Louis Leterrier Promises Action-Packed Incredible Hulk

[chrisfishlock]

from Rottentomatoes.com

After sitting through what they felt was a curiously action-deficient Hulk in 2003, some fans of Marvel's ragin' green-skinned behemoth have viewed this summer's Louis Leterrier-directed reboot with skepticism.

Now that the teaser's out, though, Leterrier has started doing the full-court press for The Incredible Hulk, sitting down with Empire for an in-depth chat about his Edward Norton-led reimagining of the muscled anti-hero. Right off the bat, he promises fans more action, saying "You'll see Bruce Banner transform in minute three," referring to his protagonist as "the anti-James Bond, the anti-Jason Bourne," and laying out the film's opening act:

We pick him up in the movie when he's in Brazil and he's trying to keep the monsters at bay, literally. Both the monster inside and the army chasing after him to harness his monster -- to create a supersoldier. So he uses Brazilian jujitsu and yoga and meditation techniques to keep the monster inside of him. And, also, if someone picks a fight with him, he's using that Brazilian jujitsu because jujitsu and aikido are more elusive martial arts -- he's deflecting the blows so he can run away and not get involved.

Still, even if Leterrier made an effort to hew his film's arc closer to the spirit of the comics, he still made room for his own vision -- particularly where the movie's main heavy is concerned. As fans of the books have noticed, The Incredible Hulk's visualization of the supervillain called Abomination differs significantly from what they're used to:

I really wanted to justify [Abomination's] appearance. I really wanted to wrap my head around the original scaley-with-big-ears monster that was in the comic book, but I couldn't justify it. And the way he gets injected with the serum, he's shot in the skin and the muscles, and shot inside the spine. That makes his bones grow thicker and bigger and longer, making him a super-weapon. So he's got that spine that flares out, which becomes a weapon. He's got elbows that stick out and become these martial arts, Chinese knives -- things that can slash back and forth. He's got this tongue thing and the heel-spikes... so he's a killing machine.

 

[FinchersGhost]

Nice find... I think I've read that last part before though. And seeing the Hulk in the first 3 minutes is something of a deception. Unless they changed the leaked script.

 

[ArtTeacher]

The Abomination's got this tongue thing and the heel-spikes...

...wait...

He's Gene Simmons...?

 

[FaT_tONle]

Old...

 

[Obi-Ron]

Unless they changed the leaked script.

They did, supposedly.

 

[Sarg92]

...wait...

He's Gene Simmons...?

Reading that part really worries me.

 

[webhead731]

As much as I love the Abomination from the comics, this new version may be pretty good too.

Except the tongue thing. Meh. Let's see it in action first.

 

[screams]

I'm sure it's going to be awesome. I can't wait to see the two of them duke it out.

 

[The Joker_1000]

Seeing the Hulk in the first three minutes is going to be a real treat. Now I'm even more hyped for this movie.

 

[Cth]

Reading that part really worries me.

Probably inspired by Hulk 2099.

 

[The Joker_1000]

I'm not worried, he either was joking or it's not being used or if it is being used, it's not going to be used much.

 

[thegameq]

"That makes his bones grow thicker and bigger and longer, making him a super-weapon. So he's got that spine that flares out, which becomes a weapon. He's got elbows that stick out and become these martial arts, Chinese knives -- things that can slash back and forth. He's got this tongue thing and the heel-spikes... so he's a killing machine."


....Ummmm........ok. Really don't like that sound of that at all......AT ALL!

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Im not sure what to think about all of this.

 

[The Joker_1000]

The tongue thing is a bit weird but everything else sounds cool.