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The first official poster for this summer's The Incredible Hulk has just arrived over at IGN (head over there for a larger version). As you can see from the image above, the Hulk is trying to capture Edward Norton using the muscles in his back. Personally, this is exactly what I imagined the poster to look like -- some sort of combo between the green monster and Bruce Banner, with a bunch of helicopters and tanks shooting in the background. I expect a few character posters (one with the Hulk, one with Abomination, etc) to follow in the coming weeks.
Despite its solid cast, The Incredible Hulk has enjoyed (or maybe not) its share of controversy since word of the film first hit the net. An obvious re-do (following Ang Lee's not-so-successful effort a few years back), rumors have spread about Norton's control-freak mentality; how Zak Penn was quietly replaced as writer and how studio folks have clashed with Norton over the final product. Me? I still think it looks pretty cool -- and dammit if Tim Roth doesn't rock out as the villain in this movie!
What do you think? Does The Incredible Hulk have the, er, strength to compete with this summer's other big whales?
1. So far, after watching trailers and reading blogs, I'm not bursting at the seams to go see this new version.
I will see it, of course, but I'll wait till the reviews are in before deciding on either waiting for the DVD or go to a theater to see it right away.
Something about what I've seen so far makes me think that it'll be a bit ho-hum. Ibased on what I've seen, I don't think it will do any better than Ang Lee's version.
That being said, I am one of the few that liked Ang Lee's version.
Posted at 6:01PM on Apr 14th 2008 by Grindstone