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Director Leterrier Talks INCREDIBLE HULK

Louis Leterrier, director of the upcoming INCREDIBLE HULK, has discussed the film with our good friends over at Wizard Entertainment. The director discussed how he approached Ang Lee's version (he liked it), what the villains meant for him and why he included them. The production of this new Hulk has been rather quiet compared to other upcoming films like IRON MAN and PUNISHER:WAR ZONE so when Letterier decided to speak his thoughts over at Wizard, it's well worth passing along..

“It’s a fresh start because I saw there is a real fan base for Ang Lee’s movie,” said Leterrier of Lee’s ill-received “Hulk” in an exclusive interview with Wizard. “I didn’t want to offend [those fans] in any way, and also I like the movie. It was very interesting. [But] it was weaker ground to build a big franchise upon so we decided to scrap it and establish it from bases that are more comic book-based and TV show-based.”

Obviously, General Ross is the villain, so he had to be in it,” added Leterrier. “But the Abomination, Emil Blonsky, was who Marvel wanted to put in this chapter—the first chapter of our new saga—because he’s the most famous. He’s an enemy that can actually threaten the Hulk. It’s very important for me that there is a danger. When Bruce Banner is Hulk, I didn’t feel in Ang Lee’s ‘Hulk’ that there was any threat. He was invincible. So with Abomination there’s actually a monster that can, you know, kill him when he’s in the Hulk form.”

The film is based on a screenplay by Zak Penn for Universal Pictures and Marvel Studios. It stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler(Betty Ross), Tim Roth(Emil Blonsky/Abomination), William Hurt (General Ross), Tim Blake Nelson(Samuel Stern/The Leader), Christina Cabot, Lou Ferrigno, Martin Starr and Ty Burrell(Doc Samson).

Plot Summary: "The Incredible Hulk" kicks off an all-new, explosive and action-packed epic of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk.

Living in the shadows--cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler)--Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power.

As all three grapple with the secrets that led to The Hulk's creation, they are confronted with a monstrous new adversary known as The Abomination (Tim Roth), whose destructive strength exceeds even The Hulk's own. And on June 13, 2008, one scientist must make an agonizing final choice: accept a peaceful life as Bruce Banner or find heroism in the creature he holds inside--The Incredible Hulk.

THE INCREDIBLE HULK hits theaters June 13, 2008.