Trivia / The Amazing Bulk

• Absurdly Short Production Time: The film was written for four months, pre-production took six months, and principal photography took an impressive period of five days.
• Colbert Bump: Gained a considerably large one after I Hate Everything talked about it in his "Search for the Worst" series. Director Lewis Schoenbrun sent IHE creator Alex an email thanking him for support of indie films, and welcomed comments about it, good and bad, even though Alex admitted that Bulk was the film he savaged the worst on Search for the Worst.
• Creator's Apathy: Admitted in the most oblique way in the DVD Commentary. In short, they ran out of money and just wrapped things up as cheaply and quickly as possible.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The film was originally released on DVD in 2012 by Tomcat Films. This release went out of print, and it wasn’t until three years later in 2015 where the film was rediscovered, repackaged, and re-released on DVD and digital platforms by Wild Eye Releasing.
• No Budget: Made on a mere $14,000. Shooting cost $6,000, audio mixing cost $3,000, color correction cost $1,000, and $2,000 went towards the CGI, and another $2,000 went towards software, the film’s composer, co-editor, hard drives, props, and other elements. Schoenburn stated that he actually prefers working on small budgets, as they allow him to retain complete creative control.
• Sequel in Another Medium: An Ebook sequel titled The Return of the Amazing Bulk was released in 2021.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Director Lewis Schoenburn originally settled with his producer, Dave Sterling, to create a low-budget mockbuster of Spider-Man, titled X-Spider, starring a female protagonist. However, the project never came into fruition due to financing problems. However, Sterling was passionate for the idea of a green-screen superhero movie, so Schoenburn soon decided to create a parody of the Hulk.
  • The Bulk was originally going to be portrayed physically in a costume as a homage to the The Incredible Hulk (1977) television series. However, as the project evolved he decided that using a CGI model instead would be so much better. The laboratory rats were also originally planned to be real, but stock CGI models were used instead.

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