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| The Incredible Hulk |
Promotional poster |
| Directed by |
Louis Leterrier |
| Produced by |
Avi Arad
Gale Anne Hurd
Kevin Feige |
| Written by |
Screenplay:
Edward Norton
(credited by his middle name Harrison)
Zak Penn
Comic book:
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby |
| Starring |
Edward Norton
Liv Tyler
Tim Roth
William Hurt |
| Music by |
Craig Armstrong |
| Cinematography |
Peter Menzies Jr. |
| Editing by |
John Wright |
| Distributed by |
Globally:
Paramount Pictures
United States:
Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) |
June 13, 2008 |
| Country |
United States
Canada |
| Language |
English |
| Budget |
$130 million[1] |
The Incredible Hulk is a superhero film based on the Marvel comic of the same name, set for release on June 13, 2008.[2] It is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, William Hurt as her father General Thaddeus Ross and Tim Roth as the villainous Emil Blonsky, known in the comics as the Abomination. The film follows Banner as he flees the pursuit of General Ross and attempts a cure to rid himself of the Hulk. But when Blonsky injects himself with Banner’s gamma formula and becomes an even greater monster, Banner must accept his own inner beast and defeat Blonsky.
After the 2003 film Hulk, Marvel Studios reacquired the rights to the character, and writer Zak Penn began work on a loose sequel that would be closer to the comics and the television series. Norton rewrote the script after he signed on to star, severing ties to its predecessor by retelling the origin story in flashbacks and revelations. Filming mostly took place in Toronto, Canada in 2007, and the film’s crew went to great lengths to reduce the production’s carbon emissions. Letterier’s direction aimed to make the monsters look more realistic and frightening. He redesigned the Abomination, who in the comics is a reptilian KGB agent, into a mutant soldier with an bony protrusions. (more…)
The theatrical release poster. |
| Directed by |
The Pang Brothers |
| Produced by |
Norman Golightly
Graham King
William Sherak
Jason Shuman |
| Written by |
The Pang Brothers
Jason Richman |
| Starring |
Nicolas Cage
Charlie Yeung
Chakrit Yamnam |
| Music by |
Brian Tyler |
| Cinematography |
Decha Srimantra |
| Editing by |
Mike Jackson
Curran Pang |
| Distributed by |
Initial Entertainment
Lionsgate |
| Release date(s) |
August 22, 2008[1] |
| Country |
US |
| Language |
English |
| Budget |
US$45 million |
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Bangkok Dangerous is a 2008 crime film written and directed by the Pang Brothers and starring Nicolas Cage. It is a remake of the Pangs’ 1999 debut film, Bangkok Dangerous, a Thai film for which Cage’s production company, Saturn Films, purchased the remake rights.[2] Known by its working title, Big Hit in Bangkok,[3] and also as Time to Kill, it began filming in Bangkok in August 2006, with locations that include Soi Cowboy.[4][5]
[edit] Production
The film follows a hitman (Cage) who goes to Bangkok on assignment. The original film’s main character is a deaf-mute whose disability makes him a fearless, unflinching gunman. That character has been changed in the remake.
“We’d like to keep him the same, but we understand that from a marketing point of view Nic needs to have some lines,” Oxide was quoted as saying in the International Herald Tribune. “So what we’re going to do is transform his girlfriend instead into a deaf-mute. This switch will maintain the drama of communication between the two main characters.”[6]
Cage’s character’s girlfriend is portrayed by Hong Kong actress Charlie Yeung, who prepared for her role by learning Thai dance and sign language.[7] [8]
In addition, Cage’s character will have a local “errand boy” with whom he develops a bond. That role is portrayed by Thai film and television actor Chakrit Yamnam.[9]
The production was disrupted by the 2006 Thailand coup d’état, with producers temporarily suspending filming. They had hoped to complete the Bangkok production work by October 2006, but it might delayed further. Cage remained in Bangkok, though he had a private jet readied to depart the country in case of any threat.[10]
Production was eventually completed in October 2006.
The film is due for release in the United States on August 22, 2008.
(wikipedia.org)
About the film:
The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, instead finds himself mentoring the young man while simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok’s intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard …just as Surat decides it’s time to clean house. |
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