Antique Shop Shootout May Be the Site of Super Soldier Experiment in Captain America Movie

Antique Shop Shootout May Be the Site of Super Soldier Experiment in Captain America Movie

Comments from Stanley (Dr. Erskine) Tucci and filming yesterday in Manchester lead us to speculate that "project rebirth" is underway.

By ComicBookMovie - Sep 23, 2010 09:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Captain America

Filming took place at this Brooklyn, NY antiques shop yesterday, but what is it behind the scenes? CBM scoopers are speculating that this is the site of "project rebirth" where the first super soldier was born--namely Captain America. According to Marvel mythos a "curio shop" was the secret laboratory where a skinny Steve Rogers sucked down the super soldier serum and was instantly transformed into the peak of human physical perfection. After the experiment was deemed a success, a German spy shot and killed Dr. Erskine, the serum's creator, and thus the serum could not be duplicated again. Take a look at the cartoon after you watch the video for the full backstory.





Add to that the comments of Dr Erskine himself, Stanley Tucci, in this interview with MTV, where he says he will be doing more filming (probably for this scene) in October, and you get the idea that we're right on target. What do YOU think?



This from MTV...

Back in June, Marvel Studios announced that Stanley Tucci had joined the cast of "The First Avenger: Captain America" as Dr. Abraham Erskine, the German scientist behind Project Rebirth and the inventor of the Super Soldier serum that turned Steve Rogers into Captain America.

Although Dr. Erskine is a pivotal figure in backstory of "Captain America," very little is known is known about his personality and motivations. When MTV News recently caught up with Tucci, the actor was asked if Dr. Erskine was a mad scientist or a cool, calm and collected researcher.

"He's a combination of both," replied Tucci. "It's so much fun. I did it. I have to go back and finish in October. But I was there for a few weeks in August. It was a great experience."

"Captain America" will report for duty in theaters on July 22, 2011.
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MatchesMalone
MatchesMalone - 9/23/2010, 10:01 AM
Sounds like a solid theory.
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 9/23/2010, 10:08 AM
so is chris evans blond or what?
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/23/2010, 10:09 AM
That gun fight in the street looked good, cool stuff @ CBM!!


Heck that old CAP cartoon always make me chuckle! : P
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 9/23/2010, 10:13 AM
I bet this is totally right.

And check out my editorial! Thank you!
Kind of a weird topic, but I tried to make it a fun read.
CrookedJaw
CrookedJaw - 9/23/2010, 10:23 AM
Cool stuff, can't wait for this movie...and is anybody else annoyed by those stupid "No Ordinary Family" adds?
JFinn
JFinn - 9/23/2010, 10:31 AM
but if the spy gets inside cap kills him in the lab or do we have a liitle bike chase seen after they escape.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 9/23/2010, 10:38 AM
nice!!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/23/2010, 10:38 AM
Well, this is definitely one very strong theory and I for one think it's pretty likely! Good stuff Galactus! :)
Themagicflipflop
Themagicflipflop - 9/23/2010, 10:49 AM
I have one problem with this theory that could result in a plot hole for the marvel studios universe which is:
if the good doctor is killed and the super soldier syrum dies with him how do they then have it some 50+ yrs later in The Incredible Hulk to inject in Tim roths character???
ROBBEATZZZ
ROBBEATZZZ - 9/23/2010, 10:57 AM
@Themagicflipflop...LOL THATS WHAT I WAS THINKIN..AND ALL THE OTHER ATTEMPS 2 CREATE A SUPER SOLDIER
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 9/23/2010, 11:08 AM
This sounds like a pretty solid theory to me.
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 9/23/2010, 11:09 AM
Themagicflipflop@ well if im not mistaken that attempt to recreate the super soldier serum did not go according to plan. it would still be consistent with the fact that it only worked properly on Steve Rogers. and i thought in the Ed Norton movie it was changed so that he turned into the Hulk when trying to recreate the super soldier program also and failing. So it would still make sense that all the CORRECT data dies with Erskine. so yes people try to recreate it but still no one get's right the way Erskine did with Rogers.
Themagicflipflop
Themagicflipflop - 9/23/2010, 11:12 AM
I have one problem with this theory that could result in a plot hole for the marvel studios universe which is:
if the good doctor is killed and the super soldier syrum dies with him how do they then have it some 50+ yrs later in The Incredible Hulk to inject in Tim roths character???
Angelus
Angelus - 9/23/2010, 11:13 AM
According to an Empire article, Black Widow is going to have her own movie: http://www.imdb.com/news/ni4481296/

I thought since this was an marvel orientated article it would a good link to give out here. I havent double checked it or anything but still. Its news!

BMP!
spider1489
spider1489 - 9/23/2010, 11:16 AM
I feel like if marvel does consider to make a black widow movie it is gonna bomb just like catwomen and electra!
FrankGarret
FrankGarret - 9/23/2010, 11:19 AM
I'd rather they just ignore TIH.

I understand people wanting to maintain continuity, but that whole thing was pretty stupid. So a perfectly usable dose of super-soldier serum was a) Never used to create more super-soldiers and b) Never was duplicated?

Seriously, I do not want to see Rogers as some Wolverine knock off who can recover from having his skeleton shattered in a few hours. I somehow makes him seem less if he can't be reasonably be hurt and he isn't really risking his life.

FrankGarret
FrankGarret - 9/23/2010, 11:31 AM
That being said, maybe the serum used in TIH was the serum created by William Burnside/The 50s Cap/Grand Director, which drove him crazy?
Creature
Creature - 9/23/2010, 11:33 AM
What I've seen looks fantastic...maybe better than Iron Man.
skidz
skidz - 9/23/2010, 1:11 PM
He's pretty guarded when asked for more detail
RedDevil
RedDevil - 9/23/2010, 3:32 PM
Captain America will be the "Godfather" of CBMs in 2011, if you know what I'm sayin.
skidz
skidz - 9/23/2010, 4:29 PM
A cartoon clip that goofy (yes, I know they couldn't get away with much back then) just adds more to my excitement about the direction of the movie and the more realistic tone of the war. The shootout and driveby definitely points out the reality. Since Erskine IS in the movie, I don't think anyone should be worried about the accuracy of Cap's origin story. And if Erskine dies, then it makes sense for Tucci to be guarded about any information he gives. The movie is going to Absolutely EPIC!.
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