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THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA To Feature THE INVADERS!!!

Beaks here...

There was a flurry of FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA news swirling out of yesterday's junket for Universal's THE WOLFMAN - the biggest scoop being that Cap will battle his arch nemesis The Red Skull in this first installment. That's nice and all, but, for my money, the coolest news of the weekend was just broken today by CHUD's Devin Faraci.

According to director Joe Johnston, the World War II superhero outfit, The Invaders, will play a significant role in FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA. How significant? How about "They'll be in the entire second half" significant!

Yes, we'd heard this was a possibility at last year's Comic Con, but this is the first time anyone's discussed how they'll be worked in to the film. Devin's got the whole story over at CHUD, along with some very interesting speculation about which six heroes might comprise this incarnation of The Invaders. I love the idea of Marvel using the Golden Age Human Torch (who is available to Marvel), but I'm most excited to see Union Jack on the team. Much as I dug The Avengers as a kid, there was something just a little bit cooler about a throwback group (based on The All-Winners Squad) going toe-to-toe with the Nazis - and, for whatever reason (probably because he was used sparingly within the Marvel Universe), Union Jack was my favorite member of the team.

For more on this very exciting news, head on over to CHUD.

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Including Namor?
by Spifftacular Squirrel Girl
Feb 7th, 2010
03:48:14 PM
Cool as a moose
by Sw0rdfish
Feb 7th, 2010
03:50:37 PM
I'm still amazed this is and Thor are getting made at all
by SoylentMean
Feb 7th, 2010
03:51:13 PM
should be cool.....
by theycallmemrtibbs
Feb 7th, 2010
03:51:52 PM
Fox Owns Sub-Mariner
by mrbeaks
Feb 7th, 2010
03:52:09 PM
Very nice.
by fiester
Feb 7th, 2010
04:01:43 PM
Christoph Waltz for Red Skull please!
by ScuttledShip
Feb 7th, 2010
04:01:44 PM
Hm. This seems to be getting bogged down.
by DOGSOUP
Feb 7th, 2010
04:01:51 PM
Wow. I wished for this earlier.
by BurnedNotice_Dude
Feb 7th, 2010
04:06:53 PM
Boo, Fox!
by fiester
Feb 7th, 2010
04:09:47 PM
Attention UK moviegoers! We're going to give you
by CreasyBear
Feb 7th, 2010
04:12:04 PM
I hope they just go balls out with Golden Age Torch
by IndustryKiller!
Feb 7th, 2010
04:15:32 PM
Oh, and Union Jack seems cooler b/c you can see
by CreasyBear
Feb 7th, 2010
04:15:35 PM
Won't translate....
by UTexLex
Feb 7th, 2010
04:17:27 PM
nathan fillion as bucky!
by alice133
Feb 7th, 2010
04:19:13 PM
Worked so well for Wolverine
by HoffmanPasander
Feb 7th, 2010
04:21:15 PM
Fox does NOT own Sub-Mariner!
by Ferd Philbie
Feb 7th, 2010
04:23:35 PM
Mr. Beaks
by Rob in WI
Feb 7th, 2010
04:23:47 PM
Head to CHUD?
by Traumnovelle
Feb 7th, 2010
04:29:13 PM
Ryan McPartlin for Captain America....
by BASEMENT_CHEETOH_EATER
Feb 7th, 2010
04:31:51 PM
fiester
by ScuttledShip
Feb 7th, 2010
04:32:28 PM
And the same goes for Fox Fantastic 4 remake
by ScuttledShip
Feb 7th, 2010
04:33:07 PM
This makes up for the other annoying
by Dingbatty
Feb 7th, 2010
04:42:12 PM
Joe Johnston: Cap will be in the USO!
by Zardoz
Feb 7th, 2010
04:48:40 PM
Yeah..it is cool news.
by MacReady452
Feb 7th, 2010
04:48:45 PM
Am I taking crazy pills?
by redkamel
Feb 7th, 2010
04:53:04 PM
Union Jack can keep his costume but Cap?...
by CGIh8r
Feb 7th, 2010
04:57:50 PM
Why can't Cap stand on his own?
by GiggityGoo
Feb 7th, 2010
04:59:04 PM
good news about red skull
by Phategod2
Feb 7th, 2010
05:06:21 PM
I'm worried about Marvel STudio films...
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Feb 7th, 2010
05:06:37 PM
I'm worried about Marvel Studio films...
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Feb 7th, 2010
05:07:12 PM
HoffmanPasander nailed it
by oisin5199_
Feb 7th, 2010
05:20:56 PM
Sounds gay
by Bruce of all Trades
Feb 7th, 2010
05:33:33 PM

by DrKTower108
Feb 7th, 2010
05:34:39 PM
Damn you, lack of edit button!
by DrKTower108
Feb 7th, 2010
05:36:15 PM
I hope this does well so...
by Margot_Tenenbaum
Feb 7th, 2010
05:38:37 PM
namor is my shit
by charlesbronsonLIVES
Feb 7th, 2010
05:49:10 PM
wing ears
by charlesbronsonLIVES
Feb 7th, 2010
05:50:02 PM
It's obvious they're doing this for the international box office
by ScuttledShip
Feb 7th, 2010
05:56:28 PM
Fuck Yeah!!!
by THX1968
Feb 7th, 2010
05:57:19 PM
This is probably half true, if anything.
by Super Joker
Feb 7th, 2010
06:15:25 PM
Kickin' it old skool.
by Sithtastic
Feb 7th, 2010
06:25:38 PM
Fuck that noise
by IndyCollector
Feb 7th, 2010
06:26:32 PM
Um
by yourSTEPDADDY
Feb 7th, 2010
06:34:06 PM
International audiences
by Dark_Equalizer
Feb 7th, 2010
06:43:15 PM
Am I the only one wondering the obvious?
by Phantm_Cruisr
Feb 7th, 2010
06:46:17 PM
Smallville JSA episode was SO BORING!!!
by Squashua
Feb 7th, 2010
06:47:05 PM
Loading the movie up with
by NippleEffect
Feb 7th, 2010
06:47:53 PM
OK now we're on to something.
by Stalkeye
Feb 7th, 2010
06:52:11 PM
Saints went for it on 4th... like warriors.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Feb 7th, 2010
06:54:41 PM
Steroid Freak
by swanman
Feb 7th, 2010
06:54:45 PM
5 NEW Clash of the Titans Posters
by ominus
Feb 7th, 2010
07:07:09 PM
Hugo Weaving better play Namor.
by johndillingers20inchseveredcoc k
Feb 7th, 2010
07:21:02 PM
quickest way to reveal you know nothing
by MacReady452
Feb 7th, 2010
07:21:44 PM
Offside kick! Saints! Warriors man.... warriors
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Feb 7th, 2010
07:23:09 PM
Swanman is correct.Captain America
by ominus
Feb 7th, 2010
07:26:42 PM
Could introduce either of the Visions...
by Chewtoy
Feb 7th, 2010
07:34:20 PM
Leonard Nimoy better be Namor
by RioBravo
Feb 7th, 2010
07:35:04 PM
The invaders are to appear, but not the ones you know
by JettL1993
Feb 7th, 2010
07:41:15 PM
Invaders are expendables
by beetlegeuse
Feb 7th, 2010
07:44:26 PM
The series addressed steroids way back when
by NippleEffect
Feb 7th, 2010
07:45:21 PM
"Onside" kick... too much hockey on my mind.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Feb 7th, 2010
07:51:37 PM
I have doubts that we'll see either Namor or Torch
by Chewtoy
Feb 7th, 2010
07:53:26 PM
The external process...
by DrKTower108
Feb 7th, 2010
07:54:11 PM
Captain Awesome for Cap?
by Dreadlock Holmes
Feb 7th, 2010
08:09:32 PM
JettL1993...
by skellngtn
Feb 7th, 2010
08:30:37 PM
JettL1993 knows even less than JettL93
by MacReady452
Feb 7th, 2010
08:39:03 PM
Zardoz actually knows what he is talking about
by MacReady452
Feb 7th, 2010
08:40:33 PM
Will that make the flick the most...
by JamesWest
Feb 7th, 2010
09:05:31 PM
Submariner not at Fox
by Tumor_Binks
Feb 7th, 2010
09:07:46 PM
I hope he's a better looking Human Torch
by D.Vader
Feb 7th, 2010
09:10:15 PM
New JettL is more annoying than the old JettL
by D.Vader
Feb 7th, 2010
09:12:11 PM
I say the more heroes the better
by MacReady452
Feb 7th, 2010
09:15:04 PM
i hate the damn nazis
by shogunshin
Feb 7th, 2010
09:16:05 PM
So im not...
by yourSTEPDADDY
Feb 7th, 2010
09:21:17 PM
Cap'n Awesome from Chuck or Human Target
by jimbojones123
Feb 7th, 2010
09:25:30 PM
Weird
by Toonol
Feb 7th, 2010
09:35:04 PM
WOOOOO!!!! That's AWESOME!!!! >:D
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 7th, 2010
09:36:39 PM
Glorifying Nazis???????
by MacReady452
Feb 7th, 2010
09:43:52 PM
Actually, it'll probably be a case of "too many cooks"...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 7th, 2010
09:47:04 PM
I vote Jason Statham as Union Jack!!!
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 7th, 2010
09:48:34 PM
Hmm... wonder if we can squeeze The Black Panther in?
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 7th, 2010
09:54:18 PM
Hire Scott Adkins as NAMOR!!! NOW!!!! >:O
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 7th, 2010
09:59:35 PM
As long as JettL gets final say on the characters/actors...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 7th, 2010
10:07:06 PM
Take a cue from Ultimates...
by Adelai Niska
Feb 7th, 2010
10:28:04 PM
Why isn't AIC mentioning the MUSICAL NUMBER(S)
by Xanthious
Feb 7th, 2010
10:32:44 PM
UNION JACK is awesome, as cool as CAPTAIN AMERICA!!!
by JDanielP
Feb 7th, 2010
10:46:24 PM
TheGhostWhoLurks
by MacReady452
Feb 7th, 2010
10:53:13 PM
Skull for Cap = Obvious. Mandarin for IM = Not so much
by rsanta74
Feb 7th, 2010
11:54:44 PM
Namor might actually show up despite the rights...
by little_lebowski
Feb 8th, 2010
12:21:47 AM
How strange is that
by Pop_aristocrat
Feb 8th, 2010
12:22:58 AM
SWEET CHRISTMAS, Xanthious... you were RIGHT!!! >:O
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 8th, 2010
12:27:36 AM
So, what? Is his shield made out of cardboard???
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 8th, 2010
12:31:28 AM
Young Nick Fury Should Be White
by dailysportspages
Feb 8th, 2010
01:04:30 AM
Actually, I'd rather the first Cap movie was all Cap
by BenBraddock
Feb 8th, 2010
01:28:18 AM
TheGhostWhoLurks
by MacReady452
Feb 8th, 2010
01:44:22 AM
How does Fox own Namor, Beaks?
by gmanca
Feb 8th, 2010
01:46:03 AM
The Invaders? Really???
by jsarnold513
Feb 8th, 2010
02:00:32 AM
I thought Cap, Bucky, and GIs would work better
by jsarnold513
Feb 8th, 2010
02:10:24 AM
I just don't understand the point, though, MacReady,,,
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 8th, 2010
02:12:15 AM
Agreed, should be all Cap, unless...
by NoHubris
Feb 8th, 2010
02:14:20 AM
MacReady452 - i say SILENCE them by
by shogunshin
Feb 8th, 2010
02:57:35 AM
Those whom forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 8th, 2010
03:09:30 AM
Funny how AICN ignored the worst part of the interview.
by HelveticaConspiracy
Feb 8th, 2010
03:42:18 AM
ALL HAIL THE SENTINEL OF LIBERTY!
by Darth Scourge
Feb 8th, 2010
03:58:24 AM
Ron Perleman for Red Skull!
by hallmitchell
Feb 8th, 2010
03:59:40 AM
Dwayne Johnson as Namor.
by hallmitchell
Feb 8th, 2010
04:00:01 AM
UNION JACK?? INVADERS??? AMAZING!!!
by marineboy
Feb 8th, 2010
04:14:33 AM
Dump Johnston, get Tarantino!
by Mistahtibbs
Feb 8th, 2010
04:41:40 AM
Nathan Fillion to play Captain Americas sheild....
by masteryoda007
Feb 8th, 2010
05:02:07 AM
Jay Leno invades good comedy. And freedom.
by PTSDPete
Feb 8th, 2010
06:02:40 AM
I'm amazed
by jameskpolk
Feb 8th, 2010
06:59:09 AM
Will this even be called Captain America?
by brobdingnag
Feb 8th, 2010
07:05:25 AM
The bad guy from Transporter 2 should be Namor.
by SID 8.0
Feb 8th, 2010
07:22:37 AM
Cap in the USO doesn't bother me...
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
07:26:06 AM
Grampa Geezer
by grampageezer
Feb 8th, 2010
07:46:40 AM
Frank Langella as Red Skull!
by Snake Foreskin
Feb 8th, 2010
08:19:26 AM
Roger Daltrey as Union Jack!
by Snake Foreskin
Feb 8th, 2010
08:20:58 AM
So why isn't the title CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER?
by SpyGuy
Feb 8th, 2010
08:38:51 AM
I care less about the Invaders
by maelstrom_ZERO
Feb 8th, 2010
08:44:21 AM
I have that Invaders issue!
by Triple_J_72
Feb 8th, 2010
08:48:49 AM
Pretty Smart Move
by DeeJay
Feb 8th, 2010
08:58:04 AM
Invaders = Weapon X from Wolverine: X/O
by TheCAT7225
Feb 8th, 2010
09:04:09 AM
Makes sense to me
by david19
Feb 8th, 2010
09:45:37 AM
These rights to characters expire if they go unused, yes?
by YackBacker
Feb 8th, 2010
09:45:43 AM
Cap being revealed in a USO show makes perfect sense
by D.Vader
Feb 8th, 2010
09:51:23 AM
There's some new Cap news
by CGIh8r
Feb 8th, 2010
09:57:34 AM
Cap in USO sounds like they have not read the books
by rur
Feb 8th, 2010
09:59:56 AM
hey jameskpolk
by RedGobbbo
Feb 8th, 2010
10:04:14 AM
Will Ferrell as Doctor Strange!
by fiester
Feb 8th, 2010
10:13:29 AM
Zachery Quinto = Namor
by smddoc
Feb 8th, 2010
10:43:22 AM
robosushi
by robosushi
Feb 8th, 2010
10:44:34 AM
should've been more...
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
10:47:23 AM
How long will they continue to call it
by Big Jim
Feb 8th, 2010
11:04:37 AM
Film Title@Big Jim
by david19
Feb 8th, 2010
11:20:48 AM
Or Captain Hodgie
by david19
Feb 8th, 2010
11:22:11 AM
Orrrr how bout Captain Kraut
by david19
Feb 8th, 2010
11:22:51 AM
Captain Vietnam
by david19
Feb 8th, 2010
11:23:40 AM
I just got...
by jasper Stillwell
Feb 8th, 2010
11:49:40 AM
Toro?
by redkamel
Feb 8th, 2010
12:30:08 PM
Many of the GI's were teens
by Dingbatty
Feb 8th, 2010
12:40:40 PM
Who will play Adolf Hitler?
by Fareal
Feb 8th, 2010
12:54:36 PM
makes me wonder
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
01:00:39 PM
I want to see Cap punch Hitler...
by Green Arrow
Feb 8th, 2010
01:07:25 PM
Logan and Sabretooth to make cameos
by dihay
Feb 8th, 2010
01:09:17 PM
Guys, the Weap X parts were the only good ones in Wolv
by Ganymede3001
Feb 8th, 2010
01:10:22 PM
my absolute favorite part of wolverine
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
01:15:37 PM
They made a movie called Wolverine?
by TedKordLives
Feb 8th, 2010
01:20:16 PM
I'm curious about the shield...
by SpawnofAchilles
Feb 8th, 2010
01:24:49 PM
If you don't mind the USO stuff...
by HelveticaConspiracy
Feb 8th, 2010
01:29:45 PM
the shield
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
01:35:05 PM
USO!
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
01:44:04 PM
Just the other day...
by TedKordLives
Feb 8th, 2010
02:29:03 PM
If you do mind the USO stuff...
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
02:34:29 PM
it just seems that the USO idea
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
03:11:21 PM
however...
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
03:12:24 PM
USO not out of context.
by HelveticaConspiracy
Feb 8th, 2010
03:28:05 PM
Whizzer
by grampageezer
Feb 8th, 2010
03:43:48 PM
Of course it's going to differ from the source material!
by TedKordLives
Feb 8th, 2010
03:46:58 PM
I'd say a few quotes in an interview counts...
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
04:04:15 PM
Imagine it's 2003
by Rogue4
Feb 8th, 2010
04:07:21 PM
Nolan
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
04:24:20 PM
Don't forget Percy Pinkerton and Dino Martini
by cookylamoo
Feb 8th, 2010
04:28:21 PM
Don't forget Percy Pinkerton and Dino Martini
by cookylamoo
Feb 8th, 2010
04:28:23 PM
so i guess
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
04:32:50 PM
Nolan spent an entire movie explaining Batman
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
04:37:53 PM
Chewtoy
by CGIh8r
Feb 8th, 2010
05:13:11 PM
batman's costume...
by imagegod
Feb 8th, 2010
05:14:19 PM
Kinda glad Namor's (probably) not in it
by rabidfnark
Feb 8th, 2010
05:43:36 PM
Chewtoy:Batman needed years of training ...
by Thanos0145
Feb 8th, 2010
05:57:46 PM
The USO is just a starting point!
by Zardoz
Feb 8th, 2010
06:00:59 PM
Alexander SkarsgÄrd,
by deelzbub
Feb 8th, 2010
06:01:18 PM
He most certainly didn't, Chewtoy
by Rogue4
Feb 8th, 2010
06:01:50 PM
Too bad about Namor
by deelzbub
Feb 8th, 2010
06:03:33 PM
He most certainly did, Rogue4
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
07:18:09 PM
Costume
by david19
Feb 8th, 2010
07:18:40 PM
Oh, yay, The Invaders...
by Gozu
Feb 8th, 2010
08:01:31 PM
Once again, Chewtoy...
by Rogue4
Feb 8th, 2010
09:19:26 PM
The why was all through Batman Begins...
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
09:37:02 PM
Reason for Cap to wear the Stars&Stripes:WWII!!!!!!
by Thanos0145
Feb 8th, 2010
10:00:16 PM
Excuse me, while I kill myself
by Redneck_Ninja
Feb 8th, 2010
10:08:05 PM
Captain America Begins, Scene one:
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
10:46:11 PM
Nah, screw it.
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
10:54:48 PM
Chewtoy my man...
by Rogue4
Feb 8th, 2010
11:01:53 PM
If Cap is supposed to initially be just a USO prop piece
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 8th, 2010
11:10:28 PM
Rogue4 my brotha...
by CGIh8r
Feb 8th, 2010
11:17:23 PM
For the ignorant on here...
by nukeboy1970
Feb 8th, 2010
11:19:12 PM
Don't know how that can be, Nukeboy...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Feb 8th, 2010
11:29:24 PM

by nukeboy1970
Feb 8th, 2010
11:45:38 PM
As I see it...
by Chewtoy
Feb 8th, 2010
11:47:38 PM
Whole point, CGIh8r...
by Rogue4
Feb 9th, 2010
12:28:39 AM
As far as updating the uniform...
by juice willis
Feb 9th, 2010
01:18:04 AM
More to the point...
by juice willis
Feb 9th, 2010
01:28:40 AM
Cap's suit...
by Darth Scourge
Feb 9th, 2010
04:07:27 AM
The USO story sucks. Period.
by HelveticaConspiracy
Feb 9th, 2010
06:35:10 AM
As for the Batman comparisons...
by HelveticaConspiracy
Feb 9th, 2010
07:18:37 AM
And, what about The Invaders?
by HelveticaConspiracy
Feb 9th, 2010
07:22:44 AM
Jay Leno is worse than the Nazis
by PTSDPete
Feb 9th, 2010
08:39:03 AM
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
by Redneck_Ninja
Feb 9th, 2010
09:29:45 AM
We'll be lucky if The Invaders have costumes.
by Dingbatty
Feb 9th, 2010
09:45:34 AM
@Redneck_Ninja -- I hear ya.
by Dingbatty
Feb 9th, 2010
09:50:31 AM
Some of the changes to Batman were
by Dingbatty
Feb 9th, 2010
09:59:38 AM
Some women's purses have a metallic
by Dingbatty
Feb 9th, 2010
10:00:28 AM
Chewtoy is so very right
by SpawnofAchilles
Feb 9th, 2010
10:10:45 AM
They would not send Cap into battle...
by SpawnofAchilles
Feb 9th, 2010
10:22:54 AM
No more ridiculous in combat
by Dingbatty
Feb 9th, 2010
10:27:12 AM
They would tested/trained him first,
by Dingbatty
Feb 9th, 2010
10:31:50 AM
Dingbatty, redneckninja
by deelzbub
Feb 9th, 2010
10:49:29 AM
RN ninja
by deelzbub
Feb 9th, 2010
10:56:02 AM
the shield is that USO also?
by rur
Feb 9th, 2010
03:00:34 PM
Oh yeah. We're whiny fanboy bitches.
by HelveticaConspiracy
Feb 9th, 2010
03:14:39 PM
Gruenwald
by deelzbub
Feb 9th, 2010
03:31:46 PM
I sure hope that they
by Dingbatty
Feb 9th, 2010
05:51:50 PM
This is missing the point of Cap...
by jsarnold513
Feb 9th, 2010
11:16:43 PM
Well said.
by Dingbatty
Feb 10th, 2010
07:59:03 AM
MJpfkhC
by QcoIQh
Feb 11th, 2010
06:41:05 PM
aeDfZvc
by QcoIQh
Feb 11th, 2010
06:41:44 PM
James Ryen as Namor
by Boomer_Sooner
Mar 6th, 2010
01:09:00 AM

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