The Incredible Hulk (film)

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Movie
German title	The incredible Hulk
Original title	The Incredible Hulk
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2008
length	113 minutes Abridged version: 110 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16 FSK 12 (shortened) JMK 12
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Director	Louis Leterrier
script	Zak Penn , Edward Norton * * Not mentioned in the credits .
production	Avi Arad , Kevin Feige , Gale Anne Hurd
music	Craig Armstrong
camera	Peter Menzies Jr.
cut	Rick Shaine , John Wright
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Edward Norton : Bruce Banner / Hulk Liv Tyler : Betty Ross Tim Roth : Emil Blonsky / Abomination Tim Blake Nelson : Samuel Sterns Ty Burrell : Dr. Leonard Samson William Hurt : Lieutenant General Thaddeus Ross Christina Cabot : Major Kathleen Sparr Peter Mensah : General Joe Greller Lou Ferrigno : security guard Robert Downey Jr .: Tony Stark / Iron Man ( cameo )
synchronization
chronology
←  Predecessor Iron Man Successor  → Iron Man 2

Lead actor Edward Norton was also involved in the script and directed some scenes.

The Incredible Hulk (Original title: The Incredible Hulk ) is an American action - and science fiction - feature film from the year 2008 , of a comic book adaptation of the superhero - comic book character Hulk the publisher Marvel based. Directed by Louis Leterrier , with Edward Norton in the lead . Universal Studios was responsible for distribution in the United States, and Concorde in Germany. The official film launch took place in the United States on June 13, 2008, in Germany on July 10.

The Incredible Hulk is not a sequel to the film Hulk from the year 2003 , based on the same comic figure, but represents, despite treatment technical parallels, a new beginning is. Just like the film a month before released Iron Man was The Incredible Hulk directly in equity financing from the produced by Marvel Studios owned by Marvel Studios . Both films are also part of the coherent “ Marvel Cinematic Universe ”.

The reviews were mixed, even in direct comparison to Hulk , opinions differed widely. At the box office, The Incredible Hulk grossed over $ 263 million worldwide, which is almost double the budget.

action

Quick flashbacks at the beginning of the film show how the scientist Bruce Banner is treated with gamma rays as part of a series of experiments , whereupon he transforms into an instinctive green being with superhuman powers and devastates the laboratory. His girlfriend and colleague Betty Ross and her father, General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, are injured. When Bruce wants to visit Betty in the hospital, Ross stands in his way. Bruce escapes and is hunted by Ross for the next several years. In doing so, he keeps transforming himself into the green monster.

The actual film plot begins a few years after Banner's original transformation. On his escape from the American military, Bruce made it to Rocinha in Brazil , where he earns his living as an unskilled worker in a beverage bottling plant. With the help of a man he only called “Mr. Blue “knows and with whom he communicates over the Internet, he looks for a possible cure for his condition, but suffers one failure after another. One day as a result of a harmless work accident, a few drops of his blood end up in a bottle that is filled and shipped to the USA. There a pensioner drinks the contents and collapses due to the radiation.

This incident caught the attention of General Ross, who traced the bottle's origin to Brazil. Within a very short time he put together a special unit, which also includes Emil Blonsky, who works for the British Royal Marines . Before the soldiers manage to stun Banner, however, the latter becomes aware of them and flees. In doing so, he collides with one of his colleagues from the bottle factory, with whom he had already had a conflict. Now on the run from both the military and his vengeful colleague and his friends, he flees to the bottle factory. There Bruce is finally caught and beaten up by his colleague, but turns back into the green monster and beats up not only his attackers, but also the soldiers who have since arrived. After the creature has devastated the factory, it escapes, but not before Blonsky has seen it.

The next morning Bruce wakes up in Guatemala and decides to return to the United States. In the meantime Ross Blonsky explains the background of Banner's research: In fact, it was about a new edition of a secret research program from the time of the Second World War , in which a kind of "super soldier" was to be created by means of biotechnological improvements. Since Banner didn't want Ross to use his research to develop a weapon, he fled. However, Ross still has a sample of the serum he has developed and Blonsky agrees to be treated with it.

Bruce has meanwhile arrived at Culver University in the US state of Virginia , where the experiment that turned him into the green monster once took place. Bruce intends to see Betty Ross, but she already has a new life companion, the psychiatrist Leonard Samson. So he goes to his old friend, the restaurant owner Stanley, who provides him with a place to sleep and helps him gain access to the university without being recognized. There Bruce tries to get access to his old research documents, but finds that all data has been deleted. He wants to leave the city disappointed, but when he wants to say goodbye to Stanley, Stanley is talking to Betty Ross and Leonard Samson. Bruce runs away, but is caught up with Betty, who saw him. After an interview, she lets him spend the night in her apartment. She also gives him a USB memory stick with a copy of the research documents.

When Betty wants to accompany Bruce to the bus stop the next day, Bruce notices that soldiers are in the area. He escapes and swallows the memory stick, but is ultimately cornered by the soldiers on the university campus. He then turns back into the Hulk and attacks the soldiers. Two sonic cannons mounted on Humvees hit the Hulk, but in the end he succeeds in destroying the cannons. Blonsky, meanwhile treated with the serum, confronts the monster. Despite his superhuman strength and speed, the Hulk throws him into a tree. When a combat helicopter attacks, the Hulk stands protectively in front of Betty and brings the helicopter to crash. Then he runs away with the unconscious Betty.

Although Blonsky suffered numerous broken bones, his injuries healed within a very short time. In anticipation of a rematch, Blonsky agrees to undergo further treatment with the serum. Meanwhile, Betty wakes up in a grotto and realizes that the monster has no hostile intentions towards her. The next morning, the being has changed back to Bruce Banner. After breaking up the memory stick, he decides to go to New York City to find the mysterious "Mr. Blue ”. As a result of the contact, however, the military succeeds in determining Banner's destination.

After a difficult journey, Bruce and Betty arrive at Grayburn College, where they look to Dr. Samuel Sterns alias "Mr. Blue ”. Based on a blood sample Bruce sent him, Sterns developed a serum that he believes could cure Banner of the gamma radiation in his blood. After causing Banner to transform into the Hulk, he gives him the serum, and indeed the Hulk transforms back into Bruce Banner. Bruce then realizes that Sterns has conducted animal experiments with the blood sample and plans to use his gamma-rayed blood to develop cures for various diseases. Before he can talk Sterns out of this idea, a sniper hits him with a tranquilizer dart. When Blonsky directly confronts Banner, contrary to General Ross's instructions, the latter does not turn into the Hulk.

While Ross takes Banner into custody and flies away in a military helicopter with him and his daughter, Blonsky forces Sterns to treat him the same way as Banner. Thereupon he transforms into an even more monstrous being than the Hulk and devastates the New York borough of Harlem . Blonsky, who is still in his right mind, turns out to be superior to the soldiers who stand in his way and demands a “real fight”. When Ross learns of Blonsky's rampage, Bruce agrees to try to stop Blonsky. Although he could not control the Hulk, he could at least "use it purposefully". He then drops out of the helicopter. Although he doesn't transform into the Hulk on impact, he survives the crash and emerges from Earth as the Hulk to face Blonsky.

During the course of the fight, General Ross sends support fire to the Hulk , but Blonsky crashes the helicopter with Ross and his daughter Betty on board. Concerned for Betty, the Hulk finally manages to defeat Blonsky with all his strength, but Betty stops him from killing his opponent. The Hulk then flees and General Ross lets him escape.

Bruce finds refuge in British Columbia , Canada , this time no longer trying to control his anger - instead he tries to transform himself into the Hulk in a controlled manner.

In the last scene of the film, General Ross is in a bar and gets drunk when he is visited by Tony Stark (known from Iron Man ), who tells him about the planned formation of a team.

Important figures

Liv Tyler , starring Betty Ross, at the film premiere of The Incredible Hulk .

Tim Roth , cast member of Emil Blonsky, and director Louis Leterrier at New York Comic Con 2008.

William Hurt wears a wig and mustache in the film to look more like his comic book model as General Ross.

The Hulk / Dr. Bruce Banner ( Edward Norton , Hulk voice of Lou Ferrigno ) was originally a scientist at the (fictional) Culver University in the US state of Virginia . A few years ago he worked on behalf of the American military to develop a method to increase the physical strength of people. To do this, he subjected himself to a self-experiment and was treated with gamma radiation for this purpose . However, the experiment turned him into a superhumanly strong, instinct-driven green being, which then devastated the laboratory. Since then Bruce has been on the run from the military who want to use his gamma-rayed blood to conduct further experiments. Bruce tried to learn to keep his emotions under control as he is at increased pulse - triggered for example by anger, fear or excitement - at any time can turn into the green monster again. He is also trying to find a cure for the radiation of his blood cells. At the beginning of the film, Banner hides in Brazil and works in a bottling factory there, but is eventually tracked down by the American military and, as a result of the confrontation, turns back into the green being. He then returned to the USA and went to see his former colleague, Betty Ross. After he has received his original research documents from them, he is again provided by the military and transformed back into the green being, which the media baptized with the name "Hulk" (German: "Colossus"). Bruce and Betty go to New York City and seek the help of Samuel Sterns, with whom Banner had previously communicated via the Internet. Sterns gives Banner a possible cure he has developed, but is not sure whether the effects will be permanent or temporary. Bruce is then captured by the military, but Emil Blonsky, one of the soldiers, allows Sterns Banners to administer blood to him and transforms himself into an even more monstrous monster. Banner then decides to face Blonsky as the Hulk, and after a bitter fight, the Hulk finally succeeds in defeating Blonsky. The Hulk then flees from the military. At the end of the film Bruce finds refuge in British Columbia , Canada, and tries now to no longer suppress the Hulk, but to consciously transform himself into it and possibly even to control it.

Dr. Elizabeth "Betty" Ross ( Liv Tyler ) is the daughter of General Ross, a cell biologist and former colleague of Bruce Banner. Betty was involved in the experiment that resulted in Banner's transformation into the Hulk, and was injured by it. When the film began, she had no contact with her father, who subsequently hunted banners. Since Bruce had left her due to his condition, she entered into a relationship with psychiatrist Dr. Leonard Samson, but when Bruce returns to her life and asks her for help, she immediately agrees to do so. When the military attacks Bruce under the command of her father, she witnesses his transformation into the Hulk for the first time, but the otherwise aggressive creature shows a protective instinct towards her and treats her very carefully after a successful escape. After his transformation back into Banner, he and Betty visit cell biologist Samuel Sterns in New York City, who, with Betty's help, gives Bruce a possible cure. After the military captured Bruce and the soldier Emil Blonsky had also turned into a green monster as a result of the administration of Banner's blood and began to devastate the New York borough of Harlem , Banner got out of the military helicopter after a kiss with Betty if the two are there, fall and fight as the Hulk against Blonsky. During the fight, Blonsky crashes the helicopter and threatens to kill Betty, but out of concern for her, the Hulk finally manages to defeat Blonsky using all his strength. However, Betty stops the Hulk from killing Blonsky.

Emil Blonsky ( Tim Roth ) was born in Russia , but grew up in England and is in the service of the Royal Marines . As part of the SOCOM Task Force tasked with capturing Bruce Banner, he witnessed Banner's transformation into the Hulk. He then persuades his superior, General Ross, to give him a serum developed on behalf of Ross that actually gives him superhuman physical strength and speed. Director Louis Leterrier describes Blonsky as a soldier who is 39 years old at the end of his active career and refuses to be promoted to a desk post because he sees the battlefield as his life and is looking for a "worthy opponent" to whom he is to have found in the Hulk. After Blonsky was seriously injured in the fight with the Hulk, his injuries healed within a very short time, after which he underwent further treatment with the serum. After the successful capture of Banner, Blonsky has Samuel Sterns, who has experimented with Banner's blood, administer the same, whereupon he transforms into an even more monstrous creature than the Hulk, but in contrast to the latter, remains in his right mind. Blonsky then devastated the New York borough of Harlem, overwhelmed the military who opposed him, and called for a "real fight". Thereupon Banner confronts him as the Hulk, who after a long, brutal fight finally succeeds in defeating Blonsky.

General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross ( William Hurt ) is Betty's father. A few years ago in the service of the US Army, he commissioned a new version of a project from the time of the Second World War , in which the physical strength of soldiers was to be strengthened. After Bruce Banner, one of the scientists on the new project, turned into the Hulk as a result of a self-experiment with gamma rays, Ross hunted him down to use Banner's contaminated blood for his project. The hunt for banners, however, led to a falling out between Ross and his daughter Betty. Director Louis Leterrier compares the determination of Ross to that of Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick . In order to capture Banner, Ross agrees to give the soldier Emil Blonsky, who had proven fearless in the face of the Hulk, the serum he had developed. However, after Blonsky had himself administered Banner's blood after Banner's arrest and then transformed into an even more monstrous being, it is Banner of all people who, as the Hulk, opposes Blonsky's rampage. Ross, realizing his mistake, even sends support fire to the Hulk, and after the Hulk has finally defeated Blonsky, Ross lets him escape. At the end of the film, Ross gets drunk in a bar when he is visited by industrialist Tony Stark (aka Iron Man), who tells him about the planned formation of a team. The first name "Thaddeus" is not mentioned in the film, but can be read on a computer screen at the beginning.

Dr. Leonard Samson ( Ty Burrell ) is a psychiatrist and the significant other of Betty Ross. When Bruce Banner returns to Betty's life, worried about her, he informs her father, General Ross. When, during his attempt to arrest Banner, however, Betty is in mortal danger and of all people Banner saves her life as the Hulk, Samson realizes that he may have mistaken himself about Ross and that he represents the much greater danger for Betty. Samson's motivation for informing General Ross of Banner's appearance is barely explained in the finished film and is based on a conversation between him and Banner, which is missing in the final cut of the film, but in the bonus material of the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the Films is included.

Dr. Samuel Sterns ( Tim Blake Nelson ) is a cell biologist who works at the (fictional) Grayburn College in New York City and initially under the pseudonym “Mr. Blue ”communicated with Bruce Banner over the Internet and tried to help him find a cure for his condition. However, after Bruce sends him a blood sample, Sterns conducts animal experiments without Banner's consent, with the intention of developing a cure for various diseases. When Banner finally visits him personally, Sterns gives him a possible cure for his condition. However, after Banner was arrested by the military, Emil Blonsky forced the cooperative Sterns to give him Banner's blood. Blonsky then transforms into an even more monstrous creature than the Hulk and hurls the Sterns against a cupboard. Sterns's head is injured and Banners 'blood drips onto the wound, causing Sterns' forehead to grow. His future fate is uncertain.

Stanley (Paul Soles) is the owner of the restaurant "Stanley's" and an old friend of Bruce Banner, who gives him shelter on his return and helps him to gain undetected entry to Culver University. When Bruce is about to say goodbye to Stanley, he unexpectedly meets Betty Ross in his restaurant.

Tony Stark ( Robert Downey Jr. ) is the executive director of Stark Industries and the superhero Iron Man and stars in the films Iron Man , Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3 . In the final scene of The Incredible Hulk , he visits General Ross in a bar and tells him about the planned formation of a team.

background

Emergence

Director Louis Leterrier at the French premiere of The Incredible Hulk in Paris.

Zak Penn wrote the original script.

The Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro was one of the filming locations for the film.

The Yonge Street in Toronto is in the film, the 125th Street in New York district of Harlem is.

Actor Peter Mensah originally had more scenes in the film.

In 2003, coinciding with the release of the Ang Lee- directed film Hulk , producer Avi Arad was planning a sequel. James Schamus , one of the screenwriters of Hulk , drafted a plot in which the comic opponents Leader and Abomination were intended as opponents. Though originally intended to release in May 2005, Universal missed the deadline for shooting and eventually gave up the rights as a result of the Hulk's relative financial failure - grossing $ 245.3 million worldwide versus $ 137 million in production costs back to Marvel . In the meantime, David Duchovny was planned as the main actor .

Marvel took the opportunity to dare a new strategy for future comic adaptations: Due to retrospectively disadvantageous contracts that had been concluded in the 1990s, Marvel had only been able to post low license income for film adaptations of its own comics. Future film adaptations should therefore enable Marvel to gain a greater share of the profits by expanding the publisher's own Marvel Studios , which until then had only acted as licensors, into an actual film production company . Most of the new films were to be distributed by Paramount Pictures , with the exception of a new version of the Hulk which was to be distributed by Universal. Marvel took out a $ 525 million loan from Merrill Lynch to fund this venture . Marvel also wanted to keep more creative control over the film adaptations in this way and ensure that the actions and representations of the characters did not differ too much from the comic books. One of the basic ideas behind the new approach was that all films that would be produced by Marvel Studios should play similarly to the comic books in a cohesive universe, which should enable crossovers and appearances of the same characters in different films. Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, gave this universe the name "Marvel Cinematic Universe".

The first two films produced directly by Marvel Studios were to be Iron Man and a new Hulk film. Louis Leterrier originally intended to direct Iron Man , but Jon Favreau had gotten ahead of him, so Leterrier chose the Hulk movie instead, having been a fan of the television series The Incredible Hulk as a child . The new Hulk film should not be a sequel to Ang Lee's Hulk , but a new start in terms of content comparable to Batman Begins or James Bond 007: Casino Royale . For this reason, none of the main characters in the previous film should participate, although Leterrier Jennifer Connelly liked the portrayal of Betty Ross. The fact that Bruce Banner is in South America at the beginning of The Incredible Hulk , which is also where he was seen at the end of Hulk , should not imply a connection between the films, according to Leterrier, especially since a different opening scene was originally planned in the Banner tries to commit suicide in the Arctic , whereupon he transforms into the Hulk. Ultimately, however, Leterrier found the scene "too drastic", which is why it is missing in the final version of the film. The scene is included in bonus footage from the movie's DVD and Blu-ray releases.

Even after Zak Penn wrote an initial draft script, Leterrier said it was difficult to find actors willing to star in a new Hulk movie. Ultimately, he decided to ask Edward Norton , although he assumed he was not interested in a superhero movie . To his own surprise, Norton agreed and even helped to revise the script, as Penn was now busy working on his own film The Grand . Norton also directed some of the scenes filmed with the Second Unit . During the shoot, Norton went on a diet to look thin as Bruce Banner. In preparation for their roles, the actors received digitized versions of all the Hulk comics published at the time . Tim Roth , who had long wanted to play a role in a comic book adaptation , also trained with two Canadian weapons experts in preparation for his role. For Liv Tyler is Leterrier decided very late after The Lord of the Rings had seen on television. Tyler accepted the offer without even reading a script. In retrospect, however, she was impressed with the finished script and the role Norton had written for her. It was important to Leterrier that the focus of the film was not on the genesis of the Hulk, since in his opinion there have already been enough superhero films that deal with the beginnings of the title hero and the origin of the Hulk is well known and in a few words be explained. Instead, he found Bruce Banner's internal conflict as the subject of the film much more interesting. In addition to the television series The Incredible Hulk , Leterrier names the comic miniseries Hulk: Grau by author Jeph Loeb and illustrator Tim Sale, originally published in 2003/2004, as an important inspiration. Leterrier wanted to direct the beginning of the film like a classic horror film. The sequence in which Banner transforms himself into the Hulk for the first time in the film inside the bottle factory and in which he can never be fully seen in the semi-darkness, he compares with the film The Spirit and the Darkness . As further inspirations he mentions Alien - the uncanny creature from a strange world , seven and the King Kong films in general . The scene in which Hulk yells at a thunderstorm is meant to be a tribute to comic artist Frank Frazetta .

The Incredible Hulk was filmed primarily in Canada and Brazil from July 2007 . The favela shown in the film is Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro , the appearance of which was not digitally edited for the film. A shootout occurred during the on-site shoot that required the use of a SWAT team. Only the interior of Banner's apartment was filmed in the studio. The exterior of the factory was also captured in Brazil, while the interior was built in the disused and demolished Consumer's Glass Factory in Hamilton , Ontario . The set for the interior of the military base was also located below the factory. A fire broke out in the factory during the shoot. The exterior shots of the military base were again filmed on the Canadian Forces Base Trenton , and Canadian soldiers acted as extras. A real C-130 Hercules was also made available for the shoot. The exterior shots of the fictional "Culver University" were shot on the campus of the University of Toronto and in Morningside Park, which is located elsewhere in Toronto, and the footage was cut together so that it looks as if both locations are right next to each other. The glass passage in which Bruce is surrounded by the soldiers and transforms into the Hulk was specially built for the shoot. The scene in which Bruce and Betty arrive in New York City in a motorboat was actually filmed on Lake Ontario and the background was later digitally added. Blonsky's rampage and subsequent fight with the Hulk on 125th Street in Harlem was again filmed on Yonge Street , Toronto , for four nights in a row thanks to the support of David Miller , then Toronto Mayor and a huge fan of the Hulk was banned for filming. The opening scene not used in the finished film was shot in Bella Coola , British Columbia .

The Air Force helicopter that can be seen at the end of the film is a CH-53 that was mounted on a gimbal for the shoot . For the scenes in which Emil Blonsky runs superhumanly fast, actor Tim Roth was pulled over the film set at high speed by a special wire suspension. In general, Roth attached great importance to playing as many stunt scenes as possible himself. The appearance of the Hulk and "Abomination" was created by Aaron Sims. For the movements of the two monsters, the stuntmen Terry Notary and Cyril Raffaelli acted in motion capture suits, with the rough movements being given by the actors Edward Norton and Tim Roth. The facial expressions of Hulk and "Abomination" are also based on Norton and Roth. The equipment was provided by Giant Studios. For a long time, those involved were undecided as to whether Hulk and Blonsky should speak as "Abomination". In the end, however, it was decided because this was what the fans wanted.

The flashback scenes that can be seen at the beginning of the film were initially filmed without it being clear at which point in the film they would ultimately be seen. However, after test screenings revealed that the audience was unsure whether The Incredible Hulk should be a sequel to Hulk (2003) or not, it was decided to start the recordings as a flashback. At the same time, this should pay homage to the television series The Incredible Hulk . In particular, the chair in which Bruce Banner takes his seat during the experiment that transforms him into the Hulk for the first time, was modeled after the scene in question in the opening credits of the television series. In the meantime, director Louis Leterrier wanted to imitate the look of comic panels with some takes in the film , such as the close-up of the Hulk's fist smashing the rubble of the road after Banner fell from the helicopter, but he didn't want to overdo it like Ang Lee did this in Hulk .

The aikidō teacher Bruce Banner takes lessons from at the beginning of the film is played by Rickson Gracie, a famous master in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . Martina, Banner's colleague in the bottle factory, is played by Débora Nascimento, a Brazilian telenovela actress. A supporting role as Stanley, the restaurant owner who was friends with Bruce Banner, also has Paul Soles, who starred alongside Edward Norton in The Score and also in the 1960s cartoon series The Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man Roles of Bruce Banner and Peter Parker aka Spider-Man had spoken, about which he informed director Louis Leterrier, however, only during filming. Christina Cabot, who plays Major Kathleen Sparr, a subordinate of General Ross, and Martin Starr , who made a brief cameo as a student, are also friends with Norton. Director Louis Leterrier's stepdaughter Mila Stromboni is also briefly seen in the film, while Stephen Broussard, one of the film's producers, makes a cameo as a soldier.

As in many modern Hollywood films, The Incredible Hulk also featured numerous brands as product placements , including Coca-Cola , Budweiser and Norton 360. The latter, according to director Louis Leterrier, is not a reference to the last name of leading actor Edward Norton.

The computer effects came from several studios: Rhythm & Hues did most of the work, Hydraulx of Santa Monica did the fight on campus and the surrounding area during the fight between Hulk and Blonsky in Harlem, and Toronto-based studio Soho VFX was for Banner's first transformation into the Hulk as well as the final battle between Hulk and Blonsky on the roof of the house. The scene in which a drop of Bruce Banner's blood falls through the bottle factory was realized by the Vancouver studio Image Engine . The scene took a year to complete. Meanwhile, the graphics at the beginning of the film were from Prologue.

During the final editing of the film there was a conflict between Marvel and actor Edward Norton. Norton wanted a longer film that placed more emphasis on characterization of the characters, while Marvel preferred a shorter film that focused on the action. Ultimately, Marvel prevailed. A total of about 70 minutes of film material was cut. General Greller (played by Peter Mensah ), General Ross' superior, his subordinate Major Kathleen Sparr (played by Christina Cabot), Banner's friend Stanley, and Betty's partner Leonard Samson (played by Ty Burrell ) should have originally had more scenes in the film. In the case of Samson, this concerns, among other things, a lengthy conversation with Bruce Banner, which causes Samson to inform Betty's father about Banner's whereabouts. Part of a scene with Greller as well as part of Banner's conversation with Samson was used for the official trailers , and about 30 minutes of additional scenes are included in the bonus material of the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film. In addition, the Writers Guild of America decided that Norton's contribution to the script was too little to be included in the credits . Instead, Zak Penn is named as the sole screenwriter in the film itself.

The last scene of the film, in which Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr. , meets General Ross and tells him about the planned formation of a team, was incorporated into the film at the request of director Louis Leterrier and by Leterrier, who is on the Travel from shooting in Brazil to Bella Coola, stopping off in Los Angeles , filmed with the Iron Man film team.

Reference to the template

Ty Burrell's role as Dr. Leonard Samson differs significantly from the comic book.

Lou Ferrigno , who played the Hulk in the television series The Incredible Hulk , made a cameo in the film .

Even Stan Lee can be seen briefly in almost every Marvel film.

In the comics, Bruce Banner, whose full name was expanded to "Robert Bruce Banner" in later stories, developed a "gamma bomb" on behalf of the US military, but on the day of the bomb test, a youth named Rick Jones entered the test site . Banner then went to the premises in person and pushed Jones into a ditch at the last moment before he himself was hit by the bomb explosion. The gamma rays then transformed him into the Hulk for the first time. Just like in the film, Banner has since transformed into the green, superhumanly strong monster when the heart rate rises, which for many years had little intelligence and acted rather instinctively. However, in later years the Hulk's intelligence changed, and for some time he even had Banner's mind, which could morph into the Hulk and back at will, but this condition did not last. A newspaper article briefly seen at the beginning of the film mentions a student named "Rick Jones". The idea of ​​doing a self-experiment to trigger Banners gamma radiation, however, goes back to the television series The Incredible Hulk from the late 1970s and early 1980s. In this series, the main character's full name was "David Bruce Banner". At the end of the film there is a reference to Bruce using the name "David B." as the sender for a package to Betty. The idea of linking the Banners experiment with the “super soldier serum” that is part of the backstory of Captain America goes back to the comic series The Ultimate , which takes place in the “ Ultimate Universe ”.

Betty Ross was Bruce Banner's long-time lover in the comics too, but she wasn't a scientist there. For many years, Bruce hid from her that he was the Hulk himself. After learning of his secret, the two eventually married, but the marriage went through many crises over time.

Emil Blonsky in the comics was originally a Soviet spy born in Yugoslavia who infiltrated the US Air Force base where Bruce Banner conducted his experiments with gamma rays. There he accidentally activated a machine developed by Banner, which exposed him to high doses of gamma radiation and transformed him into a monstrous being that was henceforth called "Abomination" (German: "Schaul"). Just like in the movie, unlike the Hulk, Blonsky kept his wits about it, but in return his transformation was permanent. Since then, Abomination has been one of the Hulk's recurring opponents. The name "Abomination" is only mentioned indirectly in the film, when Samuel Sterns warned Blonsky before the administration of Banners blood that he could turn into an "abomination" (retained as an English name in the German dubbed version). At the request of director Louis Leterrier , Abomination's appearance was changed from the comics so that it looks more like a cross between a human and a lizard than with a "fish".

General Ross is hardly any different from his comic model. Both his determination in the hunt for the Hulk and his broken relationship with his daughter Betty and his aversion to Bruce Banner correspond to the original. At the request of director Louis Leterrier , actor William Hurt wore a wig and a fake mustache so that he looks as similar as possible to General Ross as he is portrayed in the comics.

In the comics, Samuel Sterns was originally a simple worker in a chemical factory who was accidentally exposed to an explosion of radioactive materials and also turned into a green being by the released gamma radiation. Instead of increased physical strength, however, in his case it was his brain that grew to superhuman size. Under the name "Leader" (German: "Anführer"), the now highly intelligent star also became a recurring opponent of the Hulk. A corresponding fate is briefly hinted at in the film when, in his last shot, Sterns comes into contact with Bruce Banner's blood, which drips onto a wound on Stern's head, and his skull begins to grow.

Leonard Samson, also known as "Doc Samson", was a psychiatrist in the comics who also gained superhuman strength from gamma radiation, but in his case it was not his skin that turned green, rather he grew long green hair. Samson later became Bruce Banner's therapist, trying to help him manage his transformations into the Hulk. He only flirted briefly with Betty Ross once on his first appearance in the comics.

The purple trousers that Betty Ross Bruce Banner shows and is rejected by him also alludes to the comic Hulk, whose trousers are often colored purple for better contrast with his green skin.

The two students who witness the battle between the military and the Hulk and who first use the name "Hulk" on a news program are identified as "Jack McGee" and "Jim Wilson". Jack McGee was the name of the reporter from the television series The Incredible Hulk who followed the trail of the Hulk for years. His film counterpart is a reporter for the campus newspaper. Meanwhile, in the comics, Jim Wilson was a longtime friend of Bruce Banner, who eventually died of AIDS .

The pseudonym “Mr. Blue goes back to a multi-part story written by Bruce Jones that appeared in the comics a few years before the film. The mysterious “Mr. Blue ”, with whom Bruce Banner communicated over the Internet, as in the film, in the fight against a conspiracy. In contrast to the film, however, Banner's wife Betty hid behind the pseudonym. In the same story, Bruce Banner also used yoga techniques, similar to the film , to control his transformations into the Hulk.

The "Culver University" was named after the "Culver Institute" from the television series The Incredible Hulk . The "Grayburn College" meanwhile is part of the origin story of the superhero Nighthawk in the comics. The original plan was to turn Stern's workplace into the "Empire State University" known from the Spider-Man comics, but this was done by Columbia Pictures and the parent company Sony , who own the rights to the latter name in the course of the Spider-Man films. was not approved.

The words "Hulk smash!" (German: "Hulk hits!", Retained untranslated in the German dubbed version of the film), which the Hulk yells during his fight with Blonsky, are also used frequently by the comic version of the character.

The scene in which Hulk and Betty find shelter in a grotto was directly inspired by a similar scene in the comic miniseries Hulk: Grau originally published in 2003/2004 by author Jeph Loeb and illustrator Tim Sale , while the idea of ​​the Hulk for to let the fight against Blonsky use a police patrol car torn in two as “boxing gloves”, based on the 2005 video game The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction .

Lou Ferrigno , cast of the Hulk in the television series The Incredible Hulk , speaks the Hulk in the original version of the film and also has a cameo as a security guard, as in the 2003 film Hulk . Even Bill Bixby , the now deceased performer David Banner from the series is, at the beginning of the film briefly in a scene from the TV series Eddie's father on television.

Long-time Marvel comic book writer Stan Lee , one of the inventors of the Hulk, also has a cameo, as in almost all Marvel films, and plays the pensioner who drinks the lemonade contaminated with Banners' blood and falls ill as a result of radiation.

During the scene where Bruce Banner is sitting by the roadside in Mexico and begging, the song The Lonely Man, composed by Joe Harnell and used for the credits of the television series The Incredible Hulk , can be heard .

German version

Andreas Fröhlich is the German voice of Bruce Banner.

The German dubbing of the film was done by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH . The dialogue book is by Klaus Bickert . The voice actors include Andreas Fröhlich , Udo Schenk , Nana Spier , Thomas Fritsch , Bernd Vollbrecht , Gerald Schaale and Tobias Meister .

In Germany, The Incredible Hulk was shown in two cut versions: A version shortened by around two minutes was approved by the FSK from the age of 12 and was shown in most cinemas, while the uncut version received an FSK approval from the age of 16. Only 25 copies of this version were delivered to the cinemas, plus copies for digital cinemas and for screenings with original English sound.

role	Actor / original speaker	Voice actor
Bruce Banner	Edward Norton	Andreas Fröhlich
Emil Blonsky	Tim Roth	Udo Schenk
Elizabeth "Betty" Ross	Liv Tyler	Nana Spier
General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross	William Hurt	Thomas Fritsch
Dr. Leonard Samson	Ty Burrell	Bernd Vollbrecht
General Joe Geller	Peter Mensah	Tilo Schmitz
Samuel Sterns	Tim Blake Nelson	Gerald Schaale
Stanley	Paul Soles	Jochen Schröder
Tom Corbett *	Bill Bixby	Stefan Fredrich
Tony Stark	Robert Downey Jr.	Tobias Master
Note : * Scene from the television series Eddie's father .

marketing

Peter David , author of numerous Hulk comics, wrote the novel adaptation of the film.

The Incredible Hulk marketing campaign included an appearance by director Louis Leterrier , President of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, producer Gale Anne Hurd, and actor Tim Roth at New York Comic Con in April 2008, a special episode of the game show American Gladiators in June 2008, presented by Hulk Hogan and guest star Lou Ferrigno , and advertising deals with 7-Eleven , Burger King and Kmart , among others , who promoted the film in a variety of ways.

For the official trailer , parts of scenes were used that did not appear in the final cut of the film, including the originally planned opening scene, a conversation between Bruce Banner and Leonard Samson, and a scene with General Greller. In the German version of the trailer, different voice actors were sometimes used than in the finished film: In the first trailer William Hurt and Tim Roth are spoken by Wolfgang Condrus and Peter Flechtner instead of Thomas Fritsch and Udo Schenk , while in the second trailer Ty Burrell of Oliver Siebeck instead of Bernd Vollbrecht is synchronized, in turn, instead of Gerald Schaale yet Tim Blake Nelson says.

A novel adaptation of the film plot, written by longtime Hulk comic writer Peter David , was published on May 20, 2008 by Del Rey Books, an imprint of Ballantine Books, which is part of Random House .

The soundtrack with the score composed by Craig Armstrong was released in the USA on June 13, 2008.

The video game adaptations for the film were published by Sega in the USA on June 5, and in Germany between June 13 and 27, 2008 and were for the PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , Nintendo Wii , Nintendo DS , Xbox 360 and available for the PC . The DS version was developed by Amaze Entertainment, all others by Edge of Reality.

The toy manufacturer Hasbro released toy figures from, among others, the Hulk and "Abomination" as well as some figures and incarnations of the Hulk known from the comics, which also appear in the video game adaptations to the film.

reception

Financial success

Box office earnings [million]
territory	U.S$	€	CHF
world	263.4	221.1	237.8
Production costs	150	125.9	135.4
United States Canada	134.8	113.1	121.7
Germany	2.5	2.1	2.3
Austria	0.4	0.3	0.4
Switzerland	0.6	0.5	0.5
(Access date: February 1, 2015)

World premiere The Incredible Hulk on June 8, 2008 in Universal City , California . The official film launch took place on June 12th in 16 countries. In the United States, The Incredible Hulk opened in 3505 theaters a day later on June 13, 2008 and grossed approximately $ 55.4 million on the weekend launch. After a total of 12 weeks, grossing was approximately $ 134.8 million, about 2.6 million more than Hulk . This means that revenues in the states were below the budget, which various sources put at $ 135 to $ 140 or $ 150 million. Globally, The Incredible Hulk grossed just over $ 263.4 million, about 18 million more than the Hulk .

In Germany, The Incredible Hulk was shown in 416 cinemas on July 10, 2008. On the opening weekend, the film saw 114,380 visitors, almost half as many as in the case of Hulk . After one week there were 150,669 visitors, and within five weeks the incredible Hulk had 245,031 visitors, more than half fewer than the Hulk . The total box office income in Germany is 2.46 million US dollars.

Reviews

The reviews of The Incredible Hulk have been mixed. In a direct comparison with Ang Lee's Hulk (2003) in particular , opinions differed widely.

David Kleingers from Spiegel Online liked The Incredible Hulk much less than Hulk : “The line-up was completely replaced compared to its predecessor, and the intellectual superstructure of a flat hit-and-run dramaturgy had to give way.” The “ongoing escape of Bruce Banner from the military -industrial complex, represented by General Ross ”, director Louis Leterrier has staged“ always bluntly straight ahead ”, and“ even before the two computer-animated mountains of meat hit each other in the finale, the hope of an innovative comic adventure had long been crushed ”. All in all, the “ready-to-use cinema in plus size” focuses too much on integrating the character of the Hulk into the overall context of the “Marvel Cinematic Universe”, from the “hectic opening credits” to the last scene with Robert Downey Jr .: “Big Names that are, however, compared to a rather faint-hearted film. ”Despite the best efforts of the actors, the reinterpretation of the Hulk lacks what Kleingers liked about Ang Lee's approach. The character of Bruce Banner / Hulk is “no longer a modern revenant of Jekyll and Hyde ”: “This hero wants to be not an unpredictable risk factor but a tame chain dog, which makes him lose the fascination of all those Marvel characters who have their bodies transformed into weapons at the same time A blessing and a curse is. ”Overall,“ the completely renewed Hulk only looks like a hollow hand puppet without a heart ”.

Katja Lüthge from the Berliner Zeitung was also unimpressed by the reinterpretation: “More 'boom' and 'Aaargh', less psychoanalysis - this is roughly what Marvel's good intentions were in the run-up to the approximately 150 million US dollar production. [...] Where Ang Lee is still devising a traumatic childhood for his Hulk in great detail, his successor does not dwell long with such emotional feeling. ”One of the biggest weaknesses of the film is Lüthge in the computer-animated title character:“ Because how to be CGI predecessors, this hybrid of Shrek and King Kong also fails to generate empathy. Despite the well-defined muscles and tendons, the surface of the Hulk's skin is unnaturally tight, and his facial expressions seem extremely limited compared to the human actors. A problem that [sic] is not given in the comic template. ”The final showdown between Hulk and“ Abomination ”is a“ deadly boring material battle between two unattractive giants ”, and also the“ tragic love story between Bruce / Hulk and Betty ( Liv Tyler ) [can't] arouse any real interest. The external transformation from human to monster is too complete. In this sense, the film lives up to its title 'The Incredible Hulk' ”.

Daniel Kothenschulte from the Frankfurter Rundschau saw Marvel's new approach with mixed feelings: “Already in the first sweeping action scenes it becomes clear how little they apparently knew what to do with Ang Lee's talkative psychodrama at Marvel. There is hardly a longer dialogue scene in the first 25 minutes. ”Although he identified the actress of Betty Ross as a“ pleasantly matured Liv Tyler ”, he was of the overall opinion that“ rubber suits with top-class actors ”had been filled, above all William Hurt and Tim Roth : “The qualities that Louis Leterrier's film certainly develops in the process, however, have little to do with directing people. This creates a visual cinema that works on a language that can be explained without a word. ”The use of locations such as Rio de Janeiro in the“ special effect cinema ”creates the impression“ as if you had an impressionistic comic book artist and his hard lines Colourists put to the side: The pictures get bigger, but the characters don't necessarily get deeper. "Kothenschultes conclusion was nevertheless rather positive:" Intellectually this 'incredible Hulk' is not exactly demanding, but like the 'Iron Man' he is working on one Reinvention of the old Hollywood cinema. "

Andreas Busche from the taz liked The Incredible Hulk better than Hulk : “A direct comparison of the two films also shows where the priorities of future 'Hulk' sequels will be: in the no-frills, kinetic action cinema with a conventional three-part structure, like Leterrier from learned his ' Transporter ' films, a hugely successful action film trilogy. A little instinctual, but definitely entertaining. ”Although“ Lee's adaptation was still far more interesting in its failure ”, Leterrier“ brought the great Greens back into the overall context of an always somewhat pissed-off, pop-cultural experience ”. It is "good news for Marvel that the launch of the 'Hulk' exploitation chain was successful after all".

Achim Fehrenbach from the Tagesspiegel also expressed cautious praise: "The action sequences in 'The Incredible Hulk' are well distributed and increase to the grand finale in Manhattan's street canyons." Fehrenbach considered Edward Norton to be a "worthy new lead actor" who was " the fight with the inner monster ”through and through:“ Emaciated, circles under the eyes and hushed like a shy rabbit, he steals his way through the hostile environment. ”Tim Roth is also a“ worthy counterpart ”, Liv Tyler on the other hand, a “total failure”: “Tyler acts with a leisurely untalentedness that would probably make some more demanding casting executives the Hulk.” Ultimately, however , The Incredible Hulk is “ nothing more than an average comic book adaptation”, which is “especially about that unimaginative script ”, which“ bursts with clichés ”and“ is seldom broken by the bitterly necessary humor ”:“ Instead of continuous irony like to last at 'Iron Man' in 'The Incredible Hulk' but the stereotype ”. Fehrenbach was only impressed by the scene in which Bruce Banner jumped out of the helicopter shortly before the end of the film: “The outcome of this scene is completely predictable - and yet it grips the viewer deep in the pit of his stomach. Why not more often? ”Overall, The Unbelievable Hulk was “ [s] solid superhero fare with a few nice ideas and two good main actors ”.

Awards (selection)

The filming of The Incredible Hulk was in line with Toronto's Green Screen initiative, which included minimizing the carbon dioxide emissions and plastic waste produced by the work . As a result, The Incredible Hulk became the first major film production to be awarded the Environmental Media Association's green seal, which can be seen during the credits .

Publishing on DVD and Blu-ray Disc

The Incredible Hulk was released in the United States on October 21, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc . There are two single-disc versions of the DVD version as widescreen and full-screen versions as well as a “Three-Disc Special Edition” in widescreen format, which includes an additional disc with bonus material and a third disc with a digital copy of the Films, while the Blu-ray version is only available including a bonus disc. In its first week of release, the DVD version sold over 1.52 million copies, for revenues of over $ 28.4 million. Current sales (as of March 10, 2012) are over 3.4 million copies sold and revenues of over $ 58.86 million. However, sales figures for the Blu-ray version are not available.

The incredible Hulk was released in Germany on October 1, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The DVD version was released as a single-disc version under the name “Home Edition” and as a “Limited Edition” with SteelBook under the imprint Cine Collection -The packaging including the bonus disc was released, while the Blu-ray version is only available with the bonus disc. In all cases it is the "uncut US cinema version" with FSK -16 approval. Sales figures for Germany are not available.

The incredible Hulk as part of the "Marvel Cinematic Universe"

Robert Downey Jr. can be seen in the final scene of the film in his role as Tony Stark from Iron Man .

Just like the movie Iron Man , released a month earlier, The Incredible Hulk is part of a larger, cohesive universe, the "Marvel Cinematic Universe". The two Humvees- mounted sonic cannons used by the military to attack the Hulk on the Culver University campus were built by Iron Man's Stark Industries company , and the Stark Industries logo can be seen several times in the film. Tony Stark, the managing director of Stark Industries played by Robert Downey Jr. (and also the superhero Iron Man), meets General Ross in the last scene of the film and tells him about the planned formation of a team. In return, at the end of Iron Man 2 (2010), the newscast from The Incredible Hulk , which reports on the battle between the military and the Hulk on the campus of Culver University, can be seen. So the scene with Tony Stark at the end of The Incredible Hulk can be classified after Iron Man 2 , although the latter film was released two years later.

In the search for Banner is also from Iron Man (fictional) secret "Strategic Homeland Intervention, deployment and logistics division," short "SHIELD" involved known. Banners email to Samuel Sterns alias “Mr. Blue ”is intercepted by SHIELD. A fade-in at the beginning of the film also briefly shows the name of Nick Fury, director of SHIELD, who appeared in a scene after the credits for Iron Man .

The project Bruce Banner was working on on behalf of General Ross was a remake of a similar World War II- era project aimed at enhancing the physical performance of soldiers. Emil Blonsky sums this up with the term “super soldier”. In the movie Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), the latter project resulted in the superhero Captain America.

In the originally planned opening scene, which is missing in the final cut of the film, but is included in the bonus material of the DVD and Blu-ray versions, Bruce Banner goes to the Arctic to commit suicide. Before he succeeds, however, he transforms into the Hulk who smashes a glacier . A person frozen in the ice can be seen very briefly, who is supposed to be Captain America. At the end of Captain America: The First Avenger , which mostly takes place at the time of World War II, he crashes in an airplane in the Arctic and is only discovered there decades later by SHIELD. Since the super soldier serum cryonically preserved him in his blood , he did not age during this time.

In the film Thor (2011) Erik Selvig ( Stellan Skarsgård ) mentions a physicist, "a pioneer in the field of gamma radiation," who was never heard of again after SHIELD appeared.

The film Marvel's The Avengers , which was released in 2012, brings together the main characters of all previous films in the "Marvel Cinematic Universe", including Bruce Banner and the Hulk, in a joint team for the first time. The role of Bruce Banner is no longer played by Norton, but by Mark Ruffalo due to conflicts between Marvel and Edward Norton over the length and thematic focus of The Incredible Hulk in The Avengers .

In the 15th episode of the 2nd season of the series Marvel's Agents of SHIELD , a person with superhuman powers, from "SHIELD" or from Agent Phil Coulson, is housed in a retreat built for himself by Bruce Banner.

In Iron Man 3 , Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) can be seen in a post-credit scene with Tony Stark in which Stark talks about his secret fears, as if he were in some kind of talk therapy, whereupon Banner sarcastically says he isn't that kind of A doctor and not in the mood for something like that.

In Avengers: Age of Ultron , Mark Ruffalo slips back into the role of the incredible Hulks , fighting again at the side of the Avengers and turning away from them towards the end of the film to his friends and especially Black Widow, whom he became in the course of events has come very close to protecting against his uncontrollable anger.

William Hurt aka Lieutenant General Thaddeus Ross can be seen for the first time in the film The First Avenger: Civil War within the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" since "The Incredible Hulk" . He now holds the post of Secretary of State of the United States and is not on the hunt for Bruce Banner, but has to make the Avengers understand that, as superheroes, they can no longer act as a private organization, but have to be accountable to the UN. During a conversation with Captain America & Co., Thaddeus Ross asks about the generally uncertain whereabouts of Bruce Banner and Thor and says that if he had misplaced two nuclear warheads, he would also face the consequences.

In the movie Thor: Day of Decision (2017), the whereabouts of Hulk alias Bruce Banner is clarified: He landed in a jet on an extrasolar, populated planet and is used by the regime there as a kind of gladiator to keep the people happy . Bruce Banner's identity is almost lost in the process, as Hulk hasn't transformed back for over two years. However, his fate is averted by Thor, who is also stranded on the planet and is supposed to fight Hulk first. After a short time, Thor succeeds in reminding Hulk of his identity as Bruce Banner, and together they free themselves and save Thor's home 'Asgard'. After this is destroyed in the finale of the film, its inhabitants go to Thor's side on earth, where they are accompanied by banners. In the film Avengers: Infinity War , which appeared in spring 2018, Hulk returned to earth to fight the world against the cosmic opponent with the Avengers, Doctor Strange , the Guardians of the Galaxy and the armed forces of Wakanda (see Black Panther ). Thanos ”to defend. After he destroyed the Aesir ship, Heimdall sends Hulk back to earth with the help of the Bifröst, where he ends up in the New York temple of Doctor Strange. In New York he fights as Bruce Banner with Iron Man, who shortly before found out about Thanos, Spider-Man and Dr. Strange the henchmen of Thanos who are looking for the time stone that is in Strange's possession. After Iron Man, Strange and Spider-Man fly to Titan on Thanos' ship, Banner takes the remaining Avengers to Wakanda so that Vision can remove the thought stone there. Since this takes longer and Thanos now has all the other stones, there is a battle in the kingdom of Wakanda. Unable to transform into the Hulk, Banner fights in Tony Stark's "Hulkbuster" (first seen in Age of Ultron ). After Thanos got all the stones in his possession and wiped out half of all living things in the universe, Banner is one of the surviving Avengers. Hulk will appear again in Avengers: Endgame .

Web links

• Official German website
• The Incredible Hulk in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Incredible Hulk in the online movie database
• The Incredible Hulk in the Lexicon of International Films
• Compilation of press reviews on film-zeit.de (German), Rotten Tomatoes (English) and Metacritic.com (English)

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