Hulk 2003: The Lost Sequel

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Published 2023-04-17
What ever happened to the Hulk sequel? No, not the Incredible Hulk starring Ed Norton, or not anything to do with Mark Ruffalo’s version of the character. I’m talking about 2003’s Hulk directed by Ang Lee. It starred Eric Bana as Bruce, and featured a strong supporting cast like Jennifer Connelly, Sam Eliot, Josh Lucas, and Nick Nolte. The film itself was a pretty sizable hit, but it still struggled to break even with its marketing costs. It was also incredibly divisive which didn’t help matters at all when it came to a sequel.

Reading lots of interviews, you find that there were indeed plans to make a second film in this continuity, but a lot of outside forces got in the way, especially when Marvel wanted to make their own Incredible Hulk film. Today will be a discussion about the canceled Hulk sequel, why it failed, what it could have done right, and what it means overall for the future. Does Eric Bana have an opportunity to come back and fight someone like Ruffalo? Would Bana’s Hulk ever become Maestro? ALl great questions and all will be answered after checking out this video!

So join me as I talk all about this new format regarding the Unmade Sequel for Hulk 2003. I imagine there will be a bit of growing pains in regards to what makes videos like this work, so I ask all of you to leave a comment and let me know what type of details or information that you want to hear from this show. Thanks for watching CBR! Let’s get started!


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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:26 Hulk’s Unmade Sequel
4:45 The Details
10:44 The MCU’s Eric Bana?


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All Comments (21)
  • @cbr
    2003 Hulk or current Hulk?
  • @Ariverse_
    All I want now is to see the real monster Hulk back
  • The thing about 2003 Ross is that unlike the MCU that is obsessed with the hulk and even remaking it with Erskine's super soldier serum to be more powerful by MCU's Bruce Banner, the 2003 one is the complete opposite and is against the idea of hulk even being experimented in the first place as he even discussed this with Betty when atheon took control of hulks containment that they are going to be profiting and make lots of money and he despises that as he still feels something and guilty for Bruce as he is the one that threw him away and a collateral and so the maestro route is out of the question entirely. And another added bit of fact is when this was first proposed to him by Bruce's dad, he rejects it as it violates human rights whereas the MCU Ross doesn't care about said human rights.
  • @matthew2734
    Eric Bana as Maestro would be awesome! I've been wondering about that for a good while, despite his saying he doesn't wanna return. Kang recruiting Maestro, other evil versions of the Marvel Studios characters would be awesome!
  • I imagined that Talbot was able to survive the explosion. Atheon scientists could do experiments with Bruce's DNA or his father's research on recreating a super-soldier. Talbot, now confined to a wheelchair and horrible burns, was obsessed with getting revenge on Bruce and could have become the Abomination
  • @Nico12420
    Bana's Hulk and Ruffalo's Hulk will probably meet in Secret Wars!
  • @zydelthenovelty
    Every time I watch this movie I see more and more beauty in it. There is so much emotional depth that people just wash right over. This movie was GOLD
  • The Incredible Hulk is one of the best, with Edward Norton. I love Ang Lee's Hulk movie and matter of fact I'm going to rewatch tonight. The MCU's Hulk in Avengers and Ragnarok is great but it went all downhill with what fans want. It's not that I dont like him. It's just I want the savage hulk we all want
  • @michaellewis205
    I don't know about the Gray Hulk I was never a big fan of him but the rest of the story looked great
  • @dayschange2
    Ooooooh, I love the sequel idea you end on here! It would be so interesting to see another Hulk movie that draws off the choppy film history of the character. I would definitely watch it--I might even brave movie theatres again for it, ha.
  • @hulksmash6346
    Eric Bana's Hulk will most likely appear in Secret Wars 🔥🔥🔥
  • @nicktroisi6347
    It would’ve been amazing to see The Leader and Abomination brought to the big screen for the first time
  • @nvp8191
    Smart hulk with become the maestro. Maestro believes he is saving the world no other hulk cares making banner revert back to a Savage beast undermines all the work bruce did but having his personality change because of the extra gamma he got from The infinity gauntlet works. Because maestro personality was change because of extra gamma from a gamma bomb.
  • @Abridgimation
    Bruce being emotionally reclusive is kinda the point of 2003 Hulk. He saw his father kill his mother in front of him. I don't really expect a character to crack jokes every 5 minutes or be "entertaining" after experiencing that. Especially after his trauma manifests itself into the monster, and several times it shows how deep his trauma affects his mental state. It's the same reason I don't trash on Anakin Skywalker's wooden acting in the movies, cause he is a man affected by the trauma of slavery, seeing the Jedi he looked up to treating him like a slave, and his anger taking over causing him to slaughter a village full of Tusken Raiders because of his mother's death. The point of 2003 Hulk isn't some badass cgi fight, but moreso Bruce coming to terms with his trauma and trying to overcome it.
  • @Muramasa4578
    I miss the savage dark side of the hulk the trauma Bruce banner I hope the mcu bringing this back !!
  • I can't remember the last CBR video I've watched you guys have been my favourite but lately I haven't seen any content that interested me but this one Please is something going on with you guys I used to see a handful of interesting content
  • @MarvelX42
    Okay, so I am already tired of Kang, BUT Kang going around and gathering evil versions of the heroes to fight the good versions is actually a great idea.
  • @dannyhuskerjay
    I’d love to see future imperfecto with Ruffalos hulk being called to a multiverse by a friend (sadly Norton wrote out Rick jones in the Incredible Hulk) but he sees the maestro and he leads the revolt against him.