FAQ for
The Incredible Hulk (2008)

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The Incredible Hulk is based on a fictional character created by American comic book artists and writers Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for a Marvel Comics comic book series of the same name. The Incredible Hulk #1 first appeared in May 1962.

Yes and No. This is a "reboot" of the Hulk movie franchise, much like Batman Begins was to the Batman film franchise.

however it also a sequel of sorts, as both the five year gap and that it begins in Brazil references the previous film, however there are changes to the backstory. so depending on your perspective its a sequel that retcons some elements or a reboot.

In 2003 Hulk, Bruce Banner was genetically altered by his father as an infant. Then when he gets hit by a radiation wave of "nanomeds" in his own lab by accident, the Hulk is awakened.

In 2008 Incredible Hulk, it is shown in the first flash back montage, and later described in the film by Ross, that Banner was working on a project for Ross, a super soldier serum. Banner, thinking he had been working on a formula for radiation resistance, foolishly tried the experiment on himself, thus creating the Hulk.

They skipped over how he became the Hulk, likely due to the fact the last movie spent half the film explaining how he became Hulk. This film decided to fast forward through how he became the Hulk via montage. That way you don't have two films spending a great deal of time explaining how he became the Hulk.

-Bruce Banner / Hulk

-Betty Ross

-Emil Blonsky / Abomination

-General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross

-Samuel Sterns / Leader

-Doc Samson

-Tony Stark / Iron Man

-Jim Wilson

Additionally, Major Kathleen "Kat" Sparr is named for a character from the "Hulk" comic, Dr. Katherine "Kat" Sparr.

The Obvious:

- Bruce Banner / The Hulk : Main character

- Emil Blonsky / The Abomination: Main Villain

The not-so-obvious:

- Tony Stark: Makes a cameo appearance at the end of the film to talk to General Ross about the "Avenger Initiative." Stark Industries products are all over this film as well.

-Nick Fury: Although Fury does not actually make an appearance in this film, his name appears briefly during the opening credits on a government document, hinting that, like in the comic books, he is behind the Hulk task force.

Sequel Hints

- Samuel Sterns / The Leader : Sterns is an important character in this film as he will try to help Banner cure his condition. Sterns's transformation into the Leader begins to happen when Banner's blood drips into an open cut on Stern's forehead. His head begins to pulse and grow, setting up a sequel with The Leader as the villain.

Allusions to:

- Captain America: Ross talks to Blonsky about the super-soldier serum that was tested in WWII and was put on ice. There is supposedly a scene that didn't make the cut where Banner goes to Antarctica to kill himself. When he shoots himself, he becomes the Hulk and smashes an iceberg--the same iceberg which is supposed to contain Captain America.

- Thor: A freak lightning storm allows Hulk to escape a battle with Ross and the army. And when Hulk and Betty are in the caves, a lightning bolt seems to strike or frighten Hulk. This is an allusion to an old issue of the comic book where Thor strikes Hulk.

- Doc Samson: The psychiatrist whom Banner talks to about his "problem" (i.e., the Hulk transformations). This is an allusion to an old issue of the comic book where Dr. Samson attempts to cure Banner by draining out the gamma radiation that turns him into the Hulk. Later, he bombards himself with the radiation and becomes a massively-muscled green haired superhero.

There is mention in the film of a 'Super Soldier' serum developed by the Army during WW II, but Captain America himself is never mentioned by name and doesn't appear in the film.

there was a scene apparantly cut that involved Banner attempted suicide in the Arctic but was cut for being to dark. Captain America was supposed to appear briefly in this scene

He has a cameo. He tells General that they are assembling a team, which we all know to be The Avengers. He knows about it because in Iron Man, Nick Fury visits him at the end.

There seems to be a trend in the new Marvel movies. Marvel have gained the rights back to Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor and Ant-Man. These characters were the classic line-up of the Avengers. Marvel wants to make the individual movies (which reference each other and establish that these characters all live in the same world), then cross them over into a multi-character super-hero epic.

Sources - Re: Stark's "Cameo" in The Incredible Hulk http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?nid=21828

Re: The Avengers http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=49190

The Avengers (film series) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_%28film_series%29

Yes. In the first film the Hulk was fifteen feet tall. In this film, he will not go over nine feet tall, which is closer to his comic book counterpart's height of seven feet.

In Hulk (2003) The angrier Hulk would get, the bigger he would get.

The Hulk will come pre-shrunk. Unlike in the 2003 movie, he'll remain a consistent height throughout the film. You can read more about The Incredible Hulk (2008) on movieblog.ugo.com here.

- Doc Samson says "See a shrink." Banner replies "It's a bit more complicated than that."

- Blonsky describes the Hulk to General Greller: "8 foot, 1500 pounds even... and green."

- General Greller gets angry about General Ross's "bioforce project".

- Banner walks along a snowy hillside. (There was rumored to be a fight between Hulk and some type of polar animal: possibly a bear or even a whale.)

No.

114 minutes. The filmmakers wanted a running time of about 135 minutes, but the studio wanted it shorter.

Louis Leterrier said "all of the footage will be on the DVD." [source needed] This could mean we'll see a collection of deleted scenes, or we'll see an alternate version of the film. See info above for examples of what was cut.