Ang Lee's "Hulk"? I thought the story was pretty good.

[Ceb-Man]

I am glad he is green, although one day I hope to see the grey Hulk on screen.

[C. Lee]

Am I the only one who liked Ang Lee's "Hulk"? I thought the story was pretty good.

No...you aren't alone....there are those of us who liked it. It could have used a few changes here and there to make it spectacular....but it was still good.

I am extremely glad to hear that Hulky will still be green......I was worried there for a bit.

[Advanced Dark]

No I enjoyed Ang Lee's Hulk quite a bit and will continue watching it. I'm extremely happy though that we'll get a chance to see a whole different take on the character now so we'll have two completely different and hopefully awesome films. It'd be awesome to get this chance with other franchises however Hulk is such a big merchandising machine that it's worth the risk to give it another shot to be a finanical success as well as it should be instead of a dissapointment in that area.

[YJ1]

Norton knew Angs Hulk was a piece of crap. This is good news, and speaks volumes about the new script. :up:

This indeed good news about the script.

Anyone else put off by the comment... “There’s no smarts. My dog is the gentlest animal out there, but he hates the plumber. He won’t fight with anybody, hates the plumber” ??? How are you going to make the Hulk heroic if he has the brains of a puppy? One of the problems with Ang's mess of a movie is that the Hulk was more victim then hero. How is making him dumb but lovable going to help anything? Marvel pulled it off with the Defenders/Savage Hulk twenty-five years ago but that sure can play cheesy in the 21st century.

[Lex Luthor]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20636

23 April 2007http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gifhttp://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gifThe Hulk Isn't Grey After All!
Exclusive: Avi Arad fills us in
Source: Avi Arad http://www.empireonline.com/images/image_index/150x180/18426.jpg http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gif
http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gif You know this ‘The Hulk may be grey in the new Incredible Hulk movie’ business that’s been floating around the internet for the last couple of days? Well, as it turns out, he won’t be. Move along, nothing to see here!

How do we know this? Well, just this afternoon we spoke exclusively to Avi Arad, ace comic book movie producer and the guy whose casual mention of a ‘new colour’ at a round table in LA sparked a net-geek frenzy on a scale rarely seen, and he confirmed it. Simple.

“It was a joke!” laughs Arad, in town to talk up Spider-Man 3, which opens on May 4. “Here’s what it was. There were 30 people around a table, and they said ‘is there going to be a grey Hulk?’ And I was thinking about it and I said, ‘who knows?’ It was one of those moments. I had just got back from Japan and I was trying to talk about Spider-Man and this guy was pushing me on The Hulk so I thought I’ll be coy. I don’t know what colour it is, and all of a sudden it’s headline news.”

But Arad did mention a new colour – so will the eponymous star of Louis Letterier’s movie, due out in 2008, still be green? Or orange? Or pink with yellow stripes?

“It’s a different shade of green,” confirms Arad. “But the colour is not like the old Hulk. And no, there’s no grey Hulk.”

Talk of a grey Hulk had led to fevered speculation that this version of Ol’ Green/Greyskin would have some intelligence, and even be able to speak, much like the grey Hulk in the comic books. However, not content with debunking one rumour, Avi swiftly shot down another.

“He’ll be instinctive, like a primal creature. That’s what’s interesting. There’s no smarts. My dog is the gentlest animal out there, but he hates the plumber. He won’t fight with anybody, hates the plumber!”

Of course, The Hulk will be taking on a bigger foe than The Plumber in The Incredible Hulk, namely The Abomination, but Arad is adamant that Marvel and Universal are heading in the right direction with the movie, particularly the casting. Last week’s news that Edward Norton – indie darling and star of resolutely uncommercial films, for the most part – had signed on to play Bruce Banner. Especially when it was further revealed that he had actually turned down the Ang Lee version, in 2003. So, why the change of heart for Norton?

“I think we have a much better story,” reveals Arad. “I think he likes Louis Leterrier. It’s a very different movie, one of my personal goals was to make another Hulk movie where Hulk is heroic, lovable, the real Frankenstein story. That’s what we set out to do. To me, I was stuck – literally – if it wasn’t Ed Norton. I was sitting, thinking ‘he has to make it happen’.”

Arad also mentioned that the casting of “an amazing” Betty – Banner’s love interest – should be confirmed within the next couple of days. Keep ‘em peeled, people!

Wonder who that could be. :dry:

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20636

23 April 2007http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gifhttp://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gifThe Hulk Isn't Grey After All!
Exclusive: Avi Arad fills us in
Source: Avi Arad http://www.empireonline.com/images/image_index/150x180/18426.jpg http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gif
http://www.empireonline.com/images/point.gif You know this ‘The Hulk may be grey in the new Incredible Hulk movie’ business that’s been floating around the internet for the last couple of days? Well, as it turns out, he won’t be. Move along, nothing to see here!

How do we know this? Well, just this afternoon we spoke exclusively to Avi Arad, ace comic book movie producer and the guy whose casual mention of a ‘new colour’ at a round table in LA sparked a net-geek frenzy on a scale rarely seen, and he confirmed it. Simple.

“It was a joke!” laughs Arad, in town to talk up Spider-Man 3, which opens on May 4. “Here’s what it was. There were 30 people around a table, and they said ‘is there going to be a grey Hulk?’ And I was thinking about it and I said, ‘who knows?’ It was one of those moments. I had just got back from Japan and I was trying to talk about Spider-Man and this guy was pushing me on The Hulk so I thought I’ll be coy. I don’t know what colour it is, and all of a sudden it’s headline news.”

But Arad did mention a new colour – so will the eponymous star of Louis Letterier’s movie, due out in 2008, still be green? Or orange? Or pink with yellow stripes?

“It’s a different shade of green,” confirms Arad. “But the colour is not like the old Hulk. And no, there’s no grey Hulk.”

Talk of a grey Hulk had led to fevered speculation that this version of Ol’ Green/Greyskin would have some intelligence, and even be able to speak, much like the grey Hulk in the comic books. However, not content with debunking one rumour, Avi swiftly shot down another.

“He’ll be instinctive, like a primal creature. That’s what’s interesting. There’s no smarts. My dog is the gentlest animal out there, but he hates the plumber. He won’t fight with anybody, hates the plumber!”

Of course, The Hulk will be taking on a bigger foe than The Plumber in The Incredible Hulk, namely The Abomination, but Arad is adamant that Marvel and Universal are heading in the right direction with the movie, particularly the casting. Last week’s news that Edward Norton – indie darling and star of resolutely uncommercial films, for the most part – had signed on to play Bruce Banner. Especially when it was further revealed that he had actually turned down the Ang Lee version, in 2003. So, why the change of heart for Norton?

“I think we have a much better story,” reveals Arad. “I think he likes Louis Leterrier. It’s a very different movie, one of my personal goals was to make another Hulk movie where Hulk is heroic, lovable, the real Frankenstein story. That’s what we set out to do. To me, I was stuck – literally – if it wasn’t Ed Norton. I was sitting, thinking ‘he has to make it happen’.”

Arad also mentioned that the casting of “an amazing” Betty – Banner’s love interest – should be confirmed within the next couple of days. Keep ‘em peeled, people!

Well, that all sounds a lot better than what he said the other day.

Am I the only one who liked Ang Lee's "Hulk"? I thought the story was pretty good.

No, your not the only, i thought it was superb, and i am genuinly gutted we wont get a proper sequel to it, ever.

[Ahura Mazda]

I am thinking realy that the grey Hulk is pretty much losing any relevance. The current green Hulk in the comics is quite a bit like the merged Hulk and therefore seems even smarter then grey Hulk. I wonder if Grey hulk will ever appear again, given the current Hulk.

[Sava]

I am thinking realy that the grey Hulk is pretty much losing any relevance. The current green Hulk in the comics is quite a bit like the merged Hulk and therefore seems even smarter then grey Hulk. I wonder if Grey hulk will ever appear again, given the current Hulk.

are you talking about the Comics?... if so, then i think he might, they just need to find a good story for him, right now Marvel are trying to sell Hulk to people as the baddest guy in town and Grey Hulk wont help much, but i'm sure once things cool down, the writers will bring him back.

[SpaghettiHULK]

I don't think that Ed Norton consider Ang Lee's Hulk a piece of crap... he just turned down the offer for no interest... before read any script or see the movie. And I don't think he has a better opinion of Louis(he's very good, but less knew) than Ang "I'm a freekin' award winner" Lee... but it is possible that he meets Louis and find him good!
Could be interesting to know Ed Norton's opinion about the 2003 Hulk flick... when he says "It was a piece of crap!"... We will know his opinion about it.

[Spider - Man]

I hope they go with a darker green. I remember on the behind the scenes stuff on the DVD, the guy at ILM was aaying how you can't get light to reflect right off of green and that was one of the biggest problems they had. And I thought the Hulk looked the worst the lighter his shade was.

With all the talk of moving the theme closer to the tv show, I hope they don't go with a "tv-green-makeup" looking color! Ugh!

[Norm3]

I bet he's dark Green. By going with the dark is trendy.

[Dangerous]

Obviously the colour has gotta be different to Ang Lee's HULK- grey, grey/green, olive green would all be fine, but what I am more concerned about is that the face is done completely different this time round.
He needs the built up brow neanderthal look of savage Hulk, not Banner Hulk this time.
So as to distinguish himself from the prior aborted franchise.