Ed Norton And Marvel In A 'Hulk'-ing Feud

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Is There Trouble for 'The Incredible Hulk'?
Published 3/11/2008 by Monika Bartyzel at Cinematical
... We're finally getting the trailer debut on Wednesday night, 9:56 p.m. on all MTV channels, VH1, and Spike. The trailer's super-late release hasn't helped get fans pumped, and if Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily is right, that's not the only reason to be apprehensive. Her sources say that Norton and Marvel are fighting over how to cut the film. "Insiders say Norton was 'promised tremendous involvement and access'" into the feature, and now there is "a lot of posturing going on between Edward's camp and Marvel over how you edit the final version." They go on to say that the ...

Edward Norton Battling Marvel Over ‘The Incredible Hulk’
Published 3/11/2008 at Vulture
... Nikki Finke reports this morning that Edward Norton, the star, screenwriter, and producer of this summer's The Incredible Hulk, is battling Marvel over how to edit the movie. When he signed on, Norton was promised "tremendous involvement and access" and was invited to help rewrite Zak Penn's script, which sort of strikes us a mistake given his famously cooperative past (in 1998, director Tony Kaye tried to take his name off American History X after New Line let Norton recut the film, purportedly giving himself more screen time) and the fact that he's, well, ...

Norton vs. Marvel over "Hulk"
Published 3/11/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Norton vs. Marvel over "Hulk" Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 11, 2008 at 01:27 PM Edward Norton is reportedly fighting with and Marvel's chairman David Maisel and production prexy Kevin Feige over the final shape and tone of The Incredible Hulk . Quelle surprise! Norton has been getting into post-production scraps off and on for ten years now, starting with American History X . He'll always be a collaborator and never just "an actor for hire" -- and anyone who hires him knows this. Besides -- arguing over a film's final cut is a very healthy way to go. Better that ...

Norton versus Marvel in Incredible Hulk editing
Published 3/11/2008 at Filmstalker
... Now though the subject matter is much lighter and the film part of a not very well received franchise, and so expectations aren't that high. Well they weren't until Edward Norton agreed to play the role of Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk, for he takes with him a fair weight of talent. However that came at a price and Marvel agreed to allow him to rewrite the script and have a big involvement in the development of the film. Something it appears they may now be regretting. Over at Deadline Hollywood Daily through ...

Creative 'Hulk' Differences Make Norton Smash! Norton Crash! Norton Bash! [The Incredible Hulk]
Published 3/12/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... who smash boulders and each others' hearts on the open Wyoming plain--feeling the director had really done the Marvel source material justice. So it was with a measure of relief that Ed Norton announced he would be sweeping in to reclaim the franchise, with a bold re-envisioning of the beloved tale of Dr. Banner and his rageoholic, gamma-bomb-enhanced Mr. Hyde. Now, reports Deadline Hollywood Daily, the legendarily exacting Norton has been locking horns with the Marvel Studios brass over final cut: ...

'Hulk' Trailer Tonight, Trouble Right Now?
Published 3/12/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... realizes that he is, as Deadline Hollywood aptly puts it, "prickly" when it comes to his films. However, his prickly nature has probably been best documented during the productions of ...

"THE HULK" IS IN TROUBLE
Published 3/12/2008 at What Would Tyler Durden Do?
... It seems pretty remarkable that "The Incredible Hulk" opens in just 12 weeks, yet no one has seen any good footage or pictures or even a real damn poster. The movie cost 150 million dollars, yet Universal doesn't seem to be promoting it at all. Why would that be? Maybe because the movie has real problems right now, mostly Ed Norton, who once again is thinking he's way more talented than he really is. The fantastic website Deadline Hollywood says: ...

The Hulk's Greatest Foe: Edward Norton? [Incredible Hulk]
Published 3/12/2008 by Graeme McMillan at io9
... As long as we still get our cameos from Sam Jackson's Nick Fury and Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark, we'll happily watch no matter whose vision is on the screen. [Deadline Hollywood Daily] ...

Hulk Mad! - Marvel and Norton Wrangle Over Final-Cut
Published 3/12/2008 by Kevin Powers at FirstShowing.net
... It's certainly odd timing that with the long-awaited debut of The Incredible Hulk trailer tonight, we receive word today from Deadline Hollywood that Marvel Studios and Ed Norton are having less-than-amicable discussions as to the film's final cut. The marketing for the film has certainly been slow compared to the likes of Iron Man and The Dark Knight, considering Hulk is due out June 13th of this year. Not only that, Norton needs to overcome the bitter-taste of Ang Lee's 2003 rendering. And now today we hear that "There's a ...

THE FIRST INCREDIBLE HULK TRAILER
Published 3/12/2008 at FilmDrunk.com
... Anyway, here it is: the first trailer for Edward Norton and Louis Leterrier's redo of the Incredible Hulk.  The release date is tentatively set for June, but rumor has it Norton and Marvel are arguing over the final cut.  You see, Norton had planned for the Hulk to get angry and smash things, but Marvel thought that might be a little too... you know.   ...

When Actors Get Out Of Control
Published 3/12/2008 by Perez Hilton at Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
There's a bit of divalicious trouble surrounding the Marvel Studios' "new" Incredible Hulk movie. The studio promised leading man Edward Norton significant creative input….so much so that they allowed him to be on the re-write team to tune up the movie script. Big mistake! Well, looks like Norton and the studio aren't seeing eye to eye on the current "final" cut of the movie. Sources report that starting last night and continuing at least throughout today, the actor will be holed up ...

Incredible Tension: Norton, Marvel Face Off Over Hulk Final Cut
Published 3/14/2008 by Kirsten Anderson at At The Movies - Film News and Reviews
... Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Norton is involved in a standoff with Marvel about the final cut of the film. Apparently he was promised, “‘tremendous involvement and access’ after Marvel invited him into the core team to rewrite Zak Penn’s script,”  and now there’s a war over how he and the studio define the limits of that involvement. In other words, will the final cut be his version or the studio’s version?  ...

Edward Norton Clashes With Marvel over "The Incredible Hulk" Final Cut
Published 3/16/2008 by Jane Boursaw at Film Gecko
... According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, Norton signed on for the project under the stipulation that he could re-write the script and have major input on the film’s final cut. ...

Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: March 16, 2008
Published 3/16/2008 by Sean at Film Junk
... and Nicholas Stoller to Create new Muppet Movie Final Harry Potter Book Will Be Divided Into Two Movies Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Remake In The Works Neil Marshall’s Next Movie Will Be A Western Kurt Wimmer to Write and Possibly Direct Metal Gear Solid? New Trailers Incredible Hulk The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe Deal Some Stories We Didn’t Cover David Fincher Among Directors Contributing to New Animated Heavy Metal Movie Ed Norton and Marvel Battling over Final Cut of Incredible Hulk Tom Perrotta’s The Wishbones ...

Edward Norton Enters The 'Denial' Phase Of Grieving For 'The Incredible Hulk' [Green Waste]
Published 4/17/2008 by STV at Defamer
... , Norton himself went public for the first time this week to shout "Piffle!" at the accounts of acrimony dug up by Nikki Finke and ...

New York Comic Con: 'Hulk,' 'Hellboy' goodies
Published 4/20/2008 by Hollywood Insider at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
... There was a 1,500-pound beast in the room during Marvel's panel at New York Comic Con. We speak, naturally, of The Incredible Hulk...not to mention all the drama behind the movie that's unfolded in recent weeks. Director Louis Leterrier, actor Tim Roth (who plays the soldier-turned-baddie Abomination), and producers Kevin Feige and Gale Anne Hurd largely skirted the issue of star Edward Norton's reported gripes over the pic’s edits. '' ...

The Real Story Of Norton's Hulk Screenplay
Published 6/15/2008 at Cinema Blend News
... cut that would focus on the action. Norton had been told he'd have a say in the final cut, but when Marvel took over, well... you won't like Norton when he's angry. At least 50 minutes of his outtakes will be available on the DVD. Now that The Incredible Hulk has proven that it's a perfectly good summer action movie, all the debate over Norton's screenplay and his fight with Marvel seems like a tempest in a teapot. He's behaved like a perfect gentlemen to the press ever since that Deadline Hollywood story first broke the news about all the feuding. It seems clear that ...