I keep repeating how impressed I am with how Marvel is slowly simmering their franchises together to make the impossible film. It was long said you couldn’t do an X-Men film because there was too many characters and too much backstory. They made it work, but I didn’t think it would go so smoothly trying the same formula on Avengers.
First we hear about how Captain America will be released months before the Avengers. But what will that movie entail? We get a hint from Louis Leterrier who has seen the concept art.
io9.com quotes The LA Times
It’s a period piece and it’s like “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and with more gadgets…[I]t’s “Raiders” meets “Rocketeer” and “Saving Private Ryan.” It’s going to be so cool.
I said a long time ago that a WWII era film for Captain America ending with Steve Rogers defeating the Red Skull and becoming frozen in ice would be a perfect leadup to his thaw and revival before joining the Avengers film later that year. I am glad to see they are going that way instead of just showing a 20 minute origin and having it be a modern story.
But speaking of Avengers, do we even have an idea on who the villain will be? This might be a good lead. Quoting ComicBook Resources io9.com
says:Tim Roth revealed that his has signed to play the Abomination in three films, leading to some speculation that the Abomination could appear in The Avengers film, or in some of the potentially interlocking films leading up to it
Now they say he is signed to play the Hulk villain in 3 films, but they don’t say which ones. A Hulk sequel? Avengers? Is this a “if he is in the movie you have to hire me” contract or is it a done deal. 3 more appearances of Abomination?
Abomination was really just an evil version of the Hulk, so maybe they will use him as the Avengers baddie. I would prefer to see the Avengers focus on a Hulk storyline eventually enlisting him into their ranks, but this could be a parallel to that plot – a Hulk replacement, without turning him good in the end.
