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Fans of The Incredible Hulk: The Animated Series may be surprised to discover that the 1990s animated series featured an impressive roster of voice talent, including several famous faces from Hollywood and beyond. The Incredible Hulk: Tas brought a swathe of classic Marvel characters to life as part of Marvel’s animated universe. These were played by actors, many of whom were already household names or rising stars, bringing depth and charisma to the characters they portrayed.

Airing from 1996 to 1997, The Incredible Hulk: The Animated Series followed Bruce Banner’s tragic struggle to control his monstrous alter ego. With its darker tone, the series explored themes of isolation, redemption, and identity, often featuring guest appearances by Marvel superheroes and villains. Alongside its gripping narratives, the show boasted an ensemble of voice actors whose performances elevated the storytelling. Many of these made huge contributions to the very best episodes of The Incredible Hulk: The Animated Series.

Mark Hamill has played a swathe of comic book characters, with the very best quickly becoming iconic and quintessential. Mark Hamill is most famous for voicing the Joker throughout the DC Universe, but he also voiced several more DC characters and many Marvel heroes and villains. Each of these reflects both Hamill’s impressive acting abilities and his love for comic books. Hamill’s performances have been celebrated, even though some were so subtle that many might have missed his presence.

Mark Hamill is an icon in pop culture, celebrated for his legendary role as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. However, his career extends far beyond the galaxy far, far away, particularly in the realm of comic book adaptations. Whether through voice work or live-action performances, Hamill has brought countless characters to life with his incredible versatility. The ten best comic book characters Mark Hamill has portrayed demonstrate his ability to delve into heroism,...

Clancy Brown may be one of those actors whose name doesn’t immediately connect with a face, but once you see him, you’ll instantly recognize him.

Known for his many supporting roles, Clancy Brown has enjoyed a prolific career spanning decades, and you likely know him from various projects he has appeared in.

His film credits include Viking Lofgren in Bad Boys (1983), Rawhide in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), the Kurgan in Highlander (1986), Capt. Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Sgt. Charles Zim in Starship Troopers (1997), Stanley Thomas in Promising Young Woman (2020), and the Harbinger in John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).

In the realm of animation, Brown has voiced Lex Luthor in the DC Animated Universe (1996–2006) and Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present).

His other voice roles include Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka in the Crash Bandicoot franchise (1997–2003), Long Feng in Avatar: The Last Airbender...

As far as live-action superheroes go, fans today don't know how good they've got it. With both Zack Snyder's Justice League and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier coming out recently, it's time to look back to a time when many had to make do with much less sophisticated superheroes. In the seventies, big-screen superheroes were Mia. Things were a bit better on the small screen, with shows like Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk doing well in the ratings. This led…...

For many years, Walt Disney World was the dominant theme park force in Orlando, Florida. However, in recent years (and thanks to the immersive glory of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter), Universal Orlando Resort has pulled up to be nearly neck-and-neck with the mouse house across the way.

Related: Disney World: Ranking Every Menu Item At Woody's Lunch Box

As such, many of Universal's attractions have become as much of a must-do as Disney's top pillars. A trip through the Hogwarts castle, a roller coaster themed to The Incredible Hulk, a splash-down water ride into Jurassic Park. Each of these have become practically synonymous with Universal Orlando. But there are still plenty of more underrated attractions that deserve a second look.

Love it or hate it, one of the things that makes the Marvel Cinematic Universe work is the long term synergy. With Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, over a decade of movies came together to pull off one of the most entertaining spectacles of our time. It’s a universe that, for the most part, feels consistent and it builds on itself as each movie feels like an essential cog in a larger machine.

Some cogs are bigger than the others, though, and when it comes to “the others,” one can’t help but notice that 2008’s Incredible Hulk is something of a black sheep in the Marvel movie roster. These days, they’re just starting to dust it off as a property with the return of Tim Roth’s Abomination in She-Hulk and William Hurt’s General Ross’ gradually increasing role in the universe itself (he’ll appear...

With 25 projects currently in development that include feature films, TV shows, animated spinoffs and holiday specials, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s sprawling roster is set to get exponentially larger over the next couple of years. And at the current rate that the studio are adapting their comic book properties for the big and small screens, almost every actor in Hollywood is going to end up getting involved at some point or another.

After all, Kevin Feige has already cast his eye to the past by finally acknowledging The Incredible Hulk as a thing that exists thanks to recruiting Tim Roth to reprise his role as Abomination in She-Hulk, while Charlie Cox has been heavily rumored to remain onboard as Daredevil when the Man Without Fear gets rebooted and absorbed into the McU.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., meanwhile, was official canon once upon a time, but after...

Marvel fans are surely still reeling from the onslaught of superhero-sized announcements from Disney’s jam-packed investor day. To kick off the four-hour presentation, Disney’s distribution chief Kareem Daniel announced on Thursday that 10 new Marvel series would be coming to Disney Plus in the next few years, along with previously announced shows like “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” that are debuting in just a few months. New series like “Armor Wars” and “Secret Invasion” are also joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, bringing big-screen favorites like Don Cheadle’s War Machine and Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury to the small screen.

Here’s everything we learned about Marvel’s Disney Plus shows:

“WandaVision”

"We are an unusual couple." Marvel Studios' @WandaVision, an Original Series, starts streaming Jan. 15 on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/rBIygqUGsw

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) December 11, 2020

After an entire year with no Marvel content, “WandaVision...

Marvel Studios has just dropped a major update on the upcoming She-Hulk series for Disney+, revealing that the show will be bringing back some familiar faces. As has been previously reported, Tatiana Maslany will be leading the series as the titular green heroine. It hs now been confirmed that Avengers star Mark Ruffalo will also appear in the series as Bruce Banner, reprising his role from the McU. Additionally, Tim Roth will also return as the Abomination, presumably to feud with She-Hulk in the show's freshman season.

This will be the first time Tim Roth has been seen in the McU since appearing as the Abomination in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk. At the time, Ruffalo was not even yet playing the role of Bruce Banner, as Edward Norton took on the part in the movie. The Hulk character has since been played by Ruffalo in the Avengers movies, but...

Marvel Cinematic Universe stars Mark Ruffalo and Don Cheadle will both appear in upcoming Marvel TV shows on Disney Plus.

Ruffalo will appear in “She-Hulk” opposite Tatiana Maslany, reprising the role of Bruce Banner, a.k.a. The Incredible Hulk. Cheadle will star as James Rhodes, a.k.a. War Machine, in the standalone series “Armor Wars.” In addition, Tim Roth will reprise the role of Abomination that he played in the 2008 “Incredible Hulk” film in “She-Hulk.”

“Armor Wars” is based on the comic book series of the same name, in which Tony Stark’s Iron Man armor designs fall into the hands of those who would use them to do harm rather than good.

The announcements were made by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige during the Disney Investor Day presentation on Thursday, along with several other Marvel TV news items.

Feige also announced the new series “Ironheart.” It follows genius inventor Riri Williams,...

We have official news from the Marvel universe, and it’s big (and green): Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany has been confirmed to star in Disney+’s upcoming She-Hulk series.

The long-rumored news was announced on Thursday at the Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day. In addition to Maslany’s casting, Disney revealed that Mark Ruffalo will reprise his big-screen role as Hulk on the series, and Tim Roth will return as the villain Emil Blonsky, aka the Abomination, a role he played in the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk.

More from TVLineTom Hiddleston's Loki Takes a Jarring Trip Through Time...

David “Dave” Prowse, the actor under Darth Vader’s helmet and armor in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died after a short illness at the age of 85. His agent announced his death early on Sunday morning, saying:

“It’s with great regret and heart-wrenching sadness for us and millions of fans around the world, to announce that our client Dave Prowse MBE has passed away at the age of 85.”

The former bodybuilder made his leap into a galaxy far, far away after George Lucas spotted him in a bit part in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. According to Prowse, he was offered a choice between playing Chewbacca or Vader and chose the latter on the basis that “everyone remembers the villain.”

Of course, fans will know that James Earl Jones provides the booming voice of Vader. George Lucas apparently planned this all along, too, as Prowse’s British...

While a lot of movie fans only know Marvel through the McU, the true origin of their iconic superheroes began in the pages of Marvel Comics. Stan Lee is the man credited with putting Marvel on the map with the creation of a host of grounded new heroes, from the Fantastic Four to The Incredible Hulk. Filmmaker James Gunn, who followed in Lee's footsteps with his take on the McU's Guardians of the Galaxy, took to Instagram to honor Lee on his second death anniversary with a throwback photo and the following message.

"One of the great joys of my life was getting to know @therealstanlee & working with him on multiple occasions. He was a wonderful guy & a true role model outside of all he gave to the world - and to me personally - creatively. It's hard to believe it's been 2 years since he's passed. I still remember him...

As is the case with any long-running franchise with such a sprawling focus, the official timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been the subject of constant debate among fans, many of whom are looking for the ideal way to binge the interconnected superhero stories from start to finish. Even the studio has faced problems settling on the correct chronology, especially when Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s eight-year time jump was quickly ignored and swept under the carpet.

There are plenty of ways to revisit the McU, of course, and no doubt a whole lot of people have re-watched all the movies from Iron Man to Spider-Man: Far From Home over the last six months as millions around the world found themselves with a lot more free time than usual, and there were even some innovative methods to do so that offered an entirely new perspective on how to enjoy the series.

The McU's commitment to getting proper actors to star in their movies rather than simply muscle-bound action men is best exemplified through Mark Ruffalo's take on Bruce Banner, aka Hulk. Despite being dwarfed in size standing next to the likes of Chris Evans and Hemsworth in full superhero regalia, Ruffalo holds his own in the role of the tortured scientist hiding the beast within. In an interview with Variety, Ruffalo admitted he still suffers from feelings of insecurity regarding his inclusion in the McU

"Every time I'm whining like, "God damn, how long are we waiting for the set up?" I'm like, "Hey, Remember you're not even supposed to be here." Right. I just remember to be grateful because I still can't believe it. I still keep thinking, "They're going to throw me out of the club. I never belonged here in the first place and they're all going to find out.

Following yesterday's announcement that Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany is She-Hulk for Disney+, Avengers: Endgame star Mark Ruffalo has now taken to social media to welcome the actress into the fold. From his message, you can clearly tell that Ruffalo is as excited for the series as the rest of us, with the actor pleased to welcome his on-screen cousin to the McU gang.

Welcome to the family, cuz! @tatianamaslany#SheHulkhttps://t.co/VXcaE9Fine

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) September 17, 2020"Welcome to the family, cuz! @tatianamaslany #SheHulk."

Ruffalo joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe back in 2012's The Avengers, taking over the role of Bruce Banner/Hulk from Edward Norton who left the franchise following The Incredible Hulk. Since then, Ruffalo has appeared across the McU, starring in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. His natural likeability and comic timing have made his Bruce Banner an endearing,...

In 1974, I was 16 and curious to see ABC try once again with super-heroes. One fine Tuesday night, I sat at and watched Wonder Woman, horrified at the liberties taken in the backdoor pilot. Cathy Lee Crosby didn’t have the looks or the costume and the most interesting thing about this was Ricardo Montalban as the heavy.

The network somehow still saw the potential in the character and commissioned a more faithful pilot, this time with a comics-accurate costume and perfect casting in Lynda Carter. In the hands of former Batman scribe Stanley Ralph Ross, the show felt right. ABC agreed and a series of Wonder Woman shows were filmed, set in World War II.

This was the beginning of the jiggle era of television, as prime time was filled with busty, often braless actors and they pandered to the women’s movement with female-led shows that didn’t fulfill their promise.

Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo thinks Marvel Studios should wait a bit before casting a new Wolverine. Hugh Jackman was the actor who brought Weapon X to the big screen, and for many, he's still the only man for the role. Disney acquired Fox last year, which brought all of the Marvel Fox properties back to Marvel Studios, including Wolverine and the rest of the X-Men. Even before the deal was officially announced, Marvel Cinematic Universe fans were already dreaming of seeing Jackman come back to the role.

As for coming back to Wolverine, Hugh Jackman has said on multiple occasions that he is finished with the role and that it's time for a new actor to take it on. Along with rumors of Jackman returning, there has been a ton of speculation as to who will fill Jackman's shoes for the McU. When asked about which characters he would...

Marvel is all set to reboot the X-Men within the McU, so naturally that means there’s a lot of excitement from fans to see Wolverine return to the big screen to rub shoulders with the Avengers. The studio faces a big challenge when it comes to Logan, however, as Hugh Jackman’s 17-year tenure as the immortal hero casts a long shadow over the character. With the Australian actor promising us he’s sheathed his claws for the last time, it’ll be tough to recast the role.

That’s why Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo believes that Marvel should probably rest Wolverine for a bit before they go ahead and introduce a new version of him to audiences. While speaking to ComicBookMovie.com, Russo stressed that he loves the character, but he just thinks it would be best to give Logan a break following Jackman’s “incredible” portrayal.

The Russo brothers directed four Marvel movies and all of them are beloved entries in the McU. While it’s hard to pinpoint their particular style (which could be taken as a criticism) when compared to say Ryan Coogler, James Gunn or Taika Waititi, they’re certainly masters at balancing characters. Their gift (as well as the screenwriters) for managing multiple storylines with at least a dozen characters and turning all of it into a coherent and entertaining film is a talent unto itself.

But if the Disney/Fox merger had happened sooner, we may have gotten even more superheroes in Avengers: Endgame. While speaking with ComicBookMovie.com, Joe Russo mentioned a particular X-Men character that they would have loved to have included in the McU, saying:

“I mean, Wolverine was always one of my favourite characters. Incredible Hulk #181 was one of the first comic books that I remember collecting,...

The Incredible Hulk arrived in theaters just six weeks after Iron Man officially marked the launch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the studio would prefer if you didn’t acknowledge the movie’s existence. While it still technically remains canon, references to anything involving Edward Norton’s Bruce Banner seem to have been a no-go ever since he was replaced by Mark Ruffalo, although William Hurt’s Thaddeus Ross has been making something of a comeback in recent years.

Universal still hold the rights to distribute solo Hulk movies, and they don’t seem too keen on the same kind of character-sharing agreement that saw Sony cede creative control of Spider-Man to Kevin Feige and his team, meaning that the big guy can only be featured as a supporting player. That obviously limits what they can do with him from a story perspective, and in a recent interview, Ruffalo...

Once upon a time, when there were just three major networks, the schedules would be filled with glossy, interesting, high-concept miniseries, usually aired during the vital November, February, and May sweeps periods when the ratings were used to set advertising rates. This is what gave us great concepts like ABC’s Roots or, in 1983, V.

Metro subways and bus stations were plastered that spring with red-suited people, wearing sunglasses and big smiles, wrapping their arms around ordinary folk and we were assured: “The Visitors are our Friends”. A few weeks later, they were replaced with replicas but now a spray-painted V covered them and we got a hint of the Visitors’ true, reptilian nature.

The V miniseries, wonderfully written and directed by Ken Johnson (he of Incredible Hulk fame) was a taut two-night affair that presented the aliens coming to Earth and befriending us before their true intentions were revealed and a resistance movement began.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s fourth Phase will get going in May when Black Widow is finally given her own solo movie. Meanwhile, Disney is busy putting together a ton of new McU shows for their streaming service, Disney Plus, which will feature the likes of Wanda, Bucky, Vision, the Falcon and more. However, the continued inclusion of one of the franchise’s most beloved heroes is still uncertain.

A few weeks ago, when asked whether or not the Hulk would appear again in the McU, Mark Ruffalo said that he wasn’t sure. Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, the actor was questioned about a possible return and said, “I don’t know.” He then followed that up by stating: “it is supposed to be over and that [Endgame] was supposed to be the end.” Now, however, it seems he’s changed his tune and may have actually teased the character’s next appearance.

Awesome new fan art of a proposed World War Hulk movie teases Mark Ruffalo starring in a solo Incredible Hulk film, and now I'm left wishing this was happening for real. Created by digital artist @zerologhy on Instagram, the teaser poster depicts Ruffalo as Bruce Banner and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's version of Hulk completely surrounded by carnage. Though nothing more than well-made fan art, the concept sounds interesting as the World War Hulk story would make for an excellent movie. You can look at the poster art below.

As Ruffalo has become so synonymous with Hulk at this point, it's strange to look back and remember that it was another actor who played Bruce Banner in the Hulk's only solo McU movie. Released in 2008, the second-ever McU movie, The Incredible Hulk, starred Edward Norton as the titular green superhero. Due to drama behind the scenes, Norton and Marvel parted ways after the project,...

After years of fans clamoring for the character to enter the McU, Marvel Studios is finally moving ahead with a She-Hulk TV series, which will arrive on Disney Plus in the next couple of years. A character breakdown for the heroine herself is doing the rounds online, too, and it seems to confirm that not only with Jennifer Walters’ origins story be very faithful to the comics, but Mark Ruffalo will also be involved as Bruce Banner.

Marvel’s now searching for the right actress to bring She-Hulk to life, with the casting call making it clear that the studio is open to all ethnicities at this stage of the process. Here’s the current logline for the project:

“Also known as Jennifer Walters, She Hulk is a lawyer, and cousin of Bruce Banner, whose emergency blood transfusion from Bruce empowers her with Hulk-like abilities.”

New Fan Art Shows How...

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the first Marvel Studios TV series to hit Disney Plus, is due to pull many strands together from past McU movies. Baron Zemo and Sharon Carter, both last seen in Captain America: Civil War, for example, will return in the show. Now, the latest set pics are suggesting there’s a chance that a character long since seen in the McU could be about to make a surprise comeback.

As pointed out by Twitter user @MsLizzieHill, signs for a company called Samson Development have been spotted in various Falcon photos over the past few months. The name will be familiar to Marvel fans as it puts us in mind of Doc Samson, Bruce Banner’s frequent ally from the comics. Leonard Samson was previously adapted, sans his superpowers, in The Incredible Hulk, but is he on his way back?

Well, it’s possible. As in the comics though,...

Justice League is a “step in the right direction” in that instead of tumbling down an upwards-climbing escalator on an endless loop, DC has now managed to brace itself on a bottom step, clutching the handrail in a dizzied, confused daze. Patty Jenkins blazed a trail for franchise improvement with Wonder Woman, but this Zack Snyder/Joss Whedon double-team steps right back into the Dceu’s own mismanaged stink.

Forced “humor” clashes with Snyder’s brand of glib intensity, action sequences rage with no captivation, backstory establishment gets tossed aside – but yes, it’s far more “fun” than Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. For whatever that’s worth? Marvel cultivated their rivaling luminescent, “bright side” universe through patience and genuine charisma – DC just wants to bottle the same magic, hellbent on replicating an existing formula without understanding.

The Justice League’s first venture is to prevent Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds), a cosmic warlord,...

Hugh Jackman is getting ready to hang up his Adamantium claws for good as fan-favorite mutant Wolverine, but not without a final, R-rated feature. 20th Century Fox is getting ready to release Logan, the third and final solo Wolverine movie, in just a few months and the marketing campaign is ramping up. Now, the studio has just launched a new website for Logan, teasing the final trailer for the movie and giving fans a cool opportunity.

The website is called 1974 Frames of Logan and allows fans to sign up and receive a limited-edition postcard from the movie. The postcard will feature a single frame from the upcoming, full-length trailer for Logan, of which, they will be giving away a total of 1974. Fans are being encouraged to share their postcards online once they receive them with the hashtag #OneLastTime. So if fans are willing to share and are willing to do...

Get ready to say goodbye to your favorite adamantium-clawed mutant! (and save the Spoiler! alerts. It's a comic. It's called "Death of Wolverine." There's no mystery to it.) Created by Len Wein and John Romita, Sr., the character made his first appearance in The Incredible Hulk no. 181 in 1974 and has been a staple in Marvel lore for more than four decades and crossing over into multiple comic titles, movies, toys, etc., becoming a cultural icon....

Wolverine co-creator Len Wein has said that he has received more royalties from the Dark Knight trilogy than all the X-Men films combined.

The writer has earned more from his minor character Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's films than he has from the Canadian mutant, who has currently appeared in six films and starred in five of them.

Wein said that it is frustrating that he has not been credited for Hugh Jackman's character in 20th Century Fox's franchise.

"It's less frustrating for the characters I created at DC," he told the Los Angeles Times.

"Money comes with the anonymity, at least. I have contracts that guarantee me some small piece of the action. Lucius Fox has earned me a great deal more money than Wolverine ever has, although I will say that for the latest film Marvel did send me a nice cheque."

Chris Claremont and Frank Miller...

Sure, on the comic book side of the X-Men films, Chris Claremont presently finds himself recieving a lot of press recently for "The Wolverine" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" as the writer of the storylines that inspired those films. But let us not forget those that actually created the characters, like Len Wein, who introduced Wolverine(along with John Romita, Sr. and Roy Thomas) in 1974's "The Incredible Hulk #180". Said Wein on the current Wolverine film, "I loved it. We’re going to go see it again this week, in fact. My wife and my family have not seen it yet, so I’m going to take them to see it this weekend. It is in very many ways not really a superhero film; I thought that makes it spectacular. It’s really a character study. There’s all the superhero action you could ask for, but at the...

With all due respect to Captain Canuck, when it comes to Canadian superheroes, none have more international recognition than Wolverine. Because despite being played by an Aussie, Hugh Jackman's fan favourite character has popped up in every instalment in Fox's blockbuster "X-Men" franchise (including a cameo in "First Class"). And now with the release of "The Wolverine," he gets his second solo film.

Directed by James Mangold, Logan's latest adventure picks up where "X-Men: The Last Stand" left off, with the loner anti-hero battling the ghost of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and his immortality as much as the real foes he finds during a trip to Japan. The Wolverine movie fans have long been hoping for, this latest outing is a more intimate and much improved return for everyone's favourite perpetually grouchy mutant.

Yet while the movies have always played fast and loose with comic book canon, one element...

The clothes make the man, but in the case of Wolverine, the claws make the mutant. Hugh Jackman’s forever ferocious antihero returns to the screen July 26 with his second solo adventure, and die-hard fans will notice right away that his gleaming metal talons have gotten a makeover.

“Yes, we retooled them a little,” director James Mangold said during an interview at his offices on the Fox lot. “I found that in some of the comics illustrations that I really liked the most, they had these bevel cuts. They were faceted, that would be the best way to describe them.

From day one, Parenthood has been TV's go-to-source for cathartic crying. But after three seasons of happy and sad tears, NBC's family drama reached an emotional zenith in season four when Kristina Braverman was diagnosed with breast cancer. What followed was the single best portrayal of the physical, mental, spiritual and communal toll cancer takes on the afflicted and their kin.

And while much of the credit must go to Parenthood's bravely cliche-allergic writers, the true success of the arc lies in the ovation-worthy, ugly-cry-extracting, raw-nerve performance Monica Potter delivered in every single episode. Those are three reasons (on a innumerable list) why she is poised to follow her Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama with a matching Emmy! 

I caught up with the uncontested best crier on television to talk about performance pressure, the welcomed burden of bringing to life a(nother) real-world disease and decompressing from delivering the best work...

Disney Xd is once again teaming up with Marvel to bring about new animated series after the success of Ultimate Spider-Man. Milking the success of the summer blockbuster, The Avengers, two new shows have been picked up to join the Marvel Universe block in Summer 2013: Marvel’s Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Both series will feature the Hulk, which is perfect considering he doesn’t look to be getting a new live-action movie anytime soon, so he deserves a little extra attention in the other forms of media.

Avenger’s Assemble will feature the same team from The Avengers movie, with the addition of Falcon. Adrian Pasdar will do the voice of Iron Man just as he did on Ultimate Spider-Man and the Iron Man anime series. Fred Tatsciore will voice the Hulk, Roger Craig Smith doing Captain America, Travis Willingham as Thor, Troy Baker as Hawkeye,...

by Joel Hanek

These days it's impossible to release any animated feature without at least thirty names billed on the movie poster and the smog of its promotional campaigns polluting all of late night television.

But not unlike their superhero alter egos, once upon a time celebrity voice actors remained anonymous behind their animated masks. Most of us remember when our minds were blown by the revelation that James Avery, aka Uncle Phil from "Fresh Prince," provided the voice of Shredder on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."

Let's take a look at some lesser known, random, and nonsensical voice castings in the superhero universe.

5. Brian Austin Green as The Human Torch ("The Marvel Action Hour: The Fantastic Four", 1994)

Before Chris Evans donned the flame-retardant spandex as Johnny Storm, former teen heartthrob and present day Mr. Megan Fox, Brian Austin Green, was the first person in decades to bring life to The Human Torch.

By Sean O’Connell

Hollywoodnews.com: Marvel Studios unveiled a teaser trailer and a full press release for its upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of Joe Johnston’s summer hit “Captain America: The First Avenger,” and as expected, the set will have a significant tease for next summer’ “The Avengers,” currently being shot by Joss Whedon.

Here’s the trailer. The presser follows below:

As the clip reveals, the disc will take you deep behind the scenes of this Marvel origin story, showing how Johnston shrunk the buff Chris Evans to play skinny Steve Rogers and setting up the character’s pivotal role in Whedon’s ensemble.

Marvel also recently released “Thor” on Blu-ray and DVD, completing the unofficial prequel kit that sets the table for “The Avengers.” Now collectors can bounce from “Thor” to “Iron Man,” from “The Incredible Hulk” to “Captain America” to see how the pieces fit.

Captain America The First Avenger Review. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) movie review, directed by Joe Johnston and starring Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stans, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Neal McDonough, and Derek Luke.

Captain America: The First Avenger’s first act and part of its second act are a nearly perfect superhero film; almost giving birth to another resplendent Iron Man but one that would have eclipsed its predecessor.

The first act consistently gains momentum as World War II rages on in the background and Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) need to enlist and “get into the fight” swells. This mentality is a result of a pre-television era where war news footage and photos showing the realities of war are not available, those sustaining the glamour of warfare instead of cultivating stark, universal repugnance towards it.

The first act of Captain America: The First Avenger...

Veteran actor Mark Hamill is set to direct an adaptation of his comic "The Black Pearl."

Hamill has reportedly secured $7 million in funding from Berkeley Square Films, according to Variety. Hamill will also co-write the film with Paul Tamasy ("The Fighter") and Eric Johnson.

"The Black Pearl" was originally published by Dark Horse comics in 1996 as a five issue miniseries. The story followed a "troubled man" named Luthor Drake, who accidentally becomes a masked hero and a media sensation. Hamill and Johnson co-wrote the original series with artists H. M. Baker, Bruce Patterson and Dan Schaeffer.

Hamill is best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" trilogy. Hamill has also gone on to become one of the most popular voice-over actors in the industry, with roles on several animated series including "The Simpsons," "Futurama," "Spider-Man: The Animated Series," "The Incredible Hulk" and "The Fantastic Four.

Canadian actor Matt Frewer is probably best known for portraying that icon of 1980s computer animation and music videos, Max Headroom. Headroom's jerks and stutters are but a small sample of this talented and versatile actor's work, though.

On the big screen Frewer's credits go back to Franc Roddam's The Lords of Discipline (1983) and include such diverse material as Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Frankie and Alice (with Halle Barry), Uwe Boll's Darfur and two films for director Zack Snyder: Dawn of the Dead and Watchmen.

Frewer has also portrayed Sherlock Holmes in several television movies and appeared in a long list of TV series. He was a regular on Doctor, Doctor, CBC’s Intelligence and Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (for which he also wrote a script). He has lent his distinctive voice to characters in animated adventures of The Incredible Hulk,...

Nicktoons' animated "Wolverine And The X-Men" series continues to be a hit among kids and comic book lovers alike, and in the next volume of the series to hit DVD (arriving on shelves today), Logan squares off against the foe that first introduced him to the comics world: The Hulk.

Titled "Wolverine and the X-Men: Deadly Enemies," the latest collection of the animated series includes five episodes that feature everyone from Nightcrawler and Gambit to the villainous Shadow King and (my personal favorite) Mojo. And then there's that aforementioned brawl with the green goliath -- which, as you can see in the clip below, offers a nice nod to the blue-and-yellow "whiskered" costume Wolverine wore when he made his debut in the now-classic 1974 issue of "The Incredible Hulk."

Nice use of grenades, eh? After the jump, get the lowdown on all the "Deadly Enemies" DVD specs.

"Wolverine and the X-Men: Deadly Enemies" hits shelves today,...

Lionsgate just released this new clip from the upcoming animated film “Hulk Vs. Wolverine” by director Frank Paur (The Invincible Iron Man ) and starring Tom Kane, Nolan North and Steve Blum as Wolverine. Synopsis: The Incredible Hulk has been tearing a line across the Canadian wilderness, leaving a swath of destruction in his wake. He has to be stopped, and there’s only one man up to the job. He’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice. He’s Wolverine, an elite agent of Canada’s top secret Department H, and he’s been put on Hulk’s trail with a single objective: stop the green goliath…at all costs. [...]...

Lionsgate just released this behind the scenes featurette from the upcoming animated film “Hulk Vs.” by director Frank Paur (The Invincible Iron Man ) and starring Tom Kane, Nolan North and Steve Blum as Wolverine. Synopsis: The Incredible Hulk has been tearing a line across the Canadian wilderness, leaving a swath of destruction in his wake. He has to be stopped, and there’s only one man up to the job. He’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice. He’s Wolverine, an elite agent of Canada’s top secret Department H, and he’s been put on Hulk’s trail with a single objective: stop the green goliath…at all [...]...

Lionsgate just released another brand new DVD movie trailer for the upcoming animated film “Hulk Vs.” by director Frank Paur (The Invincible Iron Man ) and starring Tom Kane, Nolan North and Steve Blum as Wolverine. Synopsis: The Incredible Hulk has been tearing a line across the Canadian wilderness, leaving a swath of destruction in his wake. He has to be stopped, and there’s only one man up to the job. He’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice. He’s Wolverine, an elite agent of Canada’s top secret Department H, and he’s been put on Hulk’s trail with a single objective: stop the green goliath…at [...]...

Lionsgate recently released this cool new movie poster for the upcoming animated film “Hulk Vs.” by director Frank Paur (The Invincible Iron Man ) and starring Tom Kane, Nolan North and Steve Blum as Wolverine. Synopsis: The Incredible Hulk has been tearing a line across the Canadian wilderness, leaving a swath of destruction in his wake. He has to be stopped, and there’s only one man up to the job. He’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice. He’s Wolverine, an elite agent of Canada’s top secret Department H, and he’s been put on Hulk’s trail with a single objective: stop the green goliath…at all [...]...

Lionsgate recently released this brand new movie trailer for the upcoming animated film “Hulk Vs. Wolverine” by director Frank Paur (The Invincible Iron Man ) and starring Tom Kane, Nolan North and Steve Blum as Wolverine. Synopsis: The Incredible Hulk has been tearing a line across the Canadian wilderness, leaving a swath of destruction in his wake. He has to be stopped, and there’s only one man up to the job. He’s the best at what he does, but what he does isn’t very nice. He’s Wolverine, an elite agent of Canada’s top secret Department H, and he’s been put on Hulk’s trail with a single objective: stop the green goliath…at [...]...