Ed Norton may not even be back as Banner, none of us really know for sure, even if it is all smoke and mirrors on Norton and Marvel part and partial, bare in mind Norton is an actor and a pretty decent one at that, and he does come back! Money, bank, chedder, etc. etc. et all, et all is the name of the game and I think all concerned Jackson, Norton and to a degree Robert Downey, Jr. want some money! It’s nice to act and all , but just acting alone don’t pay the bills and they want, especially and particularly, Norton and Jackson want some money!

And lets face it Marvel, at this point and time, is money, its a cash cow right now! The Spider Man movies started the money ball rolling down the hill and when in your opening weekend you gross, if memory serves, $300 million, you can bet your bottom dollar Jackson and Norton saw that and said, “you know there might be something to this superhero stuff, surely I can play a superhero of some sort, I’ve already done just about everything else!” And in Jackson case he always has played a bit of a superhero type in most of his movies, or at least a really good guy, a guy your rooting for in some way by the end of such a movie.

I just think, at least I’d like to think any way no one really knows what’s in people minds and hearts, its about money and paying the bills, investments or some controlling interests in the franchise/character, etc. etc. What say you M-Cat?! Thanks again for your response, God speed and happy trails…..

I don’t know what he was on when he said that about signing a four picture deal but they would never do that – especially when they said they had difficulty dealing with Norton. No chance for that to happen.

Any way while there I came across an interview that actor Tim Roth, “Emil Blonsky/The Abomonation” did and the interview can be found under, “The Hulk Abomonation Speaks” it was done with, if memory serves, “Movie News Reel” in 2008, just a little after “The Incrediable Hulk” was released!

Roth was talking shop about the movie, the character he played @ an autograph signing @ an LA based comic book store called “Golden Apple”, he said how much he enjoyed playing the character and how that when he was a child one of the first comic books he ever got was the Hulk. Then just after the interview concluded and they came back to the studio to talk a little more to the guy that did the interview in question with Roth both reporters made the statement as to how good Ed Norton was as “Bruce Banner” and how that Roth had signed on, at the time, for three more Hulk movies!

Again all this can be found on YouTube under “The Hulk Abomonation Speaks”. So weather Norton is to be a part of it or not, weather they do a cross over of sorts, with The Avengers or Iron Man 2, or I have even seen stuff mentioned about Bruce Banner and the Hulk paying a visit to Spider Man in Spider Man 4?! Marvel and the powers that be, at least at the time any way, had an idea for three more Hulk related movies, and the proof can be found on YouTube.

Also just as an aside here I ran across, almost by accident, an interview that Samuel L. Jackson did back in late January of this year when his latest movie, anamaie, “Afro Samuri” came out. During that particular interview in which the question was asked about his brief cameo in “Iron Man” as “Nick Furry”, weather or not he liked doing that, etc. etc.? Both Jackson, at the time, Marvel and the powers that be were going through some neogation problems, Jackson said it had allot to do with the economy, and how he may or may not be around as Nick Furry in either Iron Man 2 or The Avengers?! Take that for what its worth that interview can be found on YouTube under, “Samuel L. Jackson speaks about playing comic book hero”.

Hope that helps ya sports fans, stay up, stay loose and keep the faith for our comic book heroes, God speed and happy trails……

rdj said “were forming a team”.

“then there is a secret clip at the end of the Hulk Movie that Robert Downey Jr plays when he see’s the captian of the U.S Military..saying that they are Recruiting and that he wants to recruit the Hulk for the Avengers…”

I don’t remember seeing this one. THe only clip i saw was when Stark tells the colonel I think i can help you with your problem {Hulk}. And THAT in no way says he wants to recruit the Hulk for Avengers. Did I miss a clip somewhere?

Again… gray hulk.

If only the script read as so,

“Tony Stark flicked the switch and the crimson beam hit banner. He pulsed with the beam and collapsed. They released the weakened scientist as Stark charged him with a jolt of electricity. Just enough to trigger the transformation.

Banner changed but to a smaller gray version. The new hulk looked up at Stark, “Got a smoke?”

Apparently Howard wanted too much to return in IM:2. Would you rather have no War Machine in that case? The Hulk can still be in The Avengers with or without Norton in the Banner role, he’s an actor not a necessity.