The Real Truth Behind The Edward Norton/Marvel Fued?

The Real Truth Behind The Edward Norton/Marvel Fued?

This is indeed interesting!

By cookiepussproduction - Dec 23, 2009 02:12 PM EST
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I have never beleived there was any real problems going on between Edward Norton and Marvel, I really didnt. I knew that Norton was a little afraid of crossing over the Marvel films, although he did find the idea fun.

Well a really good source (who wants to be left unnamed), tells me the real back story between Norton and Marvel's problems is this.

"Norton was originally going to cameo in Iron Man as Bruce Banner. Norton was really interested and was looking forward to doing so because he felt it was a great idea to have characters from Marvel to interact with one another like the comic books, and he looked at it as a great way to promote The Incredible Hulk.

But what ended up happening was, Norton's cameo was dropped for Samuel L. Jackson appearing as Nick Fury, which really pissed him off. He thought it was a stupid move not to have Banner appear since it would have built up hype for The Incredible Hulk."

If this is true, then I can actually understand why Norton would be hesitant to join the cast of The Avengers. It would also explain why Norton did not want to promote The Incredible Hulk for Marvel!
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Spock
Spock - 12/23/2009, 2:26 PM
That is pretty good & makes u wonder! Is your source truely in the entertainment industy?
shahrazstate
shahrazstate - 12/23/2009, 2:27 PM
Edward Norton still needs to be in Thor, Iron man, and Avengers. He has to make a cameo in Thor.
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 12/23/2009, 2:32 PM
meh, not to call you out on anything, but I'm dubious of unnamed sources...I'd even take a tabloid over an unnamed friend.
jazzman
jazzman - 12/23/2009, 2:33 PM
i dont think thats true about Norton
Spock
Spock - 12/23/2009, 2:34 PM
Woow u say Adam, who could he possibly be?!!!!! Wait & see.
invalensname
invalensname - 12/23/2009, 3:03 PM
I have read in the past he is a control freak. He shouldnt be getting so uptight about this, Im sure if he wasnt acting like a spoiled child he would get a cameo in other films. I love Norton as an actor but as a person he comes across as childish.
EvilEmperor25
EvilEmperor25 - 12/23/2009, 3:10 PM
Stupid reason. Nick Fury makes more sense.
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 12/23/2009, 3:14 PM
He rarely promotes his movies, not promoting the hulk was nothing new.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 12/23/2009, 3:15 PM
I would have like a cameo from Bruce in Iron Man. Since Banner has had two actors already portray him I don't mind another. I would really like to see a Hulk Cameo in Thor.
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 12/23/2009, 3:46 PM
I guess I just don't understand why they couldn't do both.
ElBicho
ElBicho - 12/23/2009, 3:46 PM
It was me.

I, Elbicho am Edward Norton's 1st cousin (by marriage).
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/23/2009, 4:22 PM
Hey where did ya CARROL FARRIS article go??!
Stumblin
Stumblin - 12/23/2009, 4:24 PM
It would have been cool to have Norton's cameo but at the same time, how in the hell would it make sense? Why would Norton contact Stark? It makes more sense to have Fury's little schpeal.
1chris2
1chris2 - 12/23/2009, 4:30 PM
i would love to see him in a hulk sequel and the avengers,along with leader and abomination.
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 12/23/2009, 4:56 PM
Well, Norton could have been looking to stark for help on his cure. In the comics there's an awesome story where Stark has these nanites that will cure Banner forever, all he has to do is stay calm for 24 hours so the nanites can attach to the hulk cells...well I don't think I need to go into the details, but needless to say trouble arises and only the Hulk can stop it. Banner sacrifices a cure for the good of humanity. I think it'd make for a good sub plot for the Avengers...or possibly just a good Hulk v. Iron Man movie perhaps after the Avengers movie.
sansClaymore
sansClaymore - 12/23/2009, 10:39 PM
although it would make more sense to include spiderman and wolverine in the avengers ala several of the comics, i highly doubt(sadly)that they will appear at all.
oscorp could fill the void of stark ind. going out of the weapons biz. harry osbourne being visited by normans ghost in spidey movies could elude to his body being thawed from cryo ala captain america when an apparent cure ala nanotechnology comes along.this would be pete parkers entrance to the team.
wolverine on the other hand has battled the hulk several times maybe he gets approached by nick fury as well? he could be the we in "were putting a team together".
sansClaymore
sansClaymore - 12/23/2009, 10:52 PM
lol im just sayin if i were in charge my marvel movie line up would look like this.
Iron man 2 - Thor - The first avenger:cap.america - Spiderman4 - Hulk2 - the Avengers - X-men origins:wolverine 2(japan) - Civil war - planet hulk
1chris2
1chris2 - 12/24/2009, 4:24 AM
what about x-4 sansclaymore?
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/24/2009, 5:20 AM
if this is true, then it makes ed norton a pretty big baby.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/24/2009, 6:29 AM
@sansclaymore

well if you were in charge, you would be getting your ass sued off. spidey and wolverine, the FF, Daredevil, ghost rider, the xmen, NONE of those characters will be in an avengers movie...EVER. not unless marvel studios buys back the rights from Sony and Fox.

you see, marvel studios is NOT the company that has made any of those movies. Marvel does not own the movie rights to use those characters. its not a matter of what marvel WANTS to put in, if they put any of those characters in Avengers, they would get sued. plain and simple.

Fox owns the rights to most of the marvel character movies we've seen, and Sony owns the rights for spidey and spidey related characters.

and really, it WOULDN'T make sense to include wolverine and spiderman (even if they could), considering they weren't really avengers until New Avengers...which is hardly the same thing.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/24/2009, 9:20 AM
i read a while back that norton thought his contract said he had a certain amount of creative control, and wanted to do things with the movie. but then marvel wouldn't let him, so he got mad. i guess this is what he thought he had some control over?
australiancomicbookmoviefan
australiancomicbookmoviefan - 12/24/2009, 9:34 AM
I think in terms of continuity this makes no sense, since during the week we all spoke about how we see the movie go chronologically in the Marvel Universe.

For those who werent in on the discussion, the order is Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Iron Man II, The Incredible Hulk, and the reason IM II is before TIH is because in the comic con teaser for IM II we see Tony saying to Fury I'm not joining you superhero boy band, yet at the end of TIH we see Stark go to the bar where Gen. Ross is and starts talking about getting a team together, so hence an appearence by Banner in IM or even for that matter IM II would definitely make zero sense. Unless of course they alude to the Halk in some way maybe referencing the incident at the uni, or the battle Hulk had with Abomination.

So I dont really give this a lot of credit, as I believe Ed to be a bit more grown up to realise that his cameo would be ultimately pointless and confusing.

My two bobs worth.

Aussie
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/24/2009, 9:51 AM
@ austrailian

yeah, but this fued started back when they were making TIH. they didn't use his idea. which is why he's mad. if they would have listened to him, then the stark/ross scene at the end of TIH might have been different, which would have allowed for an appearance in IM2.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/24/2009, 9:54 AM
also, didn't iron man come out before TIH? so if IM was made before TIH, then how does this make sense for norton to be mad that hulk wasn't in the first IM...since y'know, it was already made.
ecksmanfan
ecksmanfan - 12/24/2009, 10:56 AM
I just hope he gets done with his little tantrum. He was great as Banner and would love to see him come back for more. HAte to see another recast on that role.
TheJester
TheJester - 12/24/2009, 11:31 AM
This is a bunch of BS.
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 12/24/2009, 12:23 PM
I don't think he had a tantrum, there was tension about creative control sure, but the fact that he didn't promote the film has little to do with that as he hardly ever promotes his movies.
australiancomicbookmoviefan
australiancomicbookmoviefan - 12/25/2009, 3:53 AM
@ corndog's 2nd post.

EXACTLY!!!!
flames809
flames809 - 12/25/2009, 8:21 AM
he has to cameo in a movie because if thor cameos in im2 it would be wrong to norton
ClintEastwood
ClintEastwood - 12/25/2009, 8:16 PM
I liked the action in hulk more
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/26/2009, 10:21 AM
@ australian

lol, i'm just saying, this would make sense if TIH came out first, but Iron Man was made before Hulk. it just doesn't add up.
australiancomicbookmoviefan
australiancomicbookmoviefan - 12/26/2009, 8:45 PM
@ corndog.

Of course if TIH had been done first then yeah, I would say Ed has an argument, but as it has fallen the way it has IM was done first TIH was done after and no cameo for Hulk until we see Thor.

Do you think Corndog, that this is the intended timeline Marvel is shooting for?
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/28/2009, 11:06 AM
@ australian

sorry it took a minute to respond :)

yeah. i think the stark cameo in TIH kind of proves that TIH takes place after IM2. but i don't know about a hulk cameo in thor, we'll have to see.

i read a while back that 80% of thor will take place entirely in asgard, and about 20% in earth's realm. we've already been told that fury and hawkeye have a cameo in Thor, so i'm not sure how much more room there will be for a hulk cameo. i think hulk will not be seen again until the avengers. thats just my opinion though. they might mention him in IM2, considering Stark is talking to General Ross about his hulk problem. and we also know that fury confronts Stark in IM2, so it would make sense for Fury to talk about Hulk in IM2.

we'll have to wait and see!
australiancomicbookmoviefan
australiancomicbookmoviefan - 12/29/2009, 3:13 AM
all good.

this is pretty exciting really, seeing this happen.

I am kinda upset we wont see another hulk movie, tih wasnt the greatest cbm, by my god it was a cracking movie, i hope the creative team and talent come back for another, it all came together for something really special, we deserve another.
sansClaymore
sansClaymore - 12/29/2009, 5:06 PM
firstly no x-4 ,singer is doing x-men:first class, a prequal of sorts, and "IF" i were in charge of the "MARVEL MOVIE" lineup iregardless of the shareholders movie studios or production companies involved, i still like my "FICTITIOUS"and yes, imaginative lineup/tie-in idea. as well as several others that i think would be cool and make sense if the appropriate screenwriter/directors did it right. for example, it would be cool if they do a tie-in with several other shield and avengers associated characters throughout the movies leading to the avengers movie. one reasonable explanation would be to create sparks for spinoffs of those said characters for there own movies. the "Marvel Movie Universe"is already very far off from the comic universe/universes.if we are to assume it is contiguous then it would wholly be appropriate for random if not deliberate cameos of obscure maybe even already lucritive characters such as wolverine or spiderman. not that it could happen because of said property constraints,just that it would be awesome and great for us fans.just think what was going on in stark or banners lives during the events of the xmen and spidy movies? the mutant situation? fantastic 4?alot of these folks are in new york lol.are any neighbors? are they in the same universe? thate why i hope brannagh and Thor will set a tone for marvel character movies and how they all relate.

australiancomicbookmoviefan
australiancomicbookmoviefan - 12/30/2009, 5:00 AM
it makes perfect sense clay.
fanofcomics
fanofcomics - 1/2/2010, 8:17 AM
what a baby...makes it all about him if it's true when it should be about the movie. it's business, not Norton-world.
SuperSpiderMan5778
SuperSpiderMan5778 - 3/6/2010, 7:57 PM
i just saw American History X and I know Edward Norton is in other respectable actor but he shouldn't trip like that i mean Hulk/Banner will have his shot again in Avengers so in the meantime he should just worry about making other movies until he is called for Avengers.
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