ROTTEN TOMATOES: Next Up for Marvel: "Captain America"

Next Up for Marvel: "Captain America"

by Scott Weinberg | June 16, 2007

Already off to a great start (we hope) with "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk," the Marvel Machine is about to get rolling on their next heroic movie. Namely, "Captain America."

Marvel man Kevin Feige spoke from the set of "Iron Man," and he indicated that Cap will be the next movie to roll off the assembly line. They haven't announced a director just yet, but they do have screenwriter David Self ("The Haunting," "Thirteen Days," "Road to Perdition") working on the project. The producer also mentions that the movie will probably be half modern-day and half period piece.

Also in the Marvel pipeline are: "Sub-Mariner," "Thor," "Punisher 2" (yes, still), "Wolverine," and "Magneto."

And yes, there already was a "Captain America" movie, but let's not talk about it.

Source: Sci-Fi Wire

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 16 2007 09:06 AM

I've been waiting for this for quite a while, but I'm a little iffy about the screenwriter.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Jun 16 2007 09:17 AM

The only way I would see this film would be if Captain America and the majority of the people in the United States banded together to punish George W. Bush for his crimes against humanity. Captain America could put Bush on trial and make him look dumber than he already is. But leave Bucky out of this please. He is just a poor version of Robin.

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Jun 16 2007 10:29 AM

Hope this is done right. There is not enough patriotism in our country these days. In an age where kids can get suspended from school for waving the American flag, and yet we encourage the Mexicans to wave there�s, we need something to unify America. The United States needs to be more patriotic.

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mojodaddy writes:
on Jun 16 2007 10:30 AM

[b]Well Said[/b]
I think this could be really cool. A little of it would be during WWII and then flash-forward to present day where the Cap comes back. The real question is: Do you want Captain to face someone like the Red Skull, or open up a can of worms and make him fight overseas against Al Qaeda and stuff. I think it would be pretty cool to see him in Iraq kickin' ass but then it would probably cause global outrage or something.

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MarkMortimer writes:
on Jun 16 2007 10:34 AM

In reply to this comment (#869627)
[quote]we need something to unify America[/quote]

You already do...guns, and lots of them!

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the-russian writes:
on Jun 16 2007 10:34 AM

In reply to this comment (#869628)
It just seems like too much; they should have their hands full w/ a 1940's Cap, they should just leave the present time out of it.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Jun 16 2007 10:53 AM

In reply to this comment (#869627)
This is rotten tomatoes, where we talk about movies, games, music, and such, not about our thoughts on politics.

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SpikeDog writes:
on Jun 16 2007 11:04 AM

[b]Unless the topic IS politics[/b]
We do talk about politics here; it is inevitable. An Inconvenient Truth anyone? Sicko? Death of a President? Jesus Camp? And those are just off the top of my head.

Captain America, like it or not, makes a political statement. He represents the spirit of America. These days, half the country believes that the spirit of America is best represented by fighting terrorists and insurgents. The other half believes that the spirit of America is best represented by protesting and speaking out against that fight, against military atrocities, and against the American empire. The truth is neither; it is probably closer to both. That's why making a Captain America movie will be insanely hard. That's why the comic book version is dead right now. Unless one manages to encapsulate BOTH these impulses in the same movie, half of the country is going to hate it. To use the Team America lingo, if you go to either extreme, Captain America ends up looking like a P***y or a d**k.

However, one way around this would be to go the period piece route. Nobody these days thinks that fighting the Nazis was a bad idea. Well, except for Nazis. However, they make up a relatively small percentage of the population.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 16 2007 11:07 AM

In reply to this comment (#869632)
Agreed. I never really saw Captain America as a political statement, but your post just got me thinking...

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 16 2007 11:08 AM

In reply to this comment (#869631)
I only wrote that because I thought this would turn into a new type of thread; a "Why I Hate George Bush" thread.

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aknddon3 writes:
on Jun 16 2007 11:21 AM

In reply to this comment (#869634)
Well look who started that conversation. A moron who has no idea what he is talking about and that statement just proves that i was right afterall, he is a retard.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 16 2007 11:25 AM

In reply to this comment (#869635)
Why do I bother....

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cgcbooks writes:
on Jun 16 2007 11:38 AM

In reply to this comment (#869635)
Not everyone agrees with your opinions. So you call them names? That is not very mature of you.

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Mr. Kong writes:
on Jun 16 2007 11:42 AM

In reply to this comment (#869637)
Appreciate the backup, but what you're doing has been tried by many posters before you. Don't expect him to listen.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Jun 16 2007 11:58 AM

In reply to this comment (#869638)
I don't expect him to listen, but I think we all like to ruffle his feathers a little bit.

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arendr writes:
on Jun 16 2007 12:06 PM

aknddon3 has what I call "the courage of anonymity". It's one of the pitfalls of this great beast we call the internet. It helps people say things that they would never say to anyone's face. To those that take him on (and I've been one of them), take solace in the fact that you win simply by taking higher moral ground, no matter his response.

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narcissusbleh writes:
on Jun 16 2007 12:37 PM

In reply to this comment (#869629)
yeppp.

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Armless Penguin writes:
on Jun 16 2007 02:13 PM

In reply to this comment (#869626)
[quote]But leave Bucky out of this please. He is just a poor version of Robin.[/quote]

The Winter Soldier would kill Grayson, Todd, and Drake dead.

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glockhunter writes:
on Jun 16 2007 02:30 PM

Who will play Cap? Aaron Eckhart?

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jun 16 2007 03:27 PM

I like the idea of half-period piece half modern. I always thought the man out of time angle was one of the most interesting aspects of Cap. Plus it'll provide some much needed comedic moments. Can you imagine someone from the greatest generation viewing Paris Hilton for the first time without 60 years of gradual erosion of good taste as a buffer? Plus to whoever said Cap would be too devisive in our current climate, read some of the Vietnam era and newer comics. That's one of the things I really appreciate about him. No matter how screwed up or devided we are as a culture I can always find common ground with Captain America. It's real genius on the part of the writers thru the years. Probably has something to do with the iconography of the character. Who's going to come out in direct opposition to Captain America? It would be the political equivalent of yelling "I'll tell ya what's wrong with Jesus" in the middle of the Vatican.

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