Considering Iron Man 2 is coming out next week, Thor is in it's final strech of principle photography I figured I'd focus on Captain America. The movie starts production at the end of June and I was thinking about the world Marvel will be setting up in the WWII era. When it comes to allies and enmies who could we expect to see in the film. It's expected we won't be revisting the exploits of WWII. Marvel could be trying to include as many characters from the time period as possible.
HEROES
The Invaders were one of the first supporting groups confirmed. They could include Union Jack, Spitfire, Destroyer and Blazing Skull. It's unknown if they'll be able to use the Human Tourch or Namor considering they could conflict with other film rights. The aim of the Invaders is to have them cast with international actors.
When it comes the regular American soldiers The Howling Commandos have been brought up. It's unknown if Nick Fury will be leading them but Gabriel Jones has been mentioned. The group also included Happy Sam, Dum Dum Dugan, Izzy, Dino, Rebel and Pinkerton. I wouldn't be surprised to see other WWII characters thrown in like Combat Kelly and Cpt. Simon Savage.
VILLAINS
Red Skull has been confirmed as the main baddie but I'm sure they'll be including some other Nazi collaborators. Baron von Strucker would be needed to setup HYDRA which could end up important villains in future Marvel films. Baron Zemo is one of the most recognizable from the era and similar to Union Jack has lineage. Zemo has gone back and forth over the years from being villain to hero. Not as well known is Baron Blood which seemed to be one of the better villains from Invaders.
COSTUMES
One of the greatest things that Joe Johnston brings to the table is amazing character design background. Johnston for whatever you think of his directorial abilities. He has worked on films with incredible character designs. From Star Wars which he was instrumental in creating Boba Fett, working on Indiana Jones and directing both Rocketeer/Wolfman. If anything we'll end up with some iconic character designs that will stick in our minds.
I'm curious which angle they'll be going with the costumes in the film. While we didn't see much of them the regular costumed heroes Minutemen (Watchmen) really seemed to work well on screen for the era.
Yet I expect Marvel might go with less dramatic costumes for everyone besides Captain America. It's likely they'll go with something more similar to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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