'Incredible Hulk' unlikely to get sequel !

[I Am The Knight]

It was Ang's film, and Ang's film alone that killed TIH.

No, it was beauty killed the beast

 

[zanos]

The reality is... your clueless if you think marketing had nothing to do with this films failure... completely clueless... I don't know what else to tell ya... it was a good conversation though.

I never made any claim that marketing didn't have any effect on the box office but unlike you I'm not going to use such a silly excuse as to why this film did so bad at the box office. Whether or not you or I liked the marketing (tv spots,trailers) is really irrelevant. I personally hated all the tv spots for Spider-man and Iron Man really wasn't anything to write home about either. It didn't stop those films as well as countless others from making money. It's all a matter of opinion. A late release date for a teaser or an early release doesn't make or break a film either. However what will is a horrible debut film that so many ppl ended up seeing and hated. I can think of no bigger deterent for ppl to stay away from a second film from the same franchise and I don't see how anyone can anyone can ignore this obvious and rational explaination unless they themselves were not rational to begin with.

 

[zanos]

^The marketing was the main reason TIH did so poorly IMO, the marketing was simply terrible.

In what way may I ask and do you speak for everyone including Hulk and non Hulk fans alike?

 

[Sarg92]

In what way may I ask and do you speak for everyone including Hulk and non Hulk fans alike?

I could ask the same question to you.

Just stop discarding reasons that are said by members about why the film underperformed.

As Jamon said, the marketing is a big factor to why the film underperformed along with other factors but the marketing was very poor with this film and Hulk fan or no Hulk fan, everyone agrees on this. Just think about it, TIH had an opening of $58million without much marketing, it all starting properly one month before release. Now say if the film was marketed properly, that it started early this film would have opened huge. Maybe about $70-90million in my opinion.

 

[Obi-Ron]

If you look at it from the opposite side, TDK had advertising up the wazoo for months prior to release, then went on to be huge.

 

[zanos]

I could ask the same question to you.

Just stop discarding reasons that are said by members about why the film underperformed.

As Jamon said, the marketing is a big factor to why the film underperformed along with other factors but the marketing was very poor with this film and Hulk fan or no Hulk fan, everyone agrees on this. Just think about it, TIH had an opening of $58million without much marketing, it all starting properly one month before release. Now say if the film was marketed properly, that it started early this film would have opened huge. Maybe about $70-90million in my opinion.

No that's ridiculous. That would have been one of the biggest openings in movie history if that was the case and highly unlikely to happen coming off a very bad film.

If you look at it from the opposite side, TDK had advertising up the wazoo for months prior to release, then went on to be huge.

Yes and it also had the momentum of a well respected debut film in BB which allowed ppl to get excited about a sequel years before they even saw any advertising. That buildup greatly helped TDK. Hulk 03' on the other hand only gave ppl a reason never to watch anything related to the character ever again.

 

[smooth3006]

i hope the hulk gets a squeal, id be disappointed if it didn't. at least give him a big role in the avengers.

 

[Sawyer]

I hope TIH gets a sequel. IMO, it was better than Iron Man.

 

[8Diagrams(WU)]

I saw it again today, and it is a pretty good and entertaining movie. Pretty upsetting they would not follow through with a sequel.

The marketing of this movie was very very poor. My brother and friends were there the day Iron Man opened, but had no idea there was a Hulk movie in the theatres. Marvel dropped the ball on this one because the actual content of the movie was good.

 

[Judson Caspian]

Pretty upsetting they would not follow through with a sequel.

What? Link?

 

[Hypestyle]

they need to do a sequel.. at least, put Banner & Hulk into the Avengers.. for real.. have Banner show up in Captain America, Iron Man 2, Thor..

 

[Judson Caspian]

I never checked before, but Fantastic Four had a bigger box office than this movie. Can't be good.

 

[mojo-x]

I saw it again today, and it is a pretty good and entertaining movie. Pretty upsetting they would not follow through with a sequel.

The marketing of this movie was very very poor. My brother and friends were there the day Iron Man opened, but had no idea there was a Hulk movie in the theatres. Marvel dropped the ball on this one because the actual content of the movie was good.

Is it really Marvel that dropped the ball? The way I understand it Marvel was in charge of producing the movie, or as you put it the “actual content” and Universal was in charge of the marketing.

 

[Team Andino]

Either way its a shame since the more I think about this movie the more I like it. I really look forward to the DVD an hope that DVD sales an rental will help enough for it to get a sequel once The Avengers is over with

 

[Obi-Ron]

Either way its a shame since the more I think about this movie the more I like it. I really look forward to the DVD an hope that DVD sales an rental will help enough for it to get a sequel once The Avengers is over with

Here's hoping the success of the Iron Man DVD carries over to The Incredible Hulk.

 

[8Diagrams(WU)]

Is it really Marvel that dropped the ball? The way I understand it Marvel was in charge of producing the movie, or as you put it the “actual content” and Universal was in charge of the marketing.

Point taken.

I just hope we get a sequel. The movie was indeed pretty good.

I have a feeling the DVDs will sell well so maybe they are just waiting to see how the entire run does.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

“Here’s the thing — it is all in the planning stages, but certainly if you look back to any number of ‘Hulk’ comics, or ‘Avengers’ comics, or ‘The Ultimates’ comics or the ‘Ultimate Avengers’ DVD that we released, it certainly makes a hell of a sequence,” Feige said of a possible Hulk vs. Avengers battle, one which Leterrier set up perfectly with the end of his film with the scene depicting Tony Stark counseling a defeated General Ross.

In fact, Leterrier went so far as to call that shot the first scene of “The Avengers” when we chatted in June. For a number of reasons I detailed earlier, actually, it just makes TOO much sense — it wouldn’t necessarily require Norton (just a lot of CGI), it would be a viable threat to the already assembled group (which wouldn’t require an additional villain’s story), and it could dovetail nicely with a “Hulk 2″ set-up (which Feige admitted in our chat was something they weren’t planning in the moment.)

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/10/2...ngers-we-take-the-issue-to-marvels-president/

 

[Sarg92]

"The truth is that Hulk has had two films in the past five years, and it's time to give some of the other guys a turn," Feige said of why there was no scheduled "Hulk 2." "But certainly what we are doing is suggesting and cross-pollinating the characters between films, and like reading a comic, I'd like to set that expectation that anything can happen — and anyone can pop up — in anybody else's story.

"I would expect that people may see the Hulk again soon before he is again carrying his own film," he concluded, shouting out "The Avengers" as a possibility.

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1597523/story.jhtml

I suggest reading the whole article as there is other information.

 

[Aldar]

I don't think they're just going to abandon Hulk. What is most likely is that they'll do the movies with the other heroes first, and around 2012 or so we'll be getting another Hulk movie. It's no doubt he'll be in the Avengers, though.

 

[Judson Caspian]

I read the MTV interview and it certainly seems that not all hope is lost when it comes to a sequel. I think eventually there will be one and more after that.

 

[smoothbody]

DAMN hulk 2003!!!that crap movie ruined everything. marvel didn't have the stones to say this is a reboot & ang lee's version was not the vision of our company.if they would of come out and just said that,t.i.h would not have these problems!if that statement was made the boxoffice numbers would have been great. we could & should get a sequal or they are going to make a kick ass avengers vs the hulk movie.

imagine hulk bending cap's shield or wielding thor's hammer!!

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

yeah I watched a vid on you tube of the scene where Hulk turns on his comrades. Pretty intense. By the end of it all, he gets injected with the serum...to control the hulk within and then as Betty calms him down, he ends up passing out thus changing back as Bruce banner. I gotta say, with Iron Man in the scene even though he gets owned a few times by Hulk, makes me wonder about the Capt. America movie. The more I watch vids like these, the more I like the character of Capt. America. Though pretty much everyone gets owned by hulk until whats her name...injects him.

However, I do hope Gwyneth and Liv return as Pepper and Betty in the Avenger movies. They must!

 

[Aldar]

You mean the Ultimate Avengers movie? Yeah, that whole fight scene was pretty cool, actually, and I think the fights with the Hulk & the Avengers should mimic that, but be even better and more destructive.

 

[PeterFan87]

I hope this gets a sequel and with the same cast....

Just saw the film for the first time tonight.. amazing!

 

[[A]]

How can they handle Hulk being the villain..? I mean, he's gonna be on the run again and again and the loneny man and again and again..