Marvel vs. DC Aug 16, 2008
Marvel, on the other hand, had only one TV hit, Bill Bixby in The Incredible Hulk. And for film, it could only license its characters, getting poor results at first with cheapie Captain America and Fantastic Four films. (Variety)
Move over Olympians, here come the superheroes Aug 9, 2008
To be an Olympic gold medalist, you must be the best on a given day, and because the Hulk draws on his anger for strength, the gratification he might feel representing his country and the citizens who had once feared him could make him go all wimpy Bill Bixby on us. You wouldn't like him when he's not angry. (Albany Times Union)
O'Brien's blog Aug 2, 2008
Scott meets Dianne (Shelley Fabares) who is trying to land a rich guy and when playboy James Jamison (Bill Bixby) catches her eye, she asks Scott to help her snag him. Scott agrees to but finds himself attracted to her. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Can't marvel at comic book films Jul 22, 2008
In 1978, Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno debuted as alter egos for a half-decade run on "The Incredible Hulk" that wasn't as terrible as it could have been. Still, every comic book fan could see that the industry's seduction by Hollywood was as relentless as Ragnarok's looming shadow in the pages of The Mighty Thor. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
OUT OF THE INK BOTTLE: Incredible! Jun 25, 2008
The filmmakers paid homage to the late 70s and early 80s TV show by using a brief clip of Bill Bixby from the Courtship of Eddys Father, a talking cameo appearance by Lou Ferrigno and use of the programs music during one sequence. The origin also is closer to the TV series, with Banner apparently having been the willing guinea pig in an experiment with gamma rays. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
'Incredible Hulk' a rock em-sock em hit Jun 21, 2008
So back to the drawing board Marvel went, with the emphasis on action and chases, more like the classic 1978 television series that starred Lou Ferrigno and the late Bill Bixby. Zak Penn s screenplay finds Bruce Banner (Norton) in Brazil working at a bottling factory, keeping way under the U.S. military radar, all the while trying to find a cure for the rage that creates Hulk. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
'Incredible Hulk' not bad, not iron-clad Jun 19, 2008
Marvel's familiar comic book hero has already been the basis for a television series starring the late Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno (both make appearances in the new movie) and director Ang Lee's 2003 version "Hulk," which is generally considered a disappointment. This new film stars Edward Norton in the title role. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Lou Ferrigno looks back, and luckily not in anger Jun 17, 2008
Did you and Bill Bixby discuss reviving your Hulk for the big screen. A: No, but we were going to come back with The Revenge of the Hulk for TV before Bill got sick. (USA Today)
Hulk smashes thecompetition Jun 16, 2008
This take is more action-oriented, casting Nortons Bruce Banner as a fugitive in the vein of The Incredible Hulk TV series starring Bill Bixby in the 1970s and 80s. Despite solid reviews and fan buzz, The Incredible Hulk did nearly $8 million less over opening weekend than Hulk. (MSNBC -- News)
Monday Movie Buzz: Hulk silly, but still connects Jun 16, 2008
So why is the Hulk who beyond his comic fame also was widely known for the TV show starring Bill Bixby pulling in only half or a third of the movie revenues that Iron Man and Spider-Man manage. One possible answer: A snarling green behemoth, a crime-fighter in red-and-blue Spandex and a rich egomaniac with a metal suit all are silly at their core, but the snarling green behemoth is somehow even sillier to most of us. (Yahoo News)
Review: 'Incredible Hulk' Smashing Success Jun 15, 2008
Odes to television's Banner -- the late Bill Bixby -- surface, too: in an incidental cameo and next, through Norton's Banner's eyes, which turn green just as his transformation into the Hulk begins. Ultimately, "The Incredible Hulk" is a good match for Marvel Studio's first summer offering, "Iron Man," even though they're two totally different types of superhero films. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Who's your TV daddy? Jun 15, 2008
Tom Corbett (Bill Bixby, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"). Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith, "The Andy Griffith Show"). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New 'Hulk' lands with a big thud Jun 14, 2008
Director Louis Leterrier tries to pepper the film with cameos of people with a connection to the franchise (including the late Bill Bixby in a televised clip from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"). But at the end, he includes a cameo by someone so current and wrapped up in the fortunes of Marvel comics that his appearance is self-serving and utterly shameless. (Richmond Times Dispatch)
Marvel hopes to turn green to gold Jun 14, 2008
Though the Hulk was more widely known than Iron Man from the comic books and the TV series starring Bill Bixby, no one in Hollywood expects his new movie to put up those kinds of numbers. Previews of this film have been mediocre. (MSNBC -- News)
Loud and chaotic, this Hulk gets it just right Jun 14, 2008
Fans of Hulk lore will notice cameos from Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, who respectively played Banner and the Hulk on The Incredible Hulk television show from 1978-82, and Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee. There are also references to Iron Man, Captain America and other properties in the Marvel canon for the comic book fans that just can't get enough. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
'Incredible Hulk' flexes creative muscle Jun 14, 2008
The movie wastes no time explaining Hulk's origin, compressing 1977's two-hour Hulk TV pilot (starring the late Bill Bixby) into a two-minute title sequence. (The 2003 picture, by contrast, was based on the original comic book. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hulk billing Jun 13, 2008
"The prior [Ang Lee] film was called Hulk and this one is called The Incredible Hulk, which was the name of the television series with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. So that signals our intent to get back to a film that pleases the fans as well as the cineastes," says Leterrier, a Frenchman who directed the Transporter action movies. "It's a story that shares themes from Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Frankenstein and maybe even The Fugitive. "So people, I guess, have sometimes been high-minded about it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
In 'Hulk,' only the effects are special Jun 13, 2008
Norton mopes through the part almost as much as Bill Bixby did on TV. It's hard to imagine Norton sitting around thinking, "I've got to get myself in a film that lets me play a scientist hiding as a drone in a soda factory for some scenes and as a pizza delivery boy for others. Then in the really good moments, a big, green monster makes them forget all about me." But that's what happens. Whenever Liv Tyler is around, as Betty Ross, Bruce's lady love and the general's daughter, Norton gets to... (Boston Globe)
This film monster is 'Incredible' Jun 13, 2008
Even the TV version's Bruce Banner, the late great Bill Bixby, gets a clever nod. "The Incredible Hulk" certainly is an entertaining monster. (Cleveland.com)
Liv Tyler: 'Hulk' a big surprise Jun 13, 2008
Tyler says she was huge fan of TV show with Bill Bixby ... She said working on the film brought back memories of her childhood watching the TV show starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. (CNN -- Showbiz)
New Polanski Scandal Jun 12, 2008
The movie starts with Banner watching actor Bill Bixby in "The Courtship of Eddie s Father." The very likeable, late Bixby played Banner in the "Hulk" TV series. Also, Lou Ferrigno, the Hulk from that show, gets a cameo. (Fox News)
'Hulk' goes heavy on action, light on humor Jun 12, 2008
But a glimpse of Bill Bixby and a cameo by Lou Ferrigno (the TV Hulks) will amuse more mature audiences. Robert Downey Jr. makes a brief appearance, conjuring fantasies of an Iron Man/IncredibleHulk sequel. (USA Today)
Stan Lee Welcomes Incredible Hulk's Rebirth Jun 12, 2008
Ferrigno's cameo appearance, appropriately, came in a scene with Norton, a sort of passing of the torch moment that signaled a new day for the Hulk and Banner, first realized by Bill Bixby. Lee said that he was impressed with Norton's performance in the film, saying that he was relatable to Banner in the same way Bixby was in "The Incredible Hulk" series. (Click2Houston, TX)
Exclusive Interview Jun 11, 2008
It was not so much the Hulk that I loved; it was the Bill Bixby fugitive, man on the road because that was something I could relate to. When I was seven and playing with my sister, I used to put some clothes in my satchel and walk on the road by my country house and pretend I was hitchhiking. (IGN FilmForce)
OUT OF THE INK BOTTLE: Hulked up for Weekend! Jun 11, 2008
Thanks to the talents of Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin and Lou Ferrigno, the Hulk became a household word, spawning a four-year TV series, countless toys and merchandise. And, best of all, it followed the comic in spirit. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
This 'Hulk' boasts better effects and a smashing foe Jun 6, 2008
If they're wrong, it could sink franchise hopes for the big green guy, who made for a popular 1970s television series with Bill Bixby and is behind only Spider-Man and X-Men in Marvel comic-book popularity. But translating Hulk onto a 30-foot movie screen has been tricky, even though his 9-foot, 1,500-pound body would seem a perfect fit. (USA Today -- Life)
DVD reviews: Semi-Pro, The Eye Jun 6, 2008
The Incredible Hulk Timed to the June 13 release of the new big-screen adventure The Incredible Hulk, the TV series starring Bill Bixby as the scientist with the angry green alter ego returns in a five-disc set with all 23 episodes from season three and a four-disc set packing all 18 episodes from season four. DVD sets, $39. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Liv in the moment May 29, 2008
As a child, Tyler and her mother watched the TV series, starring Bill Bixby, together each week. "I wasn't a really big comic book reader, but I was a big fan of the (TV) character," she says. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Summer movies May 26, 2008
The TV show starred Bill Bixby. In 2003's Hulk, Eric Bana played Banner. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
These new films have familiar feeling May 2, 2008
After the 1962 comic book, he appeared in a late 1960s animated series, then returned for the prime-time Bill Bixby TV hit, which ran from 1978-1982. He stumbled in his big-screen debut in 2003, when the $137 million Ang Lee film brought in $132 million, initially dashing hopes of a franchise. (USA Today -- Life)
Here they come, here come summer movies May 2, 2008
The Marvel gang went back to the drawing board for "The Incredible Hulk," starring Edward Norton in a new take that the filmmakers say will channel both the comic books and the 1970s and '80s TV show starring Bill Bixby. The movie wastes no time explaining how Norton's Bruce Banner was transformed into a man who mutates into the Hulk when angered, said producer Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios' head of production. (CNN -- Showbiz)
NYCC 08: Ferrigno in Incredible Hulk Apr 20, 2008
Director Louis Leterrier explained that the movie will be very evocative of the original series, which also starred Bill Bixby, who the helmer said was "amazing" in the role of Banner. In fact, growing up in France Leterrier knew the show better than the comics. (IGN FilmForce)
The Incredible Hulk Feb 19, 2008
Regardless, the behind-the-scenes footage from the film screened for the press at Toy Fair definitely got our blood pumping, with the claims that the movie will be taking much of its inspiration from the Bill Bixby TV show and the footage of Roth getting motion-capped while his face was covered in green paint. Tim Roth smash. (IGN FilmForce)
Elvis sure tore up the track Jan 14, 2008
In this one, he must lap the entire field at least four or five times to win the first-place check that will keep Eddies Father (Bill Bixby, cast as his manager) out of the clutches of a winsome IRS agent played by Nancy Sinatra. These boots were made for passin on the high side. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Jim Dunham, Booth Western Art Museum Jan 12, 2008
Dunham has appeared as an expert on Old West firearms in several episodes of the History Channel's series "Tales of the Gun." He also was called upon to teach gun handling to actors, including Bill Bixby and Robert Culp, as well as Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell for an episode of the TV show "Quantum Leap.". Dunham joked that he never had to teach any tricks to stars such as John Wayne, who was making Westerns before Dunham was born. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Marcia Brady's lesbian sex romp Sep 24, 2007
"I have arrived, for the moment at least, in a solid and secure place, which is allowing me to visit my past without fear. Writing this book has been such a cathartic experience. I hope it will not only shed light on who I am and how I got here but, more importantly, remind the readers that there truly is a light at the end of any tunnel.'' The Brady Bunch - about a blended family of three boys and three girls - remains one of the most repeated TV shows in syndication. It has also proved to be a... (Daily Telegraph)
Martians that moved us Sep 23, 2007
The witless extra-terrestrial is taken in by a newspaperman named Tim O'Hara (Bill Bixby), who tries to pass off his new roommate as "Uncle Martin." The then cutting-edge special effects consisted of two wire antennae slowly rising from Uncle Martin's head. The Invaders (1967 - 1968): A heavy-handed variation on the alien-invasion theme, possibly because the series was produced by Quinn Martin (The Fugitive, The F.B.I.). (Globe and Mail)
Miyoshi Umeki Sep 17, 2007
The show centered around Bill Bixby as a youngish widower whose freckled-faced, six-year-old son, Eddie (Brandon Cruz), tries to manipulate his father into getting a new wife. Umeki played the sage Japanese housekeeper, Mrs Livingston, always called by her last name, while she calls her boss "Mr Eddie's father". (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Oscar-winning 'Sayonara' actress dies at 78 Sep 7, 2007
Umeki also portrayed Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper, in the ABC series, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1969-1972), which starred Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz. In a 1969 Washington Post interview, Bixby called her "the best actress I've ever worked with.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Miyoshi Umeki, 78; Japanese singer and actress was first Asian to win Academy Award Sep 6, 2007
And from 1969 to 1972, she played Mrs. Livingston, the dependable housekeeper, on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," the sitcom starring Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz. Umeki retired from acting shortly after the series ended, her son said. (Los Angeles Times)
Men discuss realitiesof prostate cancerin support group Aug 18, 2007
Those who were diagnosed too late to survive include: actors Telly Savalas and Bill Bixby; Time-Warner chairman Steve Ross; Nobel Prize-winning scientist Linus Pauling; rock musician Frank Zappa and LSD advocate Timothy Leary. August 18, 2007. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Thor Director Set : Stardust/Layer Cake helmer Vaughn to travel to Asg... Aug 10, 2007
It should be noted that Thor has shown up at least once before in live-action form, in The Incredible Hulk Returns, a 1988 TV movie with Bill Bixby where Eric Allan Kramer played the Norse god and Steve Levitt played Thor's human counterpart, Donald Blake, though this variation of the character bore little resemblance to the Marvel Comics version. Reviews. (IGN FilmForce)
The Incredible Hulk Roars Jul 29, 2007
Although he grew up in France where Marvel Comics were not readily available, his love of the Hulk character grew out of the Seventies Bill Bixby series ... "When you watch that show, it doesn't talk down to the idea of the story," and that Bill Bixby plays Banner as "a moral person at war with this thing inside of him.". (IGN FilmForce)
Cinema boosts Marvel's fortunes Jun 19, 2007
" Filming on the Spider-Man sequel has started The success of Marvel, whose huge list of superheroes also included Iron Man and Silver Surfer, began to wane by the 1990s. It began reporting losses and, according to Fortune Magazine, this was due to "years of losses and a bitter battle for control" between its two financiers Ronald Perelman and Carl Icahn. Debts began to pile up and Marvel was not helped by a 1994 baseball strike, which caused sales of its stickers and cards to plummet. Sales of... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Hulk's Return Jun 16, 2007
"We're joking about it, but there were certain elements in the first one that I'm very proud of, and there are other ones that I'm not. The cast of the first film was spectacular, a great cast -- you couldn't ask for a better cast coming together than you did in the first movie. Eric Bana was great, and frankly they were all great, but in looking to sort of reboot and start the franchise fresh and new, we wanted to start with a clean slate. And it wasn't Eric Bana that I was looking at and... (IGN FilmForce)
Interview: Kevin Feige on Marvels Upcoming Films! Jun 16, 2007
But, in looking to reboot and start the franchise fresh and new, we wanted to start with a clean slate and it wasnt, frankly, Eric Bana that I was looking at and saying we need to sort of improve upon, it was Bill Bixby. Because Bill Bixby is really, what I believe most of the fans and most of the audience have looked to when they think of Bruce Banner, when they think of that classic Hulk storyline. (IESB.NET)
Chipper's back Jun 14, 2007
Oh wait that was Bill Bixby, wasn t it. Dang. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Not so Marvel-ous movies May 12, 2007
Marvel's Hulk teaches another lesson: People enjoyed the 1970s TV show (you may remember those long shots of a forlorn Bill Bixby in his Member's Only jacket interspersed with too-brief segments of Lou Ferrigno flexing, growling, throwing someone through the air and then running away); but when Ang Lee brought "The Hulk" to the big screen, the movie was a financial and critical disappointment. In other words, the movie's the thing. (Los Angeles Times)
Theresa new Incredible Hulk, and it is Apr 18, 2007
Well, as my editor said, if Bill Bixby could play him(although the Courtship of Eddies Father star at least had help from Lou Ferrigno). Frankly, I dont get the whole thing. (Chicago Tribune)
A.J. Carothers, 75; movie, TV writer with talent for comedy Apr 14, 2007
One of them, "Goodnight, Beantown," starred Mariette Hartley and Bill Bixby as Boston news anchors who were romantically attached. The show debuted in 1983 and aired for a year. (Los Angeles Times)
