Hugo Weaving to Battle Capt America as Red Skull

Even though the role of Steve Rogers still hasn’t been cast yet for “The First Avenger: Captain America”, Marvel Entertainment and director Joe Johnston are currently in talks with Hugo Weaving to take on the role of the villain in the film… Red Skull!

Right now nothing is in stone but it will be official in a day or two. Apparently as you can imagine Marvel looks for multi-movie commitments from the actors they cast, so the negotiations are delicate.

Hugo Weaving and Johnston both worked together on Universal Pictures The Wolfman. I would absolutely love to see Weaving take on the role of Red Skull! He makes such a great villain.