CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER - 4/14

[AndyDursin]

REVENGE's Emily VanCamp for the female lead -- very nice. I liked Hayley Atwell but if she's not coming back (and she isn't), this is miles ahead of the names they were throwing around (Anna Kendrick, a group of supermodels, some girl from "Community," etc.) previously.

Actually this is the first bit of good news I've seen associated with this sequel -- most of it hasn't been encouraging, especially since they announced the TV brothers of "Community" were directing it (can you say "inexpensive options"). VanCamp is the best thing on REVENGE which had a really good first season but has hit the wall in Season 2. She's attractive and a very fine actress, who shouldn't seem out of place in a Marvel film as well.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/revenge ... america-2/

[Monterey Jack]

Drat...I was hoping the rumors about Mary Elizabeth Winstead would turn out to be true.

[AndyDursin]

I do love MEW but if it's not her (or the girl from Growing Pains who played the waitress in The Avengers lol), this is Marvel's best casting choice in forever. Vancamp is seriously talented and attractive -- she does so much for a bubblegum soap like REVENGE than, say, the likes of Katie Holmes or Michelle Williams ever did on DAWSON'S CREEK, doling out the occasional fisticuffs along with romantic material. Vancamp's also not going to have Colbie Smulders' problem with fitting in this kind of movie (I like Smulders on How I Met Your Mother, but whether it was her, Whedon's direction or his stiff dialogue, she seemed ill at ease in The Avengers).

Then again, I think Vancamp's a better actress than Scarlett Johansson too. I think she's got a future outside TV and this is likely the project that'll do it.

I'm also relieved because nothing of what I had seen from this film made me encouraged before hearing this news. Now I'm sort of looking forward to it.

[BobaMike]

I'm more excited about Scarlett Johannsson making an appearance. Yowza

I am bummed that the girl from the first one, Hayley Atwell won't be back, although since this sequel is set in the present, that makes sense. Also I'll miss Joe Johnston, but hopefully he can go off and make his Boba Fett movie for Disney now

[AndyDursin]

Johnston always seems to get a bum rap from people, doesn't he? Don't start MJ on Jurassic Park III (which I liked) but his track record in genre films is pretty solid (Cap, Rocketeer, Jumanji, even the derided Wolfman had a lot of good things in it). Not to mention October Sky which was a fine movie.

Definite comedown going from Johnston to two TV-comedy director siblings whose only feature is YOU ME AND DUPREE.

I'm more excited about Scarlett Johannsson making an appearance

lol. She doesn't do much for me as Black Widow, I confess -- in fact I wonder if there's something wrong with me, but I felt she got way, way too much screen time in THE AVENGERS.

I'm guessing it'll be an obligatory cameo in Cap and that's about it. I hated how IRON MAN 2 stopped dead for all the scenes with her and Samuel L. It was more like an Avengers trailer than a standalone film. Hopefully they won't make that mistake again with these films.

[AndyDursin]

Redford onboard...guess the Sundance petty cash box is running low.

Official press release:


Following in the footsteps of the record-breaking Marvel Studios’ release, “Marvel’s The Avengers,” production on the highly anticipated release, Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” has commenced in Los Angeles, California, with production also including locations in Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington D.C. Directing the film is the team of Anthony and Joe Russo (“Welcome to Collinwood”) from a screenplay written by Christopher Markus (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) & Stephen McFeely (“Captain America: The First Avenger”). “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” returns Chris Evans (“Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”) as the iconic super hero character Steve Rogers/Captain America, along with Scarlett Johansson (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Iron Man 2”) as Black Widow and Samuel L. Jackson (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Iron Man 2”) as Nick Fury. In addition, film icon Robert Redford has joined the all-star cast as Agent Alexander Pierce, a senior leader within the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is set for release in the U.S. on April 4, 2014.

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” will pick-up where “Marvel’s The Avengers” left off, as Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C.
First photo from the set of Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1941, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” features an outstanding supporting cast that includes Sebastian Stan (“Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Black Swan”) as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker,” “Million Dollar Baby”) as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Cobie Smulders (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “How I Met Your Mother”) as Agent Maria Hill, Frank Grillo (“Zero Dark Thirty”) as Brock Rumlow and Georges St-Pierre (“Death Warrior”) as Georges Batroc. Rounding out the talented cast are Hayley Atwell (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) as Peggy Carter, Toby Jones (“Captain America: The First Avenger,” “The Hunger Games”) as Arnim Zola, Emily VanCamp (“The Ring 2,” “Revenge”) as Agent 13 and Maximiliano Hernández (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Thor”) as Agent Jasper Sitwell.

Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige is producing the film. Executive producers on the project include Alan Fine, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo and Stan Lee. The creative production team on the film includes director of photography Trent Opaloch (“Elysium,” “District 9”), production designer Peter Wenham (“21 Jump Street,” “Fast Five”), editors Jeffrey Ford, A.C.E. and Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E. (“Star Wars: Episode 7,” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”) and three time Oscar-nominated costume designer Judianna Makovsky (“The Hunger Games,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”).

Marvel Studios’ upcoming release schedule includes “Iron Man 3” on May 3, 2013, and “Thor: The Dark World” on November 8, 2013. The studio most recently produced the critically acclaimed “Marvel’s The Avengers,” which set the all-time, domestic three-day weekend box office record at $207.4 million. The film, which shattered both domestic and international box office records, is Disney’s highest-grossing global and domestic release of all time and marks the studio’s fifth film to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.

In the summer of 2011, Marvel successfully launched two new franchises with “Thor,” starring Chris Hemsworth, and “Captain America: The First Avenger,” starring Chris Evans. Both films opened #1 at the box office and have grossed over $800 million worldwide combined. In 2010 “Iron Man 2,” starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury took the #1 spot in its first weekend with a domestic box office gross of $128.1 million.

In the summer of 2008, Marvel produced the summer blockbuster movies “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk.” “Iron Man,” in which Robert Downey Jr. originally dons the super hero’s powerful armor and stars alongside co-stars Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub and Gwyneth Paltrow, was released May 2, 2008, and was an immediate box office success. Garnering the number one position for two weeks in a row, the film brought in over $100 million in its opening weekend. On June 13, 2008, Marvel released “The Incredible Hulk,” marking its second number one opener of that summer.

In addition to "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including "Iron Man 3" on May 3, 2013; "Thor: The Dark World" on November 8, 2013; "Guardians of the Galaxy" on August 1, 2014; the untitled "Marvel's The Avengers" sequel on May 1, 2015; and "Ant-Man" on November 6, 2015.

[Monterey Jack]

Redford onboard...guess the Sundance petty cash box is running low.

What was the last movie Redford directed that made more than a buck ninety-eight at the box office?

[Eric Paddon]

Redford's newest movie doesn't even deserve to make a dollar ninety-eight with its romanticized look at the murdering thugs of the Weathermen.

[AndyDursin]

Redford onboard...guess the Sundance petty cash box is running low.

What was the last movie Redford directed that made more than a buck ninety-eight at the box office?

Good question. I think the movie he starred in with Brad Pitt (SPY GAME?) was probably the last financially successful acting gig for him. Directing wise, it's been even drier...do we go all the way back to THE HORSE WHISPERER? THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE (remember that pos?) grossed $30 million and had a budget at least twice that.

On a side note, I didn't even remember him making this film:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331952/

[Edmund Kattak]

[AndyDursin]

Scarlet has yet another wig I see. lol.

More excited about Emily Vancamp...put some pics up when you see them

[BobaMike]

Nice....Scarlett in a "Rocketeer" jacket.. That photo combined 2 of my favorite things!

[Edmund Kattak]

I see on IMDB that Henry Jackman is listed as the composer of record. Hope he can write a good theme for CAP.

[Monterey Jack]

I see on IMDB that Henry Jackman is listed as the composer of record. Hope he can write a good theme for CAP.

[AndyDursin]

Lol. Mj saves the day with comedy after that bit of horrible news. Did Silvestri get arrested or something to fall off the Marvel vip list?