ROTTEN TOMATOES: The "Hulk" Gets a New Creator!

The "Hulk" Gets a New Creator!

by Scott Weinberg | April 06, 2007

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For Ang Lee's "Hulk," it was Industrial Light & Magic that brought the massive green guy to life on the silver screen. But when it comes to Louis Leterrier's follow-up, "The Incredible Hulk," Universal is going with a company called Rhythm & Hues Studio.

Rhythm & Hues are best-known for their work on Aslan the Lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," although some of their team members won Oscars for their work on the original "Babe." The upstart outfit has also signed on to do work for "Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Evan Almighty," "The Kingdom," and "The Golden Compass." (Check out their official site right here.)

Since most of R&H's previous work focused on the "animal" side of the equation, obviously the team is really looking forward to blowing our doors off with their all-new Hulk. President Lee Berger says "It's the first time Rhythm & Hues has been able to take a human-like character to its full exposition ... There's great enthusiasm for this project."

Apparently this means that the Hulk will look a bit different from the first flick, which may or may not be a problem, depending on if you liked Ang Lee's adaptation. (I sure did.) Our source also indicates that the "Incredible Hulk" screenplay will be credited to Zak Penn, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby -- which sounds a little weird considering that Mr. Kirby died in 1994.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Mikeal420 writes:
on Apr 06 2007 06:56 AM

Sounds like the effects will be tight for this Hulk. Can't say much about the director though, I hated both his films.

Ang Lee's problem might of been he had too much vision when making the "Hulk", and therefor bored all the 15 year old fanboy idiots that lack any attention span.

Leterrier's problem I'm sure will be a lack of any vision at all- which might make the target audience for this film happy since most of them lack it as well

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Baccus83 writes:
on Apr 06 2007 07:46 AM

Worst name for an Effects house ever.

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blank blank writes:
on Apr 06 2007 07:59 AM

i thought the hulk looked great in the first one. even though i liked the first hulk, the poodles were a little weird.

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Now it's dark writes:
on Apr 06 2007 08:10 AM

Maybe it's based partly on a work Mr. Kirby did before he died. Duh.

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Prosper761 writes:
on Apr 06 2007 08:10 AM

Ang Lee's "Hulk" was an empty, soulless film. I didn't care about a single character and found the comic book panels annoying - I wanted to see a movie, not read a comic book. As for the Hulk, himself, he looked ridiculous and obviously animated. Leterrier certainly can't make a worse film.

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Mikeal420 writes:
on Apr 06 2007 08:54 AM

In reply to this comment (#860428)
I agree the Hulk looked great in the first one too. Ang Lee's intention was obviously to capture the look he had in the comic book. I could see how many interpreted him as looking cartoonish, but that was part of the point.

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Racer Z writes:
on Apr 06 2007 10:24 AM

In reply to this comment (#860430)
Well, a worse film can most certainly be made. I loved Ang Lee's film and think it's one of the best superhero films to date. As for the Hulk character effects, obviously he was animated. Where are you going to find a 12 foot muscle bound green giant that can be filmed on location? The effects were superb. I fear the next film will simply degenerate into nothing more than a mindless display of "Hulk smash" with no substance.

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Iamcool2007 writes:
on Apr 06 2007 10:34 AM

[b]CANNOT WAIT FOR HULK SMASH MOVIE!!!![/b]
I am sure it will be a intense action packed ride.

That is what a HULK movie is supposed to be.

Rythum and hues hopefully can do a good job.

I would have liked them to give HULK to weta since they are good at that kind of stuff.

ILM is good but WETA is still better. I mean gollum and the effects of LOTR and KING KONG were so complex yet they delivered. There were some effects in KK that were a bit fake but the KK himself was absoutely amazing and very life like.

ILM did a superb job with davy jones and his crew in POTC 2. But i can bet you if KK was released last year then KK would have taken the oscars.

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mmbond writes:
on Apr 06 2007 02:17 PM

[b]comic panels[/b]
The comic panels were one of the many things that were excellent about the 1st Hulk Move (Ang Lee). The panels were cinematic and engaging in the best possible way. If anything, Ang Lee's Hulk suffers from being a very expensive art-house film in an age when studios and many members of the audience want a soulless popcorn film as evidenced by the box office of Pirates II - an absolutely horrible film.

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pinkincide writes:
on Apr 06 2007 06:19 PM

In reply to this comment (#860427)
Second worst behind "Banned from the Ranch".

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High School With Money writes:
on Apr 07 2007 12:17 AM

In reply to this comment (#860436)
Heh, I heard of them. That [b]is[/b] the stupidest name.

However, WETA isn't better than ILM. They both worked on [i]Eragon[/i], and that couldn't come anywhere near ILM's earlier work on [i]Dragonslayer [/i]or [i]Reign of Fire[/i].

Congrats to R&H for this assignment. They just may be appreciated over whatever story passes for this "Hulk Out" sequel.

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Xhrix writes:
on Apr 07 2007 07:56 AM

I'd prefer puppets & robotics over CGI, but noboby goes that route anymore. What looked more real to you? Yoda & Jabba from Empire Strikes Back & Return Of The Jedi, or The last CGI Hulk?

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bigbrother writes:
on Apr 07 2007 08:11 AM

In reply to this comment (#860438)
Thank you, I'm glad someone finally gets that. Where have you gone Jim Henson, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you woo woo woo...I know he's dead, but then again so is Joe Dimaggio. We need more true special effects geniuses not more Computer geeks obsessed with squeezing 1 more pixel into every frame.

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Scarborough Fair writes:
on Apr 07 2007 03:17 PM

I agree, I'd like to see a return of Jim Henson style puppetry. There's something about knowing that people are offstage controlling the eyes and facial features on the suit that a skinny man is acting in that makes the movie more REAL to me. Or when someone's hand is up the behind of the puppet, and they're making a funny voice for that 'creature', it really hits home.
"this is entertainment" I say loudly to the audience in the theatre.
"shh!"
"shh yourself you fat fuck! go fuck your fat hairy greek cunt of a wife at home and stay out of my fucking theatre! If i want to hear a 'shushing' sound i'll go cut your fucking tires in the parking lot! how would you like that you jew-greek-cock gobbler!?? I HATE YOUR BULLSHIT! DID YOU GET A LOAD OF THE COOL PUPPETS THOUGH?"

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Brad 3000 writes:
on Apr 07 2007 09:13 PM

In reply to this comment (#860430)
I can only imagine by your last statement that you have never seen Transporter 2.

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Atomix writes:
on Apr 08 2007 12:00 AM

Lee's movie sucked because it tried too hard to be a drama and strayed too far from the original material. I hope Lee watched Sin City every night before he goes to bed.

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Mikeal420 writes:
on Apr 08 2007 08:08 AM

In reply to this comment (#860439)
I agree, in fact, whats with all this sound in movies today anyway. I enjoyed it when actors didn't talk, they only acted. It was also a great feeling knowing there was someone offstage playing the piano rather than this phony "recorded" music they're puting in movies today.

and whats with this celluloid photographic film they're using too. I remember when an artist had to draw and paint what he wanted to show. Man, people have gotten so lazy today.

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ChinaRises writes:
on Apr 08 2007 08:13 AM

In reply to this comment (#860440)
I like that this site would probably censor out Scarborough Fairs swear-words and yet keep his racist statements against Greeks and Jews.

Way to pick and choose free-speech there, ROTTENTOMATOES!!

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bigbrother writes:
on Apr 08 2007 10:38 AM

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haha, very nice, I'm not advocating going back to black and white. I just think people have fallen in love with green screen and fail to realize that there's still things you can do better with non-CGI special effects.

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