Unsurprisingly, soon after the massive box office success of Joss Whedon’s The Avengers came news that ABC’s proposed live-action Hulk series was pressing ahead to pilot stage. Little’s been heard since, and now we know what’s keeping them hanging around: a mystery writer.
Led by more-pies-than-fingers director Guillermo del Toro and Battlestar Galactica’s David Eick, the new take on Hulk is waiting for a particular writer to clear their schedule before a new draft of the script is produced.
Del Toro told Collider, “I had one meeting with Marvel after Avengers and we had a very, very good chat. We have a writer that we want to bring on board, a very, very concrete name. I can’t reveal it, but we want to wait for that writer. It’s a writer who is otherwise engaged. So right now we are in a holding pattern until that writer becomes free. Then we’re going to do a new draft of the script.”
A very, very concrete name... Hmm, suggestions, anyone?
