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Director Louis Leterrier spoke about "The Incredible Hulk" at the Marvel Studios panel on Saturday during Comic Con. Here's what he said, as originally found on Comics Continuum:
* Letterier said he was hesitant to follow Ang Lee and didn't want to do it at first, but was convinced by Marvel that there could be another Hulk movie.
"I've known these guys for a while," Letterier said of the Marvel Studios executives. "We've been running around each other like dogs in love."
* Letterier said he did several storyboards and conceptual art because he had never worked with a super-hero before.
"The things he put together were some of the best sequences we had ever seen," [producer Kevin] Feige said. "And what he has planned for the aspects of the Hulk -- the Hulk as hero -- I think is going to make you guys very, very excited."
"The idea behind this movie is the make the Hulk the action/adventure we're all dying for," [executive producer] Ari Arad said. He added that it will feel a little bit more like the television series, with the Hulk on the run.
* The Abomination will be the villain, and General Ross will return.
"Super-heroes, for me, they work when you feel your hero is in real jeopardy," Letterier said. "Spider-Man is amazing movie for that because you really feel could be done in at any moment.
"I want to see that. We needed it. So the Abomination is a mega-bad Hulk. He's going to be an amazing creature."
* Leterrier also said there will be no poodles, a reference to the first film. "Promise," he said.
* Leterrier said production will start in April.
* Asked about crossovers, Feige said it's not a coincidence that the characters Marvel is working on might some day end up being The Avengers.
"That possibility excites all of us," he said. "Now that it's all under one roof, it could be done."
He added that Marvel's pre-existing pipeline with other studios will probably "continue for a long time to come."
* "The good thing about No. 2s is that you don't have to deal with origin," Leterrier said. "You don't waste 45 minutes of your time explaining the origin and then cram the whole plot of the movie into a 45-minute sequence.
"It's not so much the origin that's interesting about the Hulk. It's the stuggle, Banner's hate for this monster. We'll explore that much more. It's more about how you deal with yourself being a monster."
* Leterrier said he wasn't sure how much the Hulk will talk. "But I just met Lou Ferrigno and he said he'll do the voice," he added, drawing laughs and cheers.
* Leterrier described the movie as "Frankenstein meets Jekyll and Hyde with a little bit of Edward Scissorhands."
Comments, anyone?
* Letterier said he was hesitant to follow Ang Lee and didn't want to do it at first, but was convinced by Marvel that there could be another Hulk movie.
"I've known these guys for a while," Letterier said of the Marvel Studios executives. "We've been running around each other like dogs in love."
* Letterier said he did several storyboards and conceptual art because he had never worked with a super-hero before.
"The things he put together were some of the best sequences we had ever seen," [producer Kevin] Feige said. "And what he has planned for the aspects of the Hulk -- the Hulk as hero -- I think is going to make you guys very, very excited."
"The idea behind this movie is the make the Hulk the action/adventure we're all dying for," [executive producer] Ari Arad said. He added that it will feel a little bit more like the television series, with the Hulk on the run.
* The Abomination will be the villain, and General Ross will return.
"Super-heroes, for me, they work when you feel your hero is in real jeopardy," Letterier said. "Spider-Man is amazing movie for that because you really feel could be done in at any moment.
"I want to see that. We needed it. So the Abomination is a mega-bad Hulk. He's going to be an amazing creature."
* Leterrier also said there will be no poodles, a reference to the first film. "Promise," he said.
* Leterrier said production will start in April.
* Asked about crossovers, Feige said it's not a coincidence that the characters Marvel is working on might some day end up being The Avengers.
"That possibility excites all of us," he said. "Now that it's all under one roof, it could be done."
He added that Marvel's pre-existing pipeline with other studios will probably "continue for a long time to come."
* "The good thing about No. 2s is that you don't have to deal with origin," Leterrier said. "You don't waste 45 minutes of your time explaining the origin and then cram the whole plot of the movie into a 45-minute sequence.
"It's not so much the origin that's interesting about the Hulk. It's the stuggle, Banner's hate for this monster. We'll explore that much more. It's more about how you deal with yourself being a monster."
* Leterrier said he wasn't sure how much the Hulk will talk. "But I just met Lou Ferrigno and he said he'll do the voice," he added, drawing laughs and cheers.
* Leterrier described the movie as "Frankenstein meets Jekyll and Hyde with a little bit of Edward Scissorhands."
Comments, anyone?
It's in the Hulk 2 forums since the Sunday after I went. Leterrier even joked saying how we're all going to see Lou Ferrigno kiss his ass to be in this movie, and how when he left the panel and back to the floor we could all watch.
