Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige revealed today that the Captain America movie will be a period film, set during World War II. I’ve never read any Captain America, but some of my friends who are really into the series have insisted that a WWII period setting would be the only way to do the story justice.
This basically confirms that Marvel will be sticking close to the original origin story which involved Steve Rogers volunteering to be a test subject in Operation: Rebirth, a top-secret defense project for the U.S. Army. Rogers took a Super-Soldier serum which altered his physiology, turning him into a “nearly perfect human being”. Unable to duplicate the process, the United States government turned Rogers into a superhero who served as “both a counter-intelligence agent and a propaganda symbol to counter Nazi Germany’s head of terrorist operations, the Red Skull.”
The First Avenger: Captain America (and not Captain America: The First Avenger, which sounds infinitely better) is scheduled to hit theaters in May 6th 2011, just weeks before Marvel’s superhero team-up film The Avengers hits screens in July. It’s assumed that the film will likely end with a cliffhanger. In the comic series The Avengers discovered Steve Rogers’ body in a block of ice in the North Atlantic years after his supposed death, and were able to revive him. It’s assumed that a similar situation will probably happen to bridge the two movies, especially considering that The Avengers takes place in modern day. But Feige promises that you won’t need to see any of the other films to understand The Avengers.
When Captain America is awakened from an icey prison, and some of the greatest evils earth has seen are born, the Avengers go into action. Captain America, Iron-Man, Hulk, Wasp, Ant-Man and Thor. Will they be able to stop the likes of Loki and the Masters of Evil?
The first reference to the Avengers is in the 2008 film Iron Man, when Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson) appears in a post credits scene and speaks with Tony Stark about the "Avenger Initiative."
I was just thinking about this the other day. Why hasnt Xmen and the Hulk and so on been mixed into one moive by now. My brother and I were talking about it actually. We went to see Ironman together and it sparked the conversation
No R-rated Films for Marvel Studios
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Written by Stephanie Sanchez
Thursday, 22 May 2008
With the giant success of the PG-13 films Marvel has had including the recently released Iron Man along with other PG and PG-13 rated films like the Spider-man, Fantastic Four and X-Men franchises, it's no wonder they've said no to R-rated films.
Marvel executive Peter Cuneo spoke at length today regarding Marvel Studio and their future and stated their decision not to make any R-rated films.
He says, "We will not be doing an R-rated films in our studio."
It makes great business sense, with a PG-13 rating you reach the widest audience possible which adds up to big dollar signs in Marvel's eyes.
But what about the R-rated Blade films and the upcoming Punisher sequel? Will they ever make a rated R film with one of their characters? Well, only if they were partnered up with an outside studio and it wasn't made directly through Marvel Studios, which is very smart. R-rated films really don't make a lot of "money sense." The audience is restricted to adults and this also limits the merchandising opportunities incredibly.
Cuneo stated, "…today, it would be very hard for us to partner with another studio, unless it was an R-rated film, and then I think that's pretty self-obvious because we are not interested in making R-rated films [at Marvel Studios]."
I was just thinking about this the other day. Why hasnt Xmen and the Hulk and so on been mixed into one moive by now. My brother and I were talking about it actually. We went to see Ironman together and it sparked the conversation
Same reasons as why they rarely ever do in the comics. The average hero in the marvel universe is so overpowered that basically nothing would stop them. This is why in the X-men movies you barely even get to see them use their powers. Now imagine these heros teaming up they would be unstoppable.
With how many heroes are in the marvel universe you would think that a stolen purse would attract the attention of 5 heroes alone. Plus the mutants in the marvel universe could be anybody at anytime yet the non mutant heroes 99% of the time seem to fight non mutant enemies. Look at the Fantastic 4 and the Avengers their HQ's are so close to each other that they could see each others building. You would honestly think they would run into the same problem more often.
According to IMDb, "After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals."
If they'd follow the character's story (with all that WWII stuff and with cap being frozen on the glaciar) I think that this movie could work.
That is, until they (apparently) had this dickhead cast as Steve Rogers
All is lost.
boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote:
i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
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