Summer Movie Preview

I always find that the best way to beat the mid-winter blues is to think about the upcoming slate of Summer movies. First up next summer is The Avengers, out May 4. The Avengers is a sort of super-group of super-heroes with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) teaming together to fight some gigantic evil no one hero can defeat alone.

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The Hulk Gets a Fresh Start in ‘The Avengers’

In the past decade, there have been two attempts to bring Marvel Comics’ “Incredible Hulk” to the big screen.  And neither fully satisfied critics or comic-book fans with how they portrayed Bruce Banner, the mild-mannered scientist who grows into an uncontrollable green monstrosity when he gets angry.

So when writer/director Joss Whedon (creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) was brought aboard “The Avengers” — next year’s movie that teams up the Hulk with fellow superheroes Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor — he had both the opportunity and the challenge of giving the character a fresh start.  Luckily for Whedon, he had a great Oscar-nominated actor, Mark Ruffalo, to help him redefine both Banner and Hulk.

via The Hulk Gets a Fresh Start in ‘The Avengers’ | Movie Talk – Yahoo! Movies.