Penn reveals Hulk details
Zak Penn has been talking about his screenplay for The Incredible Hulk, and although details are light he does give us a few interesting facts.
From theXverse through Moviehole Penn talks about what he liked and didn't like about the original film...
..."loved the action sequences", he "hated super poodles and the idea that Bruce was "born" mutated, rather than the classic, repressed, monster inside of him Banner that I grew up on. Dad story was bad. Fight with tanks good. CG good, but should have been combined with animatronics in my opinion. Split screens were a nice idea but distracting".
Okay, I went with that for the most part, but I thought the split screen stuff was pretty cool and innovative, and I didn't really make that distinction about him being mutated rather than a monster, to me it was the same thing in the movie. He still turned into a monster after being sprayed with Gamma rays...
He also says that it will not be a direct to DVD and there's a lot of money being piled into the film from Marvel, as a result the CGI treatment will stay but mixed with animatronics. So not only will it not be a direct to DVD, but...
"I thought the tone of the TV series was perfect, and something the first movie could have used. I really wanted to see Bruce on the run, keeping his secret from people, constantly afraid of transforming..."
Now that does sound positive too. What do you think? Beginning to sound a lot better than a direct to DVD remake? With the effects treatment, money coming in for a cinema release, and a back to the series treatment, this could actually be good.
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