I’m coming to you from the junket for Iron Man 2 where I just spoke to Marvel Studios own Odin, Kevin Feige. Running after Kevin in a hallway in the Four Seasons Hotel I got him to confirm that the Howling Commandos will show up in the Captain America movie.
In the original Marvel Universe, where Nick Fury was a white guy who fought in WWII, the Howling Commandos were Fury’s elite squad. They were made up of a colorful group of characters, including ‘Dum Dum’ Dugan, Gabe Jones, ‘Rebel’ Ralston, Dino Manelli and ‘Izzy’ Cohen. They were what we’ll kindly call ethnic archetypes, and they engaged in all sorts of WWII action throughout the 60s. And of course, in the Mighty Marvel style they occasionally fought alongside Captain America himself.
Now they’ll be fighting alongside him in The First Avenger: Captain America, but they may not be specifically called ‘The Howling Commandos.’ ‘The characters will be there as part of the larger Marvel Universe,’ Feige told me. One character he would confirm was Gabe Jones, a black guy known for carrying his trumpet into battle.
Feige also said there was an international component, following up on my previous reports that The Invaders would be in the film, although I’m not entirely certain that the current iteration of the script calls them The Invaders. I think it’s possible that the members of The Invaders and The Howling Commandos might find themselves interacting, but that’s just a guess.
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I look forward to this movie with every new piece of info we get on it, but I have to wonder how big or how small the mainstream appeal will be. I had the same worries about Iron Man, though, so who knows.
Fuck and Yes !! I wants to see me some Dum Dum Dugan action on the big-screen,and I would love it if they would throw in a 20-something Fury as well…the only thing I ever hated about the Ultimate Version of Fury is that they did away with the whole backstory of him being around since WWII and not aging due to the Infinity Serum.
Hope the pacing on this film is well thought out, cause I'm sitting here all jittery with happy jimmy-leg thinking about this, and it's dawning on me that so far, this is a whole lot of back-story and characters to interweave into a story. And they haven't even broached the subject of villains yet (likely Red Skull, but fuck yeah if Arnim Zola and his jacked experiments show up.) 🙂
Sgt. Rock and Easy Company could kick those pussies asses without breaking a sweat.
Do I smell a Howling Commandoes, movie?? With their 20 – 40 million movie plan or whatever . . .
Laying groundwork for future movies…
Maybe the original Fury was his dad or something? He inherited the eyepatch, and wears it over alternate eyes.
i always thought it would be cool for the movies if the fury during wwII was the classic one who later became head of SHEILD and groomed the sam jackson version as his replacement, even taking his predecesors name. that one's free of charge, fiege.
Will Nick be white? If he isn't then he's not Nick Fury. He's Sam Jackson in a fucking eye patch. Bryan Hitch and Mark Millar can burn in hell.
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cry more, then go back to your klan meeting.
The succession of the name,Nick Fury,could be like the Dread Pirate Robert,as a title…
If you extract the racism, comment 8 makes a point. Sam Jackson is and will always, through sheer force of persona (Not race, Fucktard) be "Samuel L. Motherfucking Jackson" on this occasion "in a fucking eyepatch"
Good point 11. Gotta love when people attribute everything to race. You know systematic racism is all too real when people flip out over Nick Fury but no one seems to care about the last air bender casting.
While I agree in part (Bruce Willis is Bruce Willis even if he's playing Joan of Arc) it's a comic book character. What's a master thespian to do save chew a cigar and shoot some motherfuckers (or attempt to given the problems the eyepatch brings to depth perception)
Ok 12. Then lets make Black Panther and Blade white. See how well that turns out. Oh, I forgot this is CHUD, where only white people are racist.
Hey what's Sam Jackson doing with Dum Dum Duggan?
hey, #14 have you ever noticed that people usually close one eye while aiming a gun? Depth perception isn't really an issue here.
14, you'd have had a sound point if you'd shut up sooner. But please, continue telling us all how hard it is to be white. Hopefully you're a man, too, and you can expound on your hardships with that as well.
Gotta love how the one confirmed 'Howling Commando' is the black guy that carries a trumpet. Keep on pandering Hollywood.
I'm white and I have no problem with Fury being black. Millar and Hitch based Ultimate Nick Fury on Samuel L. Jackson and he gave permission to use his likeness. And it's not a race thing or a popularity thing — Jackson DOES embody Fury's qualities in LOTS of movies. Look at him in xXx for example, although a horrible movie, his character had Nick Fury written all over him.
Making the Black Panther white is a stupid idea because he's King of an African nation which has remained isolated from the rest of the world for most of its history.
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