Guillermo del Toro
Now that so many people have seen how awesome The Hulk is on the big screen, recent news has hit that tells us that The Hulk will be coming to the small screen as well, and not from just some no-name director, but a star director with much monster and horror based movie work under his belt – Guillermo del Toro!
Del Toro spoke with Collider about the hold up with the new Hulk TV series and even tells us what to expect next for the property:
“I had one meeting with Marvel after Avengers and we had a very, very good chat. We have a writer that we want to bring on board, a very, very concrete name. I can’t reveal it, but we want to wait for that writer. It’s a writer who is otherwise engaged. So right now we are in a holding pattern until that writer becomes free. Then we’re going to do a new draft of the script.”
I also liked what del Toro had to say about his love of monsters as it relates to superheroes:
“The thing is that I’m not a superhero guy. I like monsters, and when the monster is a superhero, it’s a byproduct. Like Hellboy, the Hulk, Man-Thing, Swamp Thing, Sandman, Constantine, Demon, Dr. Strange, Spectre, Deadman. Those are the superheroes I followed as a kid religiously. I loved when the superhero genre crosses with horror. Morbius. Those are the guys I gravitated towards. Blade. So for me, to be interested in doing a superhero movie, it would need to be on the dark side or a Jack Kirby property. Kamandi, Demon, Mr. Miracle—I love any Kirby.”
Nice little homage to Kirby there, huh? I thought so, too.
There is also word that there will be another Hulk movie, possibly starring Mark Ruffalo, though there is no date as to when that may happen. Since the Hulk TV series didn’t make it to the small screen this fall, be on the look out for it next fall. We’ll let you know more about it as we learn more!
