Guillermo Del Toro Talks 'Hulk' And 'Strain' TV Shows

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"Breaking Dawn" screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg has given us some very optimistic updates on "AKA Jessica Jones" recently, but what's the status of Guillermo del Toro's planned "Hulk" TV Series? According to the man himself, things are going "very good."

"We delivered the screenplay to the network," the "Hellboy" filmmaker told io9 in a recent interview. "I have a very specific idea of how to do it, and we're waiting for the green light."


Del Toro said that he and writing partner David Eick have studied all corners of the "Hulk" mythos, including the Jade Giant's appearances on the big screen, the small screen and the paneled page.

"We know all the iterations of the Hulk pretty good," he said. "We've read all the essential stories, and we're then riffing on that. There are so many incarnations and ideas. Jeph Loeb - who did a good run [on Hulk: Grey] - is involved, and I love Peter David's Hulk. But there's really no part in that mythos that we don't know, so we are trying put our own personal spin on it."

The filmmaker also spoke with io9 about the current comic book adaptation of his vampire novel "The Strain," which he said could eventually be explored on television down the line.

"If we ever adapted it, we'd go for a long format, which would probably be a cable series," he said. "I want to expand the story, the characters, and their arcs rather than contract it. Even if we made three movies, you would end up with six hours to deal with all these character arcs."

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