Visual effects director-turned-helmer Pitof is in negotiations to direct Universal Pictures' "Incredible Hulk". Eric Bana continues to be attached to the project, which has no start date. Pitof is known for his visual effects work on such projects as "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc," "Asterix & Obelix vs. Caesar" and "Alien: Resurrection." Marvel Studios. producer Avi Arad is overseeing the project. Zak Penn wrote the most recent draft of the script, which is about Bruce Banner's continuing struggle to fight the beast within with a new villain called Abomination threatening the ones he loves the most.Pitof, whose birth name is Jean-Christophe Comar, is repped by Endeavor.