VFX Pro
When Marvel and Universal studios decided to reboot the Hulk just a few years after director Ang Lee brought the mean, green comic-book creature to multiplexes, they quite literally went back to the drawing board. Director Louis Leterrier's $150-million The Incredible Hulk has involved not only a tonal overhaul -- specifically, scrapping Lee's psychodrama in favor of fugitive suspense recalling the Lou Ferrigno TV show -- but also, just as crucially, giving the character a complete visual makeover.
So while Edward Norton might be taking over as gamma-irradiated scientist Bruce Banner, he's actually only the second most prominent new face on the Hulkscape. The new man-monster, created by lead digital effects house Rhythm & Hues -- with a look markedly different from the '03 model designed by effects giant Industrial Light & Magic -- ranks first.
"Very early on, we tried to identify what was wrong with the first movie," says Leterrier, a Frenchman who made an impression on Marvel with his work on the "Transporter" movies. "The story was a little too dark. But visually, it was the absolute opposite, with a Day-Glo, chubby Hulk that looked like a Buddha on steroids. The fundamental design was just wrong."
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