First Avenger Directed by Joe Johnston

[Antonello Blueberry]

New trailer for The Wolfman.
It looks good.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/thewolfman/

 

[Brian Braddock]

Damn straight the Wolfman looks good.

Damn fine trailer.

 

[DocHoliday]

It looks very good. With all the delays I have been worried but this trailer is straight class.

 

[Webhead2006]

cool

 

[Triad]

Ya know, I had planned to see The Wolfman solely on the premise that it was a preview of Joe Johnston's current style. After seeing that trailer I know that I would have went to see it regardless of who the director was! It looks amazing! Could even be a big hit...how cool would that be for Captain America & Marvel! Perhaps warrant a budget hike?

 

[Webhead2006]

yea and if film is a success they will probably want to cash in on joe's name a bit in trailers for cap to say director of ......

 

[Brian Braddock]

There's not a doubt in my mind that the Wolfman will be a hit.

I wonder if they'd go with referencing both one of Johnson's hit movies as well as one of his movies that is similiar in style/tone/genre to Cap when hyping the movie?

'From the Director of the Wolfman and the Rocketeer'...............

 

[Canis Sapiens]

Very positive review of a recent test screening:

http://www.brutalashell.com/2009/10/an-early-look-at-the-wolfman/


Looking good!

 

[Webhead2006]

well that is good to hear after all those negative reports earlier in the year.

 

[Triad]

Damn, I want to read that but I'd rather go in to see it spoiler-free.

 

[Jumpin' Jack]

I think Joe Johnson is a big YES for Captain America! And as he said it is going to be a mix between: Rocketeer-Raiders of the Lost Ark-Saving Private Ryan. Is there anything more epic than that ?

 

[TheVileOne]

I think Joe Johnson is a big YES for Captain America! And as he said it is going to be a mix between: Rocketeer-Raiders of the Lost Ark-Saving Private Ryan. Is there anything more epic than that ?

The Lord of the Rings

 

[Jayce76]

Joe is a really good choice. The man who gave us the Rocketeer , yes please! You could do a lot worse , that's for damm sure.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Joe Johnston was a very safe pick for Cap, and I can't disagree with safe. He has all the credentials and experience to make a Cap film work. He comes from the Spielberg school of filmmaking, and has worked on films that will serve him well in bringing Cap to life. Once this was announced way back, I liked the choice. I still do and await the casting of the characters. I hope the cast for this is as impressive as the cast for Thor has become, and as strong as Iron Man's cast was. Not in the realm of big names and such getting roles, but in terms of the quality of the people getting cast. If this film casts the right people and achieves the feel that has been described to us, I think this will be Marvel's best film up up to when Avengers hits.

 

[jab1118]

Im a little worried about wolfman with all the delay and now a new editor which are things that are never good. While im hoping its going to be good that trailer didnt really sell me and I saw it in a theater at leat two different times now both times the crowd was laughing at it. I didnt think it looked that bad but I dont think it will be a hit

 

[Webhead2006]

i thought the trailer i have seen looked good, but supernatural stuff i like. I will probably see it and i hope it does well. Also hopefully we will get some more details from joe on cap plans.

 

[Chewy]

What can you tell me that people might not have already heard about Captain America?

It's not going to be a Captain America that you expect. It's something different. It is influenced by the comic book, but it goes off in a completely different direction. It's the origin story of Captain America. It's mostly period—there are modern, present-day bookends on it—but it's basically the story of how Steve Rogers becomes Captain America. The great thing about Captain America is he's a super hero without any super powers. Which is why this story, among the hundreds of super hero stories, appealed to me the most. He can't fly, he can't see through walls, he can't do any of that stuff. He's an every man who's been given this amazing gift of transformation into the perfect specimen—the pinnacle of human perfection. How does that affect him? What does that mean for him emotionally and psychologically? He was this 98-pound weakling, he was this wimp, and he's transformed instantly into this Adonis. You'd think he got everything he wanted. Well, he didn't get everything he wanted. The rules change at that point and his life gets even more complicated and dire. For me, that's the interesting part of the story. It's got some great action sequences in it and some incredible stuff that we've never seen before. But at the heart of it, it's a story about this kid who all he wants to do is fit in. This thing happens and he still doesn't fit in. And he has to prove himself a hero—essentially go AWOL to save a friend. Eventually at the very end, I don't want to give away to much, but he does fit in. But it's the journey of getting him there that's interesting. And it's a lot of fun.

Like the wolf man, it's a classic character where you have to find the human element underneath him.

Well, I figure humans buy tickets to go see the movies. We might as well make stories about humans. After all, robots don't buy tickets.

The internet is freaking out that there might be a Jurassic Park IV.

Wow, when did that happen?

November—you mentioned to Ain't It Cool that there might be a good script.

Did I tell him? Was it me?

You said that there was no way to get people back on the island for a fourth time and have it make sense, but that 2001 was the last installment and we're due.

Well, there is going to be a Jurassic Park IV. And it's going to be unlike anything you've seen. It breaks away from the first three—it's essentially the beginning of the second Jurassic Park trilogy. It's going to be done in a completely different way. That's pretty much all I can tell you.

A second trilogy?

If you think of the first three as a trilogy, number four would be the beginning of a second trilogy.

That's big. So not to lock you in, but there's a possibility there might be a total of six films?

Well, you never know. If they keep working—and if audiences keep going to them—there's no reason why there wouldn't be. We just want to make them justified in their own right. We don't want to make sequel after sequel just because there's a market for it. We want to tell different, interesting stories. You don't want to just sell hamburger.

SOURCE


I believe this is the first we've heard from Johnston?

 

[Webhead2006]

i think so. But its nice to hear things relating to cap now. with thor in production for a few days now and all that.

 

[bunk]

It's good to hear something. Still, I tend to bristle when I read that such in such is "going off in a completely different direction".

 

[Webhead2006]

he probably means it will be a different type of superhero movie since it will be in the 40s and all that.

 

[bunk]

Well, in that particular quote he is talking specifically about the character.

 

[Webhead2006]

ah well i dont know i am sure joe and marvel wont screw up cap.

 

[Compi716]

It's not going to be a Captain America that you expect. It's something different. It is influenced by the comic book, but it goes off in a completely different direction. [...] This thing happens and he still doesn't fit in. And he has to prove himself a hero—essentially go AWOL to save a friend. Eventually at the very end, I don't want to give away to much, but he does fit in.

Hmn...not sure what to think of this. Not the Cap I expect? I expect the character I love represented in a way I'm familiar with. And what's this about proving himself? I really wish I knew more. I can only hope they got Ed Brubaker on as a consultant.

Also, going AWOL to save a friend? Could it be Bucky?! Will we get the classic scene with the "death" of Bucky, and that lead Steve to fitting in - knowing the loss of a comrade? That would be awesome!

 

[JP]

Could these book ends involve certain other Marvel characters?

 

[The ?]

This is interesting stuff, what he has to say... but look at it closely.
Johnston says its sourced on the comic, but goes in a different direction...
in the comic book Cap simply came to immediately embrace his powers and was regarded as a hero... but Johnston says in the movie that he doesn't fit in after the powers... I think that's the different direction he's talking about.

And how wonderful a concept... the government makes a Super Soldier, and how do the other soldiers react? Jealous? Angry? Resentful? Think about it like this, the 101st Airborne to this day refuse to acknowledge they needed rescuing from Patton's armored division. Those are some proud bastards. How would fighting men take someone like Cap?

I can see it now... "We don't need no government lab rat to win this war, we can do it by ourselves."

if that's the premise, I love it!