i can't wait to hear the 1st reviews on this movie!!
The movie looks awesome. The only thing that has me concerned is how they present the scope and magnitude of a conflict on the scale of WW2. I'm really hoping this is not a war drama and that it stays fairly consistent with the comic/fantasy realm. I pride myself as an amateur historian and any meddling too far with accuracies and battles will shatter all illusions for me.
The movie looks awesome. The only thing that has me concerned is how they present the scope and magnitude of a conflict on the scale of WW2. I'm really hoping this is not a war drama and that it stays fairly consistent with the comic/fantasy realm. I pride myself as an amateur historian and any meddling too far with accuracies and battles will shatter all illusions for me.
i think WWII is just going to serve as the backdrop...not really come into play during the story.
yeah things may be mentioned here and there but i don't think they'll go "saving private ryan" with it.
Captain America director Joe Johnston has said that he is potentially interested in helming a sequel to the movie.
Speaking to Comic Book Movie, Johnston said that he would consider making a follow-up to the superhero film if the storyline was compelling.
"I would be interested if the story is as unique as Captain America. That's a tall order, but if Markus and McFeely are writing it there's a very good chance it will be great," he told the website.
"There are other interesting characters in the Marvel Universe, for instance, the Winter Soldier, aka Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes."
Captain America stars Chris Evans as the titular hero. The actor recently admitted that he attended therapy before the project commenced, and endured "brutal" fitness regimes to get into shape for the role.
Captain America: The First Avenger arrives in theatres on on July 22 in the US and July 29 in the UK.
I want my sequel to The Rocketeer from Johnston before he does Captain America 2. You hear me, Disney?
I'm glad Johnston is game for another though, which means he enjoy his time doing this. He loves the character, and I have no doubts that he absolutely delivered with this. Next week can not get here soon enough.
i always find it funny when they start talking sequel before a movie is released. they were already talking Batman 5 before Batman and Robin came out but we all know how that turned out. Blair Witch was supposed to be a trilogy until the second movie bombed. Hell, they were talking about Singer's next Superman movie both before and after Superman Returns came out. lots of talk about movies that never happen. wait and see how this one is first.
i always find it funny when they start talking sequel before a movie is released. they were already talking Batman 5 before Batman and Robin came out but we all know how that turned out. Blair Witch was supposed to be a trilogy until the second movie bombed. Hell, they were talking about Singer's next Superman movie both before and after Superman Returns came out. lots of talk about movies that never happen. wait and see how this one is first.
Yeah, but that goes both ways. Movies like The Hangover no one talks about a sequel, or even wants one and it happens. I'd much rather they talk about a potential sequel before it happens then us getting sequels we didn't ask for. But early indication is Captain America is Marvel's best film to date, so I'm not worried at all. This movie is going to be great and I bet we see a sequel by the end of 2013 or early 2014, right before Avengers 2.
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Branagh said he wanted to direct the sequel to Thor as well...
We'll see.
I thought Branagh was indifferent to it and said he'd see if it was something he wanted to do. It'll be interesting to see if he stays on as producer or not.
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‘Captain America’ Screenwriters Discuss The Sequel & Possible Flashback Structure
Paramount and Marvel clearly have high hopes and strong confidence in their forthcoming release of “Captain America: The First Avenger,” which hits screens July 22nd. They’ve already deployed screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely to begin work on a sequel, which will most likely follow the release of Joss Whedon’s ambitious “The Avengers” movie in 2012.
The Playlist spoke with McFeely and Markus this afternoon about their plans for the sequel and how the modern day setting and “The Avengers” will affect the cinematic future of the muscle-bound man in red, white and blue.
[Show spoiler]Were you given a list of things that had to be in Cap to connect it with “Avengers”?
Marcus: Not really. Because we’re chronologically first, we didn’t have to pick up any threads. We planted a couple. We have Howard Stark, we have an Asgardian object. The main writing challenge was, because we knew we had to put him in a deep freeze at the end in order to get him out for “Avengers,” he had to be a fully-fledged vet by the time he went into the water. You couldn’t just do your classic origin story where they have one fight and look to the future where they will hone their skills and become a great hero. He had to be Cap, the world’s greatest leader, by the end of the movie.
McFeely: And have the story open-ended enough that if you wanted to go back and tell another WWII story in whatever capacity, you could still do it. There are more adventures that you didn’t see.
You guys are writing the sequel now. How much do you have to hold off on aspects of the storyline and see what happens with the “The Avengers?”
McFeely: We read “The Avengers,” so unless things are changing on set, we have a sense of what Joss is doing with the Steve Rogers character and what he’s doing with the universe. But, you know, the sequel isn’t for sure. It depends on how well this is received and we’re hopeful. It’s sort of in the outlying “What If?” stages now.
Marcus: In a way, it’s a lot like how the comics function. “Avengers” comes out with like two other “Cap” titles every month. They all work together in way, but they’d be fighting 24 hours a day if you really parsed out the time. All of these things can exist together.
I know you can’t say who the villain is and maybe you haven’t fully decided, but do you guys have a short list of Cap villains you’d like to tackle should this franchise go on for a few sequels?
Marcus: Oh yes, there are some very sweet targets out there.
Can you mention a few names without necessarily confirming their inclusion in this sequel?
SM: Ohhhhh… (Laughs). You know the names.
You’re not going to say them though, I get it.
(Laughs)
[Show spoiler]We know the sequel will be present day, but you mentioned these past adventures we didn’t see. Can you expand on that?
McFeely: When we sit down with Marvel every couple weeks, that’s what we talk about. Is it all present day? Is there a flashback structure? Is that what people want to see? I think there’s a great way to do both and to make sure that you’re not taking away from the story itself. But I think there’s value to it. I mean, that’s what separated Cap from all the other comic book heroes. The things that have affected him in the past sometimes crop up in the present, whether that’s emotionally, whether that’s an actual villain or a MacGuffin or whatever.
You’ve mentioned that the period setting was one of the primary elements that appealed to you about writing a “Captain America” movie. Did that give you pause any pause on agreeing to this largely modern day sequel?
McFeely: Oh, now that we’re out of our element? (Laughs)
That, and the fact that he’s got this Gung-ho Americana persona and, especially at the beginning, there has to be an element of mockery or, at the very least, cynicism around that kind of attitude.
Marcus: Now that he’s well established, I’m actually looking forward to taking him into the modern world because we don’t have to sort of give short shrift to WWII and, you know, back-explain it. I don’t think it will be like “Encino Man” where Cap’s holding a cell phone and going, “What the hell is this?”
God, I hope not.
Marcus: But that’s the Cap people know. By and large, people know Cap from ’63 on. He’s the man out of time, so we are looking forward to giving people the Cap that more or less dominated the comics for the last 50 years. We liked the fact that Marvel was willing to do both.
Assuming this opens and succeeds, it seems likely you might have the chance to tackle some other comic characters. Are there other characters you’d be interested in?
Marcus: There’s a lot out there. Whether or not they can sustain a movie and more than 200 people have signed onto their fan clubs is a different question. We feel some possessive of Cap and we’ve done a franchise before, so our goal was not just to jump around franchises. We chased this one because it was Cap and we were really intrigued by the character. We’re not intrigued by all characters. We were intrigued by this one.
We’ll have more from The Playlist’s exclusive interview with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on Captain America this coming week. Captain America: “The First Avenger” hits theaters July 22nd.
It's a little long so I spoiler tagged it for you guys. Not a lot we didn't know, but I figured I'd post it none the less.
Markus and McFeely talked to NBC, and they said mostly the same things about Captain America 2 that they’ve been saying all year. They just used a lot more words. Here are three big block quotes that are worth a look:
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We certainly want at least a portion of the ’40′s, I think… The span of the movie is about two or three years, and there’s a few times in the film where you jump four months ahead, you jump six months ahead. So we did that with the intention of saying, ‘Okay, there are certainly unseen adventures that Captain America went on in that period that if we want to, we can go back and explore later.’
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It might be doing a disservice not to address the present day Cap, particularly because so much of the comic book run right now is present day Cap – that ‘man out of time’ is the icon. The Captain America that most people know is really from kind of the reboot, when Stan Lee brought him back in ’63 and ’64, frozen from a block of ice. So his biggest personality trait is that he’s this man out of time, and for us, we didn’t have the opportunity [to explore that]. This was a guy in the RIGHT time.
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[Asked about Sharon Carter and the Falcon.] I want both of them! Sharon is meaty, almost to a point where you get a little uncomfortable because her relation to Peggy has shifted over the years, as time has passed. She’s the sister, she’s the cousin, she’s the niece. You have to walk a fine line there because it does seem like you’re dating your girlfriend’s daughter. Falcon is awesome. We can’t play with time so much to have Cap go back to Harlem in the ’70′s and clean up the streets, but it would be awesome to go straight up, like, ‘Shaft’ with Cap and the Falcon.
Isn't that in Austin Powers? Dating your girlfriend's daughter after you have been frozen for decades?
I would love another Captain America film. Set in the 40s or modern times, doesn't matter. Just give him his shield and some bad guys to beat up.
(Though I would probably prefer a heavier ratio of the 40s)
As much as this pains me to say... I am superheroed out and with boxoffice numbers it seems a lot of people are as well (not one "comicbook" movie has surpassed the $200 million mark and with over inflated budgets you can't say one of the movies has been a success domestically).
I loved Captain America and would be up for a sequel, but my excitement is down 10 fold. I didn't see Thor, Captain America or Green Lantern until they had been out for several weeks, and I still haven't seen X-Men: First Class ( I had seen all other X-Men movies opening day).
I am worried what might happen box office wise with the Avengers and Amazing Spider-Man and with the rise in ticket prices across the board, the general public may pass and wait for release on DVD or Blu-ray. Too much, too soon?
The Dark Knight Rises on the otherhand should be the only true boxoffice success for a comicbook movie since Iron Man 2.
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