By Azad January 14, 2001 12:16 PM
In a somewhat surprising move for Hollywood, Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is the choice to direct The Hulk, Universal's feature film based on the Marvel Comics series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lee has gained quite a good reputation for such art-house fare as The Ice Storm and Sense and Sensibility, and has recently won rave reviews for the Hong Kong martial-arts fable Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Based on various news sources, Lee was convinced to direct The Hulk on the strength of the script by David Hayter (X-Men). Gale Anne Hurd and Marvel Studios president Avi Arad will produce the film.
In Lee's version of the Hulk myth, the story will be set in Berkeley, Calif., with such plot points as the misunderstood Hulk being pursued by the military while attempting to ward off threatening evil forces. There is also a love story between Banner and a fellow female scientist. As of currently, no one has yet been cast in the film.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 16, 2001 5:13 PM
Damn, talk about your sudden alteration in styles.....how does someone go from something like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to "The Hulk?" I hope Ang Lee can pull it off....
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 17, 2001 7:21 AM
Lee is all about this. How does someone go from something like "Ice Storm" to "Sense and Sensibility" to "Crouching Tiger". If anyone can pull this off Lee can. I am really looking forward to it.
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Posted by Tim the crazymofo (Timcrazymofo@yahoo.com) on March 12, 2001 6:04 AM
Who would you cast to play Bruce Banner. Although Affleck would be pants at Batman I think He'd pull this role off.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 27, 2001 1:47 AM
the hulk get very ang lee.