Captain America Hugo Weaving as Red Skull

Actor Hugo Weaving (you may remember him from LOTR or Wolfman) has been hired to play the role of Red Skull, Captain America's nemesis, in the upcoming Captain America movie directed by Joe Johnston.

I'm quite glad to hear that because Hugo Weaving is a talented actor and his performance as the Red Skull won't disappoint: he will respect the complexity and depth of that vicious villain!
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Captain America Movie in 2011

Captain America is one of the most famous superheroes from Marvel Comics. So a movie dedicated to the patriotic hero is but a long overdue!

Thanks to the recent success of Iron Man, Marvel has finally enough guts to undertake a new Captain America movie and is ready to provide with the cash required to make the film a blockbuster.

Nothing has really surfaced yet about the director and the cast. But scriptwriter Zak Penn who worked on the Incredible Hulk has been selected to write the screenplay of Captain America.

The movie, titled The 'First Avenger: Captain America', is slated a for a May 2011 release.

The plot:
"After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals." (source: IMDb)

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Steve Rogers' physical transformation,

from a reprint of Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941).

Art by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby

Captain America will be a period piece set entirely during World War II. With Marvel scrutinizing the work done, the movie Captain America should be close to the comic book. So we may expect the presence of Captain America's greatest foe, Nazi leader the Red Skull, in the cast.

Impatient to see the first Avenger Captain America?
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