The Newly Improved M Mottola(Version 2006)
2006-01-03 05:31:09 UTC
Source: Moviehole
Everything that I'm hearing - Both Eric Bana and Ang Lee refusing to do it,
Universal and Marvel talking low-budget DTV follow-ups or animated DVD
Premieres instead - about a "Hulk 2" (Personally, I'd rather watch ants
attack a sweaty cat bowl) seems to fit in with a few words star Eric Bana
gave NYNewsday.com today.
Bana, whose now one of the most in-demand actors this side of Highland,
admits that the big green guy's first venture into multiplexes wasn't a very
victorious one and that "Nobody's talking about any sequel".
That's news to Marvel, which still lists a "Hulk 2" on their schedule.
Granted, that might be the DTV sequel or something else that Bana won't have
to get involved in, so no need to take an eraser to that listing yet.
A source of the 'hole told us last year that the delay with a sequel wasn't
because they were waiting fort a good script (which the producers regularly
used as counter) but because of Bana, who was just plain non-interested in
committing to another bout as Bruce Banner. Who could blame him either?
Spielberg's "Munich", Curtis Hanson's "Lucky You" - not exactly films you'd
turn away from to do a comic book sequel (especially one that didn't make
anywhere near the money of peers like "Spider-Man", "X-Men" or "Batman
Begins").
Marvel's Avi Arad said recently that a "Hulk 2" would be more
adventure-ridden and less-psychological drama, something the first film was
criticised widely for. "It's going to be Hulk-lite," he said. "It'll be the
end of movie one, the beginning of movie two. Now he's come to terms with
his life and who he is and we can let him be now Hulk the hero. Movie one
seemed to have been tough on some people, but some of us think it is one of
the more courageous depictions of a comic book character."
Now that "Munich" has turned Eric Bana into an even bigger star - seems he's
found the goolies to admit he won't be wearing the ripped purple shorts
again.
Maybe Uni should just cut their losses, move on, and greenlit that
long-awaited "She Hulk" starring Briggite Nielsen. I'm not kidding. It was
first mentioned about fifteen years ago. Imagine my disappointment not
seeing it on release schedules each and every year. Imagine.
Everything that I'm hearing - Both Eric Bana and Ang Lee refusing to do it,
Universal and Marvel talking low-budget DTV follow-ups or animated DVD
Premieres instead - about a "Hulk 2" (Personally, I'd rather watch ants
attack a sweaty cat bowl) seems to fit in with a few words star Eric Bana
gave NYNewsday.com today.
Bana, whose now one of the most in-demand actors this side of Highland,
admits that the big green guy's first venture into multiplexes wasn't a very
victorious one and that "Nobody's talking about any sequel".
That's news to Marvel, which still lists a "Hulk 2" on their schedule.
Granted, that might be the DTV sequel or something else that Bana won't have
to get involved in, so no need to take an eraser to that listing yet.
A source of the 'hole told us last year that the delay with a sequel wasn't
because they were waiting fort a good script (which the producers regularly
used as counter) but because of Bana, who was just plain non-interested in
committing to another bout as Bruce Banner. Who could blame him either?
Spielberg's "Munich", Curtis Hanson's "Lucky You" - not exactly films you'd
turn away from to do a comic book sequel (especially one that didn't make
anywhere near the money of peers like "Spider-Man", "X-Men" or "Batman
Begins").
Marvel's Avi Arad said recently that a "Hulk 2" would be more
adventure-ridden and less-psychological drama, something the first film was
criticised widely for. "It's going to be Hulk-lite," he said. "It'll be the
end of movie one, the beginning of movie two. Now he's come to terms with
his life and who he is and we can let him be now Hulk the hero. Movie one
seemed to have been tough on some people, but some of us think it is one of
the more courageous depictions of a comic book character."
Now that "Munich" has turned Eric Bana into an even bigger star - seems he's
found the goolies to admit he won't be wearing the ripped purple shorts
again.
Maybe Uni should just cut their losses, move on, and greenlit that
long-awaited "She Hulk" starring Briggite Nielsen. I'm not kidding. It was
first mentioned about fifteen years ago. Imagine my disappointment not
seeing it on release schedules each and every year. Imagine.
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