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Marvel has released online one of the four deleted scenes that will be included on the upcoming Blu-ray release of Captain America: The First Avenger. The action-packed scene features Steve Rogers' (Chris Evans) childhood friend, James "Bucky" Barnes (Sebastian Stan), fighting alongside Dum Dum Dugan (Neal McDonough) and the rest of The Howling Commandos at the Battle at Azzano against the hordes of HYDRA and their devastating new weaponry.
Unlike most deleted scenes, which add little to the plot and are not really missed in the final cut, this scene actually depicts a pivotal moment that could have easily been left in director Joe Johnston's final cut of the movie. It was Bucky's capture by HYDRA following the conflict in this scene that propelled Rogers from playing the hero on USO stages to becoming a real hero by single-handedly invading the HYDRA base to free Bucky and the rest of The Howling Commandos.
watch the deleted scene >> Posted 10.19.11 by BrentJS -
Though Marvel Studios has yet to officially put a sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger (CATFA) on the calendar (or have they?), the continuing box office success of the movie in foreign markets, added to its substantial domestic numbers, makes it pretty much a given. Marvel even began making preprations for a sequel to CATFA months before its release by hiring the writers of the movie, Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus, to write Captain America 2. Whenever the pair have spoken about the movie in the past few months, they've made it clear that, due to Cap's (Chris Evans) presence in the present in The Avengers, the sequel "will likely be in the present day." However, both the screenwriters and CATFA director Joe Johnston have talked about the sequel "possibly staying in the 1940s," if only in "flashback." In a recent interview with NBC, McFeeley and Marcus reiterated their interest in setting "at least a portion" of Captain America 2 in the '40s and also teased some of the characters from Cap's comic book supporting cast that they would like to see, including one high-flying costumed superhero.
which superhero might turn up in the sequel? >> Posted 08.26.11 by BrentJS -
By this point you can hardly be blamed for being tired of comic books movies. This summer, alone, has had six to date. With their quality varying more than usual, it's made super-fatigue the norm. But just because Captain America: The First Avenger has a late-summer release date, it doesn't mean you should skip it. In fact, we've got five reasons why you should give the movie a look this weekend, regardless of how many spandex suits you've seen already.
5 Reasons: Captain America
Posted 07.20.11 by reelz -
When Captain America: The First Avenger opens this Friday — Thursday if you're lucky enough to be in San Diego for Comic-Con — comic book fans will be treated to a very faithful adaptation of the "Star-Spangled Avenger." The character was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in the early '40s to combat, at least on paper, the Nazi threat, and Cap's (played by Chris Evans) movie origin stays true to the comic books, with most of the movie taking place during WWII.
However, one character who receives a slightly modified or updated portrayal in the movie is that of Cap's kid sidekick, James "Bucky" Barnes. There's nothing "kid" or "sidekick" about Bucky as portrayed by Sebastian Stan. Rather, he is a tough, battle-hardened soldier willing to risk his life alongside Cap, even without the "Super Soldier Serum" that empowers his friend. In a recent interview with MovieWeb, Stan discussed Bucky's movie relationship with Cap and explained why he should not be considered a sidekick. He also discussed possibly portraying the character in future movies.
what did stan say about playing Bucky? >> Posted 07.19.11 by BrentJS -
Director Joe Johnston's new movie, Captain America: The First Avenger, doesn't open until this Friday, but Johnston is already planning his follow-up, a Marvel Studios "period" superhero movie. Johnston surprised — and thrilled — a lot of sci-fi fans recently when he revealed that he has been trying to convince George Lucas to "make a feature based on Boba Fett," the über-popular Star Wars character that he created for Lucas back in the '70s.
But, dream projects aside, Johnston has a deal with Marvel to make at least one more movie and he said over the weekend that he would consider doing anything from a sequel to Captain America or a spin-off movie featuring James "Bucky" Barnes (Sebastian Stan) to an adaptation of some altogether different character from the "Marvel vault." Johnston also offered an update on the long-gestating Jurassic Park IV, a project he last updated back in January 2010.
what did johnston say? >> Posted 07.18.11 by BrentJS -
The next big summer event movie, Captain America: The First Avenger, opens Friday and its success or failure will likely decide the fate of not only the "Star-Spangled Avenger" as a solo movie hero, but also that of its director, Joe Johnston, whose last movie, The Wolfman, was both a critical and box office debacle. Based on the track record of Marvel Studios' previous movies, Cap doesn't have much to worry about and neither does Johnston, who recently said that he has "more stories" about Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) to tell. But, there is another iconic character Johnston "would like to" direct a movie about — the most notorious, and popular, bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe, Boba Fett.
more about Johnston and Boba Fett >> Posted 07.17.11 by BrentJS -
Only one day after Paramount Pictures released thirteen new still images from Captain America: The First Avenger, more than twenty new high-resolution still images and set photos from Marvel Studios' latest comic book adaptation have turned up on an unofficial blog dedicated to the title star of the movie, Chris Evans.
Featured in the new assortment are several shots of Evans as the scrawny, pre-Captain America Steve Rogers, shots of Evans in his comic-accurate "transition" costume, and a poster-worthy money shot of Evans in his battle-ready suit. There are also more shots of Sebastian Stan as Cap's partner, James "Bucky" Barnes, Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, Dominic Cooper as Howard "Iron Man's dad" Stark, and many more cool images. There are also several behind-the-scenes set photos showing director Joe Johnston giving Evans direction.
more about Captain America: The First Avenger >> Posted 07.10.11 by BrentJS -
With a release date only a couple weeks away, Paramount Pictures has just released thirteen new photos from Marvel Studios' Captain America: The First Avenger. The photos concentrate on the wartime effort of the movie including images of Cap (Chris Evans) with his sidekick James "Bucky" Barnes (Sebastian Stan), HYDRA agents on motorcycles, Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) in his lab, as well as photos of Cap with his squad of "Howling Commandos," including Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan (Neal McDonough), Gabriel Jones (Derek Luke), Montgomery Farnsworth (J.J. Field), Jim Morita (Kenneth Choi) and Jacques Dernier (Bruno Ricci).
McDonough and Atwell talk movie preparation >> Posted 07.09.11 by Ryan -
Captain America: The First Avenger star Hayley Atwell is featured in the latest issue of Esquire magazine, offering American audiences a chance to meet the actress behind the image on their soda can and other Captain America-sponsored merchandise.
Prior to her role in First Avenger, Atwell's most recognizable role outside of her native Britain was a supporting role in AMC's 2009 mini-series The Prisoner. While talking to Esquire, Atwell revealed that she won her First Avenger role without an audition, and, perhaps, after a few drinks with director Joe Johnston.
When I met with the director of Captain America, I hadn't seen the script, and I had to go meet him, and we spoke for like an hour. With a lot of those big films, they'll do that instead of an audition — and I prefer them, because I love a chat. I've found the messier the meeting gets, the more successful. You vomit on someone's shirt, it's probably going to work in your favor. Because you shared something: an intimate moment of drunken behavior.
atwell gets inappropriate with evans >> Posted 07.05.11 by Ryan -
Every notable superhero has some sort of special power, trick or gimmick that sets him or her apart from the rest of the countless comic book characters. Just take a look at the superheroes who have made the leap from the printed page to the big screen in recent years and it's evident that the best ones all have some sort of angle: Wolverine has his adamantium skeleton and razor-sharp claws, Batman has his vast fortune and cave filled with bat-themed gadgets, Iron Man has his fortune and nifty suit of armor, Thor has his godly heritage and mighty hammer, and, the most recent, Green Lantern has his power ring and battery. Marvel Studios' latest comic book superhero heading to the big screen, Captain America (Cap), is no exception.
Cap wasn't born a mutant, a god, or a billionaire, and he wasn't chosen by a dying alien to protect the planet, but what he does have is a nearly indestructible shield that he can sling at his enemies with deadly accuracy. The shield is so important to the character that it was recently the subject of its own featurette — take that Mjolnir (Thor's hammer) — and of an L.A. Times interview with the director of Captain America: The First Avenger, Joe Johnston, who described some of the shield's uses and said that Cap (played by Chris Evans) throwing the shield is so special it had to be reserved for "highlight-reel moments."
what did Johnston say about Cap's shield? >> Posted 06.21.11 by BrentJS