“Hitler gave Schmidt an unique uniform with a grotesque red skull mask, and he emerged as the Red Skull. His role was the embodiment of Nazi intimidation, while Hitler could remain the popular leader of Germany. … He was spectacularly successful, wreaking havoc throughout Europe in the early stages of World War II. The propaganda effect was so great that the United States government decided to counter it by creating their own equivalent using the recipient of the lost Project Rebirth, Steve Rogers, Captain America. The two counterparts soon clashed in what would be a series of engagements throughout the war, ending with a final battle that left the Skull buried under the rubble of a bombed building. Because he was immediately exposed to an experimental gas there, he remained in suspended animation for decades. Johann was eventually rescued in modern times by the terrorist organization, HYDRA. The Skull quickly subverted a cell to his own ambitions of world conquest and the death of Captain America. “

What do you all think of Mr. Weaving in talks to play The Red Skull? Great casting or poor choice? Let us know.


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“My brother has come up with some pretty exciting stuff. Unlike the comics, these things don’t go on forever in film and viewing it as a story with an end is useful. Viewing it as an ending, that sets you very much on the right track about the appropriate conclusion and the essence of what tale we’re telling. And it harkens back to that priority of trying to find the reality in these fantastic stories. That’s what we do.”

With the way Hollywood likes to drag on franchises the way they do I can see the Nolan brothers getting burned out after the third film and everyone turning their backs on them. Instead we should be thankful that thus far they have been able to deliver two fantastic stories and films that helped bring confidence back into the comic movie genera.

From there he went on to say that David Goyer told him,

‘I have this thought about how you would approach Superman’ I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That is a way of approaching the story I’ve never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting.”

It also seems like they want to keep both universe separate from one another; see as how the Batman movies never mentioned any other hero or villain within the DC Universe. Oh and Jonathan Nolan might want to test out his directing abilities on Man of Steel.

In other comic book movie news it seems like Mark Millar is already gearing up to pen the sequel to his hit comic Kick-Ass. With the film due out next month, April 22nd, Millar is already hoping that the next chapter of his comic will also be made into a movie. While talking about the second volume of the comic Millar said:

One of my favourite ideas in superhero comics is the exposure of the secret identity… I like the idea of doing that to somebody like Kick-Ass, who’s going to have real-world ramifications if his secret identity gets exposed. I wanted that in the first volume but there was just no room, so I shifted it all into the second volume.

Millar also gave prase to Christopher Mintz-Plasse stating that:

Red Mist surviving, becoming the super-villain was always planned, but the idea was that he was going to be a more minor character in the first film. Then we saw what Christopher Mintz-Plasse was capable of! Also, I really like the idea of somebody who people were relaxed watching on screen doing horrible things… the second movie, it’s going to get very, very dark what goes on with him…So the idea of McLovin’ and the fun Red Mist doing something horrible is genuinely quite disturbing when you see it happen. We couldn’t have got away with that with another actor. The minute we saw his performance, we were looking at each other and realised how good he was and what we could do with him in the future…

I am not going to base any opinions on Kick-Ass 2 or the second volume until I have read them.

[Source: GATW and /Film]