The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 American
superhero film featuring the
Marvel Comics character the
Hulk, produced by
Marvel Studios and distributed by
Universal Pictures. It is
the second film in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by
Louis Leterrier, with a screenplay by
Zak Penn. It stars
Edward Norton,
Liv Tyler,
Tim Roth,
Tim Blake Nelson,
Ty Burrell, and
William Hurt. In
The Incredible Hulk, a new
backstory is established where Bruce Banner becomes the Hulk as an unwitting pawn in a military scheme to reinvigorate the
supersoldier program through gamma radiation. On the run, he attempts to cure himself of the Hulk before he is captured by
General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, but his worst fears are realized when power-hungry soldier
Emil Blonsky becomes a similar but more bestial creature.