The First Avenger: Captain America (MC: 66, RT: 77%)

[Qalbert]

I'm assuming that some variant of the LOLFROZEN will come into play since he's in avengers and they said part of the movie would be modern

[ZarakiKujata]

I thought they had said he's frozen (either in Hulk, IM2, or in interviews).

[Qalbert]

I know that his shield was seen in ice in a deleted scene form Hulk, but i haven't kept up with interviews to no for sure if that's what they're doing

[tyven]

his shield was also in iron man 2 or some kind of half made replica or some shit. IS NAMOR GONNA BE UP IN THIS BITCH?

[tyven]

some new cap stuff, few images and some fan shot video of the filming. god damn chris evans loves the gym
http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Captai...Explosion/7477
http://www.thehdroom.com/images/news/7477d.jpg

[Gredival]

People I know had doubts he could pull it off, but then I reminded them how Christian Bale went from a toothpick to a as ripped as Stallone for Batman. The magic of steroids?

[noblemountain]

People I know had doubts he could pull it off, but then I reminded them how Christian Bale went from a toothpick to a as ripped as Stallone for Batman. The magic of steroids?

Why do people always jump to steroids? A person in normal physical condition can lose lots of weight for a role fairly quickly and can put on lots of weight for a role fairly quickly. It isn't magic. Just because you're not motivated to do it, doesn't mean someone who has nothing to do all day when they're not filming a movie except for workout can't get bigger. I lost 40 lbs on a mission once where we got cut off from support. When we got stateside, I was 160 lbs and looked like a cancer patient. You could see almost every bone in my body. Within two months I got up to 210 lbs. It isn't hard to get big, it's hard to get strong. They are very different things. Especially when you're already in great shape as he was, it isn't hard to put on 20-30 lbs of muscle and look big.

[Gredival]

Because of the prevalence of steroids in Hollywood? I got a man crush on Bale just like everyone but Machinist to Batman Begins is a VERY drastic change. And while no doubts Sly put some gym time back in the day, I find it hard to believe he's still in that kind of shape at 64+

[Ryko]

Evans was already slightly bigger when he was playing lucas lee, shit's not unreasonable.

[ZarakiKujata]

I'm more concerned his face looks like some kind of a homosexual mime than w/ him taking steroids. But seriously though, when they have a role that calls for it these guys will work out all day and eat ridiculous diets to get that way. Case in point look at what the cast of 300 had to go through for that movie.

[Boyiee]

Didn't bale eat nothing but like tunafish and applesauce for long as fuck to prepare for that role? lol

[ZarakiKujata]

He ate one apple a day only for The Machinist, no idea what he ate for Batman, but I know he went on a junkfood binge against his doctor's advice in between lol

[-Zer0-]

I'm more concerned his face looks like some kind of a homosexual mime than w/ him taking steroids.

That was my first impression of that photo. He looks so pale.

[Nekonaruto]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/47240

First look at Evans in costume.

[DrClout]

For those that can't get to the website.

[Insanecyclone]

http://screenrant.com/captain-americ...ls-kofi-85938/

If you haven’t gone out and picked up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly then you are certainly missing out right now.

Besides offering fans a official first look at Chris Evans as Captain America, the new issue’s featured article explores the production of Captain America: The First Avenger and manages to clear up a few of the lingering questions that have been on fanboys and girls’ minds, ever since the basic premise and story of the film were revealed.

Here’s what we know so far:

* The First Avenger will take place mostly during WWII.
* It will be an origin story.
* The Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) will be the villain with Arnim Zola (Toby Jones) as a secondary villain.
* Cap’s sidekick Bucky (Sebastian Stan) and love interest Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) are secondary characters.
* “The Howling Commandos” will be an international team of soldiers Cap works with.
* The Red Skull will be using a cosmic cube as part of his nefarious plot.
* The terrorist organization Hydra will be involved.

All of this early info made The First Avenger sound like it would be a fun action-adventure movie – sort of a James Bond meets Indiana Jones meets Superman mashup. However, those early details inevitably led to more questions; The First Avenger is titled the way it is in no small part due to its status as the final lead-in to Joss Whedon’s upcoming movie version of The Avengers.

Now, any fan worth their weight in comic books knows the legendary origin story of The Avengers: Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man and The Wasp form a super team, and are eventually led by Captain America, who they discover frozen in a block of ice out in the Antarctic tundra, decades after he was presumed Killed In Action while heroically sabotaging a deadly Nazi rocket. The natural assumption was that this same story would be kept intact for the Marvel Movie Universe, but would it be a part of The First Avenger or set as the opening chapter of The Avengers?

Well, thanks to EW we now have an official confirmation on where, exactly, The First Avenger starts and ends, along with a few other choice details:

* The First Avenger will open and close with Cap being frozen in ice; the WWII origin story will fit in between.
* As rumored, Cap’s classic comic book costume will appear in the movie (wings and all) as part of a humorous scene where Steve Rogers (Evans) is used as a propaganda tool at a USO show.
* Rogers hates the USO gig and goes to see Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper playing Tony Stark’s dad) to have a more official battlesuit created.
* The Red Skull will be Hitler’s head of advanced weaponry and will seek a cosmic cube t0 harness its mystical powers for evil. The cube will be known as “The Tesseract.”
* To help the movie play better across the pond, it MAY simply go by the title of The First Avenger.

One thing these new details still don’t address is the issue of how the WWII era of Cap’s life will be handled. Marvel comic books have detailed a whole canon of Cap WWII exploits, from serving with The Invaders to the Howling Commandos to years of battling The Red Skull, Baron Zemo (I), Arnim Zola and other Nazi villains. With Chris Evans signed for six Marvel films (a Cap trilogy presumably being part of the six) there is plenty of opportunity to tell more than one “Cap in WWII” story on film.

However, we already know from early set photos that “VE Day” (a.k.a. the allied victory day that officially ended the war) is featured in The First Avenger – so is the origin story the only chapter of WWII Cap we’re going to get? Or does this film just cover how Cap became a super soldier and then a hero, referring to the rest of his WWII adventures only as a montage or an aside?

Guess we’ll find out the answer to that question (and more) when Captain America: The First Avenger hits theaters on July 22, 2011.

[Serif]

Because of the prevalence of steroids in Hollywood? I got a man crush on Bale just like everyone but Machinist to Batman Begins is a VERY drastic change. And while no doubts Sly put some gym time back in the day, I find it hard to believe he's still in that kind of shape at 64+

Wait, so you are somewhat comparing Bale to Sly?

Everyone in the fucking universe knows Sly has used roids.

When you are an actor and have nothing else to do but pay a ridiculous amount of money for a personal trainer/cook/call girl anything is possible. Especially if you have 2-3 months to prepare for the movie.

But it is Hollywood and EVERYONE is roiding up, even Gwyneth.

[ZarakiKujata]

Uh its pretty common knowledge that Sly still uses roids... Bale had plenty of time to get in shape w/ just a trainer. Go look at the special features on 300, it shows pretty clearly that these guys just have ridiculous trainers and not roids to get built like that.

[6souls]

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As you may have see via some blurry, scanned photos today on the blogosphere, this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly includes an exclusive first look at Chris Evans in his full Captain America suit in this summer’s Captain America: The First Avenger. Well, here’s the real, clean, clear, and expanded photo. If it looks strikingly different than the classic Captain America get-up — bold colors, flimsy material, a mask with weird little wings — that’s definitely by design. “You can’t really take him seriously in his flag pajamas,” director Joe Johnston told EW in last year’s exclusive first look cover story on the film. So instead, the hero’s main uniform was designed to resemble a tricked-out airman’s jumpsuit, the “A” on the helmet and star on the chest modest in size, the colors muted. It took Evans about 25 minutes to suit up. “He likes to do it all by himself,” explained costume designer Anna Sheppard. “I think it helps him feel like a super hero.” The film hits theaters July 22.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/1...ook-exclusive/

[ZarakiKujata]

I think it helps him feel like a super hero

Sounds kinda gay brah.