Captain America: The First Avenger (July 2011)

[Rappy Veteran]

Captain America has no superhuman powers, although as a result of the Super-Soldier Serum and "Vita-Ray" treatment, he is transformed from a frail young man into a "perfect" specimen of human development and conditioning. Captain America's strength, endurance, agility, speed, reflexes, durability and healing are at the highest limits of natural human potential. It has been established that Rogers' body regularly replenishes the super-soldier serum; it does not wear off.

they would probably need someone muscular or at least works out alot!

[Rappy Veteran]

Director Joe Johnston has given fans an update on the progress of Marvel Studios' The First Avenger: Captain America.

He revealed the current plan was to begin the film during World War II and jump forward to see the superhero in the present day - avoiding comic book material from the 1960s and 70s.

Johnston told Film Journal: "We're in prep. Rick Heinrichs is production-designing and we're set up down in Manhattan Beach [California].

"It's the part of the process that I love the most. We have eight or ten really talented artists, and we all just sit around all day and draw pictures and say, 'Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we could do this?'

"It's that phase of the production where money doesn't matter, 'Let's put all the greatest stuff up on the wall and [then later] see what we can afford'."

The First Avenger: Captain America is due for release on July 22, 2011.

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[Growled Member]

He revealed the current plan was to begin the film during World War II and jump forward to see the superhero in the present day - avoiding comic book material from the 1960s and 70s.

I think I would like that much better. I would not be as happy if they keep the figure back in the past for the entire movie.

[Rappy Veteran]

been watching Mad Men lately (just finished Season 1 and started Season 2) and I feel John Hamm would be perfect for Cappy!

[Ayepecks]

been watching Mad Men lately (just finished Season 1 and started Season 2) and I feel John Hamm would be perfect for Cappy!

Personality doesn't fit Captain America at all, IMO.

[rathefeare]

been watching Mad Men lately (just finished Season 1 and started Season 2) and I feel John Hamm would be perfect for Cappy!

I agree. He has the look and the acting chops as well as being a borderline A list start now. Rogers is normally blond though that might look a bit weird.

[Xero]

Heh Hamm wouldn't be a bad choice. He's certainly got the build and is not too popular where people wouldn't accept him as Captain America. But I have a feeling he will be cast as a younger actor.

Good news about it only briefly taking place during WW2 like Growled said, I too wouldn't want it stuck in that era the entire film. Bringing it into modern day will also help tie the stories together between the 3 films, Thor, Iron Man and Captain America. I'm really anxious for these trio of films and Avengers too. Now if they will tell us who the damn star is already. :angry:

[Rappy Veteran]

I am very excited to see who Marvel and director Joe Johnston will end up casting as Steve Rodgers in The First Avenger: Captain America. There are so many potential actors it could end up being, but I hope they make the right choice. We'll know soon enough. Johnston recently gave a interview and said,

We need to cast it soon. We have a very short list, but we're still juggling actors here. I'd say within the next couple of weeks we'll have ourselves a Captain America, I hope.

Within the next couple of weeks we will know who our Captain America is! I know someone that knows who is on this short list of actors, but knowing that I run this website he won't tell me who they are dammit! So all we have to go off of now are the rumors that have been floating around for awhile like Will Smith, Aaron Eckhart and John Barrowman. I seriously doubt it will be any of those guys, but ya never know. Johnston then offers up some thoughts on the Captain.

It's the kind of thing where, while I'm not necessarily a comic book fan, I think the interesting thing about this guy is that he's a superhero without any super-powers, basically. He is the epitome of human perfection. He can't fly and throw tanks around and see through walls and things like that, but he's strong and runs fast. And the interesting thing about this guy is that he starts out as a 98-pound weakling and he becomes this Adonis. How does that affect his arc in the story? How does that affect where he goes and what happens to him and everything? I think that's the part of the story that was fascinating for me. And, of course, being a Marvel movie, there's fantastic action scenes in it and all kinds of great stuff. But there's an interesting story there as well.

Johnston then reveals that the movie will start shooting in the U.K. at the end of June. Marvel plans on releasing the film on July 22nd 2011. I like everything I've heard regarding the planning, setting, and story for the film, now it all comes down to casting.

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[Rappy Veteran]

Superhero films are big. Many, many MANY actors audition for the lead role. To give you an idea of just how many, sometimes it will come down to a dozen actors at the screentest phase, where the candidates actually suit up and read before a film camera. I mention this to give you some context. A lot of actors try out for roles all the time and don?t get a call back ? this is Hollywood.

So why would I be reporting a story about a television actor who auditioned for the lead in Marvel?s next comic book adaptation? Because it does mean something. It might give you an idea of what the casting director/filmmaker is searching for. It might even give you an idea of the level of talent they might be checking out. So on to the story?

Ryan McPartlin, who plays Captain Awesome on the television show Chuck, revealed in a recent interview with Moviehole, that he has recently auditioned for the part of Captain America in Marvel Entertainment?s The First Avenger: Captain America. McPartlin admitted that the project is in the casting process and ?like many other actors, I read for it, so we?ll wait and see what happens.?

Again, I don?t expect to see McPartlin?s name in the final casting announcement, but it?s worth brining up for fanboy discussion sake.

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[Rappy Veteran]

As is to be expected, director Joe Johnston was bombarded with questions about The First Avenger: Captain America, as he appeared on the junket scene to promote his new film, The Wolfman. Collider, The LA Times, Shock and AICN collectively learned a bunch of bits about the next Marvel comic adaptation. I?ve included the highlights below, but click the links to read the full interviews on the respective sites.

Casting: Captain America will definitely be played by an American actor, Johnston says he wants to discover a complete unknown and surround him with more prominent names. Johnson says he?s testing five or six guys, ?The youngest is 23, the oldest is 32. Most of the guys in the war are just kids, 18 or 19, but we want to go a little bit older.? Casting needs to be complete by March 1st 2010

Location/Shooting: The film will be shot in the UK as most of the story is set in Europe. It will be an origin story with ?virtually the entire? movie set in World War II, aside from ?the bookends.? Filming starts in London at the end of June.

Camera/Look: The film will be shot in 2D High Definition, with a visual style Johnston describes as ?a bit different,? trying to interpret the visual style of the more recent comics ?into a film in a way that I think hasn?t been tried before?

Villain: The villain has been confirmed to be RED SKULL.

Costume(s): They?ve come up with a reason to explain why the scientifically enhanced super-soldier wears a bright red, white and blue costume in the World War II battlefields: ?After he?s made into this super-soldier, they decide they can?t send him into combat and risk him getting killed. He?s the only one and they can?t make more. So they say, ?You?re going to be in this USO show? and they give him a flag suit.? ? ?So he?s up on stage doing songs and dances with chorus girls and he can?t wait to get out and really fight. When he does go AWOL, he covers up the suit but then, after a few things happen, he realizes that this uniform allows him to lead. By then, he?s become a star in the public mind and a symbol. The guys get behind him because he embodies something special.? The USO outfit will look closer to the classic Jack Kirby-designed costume, but later he will be wearing ?a sturdier, more muted version that he makes himself that is more like battle togs. The stripes across his mid-section, for instance, will be straps, not colored fabric.? Johnston says ?He realizes the value of the uniform symbols but he modifies his suit and adds some armor, it will be closer to the Cpa costume in some of the comics in more recent years.?

[Syanide]

^ Man, I hate those quasi Russian letters, why can't anyone actually ask someone Russian to write something down and use actual words? I'm not even Russian but that looks so lame.

I digress, anyway, until they announce the actor, I don't really care about this.

[fix-this!]

eh....this film may be good or it may suck hard. i am about 50/50 split on ever seeing an avengers film. what they need for this film is a big name actor such as matt damon.

[Rappy Veteran]

As expected, there's a lot of big Captain America news hitting the web this weekend because director Joe Johnston is finally out talking to press. In addition to all the details we learned about the movie yesterday, over at CHUD they've confirmed with Johnston himself that The Invaders, a WWII superteam that Cap and Bucky are a part of, will be in the movie, too. In fact, "they'll be in the entire second half," Johnston told them. It was first rumored last year that The Invaders might make an appearance but now we know they're officially involved. So does that mean we might see up to "nine costumed characters" in this movie total?

The Invaders are a group of WWII superheroes first created in 1975. In addition to Cap and Bucky, they're made up of other various characters like the Human Torch, Toro, Namor the Sub-Mariner, and the Silver Scorpion. What it looks like they're doing in Captain America is creating The Invaders, instead, out of a group of European characters, hence why Kevin Feige said last year that The Invaders would give them "an opportunity for much more international casting." Johnson also told CHUD that The Invaders will have six members, so if you add Bucky, Cap, and Red Skull, that means nine costumed characters (or just seven?).

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omg the Invaders! :woot:

[Rappy Veteran]

An incredibly trusted and wise source of Big Shiny Robot!s has consulted his trusted and wise source at the Marvel/Paramount camp about the recent flurry of casting rumours that have plagued the internet in the last week (yes, we?re guilty, too.)

Here is what our good friend had to say:

According to MY studio guy, the rumors about Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill), Ryan McPartlin (Chuck), Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) and other unknowns/television actors reading for Cap are true.

Apparently, when the script came in with World War II sequences (featuring the Invaders), the studio heads decided it was beyond their means to make this movie AND afford A-listers like Brad Pitt and Matt Damon.

Sure sounds like everyone?s high on McPartlin, who evidently just lost out on the Superman role to Brandon Routh.

As for Spidey, the Logan Lerman rumors are just that ? rumors. Apparently Sony is waiting for James Vanderbilt?s script to come in (he?s balking on whether Peter Parker is still in school or just out). And they haven?t even come to terms with director Marc Webb yet.

So it seems as though pretty much all the rumours about Cap have been true, and the rumours regarding Spider-Man have been bunk.

In any case, there?s been a lot of news about Captain America coming out of the floodgates from Joe Johnston as well, and his take on the character, the costume, and the story was actually pretty interesting. He said that the classic Cap costume in the film appears because they use Cap as a USO publicity tool, but Steve has that desire to lead and tries to ditch the costume, but realizes the worth of it when he notices that it?s an effective tool as a symbol of leadership. So he begins to shape the costume into something more akin to the present-day Cap costume. It?s a take on the character and the costume I?ve never heard, but I?m actually pretty in love with.

Also, he says the Red Skull is the villain, which isn?t a huge surprise, but interesting to get a confirmation of nonetheless.

In any case, check back here frequently for all the news that?s fit to print!

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[Rappy Veteran]

Paramount and Marvel have Chris Pine at the top of a shortlist of actors being considered for the movie role of Captain America, it has been claimed.

CinemaSpy revealed that it has been given information on the upcoming Captain America film by a tipster, who claimed to be "well-connected" within Paramount.

The source said: "Just thought you guys might like to know that Paramount and Marvel are pretty close to closing a deal on casting Steve Rogers/Captain America and fans might be excited to learn that the short list includes somebody a lot of fans speculated about, Chris Pine.

"From what I'm hearing, he's the frontrunner right now, though that could change. Can't tell you who the other couple of choices are, cause that'll work against me for reasons I don't want to get into."

Pine's current film schedule suggests there is a window for the actor to take on the role.

The First Avenger: Captain America, directed by Joe Johnston, is scheduled to be released on July 22, 2011.

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[Colin.B]

Chris Pine?

Yes please!

As for the director...This is the same guy who did Jurassic Park III. Granted, October Sky was good, as was Hidalgo but...I don't know. I'm a little apprehensive about what side of Joe Johnston we'll see.

[Xero]

He's earned a top spot in my books after Star Trek, he'd be quite good as the role. Although I think they'll need to give him a beefier suit for Captain America or CGI some muscles after he takes his super soldier juice. He just doesn't look big enough to be taken seriously by any villain. Plus next to Iron Man he'd look like Robin.

As for Joe Johnston, he recently did Wolfman, we'll see how that turned out to compare for Cappy.

[Rappy Veteran]

He's earned a top spot in my books after Star Trek, he'd be quite good as the role. Although I think they'll need to give him a beefier suit for Captain America or CGI some muscles after he takes his super soldier juice. He just doesn't look big enough to be taken seriously by any villain. Plus next to Iron Man he'd look like Robin.

As for Joe Johnston, he recently did Wolfman, we'll see how that turned out to compare for Cappy.

yeah I didn't really think of Pine when I was thinking of candidates.

[Growled Member]

I've never considered Pine either. I'm not sure about that. He doesn't strike me as the super hero type.

[Rappy Veteran]

I've never considered Pine either. I'm not sure about that. He doesn't strike me as the super hero type.

Kirk was kind of a super hero and he has the humour to make cappy likeable :p

[Xero]

His attitude and charisma works well with the character and would have great chemistry with Tony Stark. However I don't think he has the physical build to go toe to toe with RDJ or any other super villain. Thats the only thing hurting his chances imo. Plus isn't he supposed to be close to or older than Stark? He looks like a kid compared to RDJ.

[Ayepecks]

Wolfman's getting bad reviews... not holding out hopes for Captain America now.

[fix-this!]

n.

As for Joe Johnston, he recently did Wolfman, we'll see how that turned out to compare for Cappy.

just saw the wolfman remake, great movie IMO. im very excited for captain now.

[fix-this!]

Wolfman's getting bad reviews... not holding out hopes for Captain America now.

well the reviews are wrong and i doubt it will have any bearing on captain.

[Rappy Veteran]

Wolfman's getting bad reviews... not holding out hopes for Captain America now.

The amount of times that film went back and filmed and the constant editing I didn't have high hopes sadly but for cappy I do