Jun 17 2008 Nasally Shouts of a Sweaty Crowd will Determine 'Hulk 2' Plot
The comic book community doesn't always know what's best for it. There's a reason so many comic fans die alone, crushed under boxes of stiffly bagged and boarded first issues, their final moments filled with thoughts of Psylocke's full thighs, quiet prayers that they never somehow return from the dead with new powers (because it was really stupid when that happened with Superman), and the tragic realization that maybe the life decisions leading up to this untimely demise weren't necessarily the best. But regardless of their decision-making talents, Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier says it might be the fans who decide the villain in his superhero sequel. (That's us!) From MTV:
“I think that if we get to ‘Hulk 2′ I would go to Comic-Con and ask the crowd of people that actually love the movies, which one would you prefer to see, Samson or the Leader?” Leterrier told MTV News.For his part, Leterrier said that he would prefer The Leader, on the grounds that a face-off between him and the Hulk would be a different sort of smash-fest than the climactic battle of the first film.
“Both are very interesting. [But] there’s something unstoppable about [Leader] and it’s just not the same thing. It’s just different,” he said of the super-brilliant character played in the film by Tim Blake Nelson. “The fact that he controls stuff with his mind, I just like that.”
Has Leterrier never seen a superhero sequel before? Clearly the next movie should have every villain crammed into it, with a dense program handed out beforehand providing the sole explanation of who anyone is because there is absolutely no time for characterization through all the CGI punching. That mode of thought seems to have worked brilliantly so far; let's stick with it.
Dec 5 2007 Some Other Crap That Happened...
- Adam Brody has been more-or-less confirmed as The Flash in Justice League of America. In related news, I've added a dash more paprika to my pot of boiled shit. [Cinematical]
- Rudy and Hoosiers director David Anspaugh has signed on for Phenom, the Chris Brown-starring tale of a high school basketball player who goes pro after discovering his father is the NBA's top player. No word on whether Judith Light or William Devane will be reprising their roles. [Variety]
- Edward Norton will take on the Eddie Murphy-style task of playing dual roles in Leaves of Grass, a comedic thriller written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson. According to Variety, "Norton will play identical twins, one an Ivy League classics professor and the other a hedonistic pot-smoking career criminal." And you said no one could make a stupider version of The Patty Duke Show.
- Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to star in Unfinished Country, where he'll play "the chief administrator of an overcrowded hospital located in the middle of South Africa's violent Soweto ghettos." But I bet he's totally a bad-ass chief administrator of an overcrowded hospital. [Hollywood Reporter]
- French actor Mathieu Amalric (above) has scored the lead villain role in Bond 22. Also, he's won the role of "creepy sexual predator" in every Dateline reenactment from here on. [Empire]
Jul 27 2007 Tim Blake Nelson Leads Hulk
Hulk villain The Leader demands a payback blowjob in five minutes.
Typically hillbilly-style character actor Tim Blake Nelson reportedly has a part in the new Hulk film as scientist-turned-villain Samuel Stearns. Like Hulk, Stearns is bombarded with gamma radiation that turns his skin green and grants him super intelligence at the cost of a phallic head. I'll reserve my judgment and trust they find a way to rationalize the super-genius villain having the voice of Goofy. Maybe if, when defeated, he throws his hat on the ground and shouts things like "Tarnation!" and "Dag-nabbit!" I'll accept it.
