CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till release

[Admiral_Young]

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Interesting...I'll have to inform my cousins lol.

 

[A beaker full of death]

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Producers chose the Northern Quarter to recreate New York because of its towering buildings and pre-war architecture.
..."We suggested the area to Marvel as its wide streets, towering buildings and pre-war architecture will make the perfect 1940s New York."

That's bizarre. There's plenty of pre-war NY architecture in... New York!

 

[Captain Craig]

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^^^
True but isn't Marvel getting some tax breaks for shooting in London? Thought I recalled reading something to that effect awhile back.

 

[CaptainCanada]

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Producers chose the Northern Quarter to recreate New York because of its towering buildings and pre-war architecture.
..."We suggested the area to Marvel as its wide streets, towering buildings and pre-war architecture will make the perfect 1940s New York."

That's bizarre. There's plenty of pre-war NY architecture in... New York!

Yeah, but since most of the movie is already being shot in England, it's easier to shoot the American scenes there as well.

 

[captcalhoun]

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tax breaks, ease of making Europe in 2010 look like WW2 Europe compared to making 2010 America look like WW2 Europe and (IIRC) a better £-$ conversion rate meaning the budget'll stretch further is why they're filming in Europe.

 

[Admiral_Young]

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^ This yep. I don't care where they film the damn thing as long as it's good.

 

[Captain Craig]

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A Twitter update from a glorified extra on the set of Captain America confirms a few things.

- Shooting a rally scene today & saw the 1940's cap costume. It's ermmmm... Suprising? I think it will change throughout the flick.

- Basically costume looked shit! Tights etc ala Adam West era Batman. However, found out for def that it improves loads!

- Apparently he starts out in a rubbish suit (on purpose) and then it gets upgraded to a badass one. Phew! I feared the worst!

- Can I add that Chris Evans seems like a super nice guy. He was joking with us and chatting in between takes. Kept up morale.

That the first costume is meant to be seen as silly.
Chris Evans is apparently a great guy to work with.

Can't wait for some pics and perhaps that ComicCon footage to get out.

 

[Samurai8472]

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From the description the footage wasn't anything spectacular.

They had only been filming for a couple of days

The teaser was WW2 footage… typ*i*cal stuff: planes bomb*ing, anti-aircraft guns fir*ing, sol*diers march*ing, super*im*posed over what is obvi*ously a very slow reveal of the red, white and blue shield. Roosevelt’s Day of Infamy speech plays over this footage as text appeared on the screen:
Our courage and strength led us into bat*tle, sto*ries emerged of heroes … but one story has never been told.
Bam, the full cir*cu*lar shield. Is shown, then fades to black as text appears: Every army starts with one man.
Cap*tain America’s sil*hou*ette, shield on the arm, stand*ing in near pro*file. To black.
“Next sum*mer meet the world’s first avenger.”
Chris Evans turn*ing around in cos*tume, very much like the designs we’ve seen over the last month or so. No wings on head, but very much a prac*ti*cal army suit.
The title hit and then the zinger (you know the zinger… every trailer has one… you think it’s over and then BAM some*thing else) was of Evans launch*ing the shield right at camera.

 

[CaptainCanada]

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That the first costume is meant to be seen as silly.

Johnston said a while ago that the first suit would be a fairly literal rendition of the comics costume, as I recall, to show what it would look like, then they would move on to something designed for the field.

 

[A beaker full of death]

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That the first costume is meant to be seen as silly.

Johnston said a while ago that the first suit would be a fairly literal rendition of the comics costume, as I recall, to show what it would look like

sounds like what they did with Robin's costume in Batman Returns (I think that was the one).

Sad that a costume based on the flag, a costume that has remained basically unchanged in 70 years, is basically being used as a clown suit.

 

[captcalhoun]

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^ Batman Forever.

 

[Anwar]

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That the first costume is meant to be seen as silly.

Johnston said a while ago that the first suit would be a fairly literal rendition of the comics costume, as I recall, to show what it would look like

sounds like what they did with Robin's costume in Batman Returns (I think that was the one).

Sad that a costume based on the flag, a costume that has remained basically unchanged in 70 years, is basically being used as a clown suit.

In real life, that's what it probably would become. The movie version and the Ultimate version are closer to reality.

And none of your outdated "I don't want it to be reality" nonsense. They're doing this for the mainstream audiences you are not a part of.

 

[captcalhoun]

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^ word.

 

[A beaker full of death]

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In real life, that's what it probably would become. The movie version and the Ultimate version are closer to reality.

And none of your outdated "I don't want it to be reality" nonsense. They're doing this for the mainstream audiences you are not a part of.

Ah, yes. Undoubtedly the rest of the film will be extremely realistic.

 

[Anwar]

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For the most part Cap has been based in reality when it came to WWII adventures. Except for the Red Skull searching for the Cosmic Cube.

But then, that's partially from the comics and partially from Indiana Jones.

Indiana Jones came off as realistic-feeling despite the Godly influence. And he didn't need a rubber comic book costume either .

 

[Nerys Myk]

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For the most part Cap has been based in reality when it came to WWII adventures. Except for the Red Skull searching for the Cosmic Cube.

But then, that's partially from the comics and partially from Indiana Jones.

Indiana Jones came off as realistic-feeling despite the Godly influence. And he didn't need a rubber comic book costume either .

Is that a new wrinkle? I don't recall the Skull even knowing about the Cube until the modern day.

As for his WWII adventures. A lot them were fought beside a Human/Atlantean hybrid and an artifical humanoid who can burst into flames. Lately ( well in tha last decade or so) there has been a tendency to turn every WWII Cap story into "Saving Private Ryan Redux". Cap was rarely, if ever involved in that type of story. He mostly fought spies and sabotours with weird names and odd powers( usually stateside or in England with the Invaders) and wasn't a frontline soldier. When he did get to places like Germany it was as a captive or to free a captive.

I've a feeling that trying to combine Marvel Super-heroics with a "Saving Private Ryan" realism might be a fatal mistake. So I hope the film doesn't go in that direction.

 

[Anwar]

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I'm assuming that the plot of this movie, aside from the origin, is that he's going to be fighting HYDRA (led by the Skull, likely formed by Baron Von Strucker) in their search for Asgardian artifacts (and the Cosmic Cube) in a Indiana Jones-esque plot.

Perhaps learning of Hydra with Howard Stark in this movie will lead to the formation of SHIELD.

 

[Captain Craig]

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Nothing spoilery here but some set photos have made their way online.
Biggest of the three is a stage where it seems Cap&Co. will be doing their Bob Hope impersonation.

Seems the film is going by the incognito name of 'Frostbite'.

 

[captcalhoun]

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http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2010/08/19/exclusive-new-details-emerge-from-the-set-of-captain-america/

details of some of the filming and a costume description.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

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I don't know if this has been mentioned on this thread yet (I read through the last few pages and didn't see it), but Joss Whedon is not only re-writing The Avengers, he also did some script doctoring on Captain America. From MTV's Splash Page:

Joss Whedon's role as script doctor on "Captain America: The First Avenger" technically marks his first dip into the Marvel Universe’s ever-expanding catalog of films, but it makes sense that as writer and director of "The Avengers" the filmmaker should also have his eye on the celluloid origin of the super team’s famous Captain.

In a brief interview with Earth's Mightiest, Whedon opened up about the process of maintaining consistency between worlds.

"I just got to make some character connections," said Whedon of his work on the "Captain America" screenplay. "The structure of the thing was really tight and I loved it, but there were a couple of opportunities to find his voice a little bit — and some of the other characters — and make the connections so that you understood exactly why he wanted to be who he wanted to be."

Whedon, who has a varied history of script-doctoring on films such as “Speed” and “Waterworld,” may have experienced a more ideal editing process in the comic-based playground of this latest project.

"It's fun in this case," said Whedon, "because, A, they'll actually use the things I wrote, which is rare; and, B, it's a fun puzzle to go in and say, 'Okay, this is what works, this is what needs to be connected, and here are some key moments.' Then the third thing is that it takes place in the '40s, so I got to write '40s dialogue, and that's never not fun!"