Captain America #600 cover by Steve Epting [click to enlarge]
Is that news just the return of Steve Rogers? I expect it’s more than that. Perhaps some major casting announcements for the film?.. Which brings me to the real point of this article.
The Captain America origin film is set to debut along with Thor in the summer of 2011. They debut approximately two months apart with Thor kicking off the summer in early May and Cap opening up in late July.
If they want to make that opening (please don’t let this be delayed!), they’ll need to start shooting not long after Thor which begins principal photography in January. This means that they’ll need to start making some casting decisions sooner rather than later. Thor has been at the forefront of the news from Marvel Studios recently, overshadowing the production updates of Iron Man 2 with its recent onslaught of casting announcements.
So far, we’ve seen Chris Hemsworth join the cast as The Mighty Thor and Tom Hiddleston as Loki. In addition to that, we’ve heard rumors that Brian Blessed may be up for the role of Odin and Natalie Portman as on of the lead female characters.
When should we expect to hear something on who’s playing Steve Rogers and the other characters in the WWII-based movie? Well, this major event in the Marvel comics coming up specifically relating to Captain America is the obvious choice and it makes perfect sense with the timing of the issue releases, with Independence day in the U.S. and shortly after the major announcements were made for Thor.
We’ve heard very little about this project so I wouldn’t be surprised to hear something major revolving around the Captain America film either this week, in the first week of July (when Reborn #1 hits shelves) or at the very latest, at San Diego Comic Con next month, exactly two years prior to the scheduled release of the film. Marvel will no doubt have a massive presence at SDCC and they’ll use it to hype all of their upcoming films, starting with Iron Man 2 which we know will be talked about at a panel with director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr.
In related news, Marvel’s president of production, Kevin Feige, basically confirmed that Bucky Barnes will be featured in the Captain America movie, which is planned to be set entirely (or mostly) in WWII. With Marvel hopeful to increase the production of their films to four per year in the not too distant future, could Bucky get a spinoff film?
If you’re following the comics or at least are interested, here’s the Marvel trailer for Captain America: Reborn:
What do you think about all of this and who would you like to see cast into the film?
And don’t forget to check out Marvel’s new movie logos for the four upcoming films!
The First Avenger: Captain America is directed by Joe Johnston and will hit theaters July 22, 2011.
Sources: Bleeding Cool, First Showing
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HArd to say about this; I’d probably go with an unknown, but it appears that maybe Mr. Cena is being “groomed’ for the part. I say if so, then don’t judge; He, as a professional wrestler does in fact give performances quite frequently and (I feel) will surprise many with his talent should he be offered the role of Captain America. Give him his chance to bring CA to the big screen. Pro wrestlers are some of the most underrated performers ever and given the fact that he DOES have the look & neccessary physique, IS athletic and CAN actually perform on camera, who’s to say John Cena can’t bring Captain America to life? Let’s support the man if he obtains the opportunity and see how things go. Although many aren’t fans of wrestlers turned actors taking over major roles, my gut tells me that John Cena wouldn’t disappoint. Whatever the case, I look forward to CA on the big screen!
john cena sounds like a very good choice to play captain america, he has acted in two movies so far and he desrves to get a screen test for this movie.
The problem is that the 2 movies he has been in have been abysmal. He has the look but doesn’t seem to have the acting ability. The Rock and the wrestler that played in They Live have been the only ones I have seen with acting ability. I would rather see The Rock play CA than Cena but I don’t know if fanboys can get over CA being brunette (as well as have black).
I hope wrestling fanboys will stop recommending pro wrestlers for every super hero role. Yes we know they are big, steroids do that to you! Doesn’t mean we need to turn all of the comic book movies into jokes by putting someone who can’t act his way out of a wet paper bag as the main character! I say get an actor that can act and bulk him up for the role. The acting must come FIRST, not second!
I see Jensen Ackles in the part of Steve Rogers/Capt America my back up is Bradley Cooper Either one of them would be good to me. Red skull?…I think the guy from Ingloriuos basterds the one who played hans, christopher waltz .I think that’s his name he would be a good red skull
Yeah and Chris Benoit would have made a great Wolverine… So with is all being in WWII they have Steve floating away in ice… fade then reopen with the block of ice being discovered “current time”..
I vote for no name, matter of fact I would like to see them “prepared” and secretly taking someone that was a “wimp” and put the muscle on him. Not CG not 2 or three different actors but 1 actor that was “frail” and beef him up for the roll.
interesting idea, using a slim/frail performer and then beefing him up! If they had/have the time it’d take to use a ’slim’ actor and then ‘beef’ him up, that’d be truly Deniro-sque film making indeed; However, with the potential time constraints, that may not be an option for the production (I even thought about what if all the ‘buff’ scenes were shot first and then have the ‘Pre-Cap’ origin stuff shot later on. But you’d still run into the same time factor issues and risk running into scheduling conflicts…unless they used TWINS! LMAO!)
Seriously, right now, it’s a wait & see thing to see how CA’s casting goes. So, let’s just wait and see! I’m sure we’ll know soon enough! I’m looking forward to it either way.
just go with an unknown who is 25 and has a large muscular and toned physique. get leonardo dicaprio to play steve rogers. john cena looks like a good captain america.
we wish to see vin diesel as captain america
John Cena must not get the part. No matter what. He’s a wrestler for god’s sake not an actor.
Wrestlers are actually perhaps the best athletic ‘actor/performers’ of the world, (since pro wrestling is indeed full of “showmanship”…not fake, but “showmanship”), I can’t see counting out such performers. (They too, have SAG cards, y’know); For the wrestler nay sayers, I suggest an unknown, then. Sure, there may be some well knowns (like a Thomas Jane, etc), who folks like, but I don’t see TJ as Cap. Cap is indeed a pretty big, buff muscular dude (at least after the super soldier serum infusion), and a small wiry, fit/toned guy won’t do justice to the part. The audience/viewers have got to visually BELIEVE that this character is physically capable of performing the feats he’s undertaking. Cap isn’t Spiderman, who maintained his slim physique but can now lift 10 tons; He’s a guy who’s been physically augmented to the very peak of human efficiency, just shy of being an actual superhumanly strong man. He still needs his size & musculature to accomplish the things he does, because Cap/Steve is still a human who still has limitations on what he can do, how strong he is and how fast he is, etc. When Cap takes on several guys as large as he himself is, it isn’t superman powered being taking them on; It’s a man who has the physique to handle perhaps a bit more than a regular joe, but still within human perameters. Tobey Maguire doing Spidey works because the character’s a superhumanly/genetically enhanced human who has spider powers based on those of an arachnid. Cap’s abilities are still based on human physiology. Well known actor, athlete or unknown, the performer who plays Cap will have to play off of how the character works, physically as well as anything else. Whoever’s chosen, I’m certain the casting director(s) will have a good reason for their selection, leaving us responsible for only sitting back and enjoying the show!
Oh yes, so being able to yell loud and stomp your feet makes you capable of acting as the leading character in a big budget movie…
I vote no wrestlers.
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