Hugo Weaving is Red Skull
Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige will produce Captain America: The First Avenger. Alan Fine, Stan Lee, David Maisel and Louis D'Esposito will executive produce. The film will be released in the US on July 22, 2011 and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Captain America: The First Avenger will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America.
Weaving was last seen in The Wolfman and his voice is very recognizable as Megatron from Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as well as Noah the Elder from Happy Feet. His other film credits include starring in V For Vendetta, The Matrix franchise, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Captain America: The First Avenger was released July 22nd, 2011 and stars Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Dominic Cooper, Richard Armitage, Stanley Tucci. The film is directed by Joe Johnston.
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JMP
The director that pick him is SMART because Hugo Weaving can get the job done as the Red Skull.
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Shadow Of The Day
Great News.
3 years agoby @asifFlag
B3njamin
YES! Perfect casting. The more movies this guy is in the better.
3 years agoby @b3njaminFlag
jhonnymoe
this sounds promising for the movie.now i can atleast root for the villain.
3 years agoby @jhonnymoeFlag
Marko85
apsolute great news....Huge is great actor, evan better villain
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WARRock
he was great in the Matrix trilogy, im soo excited that hes gonna play red skull
3 years agoby @jcFlag
Emmytt
good news
3 years agoby @emmyttFlag
the Narrator
Lol agreed @Annoying. If everyone on this thread agrees, then it must be a good choice.
3 years agoby @narratorFlag
Batman Rules !!!
Awesome
3 years agoby @the-fallenFlag
AnnoyingFilmCritic
Cool casting with Hugo as the Red Skull! Everyone here agrees...then, it must be good!
3 years agoby @annoyingfilmcriticFlag
Twisted Smile
Great news!
3 years agoby @twistedsmileFlag
Cripple
Perfect choice.
3 years agoby @crippleFlag
CBF
Mr. Anderson. We....Missed.....You.
3 years agoby @comicbookfanFlag
Lycan
Cant go wrong with Hugo
3 years agoby @grand-makwaFlag
SuperCanayaZ
A Excellent actor, good choice.
3 years agoby @supercanayazFlag
Jimthar
thats effing awesome!! i can totally see this. weaving is a great actor and perfect for this part. kudos!
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ed_wood
Awesome. Glad it's finally confirmed.
3 years agoby @ed-woodFlag
TheMime
Nice Nice......
3 years agoby @themimeFlag
Vanboy
I guess so.
3 years agoby @vanboyFlag
T.Clark
It's part of the job, Vanboy...at least they didn't give wrong info :b
3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
vaxine
Weaving is a beast they should be grateful they got him.
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Diaigma
Very cool. Weaving is Awesome!
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Vanboy
Whats with Movieweb giving Weaving's filmography list. Do they think that we don't know who he is and might want to cross-reference or what?
3 years agoby @vanboyFlag
Vanboy
Symbiote, checked out the pics. That's a Captain America for sure. Although, I didn't care for him smoking, or the "johnson" bulging out. Gross!
3 years agoby @vanboyFlag
kingbrady
this is not old news... hence why it says CONFIRMED...before it wasnt confirmed but we all knew it wouldve happened
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The Soylent Green Monkey
This is old news, but I think he can do something amazing with the character.
3 years agoby @soylentgreen2Flag
Err
haha, "ubermensch".
3 years agoby @err2005Flag
phatalphd
Hugo making that gwop! He loves them big movies. I can't wait to hear his voice!
3 years agoby @phatalphdFlag
Saints18
@Todd89..Considering that there is so much information out there on the internet and not everyone has time to look up this stuff...you really cant hold it against people that are not informed but thanks for the update. I was half jokeing anyways in my post. Maybe I should have put a smiley face or something!
3 years agoby @saints18Flag
ejk1
This announcement comes as no surprise. Once he was linked to this project, everyone assumed hould play Red Skull. And he is perfect for this role.
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