Don’t make “The Incredible Hulk” screenwriter Zak Penn angry…you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. How can you avoid it? Don’t ask him if his latest incarnation of the classic Marvel superhero will be grey.
“That’s just a mistake, it’s not going to be grey. Of course he’s going to be green,” Penn admonished, responding to rumors circulating about a color change for the iconic mutant. In fact, Penn himself is green with envy over the way the Incredible Hulk was portrayed in the Lou Ferrigno television show, and told MTV that he wants the character to move in the direction of these classic roots. “I always felt about Ferrigno and the makeup was a much more naturalistic version of the Hulk. And that’s what we’re trying to go back to. His skin will appear more real,” Penn divulged. “In the first movie he was so green. He’s not going to be bright green.”
It’s a move towards realism that Penn hopes will permeate the reboot. “It’s not going to have the split screen and all that stuff because it’s more like a real thriller, man on the run, fugitive style movie,” Penn revealed of the flick’s plot. “That’s what I want to see.”
In a few years, the only thing greener than Hulk might be the money the character pulls in. Hulk will most likely also appear in an “Avengers” movie Penn is scripting, the screenwriter confessed.
“‘Avengers’ is definitely going to happen; the idea was always to do a crossover with multiple superheros,” he revealed of the superhero tag team group, Marvel’s answer to DC’s Justice League. “I’m waiting to let ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Hulk’ come out because those are two characters that could appear in it. I used to think that movie would be impossible to make but now I feel like it’s not.”
Is Zak Penn the right guy to pull off “Hulk” and “Avengers?” Tell us in our comments.
May 18th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Zak Penn is a talentless hack, and a real jackass. He should be relegated to cleaning animal droppings with Mark Steven Johnson and Uwe Boll.
May 18th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
ZAK PLEASE DON’T MESS UP THE HULK MOVIE LIKE YOU DID THE LAST XMEN FILM, THAT THE WORST MOVIE FROM MARVEL EVER NO THANKS TO YOU!
May 18th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
i think Zak can do a good job if he makes the right kind of movie. i wasn’t a fan of the third x-men because he killed off Xavier, Cyclops, and Jean (not so much Jean) and because Angel wasn’t humiliated as a character. but, from what i’ve heard about Hulk…he’s doing a good job there. just create a good story and enough action with a good plot and teh Avengers could be the best movie ever made…with the right characters that is.
thanks for writing Zak
May 18th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
i think they should do x men 4 first and right all the wrongs
May 18th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Glad to hear some more details on the film and I really like the fugitive idea. I hope however that the majesty of the hulk’s power and rage isn’t understated as it was back in the 80’s series. Looking forward to a great film and seeing Ed Norton’s approach to Hulk. Looking forward to Avengers also!
May 18th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
The X-Men films weren’t that bad, but they could have been a WHOLE lot better. Hulk needs to be redone more than X-Men though. It needs to start over not continue storyline wise. A fresh start is what it needs. Avengers I don’t know much about but I bet it could be good if done right.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
I wouldn’t trust anyone to write a superhero team up by someone who pi55ed off so many people with X-men 3. I am still wondering why MSJ was given Ghostrider.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
OK, we all know the purists hate any comic movie out there.
As someone who got into comics because of the movie, I thought X-3 was a very well done movie. Granted, it wasn’t as good as X-2, but no superhero movie can hold a candle to that movie.
Spew all the hate and anger you want, we all know it’s just pent up rage from living in your Mom’s basement after the age of 30.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I’m so amazed at all the anger towards Zak Penn, considering the death of Xavier and death of Jean Grey both are canon to the comic. If you’re angry, be angry at the original writers of the X-Men that killed them off… and btw, brought them back… just like I’d expect Zak Penn to do if given the chance.
All I have to say is, quit the fan-boy whining. You’re not even original fans of the X-Men like myself. I’ve followed it since the origins of the comic and I have to say that I am well pleased with the current interpretation.
Thanks for your work, Zak. You’ve done a fine job as far as I’m concerned.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Honestly X-3 was a waste of characters.
Comic movies shouldn’t be so hard to make; comics are practically storyboards themselves. Rodriguez understood that, which is why sin city worked so well. The characters have been written before, stay true to the character and don’t take to many liberties and these films should be great.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
I had a number of problems with the first Hulk movie, but the scenes with him as the Hulk were more amazing than anything I’ve seen up until Spider-Man 3.
Bright green or not, the desert running, leaping, and fight scene were simply brilliant.
I just didn’t understand why to Ang Lee the story of a scientist who at any moment might turn into a murderous beast was somehow not psychologically interesting enough, and it had to focus instead on a deep back story.
If you can’t come up with an interesting story about a man who’s a scientist and a regular, good, caring human who contains a beast inside, then you might as well give up on interesting story finding.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Penn is perfect: he is true to the hearts of the fans, and is still progressive in knowing that as science and society become more advanced, that the stories, characters, elements, in the movies being made must do so as well. Case-in-point, the fact that Spider-man can shoot webs on his own…not with some silly attached “web shooter…” Science and the broader understanding by the general public allows, no, demands that the Superhero Universe expand and develop in kind: Penn is the man that understands this and will make it happen whil making Great Movies.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Comic book deviations aside, X-Men 3 was bad. The script was corny, the plots were sloppy, and the character “resolutions” sucked.
When the X-Men start ridding themselves of their mutations, you pretty much just spit in the face of everything the X-Men stand for. That’s like giving Bruce Banner a pill so he can take the easy way out and rid himself of the Hulk.
X-Men 3 was a rushed and shoddy movie and it showed… but Fox should get most of the blame for it. Here’s hoping The Incredible Hulk fares better since its not being handled by a crappy studio. Good luck Zak Penn. Help make this one good.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Zak Penn’s writing skills sucks. All the movies he’s written sucks. He needs to go back to school and take some classes. If Marvel Corp. reads this, please hire some new and talented writers
who are better than Zak Penn, Mark Steven Johnson, and Uwe Boll. Thank You.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
X3, Elektra, Fantastic Four… The right guy? Uh, simply no.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Hi, I’m 22, a marketing producer at an ABC affiliate, and live in my own house that I pay for. I am a comic book “purist” as Jack said earlier, and those movies still suck. Well, see ya.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I do not blame X3 on penn and I really didnt have too many problems with it except cyclops died and rogue lost her powers. I really hope this next hulk movie turns out right. It doesnt matter to me if it cont. the first one or does a whole new thing like batman begins.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
This guy messes up everything he touches.Maybe one day our dreams will come true and Bryan Singer will remake xmen 3 the way it shouldve been done.
May 18th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
You have got to be kidding. the REASON why the hulk was played by a body builder lou, was because no one could make the hulk look like the way he really is in the comics. uhh zack pick up a hulk comic and tell me he isnt 3 times bigger then a normal human. and yes he was green like in the first movie moron. no one is going to want to see a new 2008 hulk movie with a hulk that looks like he was a painted wrestler. come on Penn wake up and see the real comic world.
May 18th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
I am sick of directors and producers that re-tool our superheroes. The TV version of the Hulk is not the Hulk , it was a watered down version that bumbled through a formulistic plot once a week. WOW, the hulk can barely roll a bulldozer over much less lift it. And now he’s stopping bank robbers, WHHHEEEE that …is…. exciting? NOT!
May 18th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Hey Gooch. I’m an average American consumer and you’re like all network suits… a moron. Bye
May 18th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
People need to chill and quit bashing Zak Penn!!! If X3 was so bad why did it pull in more than 200 mill? why did it slaughter Superman Returns in the box office? X3, F4 and Behind Enemy lines weren’t bad stories.
If I remember Xavier and Jean have did plenty of times in the comics and James Marsdedn abandoned the X-men franshise to do Superman Returns, so blame him for killing off Cyke.
People chill the ‘F’ out! Zak Penn is passionate about the Hulk and won’t have studio interference my Marvel like he had in Fox. Give him a chance.
May 18th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
As X3 taught us, if you can’t do the characters justice you’re better off not doing them at all. Can anybody tell me why the juggernaut wasn’t related to xavier? And why did they even try to put the phoenix in that movie? And Why was “psylocke” in there for that matter? Was the audience supposed to equate her with the asian girl with no speaking lines? And for the love of god, the x-men have 50 billion villians, WHY WAS MAGNETO THE VILLIAN IN ALL 3?!? If X4 ever happens, and a very large part of me hopes that it never does, I want Mr. Sinister and Apocalypse…
May 18th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
X3 didn’t kill at the box office. The highly anticpated sequel to X2 killed at the box office. Then, the realization that was the awful X3, sank like a stone.
May 18th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
No way you can make a good hulk movie when you’re a fan of that old tv series witch was very bad…..and if he goes in that direction, we are all doom!!!!i’m not a big fan of Hang lee but, he knows more about the Hulk comics then Zak.I read a lot (and i mean a lot) of hulk comic book when i was a kid, and Lee nailed it pretty good! For the Avengers…how can you make a movie before the captain america and thor movie goes out??? i mean it’s fun to hear from a fan who likes the Avengers and want to do a movie out of it…but, be serious for a second! good luck anyway!!!
May 18th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
The only problems with Hulk were the close association with Shrek, which was the first thing everyone mentioned after the Hulk’s superbowl premier. Nick Nolte’s misplaced casting. And Eric’s unavoidable comparison to Bill Bixby.
Nolte is a fine actor, but he was a distraction in this film.
Bill Bixby has got to be one of the most charismatic actors ever. He also played the roll as a regular guy who happened to be a smart scientist. The Hulk went out of it’s way to play up the -looks like a nerd, walks like a nerd, MUST be a nerd- characterization. And there is no reason Lou Ferrigno couldn’t play a major role in the film. I’m sick of guys like him getting stuck with a pathetic walk on cameo. I’d rather not see him at all if he’s not going to be respected any more than that. Since Bruce was such a nerd, Lou’s roll could have practically written itself. He could have played a Ben Grimm type of protective character.
In any event, I think it’s a mistake to change up the format for the second film. Because the first was an amazing effort that is probably the most comic book rooted of all the films from Marvel both in execution and presentation. As well at the only one to capture and tip it’s hat to the art forms given name: Panel Graphic
May 18th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Yesh X3 wasn’t as good as it could of been but it went thru development hell seeing as Singer left to do Supes (which for a guy who claimed to love Superman really missed the point).
To be honest i like Ang Lees Hulk but only when Hulk was on screen.
That’s what i want to see in the next one. HULK SMASH!!! not BANNER WHINGE!!!
May 18th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
I feel that the new “Hulk” movie should indeed be more realistic with a semi dark feel w/o actually being dark in the writing. The model that that should be used for the character is the “dale keown” Hulk. A more intense, ripped and please some lines like “Hulk smash, The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets and finally, Hulk is the STRONGEST ONE THERE IS!!! in his battle with Abomination. Thank you, Nuff said. I’m A HUGE HULK FAN!!!
May 18th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Marvel please look into getting a new screenwriter into the mix. Let’s focus on quality now that quantity has proven disappointing.
May 18th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
I’ve read all the previous comments and here is what I think.
1. X3 didn’t suck, all 3 X-Men movies sucked. From the terrible decision to put them in leather jumpsuits (Spider-Man’s movies have made a zillion dollars with him in his costume, why couldn’t the X-Men have been in theirs?), to terrible casting aside from Professor X and Wolverine, to terrible scripts to awful directing. I’ve read X-Men comics since i was 7 years old (28 now) and those movies were garbage.
2. If they do Hulk like the TV show, it will be terrible. I loved the show when I was a kid, but when I try to watch it on Sci-Fi now I understand why it was only around 3 or 4 years. One of the problems with Ang Lee’s Hulk was that he got too big. I know he’s supposed to be 8 feet tall, but I don’t recall him being as tall as buildings like he was towards the end of the movie, or during that awful dog fight scene. The other, and bigger, problem was too much Banner and not enough Hulk smash.
3. I read a comment from Joe Quesada a while back where he said they were thinking about have Cap’s movie take place in the 1940’s, that way he could be found in the Avengers movie just like he was in the comics. I really hope they go with that idea. It would be great to see a Saving Private Ryan type of Cap movie…with far less cursing.
May 18th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
I can’t tell you how excited I was when I heard they would be doing “The Incredible Hulk.” However, I realized who Zak Penn was after they cast Norton as Banner. All my hope sank. It didn’t help that the dude doesn’t understand why X3 sucked.
Do the fans a favor, don’t have anything to do with anything to do with anything to do with comic book movies in the future.
May 18th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
NO! He wrote the script to Xmen 3 and that was horrible, what is he going to do with the AVENGERS, kill off Ironman and Thor, like he did to CYCLOPS.
May 18th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Now that Marvel is in FULL control of both Iron Man and Hulk, I think both films will be outstanding.
As for X3, I think it’s a wonderful film. Penn did a good job under tough conditions. The only people that don’t like that film are *##@ retentive fanboys who can’t differentiate the comic universe from the movie universe and jealous fans from other franchises. Ever since X3 crapped all over Superman Returns in both quality and box office, fans have been bitter. Who cares?
X3 was good, Incredible Hulk will be great.
May 19th, 2007 at 12:06 am
I liked the first Hulk movie, though the use of the Absorbing man was stupid…
We had a young Bruce Banner, belted by gamma rays, turning into a green Hulk.
Therefore, when an older Dr. Banner, belted by gamma rays, SHOULD have turned into a grey Hulk.
That way, the movie could have ended with an awesome Hulk Vs Hulk smashing finale.
Whatever comes out of “The Incredible Hulk”, I hope that Penn fleshes out some character development along with some good ol’ Hulk Smash storytelling. While his X3 was “ok” storywise, I thought that character development lacked tremendously, especially when compared to X2.
Alea Jacta Est
May 19th, 2007 at 12:08 am
Lou Ferrigno green is better? Half the time most of it was streaked and wiped off! Granted, the crayola lime was a bit much, but maybe a big guy with a Frankenstein forehead and streaky green make-up does not a Hulk make. I dunno, a lot of people hated Spider-Man 3, Iron Man looks like an action figure, FF: Rise of the Silver Surfer looks awful (what the hell is with all this zany powers-switching crap?), and well, the last time I heard a film maker talk about recapturing an older tv show we got Batman and Robin. I fear the age of the quality comic book movie is at an end.
On the plus side of Joel Schumacher comparisons, at least Hulk is supposed to have nipples.
May 19th, 2007 at 12:44 am
This is a reply to Jason, I knwo you are entitled to your opinion but the Xmen movies didn’t suck. How else would you have wanted them dressed? Their brightly colored costumes? Works for Spiderman, but it’s not gonna work with a movie like xmen. It would look ridiculous having them in yellow, blue and red spandex all over the screen. I’m sorry but that’s the truth, and it won’t be that appealing. I think Zak Penn did the best he could with the 3rd installment. however, I did find the script a bit cheesier than the first 2 movies. I have been reaidng x-men alogn time myself and you have to knwo that they cant’ capture all of it on screen, the costumes, the backstories,etc. There has to be realism to it. anyway we can only wait and see how Hulk will turn out. But I do like the idea of the fugitive thing. It will stay more true to the story, and at the same time seems more realistic. (no more 40 feet tall hulk!)
May 19th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Agreeing with Tim above - the directors of the superhero movies generally seem to try a little to hard sometimes: The Hulk movie’s father-son relation , turning MJ in Spider-man into a completely different personality than in the comics - a mistake they’ve also made with Storm and Gwen Stacy - and the saturation of characters in X-men 3 (e.g. Angel’s appearence was really forced into the plot). Sometimes the directors creativity is really necessary though - “web-shooters” would have turned the Spider-man into a comedy.
Mr Penn’s complaint about the Hulk being “too green” is really weird - I fear what we’ll get is a CGI-boosted painted-bodybuilder-Hulk. I wonder if Mr Penn will also include the TV-series “magic pants” - when transforming back to Banner, the torn pants also transformed back to their “un-torn” state…
May 19th, 2007 at 12:53 am
A MORE REALISTIC HULK?… you’ve got to be kidding me. I almost went on a rampage when I heard they were rebooting this franchise with a “LOEG (League of Extrordinary Gentlemen)” Mr. Hyde-like methodology with the Hulk’s effects. Are the producers going back to the stone age or what? The Hulk would not have physically been able ot do most of the things he did in Ang Lee’s movies if he was the size of a human. Given, he does grow to a certain degree… That still does not justify the reason to bend the laws of physics, and comic tradition and make puny.
May 19th, 2007 at 12:55 am
im gonna go ahead and say this but i actually liked “elektra.” i thought it wasnt bad! not as bad as people made it to be. ghost rider sucked pretty bad. and i agree with alot of others, i liked it when hulk was on screen only. i think the movie was ok but the final fight with nolte was not any good at all. i dont think x3 sucked either. i was for sure disgusted over cyclops dying and the others, but we dont “know” they are dead. i will say, i do think its lame when they bring characters back from the “dead” in movies, but its possible for all 3 in x3. x3 definitley lacked in depth, but it was entertaining for sure. the powers and mutant abilities all looked great and seemed to carry over nice on film. ff4 wasnt really great too. but, i was entertained i guess. you know, this is real life, not a comic. people dont hold special powers to whip up “astonishing” or “amazing” scripts like on the pages we read. not every character is equal. like, antman is no damn batman. just how we favor the actual characters on the pages, we will favor them the same on film! i love batman and the xmen. to me ff4 always seemed a little corny as a kid and i feel thats what the film was too. batman is darker and wolverine puts 6 claws in soldiers chest!!! i think we get a close interp for the most part. i must say though, i think daredevil could have been great! if you get a chance to check out the directors cut DO IT! i can honestly say it noticably better than the theatrical version. i thought there were alot of cool things in it. him chompin vicodin, sleeping in the water. some of the bullseye and kingpin lines/actions were a little corny or lame. i dont know! EVERYTIME WE THINK “THATS NOT COOL ENOOUGH” OR “MORE, BETTER” AND “KINA WATERDOWN” REMEMBER…THE 4 BATMAN FILMS GAVE US THAT WISH!!! More gadgets, bigger badder villians, MORE LIKE THE COMIC!!!!!!!!!! thats exactly what forever and batman and robin did. they crossed that very thin line we keep wishing all these movies mentioned would do. in a sense, maybe its the right way to be. and before everyone says %?@$#@@% and this and that, i agree with alot of what you say and wish it could be the way you do. im just broadening the discussion so dont get all comic nerd defensive and start talking shit…ITS MY OPINION!!! that said, heres to hoping iron man, hulk, dark knight etc etc will be great films!!! … ps- spider-man 3 was like a batman forever of the series to me!!!
May 19th, 2007 at 1:04 am
Mike, i agree with alot of what you said. The directors cut of Daredevil wasn’t as bad as the original. Good point on the thin line of corny comic and real looking and especially “better” looking for real life film. SM3 is in a way like Batman Forever is to the series!!!! LOL!
May 19th, 2007 at 1:13 am
Ok First off, I personally feel that if anyone should write an avengers movie it should be David Goyer, he has proved time and again he can handle the comic book film. Now as far as the 2nd hulk film goes, i would rather sit down and watch catwoman for the first time than spend any money on seeing the second hulk film. the only upside is Tim Roth. even if you didn’t like the first hulk film atleast the hulk himself stayed pretty true to the comics as in his strength levels. it was always the more he got pissed, the bigger and stronger he would get which they translated rather well into the movie itself. Going for the older lou ferigno style for the next film? ummm hell no! sure if you want a hoaky crapfest of a film then go for it. Things were established in the first film, a stylization of characters and actors. when you keep switching everything around you end up with what killed the batman franchise until christopher nolan breathed life back into it. not since keaton has two batman films had the same cast until now. where the hulk is concerned, if you are not going forward with what was before you then cut your losses and move on to something else. There are plenty of other comic book films out there that can be made. just please god don’t let them make another film like Manthing…
May 19th, 2007 at 1:29 am
God, the people who still complain about costumes are pathetic. While a teenage Peter Parker dressed as Spider-Man looks good, Colossus dressed in shiny red go-go boots and a g-string bikini does not.
Anyway, X3 was still by far the weakest of the three movies, which is sad given the potential of its storyline. I’ve been reading X-Men comics since I was a kid, and anyone who says that the movies are garbage because they don’t exactly emulate the comics is living in a fantasy world. No franchise has ever succeeded in this. The movies will never fully capture the essence of the comic book characters. Deal with it.
I’ll wait to judge The Incredible Hulk until after I’ve seen it. Who knows? Maybe it will surprise someone, but in this crowd, I doubt it.
May 19th, 2007 at 2:32 am
im sorry, but after X3, Penn is really gonna have to make these movies AMAZING. X3 sucked. And he better not make these movies suck.
May 19th, 2007 at 2:33 am
May I remind everyone. These are movies and are meant to be ENTERAINMENT. Everyone here is overanalyzing the movies to the comics. Remove the comparison and you’ll find that all movies, from Batman Forever to Superman Returns to X-Men 3 to The Hulk are actually very entertaining. I was an avid comic book reader. Batman, X-Men, Spider-Man are the ones I am very familar with. Of all Batman films in order in how true they are to the comics: Batman Begins, Batman(1989), Batman Forever, Batman Returns & Batman & Robin. With Forever & B&R, I blame the new director WB brought in. He killed Batman, not WB, not Burton, Not Jim Carrey and not even George Clooney, Schumacher killed Batman. With X-Men, X2 is byfar the best. X3, it was rushed, but I still found myself very entertained. I felt thought that Phoenix shoould have had a more pivotal role. If I am correct, she can eat planets, they felt that would be hard to translate to film, that explains why they had to figure out ways to showoff Phoenixs’ powers with her killing Professor X and then later tearing Alcatraz Island lite rally Apart.
With Spider-Man 3, of the movies, byfar the best, but compared to the comics, it failed miserably, but it is a movie I would want to see again, especially when there are rumors, emphasis on rumors that there are many scenes deleted, some of them invovling Venom. We’ll have 2 wait and see. Same goes for X3, they mentioned on the commentary there is a 2 1/2 hour director’s cut of X3 that they intend on releasing one day. They also revealed that Fox came to them to hunt down those deleted scenes to reinsert into X3 that will be in the works for a future release. More than likely, X3 will come out to help promote Magneto, Wolverine and other spinoffs in addition to X4.
Now with the new Hulk film, I am looking forward to it. I felt that the 2003 Hulk was to flashy and a lot like “24″. I love 24 and Hulk tried to copy what 24 did, in some aspects. I love the original Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and I like the approach they are bringing to Incredible Hulk. I don’t like the idea though of a brand new cast, but they have stated they are simply going back to the beginning re-doing it over. It makes sense to makeup the destruction The HUlk made 4 years ago.
To get back to what I stated earlier, everytime I find myself criticizing a movie, I realize, it’s a movie. It’s fiction, it’s fake and it’s meant to entertain. Every comic book movie made from “The Superman Films” to “Spider-Man” to “Blade” to other movies that didn’t do so well like “Elektra, “Hulk” and “FF4″. They all delivered in their inent to entertain me. They did that and if I was to go back and watch these movies for the 1st time again I would. It’s a weakness, I’m a movie-nerd
May 19th, 2007 at 4:52 am
The X-Men originally all wore the same outfit. And since there are much fewer movies than comic books, they chose to concentrate on telling the story. I think the costumes are great. But it’s the story that matters most. And visually, X-Men #1 and X-Men the movie look almost identical.
May 19th, 2007 at 5:30 am
Correct me if I’m wrong, but in the comics the Hulk IS 8 foot tall and nothing but muscles. The more mad he gets, the stronger he gets. Ang Lee got that part right. The story on the other hand was too slow. Zak Penn is going to $%**# this up. The Hulk isn’t supposed to be 5′10 and slightly cut.
May 19th, 2007 at 6:27 am
to the obvious out of touch person that said spider-man 3 was another batman forever you might as well stay home and watch old reruns of the 60’s batman show with that comment and that goes for anyone else that doesn’t get it-LOVE IS STRONGER THAN HATE
May 19th, 2007 at 6:49 am
Considering the sloppy script Penn has been credited for with “X-Men: The Last Stand”, I can’t say I’m optimistic about a new “Hulk” or “Avengers” movie if he’s involved. I like the fact that he’s enthusiastic but I can’t think of any of his work which hasnt been better than mediocre. If you want an Avengers movie I think you should just draft in Mark Millar to write it, after all he’s given the comics world “The Ultimates” books and they were more cinematic than any recent Marvel movie I’ve seen lately.
I’m also getting bored of Marvel Films reps trashing Ang Lee’s “Hulk” movie. Stand by your work people, if you were that unhappy with it why didnt you do something about it during production? It’s just pandering to the film’s critics and a desparate way of saying “Please don’t stop watching our movies. You want less drama and more action? We can do it, we love serving the lowest common denominator!”
May 19th, 2007 at 7:06 am
First off all of the X Men films were good the first one was a little slow , but the last two were great, so poeple stop crying about the X Men movies not everyone can live. Second I think Penn will do a great job writing a script for Hulk. I didnt like Lee’s split screen and I thought the story line was slow and even though the Hulk is supposed to be big he made him way to big. I think Penn has it right by going back to the classic way of making the hulk b/c directors rely on technology too much now of days. For Example take a look at beast in X3 I thought Kelsey Grammer as Beast was incredible, and also Micheal Chiklis as the Thing in FF4.
May 19th, 2007 at 7:50 am
No. X-3 was terrible. Singler probably cleaned up Penn’s work on X2. You can’t credit both the director and the writer for the greatness of X2 and maybe Penn should not shoulder all the blame for X3.