He compared the animation to Spider-Man: The New Animated Series and was underdeveloped and blocky looking cheap. He thought the banter between the two heroes was the extent of the entertainment, but the action was bland and score generic.
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Wheatley stated that the movie might entertain children, but they might not stay interested for the entire runtime. He felt that they could offer high quality storytelling, animation, or just fun but did not think this "Avengers spin-off" did any of those.
The film premiered on Novemat Wizard World Austin Comic Con.Ĭliff Wheatley of IGN gave the film a 4.5 (Bad) rating summarizing that "if you're looking for an Iron Man and Hulk team-up, you've got better options than Heroes United." He noted that with more superheroes teaming up on the big screen that the novelty of direct-to-video animated features had worn out. What we’ve learned from this first experience is going to really show up with some neat stuff in the future as well." Regarding further use of computer animation Loeb said, "It’s exciting when we get to use a new kind of format and see where we can go. According to Loeb, "The test that Eric showed us was extremely promising and we green-lit it off that, no gamma pun intended, in order to move forward." Supervising Creative Director Eric Radomski made a test demonstrating the effect of combining CG technology with 2D mapping. This is the first fully computer generated film from Marvel. Fred’s been our Hulk on everything from Ultimate Spider-Man through Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., as well as numerous other projects that were worked on prior to Marvel Animation Studios forming in the first place."Ĭasey compared the pairing to a buddy cop film where the two heroes have dramatically different approaches to the same end and are forced to work together. Similarly, Fred Tatasciore, who plays Hulk, has probably played the character more than any other person who’s ever played Hulk and we know that that’s a role that’s been around a long time, going all the way back to Bill Bixby. Loeb said of each actor, "Adrian Pasdar, who’s been playing Iron Man since about the fifth episode of Ultimate Spider-Man, is one of our regulars in the Marvel animated universe, so we’re delighted to have him on board. The two currently work together on Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. They were able to use the villain to provide parallels to real world environmental and energy issues.Īdrian Pasdar and Fred Tatasciore both have a long history with their characters, voicing them in numerous animated films, television series, and video games. Loeb was excited to use Zzzax as it was the first time they did an entire storyline centered around the long-time Hulk villain. Producer Todd Casey stated that the film could take place between the first and second The Avengers film. Jeph Loeb stated that fans liked Hulk's appearance in the live-action film because he was a hero not a monster, and wanted this film to follow in that same thought. The decision to join Iron Man and Hulk was due to current fan interest originating from their interactions in The Avengers film. The trailer was released on the Iron Man 3 DVD.
The second from Marvel following Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow and the first to actually be rated since Hulk Vs.