The Incredible Hulk, complete with digitally enhanced biceps and some old anger management issues, returns to the big screen this weekend. It is only five years since the green Goliath's last cinematic outing in the 2003 film, Hulk. Director Ang Lee's movie suffered a mauling at the hands of critics and did only moderate business at the box office. But Hollywood knows a good story when it sees one and the French director Louis Leterrier, who made the Transporter films, accepted an offer to remake or re-imagine the tale of the monster with elasticated pants. "I loved the first one so I didn't want to do the same thing, exactly," says Leterrier. "It's the beginning of a story but it's not Ang's movie. "So you can see Ang's movie and see my movie and like both of them differently. It's not a continuation - it's a different cast and everything." The Incredible Hulk, complete with digitally enhanced biceps and some old anger management issues, returns to the big screen this weekend. It is only five years since the green Goliath's last cinematic outing in the 2003 film, Hulk. Director Ang Lee's movie suffered a mauling at the hands of critics and did only moderate business at the box office. But Hollywood knows a good story when it sees one and the French director Louis Leterrier, who made the Transporter films, accepted an offer to remake or re-imagine the tale of the monster with elasticated pants. "I loved the first one so I didn't want to do the same thing, exactly," says Leterrier. "It's the beginning of a story but it's not Ang's movie. "So you can see Ang's movie and see my movie and like both of them differently. It's not a continuation - it's a different cast and everything." With a lukewarm reaction by fans to Lee's Hulk, it was always going to be a challenge to reinvent the character. Negative chatter on the internet fuelled rumours that the film's star and writer, Edward Norton, was involved in behind-the-scenes battles. Norton has taken part in little pre-release promotion for the film - the BBC was told scheduling difficulties" prevented him from sitting down for an interview to discuss the movie. But Norton did put in an appearance at the film's world premiere in Los Angeles, where he dismissed any suggestion that he was at loggerheads with the film's producers. "That's just people looking for a story. People who make movies know the way it pushes it all upwards... it's all for the good," he said. But had he seen the final product? "I haven't actually gotten to see the finished print," he said. "Our effects came in so late that literally I think Louis has only had the finished print for a week and I have been out of town. I'll be in the back of some theatre on opening weekend watching it." Norton is convinced Hulk fans would have an appetite for a new interpretation of the story. "People all over the world know this character and I think that's the way comics work too," he said. "They change up the story-lines all the time, they re-boot the origins story." The disagreements over the film's final edit appear to have centred on the tone and length of the movie. Marvel wanted a faster, action-led flick while Norton and Leterrier were in favour of more character development and dialogue. "It just kind of works in some way - and it has a lot of soul and a lot of heart," said Tyler. "The best thing they can do is let the film speak for itself. I don't know how the marketing stuff works, but I would imagine there is a built-in fanbase of Hulk lovers." "This was just the next in the Hulk line," added Roth. "The idea was that the Ang Lee film was the origins movie - how the Hulk arrives on the scene. "In the way of the Batman franchise, you don't have to stick with one idea - you can play around with all kinds of things." The producers behind the latest movie clearly have a new franchise in their sights - the film's ending leaves the storyline wide open for a sequel or two. "I know some things that they have got in mind," said Roth. "The deal that you make when you sign on is for three, so I'm up for it. I'd love to do another one - it would be great. The character's got a lot in him, there's a lot that we can play around with."