Robin Atkin Downes to voice Baron Helmut Zemo
Robin Atkin Downes also voices the popular masked villain in the new animated series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The purple clad Marvel character is the son of World War II's Baron Zemo, who, according to Comic Book Movie is rumored to be appearing in Captain America: The First Avenger.
No other details have been released about the character's appearance in the upcoming movie. It is not clear whether Baron Helmut Zemo will be CGI, or if a body double will be playing the character while Robin Atkin Downes provides the voice only.
Marvel's The Avengers was released May 4th, 2012 and stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg. The film is directed by Joss Whedon.
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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ejk1
I agree with Josh. I highly doubt the story will be the problem with The Avengers script, if there is a problem that is.
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bud2fresh
Very cool news!!!!!
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Josh
Right, because Joss Whedon is known for writing stories that "suck".
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TheSymbiote
Zemo Rules!
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Dan
@mosorwvlad Wait, you gave it a thumbs up, but said you think it will suck? I'm confused lol
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mosorwvlad
I think this movie will suck. The big part of sucking will be the story .
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Summit10
hail HYDRA!!!
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Pjwolsker
what powers does Zemo have if any? i dont know him
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T.Clark
Probably be a stunt man in the suit, with him voicing. I'm glad Zemo is showing up.
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ejk1
@bane, wow, big-time props for pulling this one out of the past. As for the cast, some interesting choices--Stallone as Wolverine? Ventura as Sabertooth? Weird. Also weird: Schwarzenegger as a Russian. I think Ryder was a little too old to play the teenaged Jubilee, and I'm not that big a fan of Costner, but the rest of the cast fits(although Bam-Bam's head tattoo would have had to have been covered up). However, I think there are too many villains for one film. Magneto in one, Apocalypse in the second, and Omega Red in the third( or second. Switching him with Apocalypse would probably serve the trilogy better). Of course, this is all just for fun, but it would have been interesting if it actually occurred.
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Bane5000
HERES SOMETHING FUN FOR EVERYONE ON HERE:
When i was a kid and mad crazy bout my comic collection, i used to buy wizard magazine every month, one time, i think around '94, they had a cast listing of who they thought should play roles in the X-Men live action movie, if memory serves me right, ill list who i can still remember who they wanted to cast...and remember this was in the '90s...
Prof. X-- Patrick Stuart [ even back then he was always considered }
Magneto-- Sean Connery
Cyclops--Kevin Costner
Jean Grey-- Angie Everhart
Wolverine-- Sylvester Stallone
Gambit--Patrick Swayze
Beast-- Kelsey Grammer [ yup again back then too }
Jubilee-- Wynona Ryder
Rogue--Geena Davis
Storm--Vanessa Williams
Colosuss--Arnold Schwarzenegger
Pylocke--Tia Carerra
Cable--Clint Eastwood
Apocalypse--James Earl Jones
Blob--Bam Bam Bigalow
Sabretooth--Jesse The Body Ventura
Omega Red---Dolph Lundgren
...thats as much as i can remember and no joke, this was in a wizard magazine back in the '90s, but imagine if this movie was made and this was the cast of the first X-Men movie...what do u guys think...?
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Bane5000
@CBF... I saw an episode of the 1999 series as well a couple of weeks back... all i gotta say is, YIKES LOL...the one and best animated series marvel ever made was the '90s X-Men, that show was awesome and loved how it acutally followed certain comic storylines..HINT HINT FOX
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CBF
@Dave
@bane
@E
OK Thanks, guys. I'm going to start watching it. Sounds like good characters, story, and animation. I have a bootleg of that 1999 series United They Stand from the Marvel AU, and boy was that crap!!
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ejk1
Also, I like the idea that Zemo will be in The Avengers, but I hope there is more to it. I mean, HYDRA doesn't really sell me on this movie, at least not by itself. I expect Loki to make an appearance, perhaps as an advisor to Zemo, in locating Dr. Bruce Banner or an item of great power.
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ejk1
I've seen the show, CBF. My take is that it is coming along slowly but steadily. I think it will get better as it goes along.
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Daveactor7
@pjwolsker i like ur concept but the iron man and hulk being there? Kinda far fetched.
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Emmytt
sweet
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Bane5000
@Pjwolsker...not a bad idea...
Start it with Fury walking down a hallway with Coulson discussing if the sitauation was handled well in New Mexico { Thor }, as theyre talking they walk into a room where technichians are working on getting Cap out of the ice block. They unfreeze him, hes a bit confused and startled, Fury introduces himself and welcomes him back , but says theyres alot to be explained. As theyre sitting in a guarded room talking, Fury tells cap its a whole different world now and whats the last thing Cap remembers...then start the film from there...
Or something to that nature :]
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Bane5000
@CBF...I've seen a few episodes so far, the last one i saw was when they unfroze Cap and he joins the Avengers, Zemo as well as Arnim Zola were in that episode surviving after all this time to hear that Cap has returned
I wonder is thats how theyll play it off in the film, cuz in the cartoon the Avengers are already established with Ironaman as its leader before they unfeeeze Cap, lets see how they do it in the film
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Pjwolsker
im curious to know if cap will get unfrozen in captain america or the avengers. i can see the captain movie they unfreeze him and fury talks to him asking about what happened to him and then the movie is in flashback and then at the end fury tells him about the avengers and he brings him into a room with iron man thor and hulk then it ends. i think thatd be cool
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Daveactor7
@bane thanks
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Daveactor7
@CBF yeah ive seen it. Its ok.
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Bane5000
@Daveactor7...Yes, but they still exist in modern time as well, as an adversary still to S.H.I.E.L.D after all these decades
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CBF
HYDRA will come back, I assume, when Cap gets unfrozen in The Avengers. Zemo'll prob be running HYDRA in the modern times, taking over for Red Skull from the 1940's. Awesome.
Also...speaking of the new animated series, Earth's Mightiest Heroes, anyone seen that yet?
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Daveactor7
Hang on....isn't hydra in Captain America's times?
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Bawnian©-Dexeus
He's part of Hydra
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Daveactor7
Seems cool....but who is this villain?
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Bawnian©-Dexeus
AWESOME!!!!!
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