Great news coming from Marvel today concerning The First Avenger: Captain America. ComingSoon reports that Hugo Weaving has been locked in as the villainous Johann Schmidt, aka the Red Skull. Weaving has been in negotiations for a while and it was no secret that he was the leading contender for the role. Now that he has it, I’m just that more psyched for the film. He joins Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Cap and Hayley Atwell as WWII era love interest, Peggy Carter. Joe Johnston is directing.
The Red Skull is one of the seminal villains in the Marvel Universe and no ordinary jackhole bad guy to be sure. The role requires the presence of Weaving, who has no problem holding down an entire movie from behind a mask. The Skull was a Nazi counterpart to Captain America, a WWII Axis agent who later emerged to be a major villain in modern times. The character will reportedly be adapted somewhat for the feature adaptation.
Weaving was most recently seen in Johnston’s The Wolfman and has Oranges and Sunshine upcoming as well as reprising his role of Elrond in The Hobbit double feature.
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Best casting choice, if somewhat predictable, I've heard in a while. Hopefully this movie won't be the crap my gut says it will be
I was kind of hoping for the exhumed corpse of Klaus Kinski.
Now, we need a Bucky.
Best. Article. Title. Ever. Oh, and we already have a Bucky.
Good casting choice. I hope that they don't kill off the Red Skull though in the movie though. He's too good a villain–and with Hugo Weaving playing him, I'd love to see him appear more than once.
Should've been Dieter Laser
Awesome choice. Never seen him do a German accent though, should be eeenteresting.
Awesome. I'm really loking forward to this movie. I know people are unhappy about the Joe Johnston factor but if he brings his Rocketeer game this will be fantastic. Still I think Thor will bethe suprise hit of The Avengers trifecta for some reason. Oh and plase DON'T FIX THE VERIFICATION SYSTEM! It's even more hilarious if the douchebags have to type it in 10 times to post some hateful word vomit. It makes me smile to know that no matter how shitty my life may get. I'll never be that pathetic.
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