Russo Brothers in Final Talks For "Captain America 2"

**CBR News** · 06-06-2012, 11:03 AM

"Captain America 2" director candidates Anthony and Joe Russo are reportedly in final negotiations to helm the 2014 Marvel Studios sequel starring Chris Evans.

Full article here.

**Alex** · 06-06-2012, 11:09 AM

Only clicked to see if it was vince.

**Gryphon** · 06-06-2012, 11:11 AM

No these are the guys who co created the awesome show Community with Dan Harmon.

**Jaded Devil** · 06-06-2012, 11:14 AM

Donald Glover as the Falcon?

**aNamored** · 06-06-2012, 11:27 AM

I really don't know what to say about this directing choice, not what I expected.

My biggest concern is the screenplay and Hugo Weaving (both of which crippled the last third of CA:TFA). If it's the same team writing this time around, I hope they don't drop the ball with the climax again as they turned what could have been a great adaption into an okay one. And Weaving didn't convince me he was Schmidt/RS.

I hope Ed Brubaker gets the chance to write the screenplay for a Cap or Winter Soldier movie: he has the perfect actor for Steve Rogers and his love and knowledge of Cap/Bucky would translate nicely onto the screen.

Guess we'll wait and see.

**GRANT!** · 06-06-2012, 11:32 AM

I thought Weaving was great but he's not coming back (apparently he's done with blockbuster type movies). As for the third act issue I don't think they will be rushing to a conclusion like the last Cap movie (though I didn't think it was that disastrous last time).

We shall see.

Apparently Whedon wrote a Peggy Carter scene that got scrapped for The Avengers. I wonder if we'll see that in the movie.

**SephirothDZX** · 06-06-2012, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by GRANT!

I thought Weaving was great but he's not coming back (apparently he's done with blockbuster type movies). As for the third act issue I don't think they will be rushing to a conclusion like the last Cap movie (though I didn't think it was that disastrous last time).

We shall see.

Apparently Whedon wrote a Peggy Carter scene that got scrapped for The Avengers. I wonder if we'll see that in the movie.

You sure they didn't sign up up for like a 2 picture deal or something? Considering how obvious it was that he didn't really die at the end of Captain America, I'd find it pretty stunning if Marvel didn't try to lock up Hugo for a return bout.

**0bsessions** · 06-06-2012, 12:07 PM

Best known for their work directing "You, Me and Dupree"

Eh...

and over 30 episodes of NBC's critically acclaimed "Community,"

Okay, sold.

No, seriously, let's not write them off simply as comedic writers. While Community may be one of the funniest shows on television, they do a phenomenal job playing serious tones too. The reason so much of the show works is because the satire hits so eerily close to source material without mugging. An incredibly out of left field choice, but I can absolutely see this working.

Originally Posted by coldwarmyth

I really don't know what to say about this directing choice, not what I expected.

It's got potential to work surprisingly. The show has gotten by in the past season+ primarily on satire and they do it insanely well and there's a very thin line between quality satire and the actual source material. I think these guys could make a very good blockbuster action film based on some of their work on Community.

**josh straightedge** · 06-06-2012, 12:47 PM

Sounds like a good decision. I've liked all of the recent Marvel flicks, since Iron Man 1, and if this is who they have for Cap 2, then I'll be in the theatre on opening night.

**Kalen O.** · 06-06-2012, 12:52 PM

Eh, given the prosthetics/CGI involved in Red Skull's appearance, they can get away with recasting him a lot easier than most characters. I liked Weaving, but he wasn't so amazing in the part that another mask wearing, German accent faking actor can't do the part just as well if not better.

**Guest_1001** · 06-06-2012, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Alex

Only clicked to see if it was vince.

Apparently, there's going to be a moment in the film where Sharon Carter gets pregnant and it turns out the father is ... Hogun the Grim! Nobody will see it coming!

**Alex** · 06-06-2012, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by Guest_1001

Apparently, there's going to be a moment in the film where Sharon Carter gets pregnant and it turns out the father is ... Hogun the Grim! Nobody will see it coming!

That = buys.

**Kevinroc** · 06-06-2012, 03:16 PM

Between the two, the brothers directed the Community season 2 paintball finale. And the documentary episode detailing the Dean making a commercial for Greendale.

And they directed a bunch of episodes of Arrested Development.