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- Products: Captain America: The First Avenger
- Associated Features: Marvel Movies, Law and Justice, Comic Book Movies of 2010
- Genres: Action Adventure
- Notable Characters: Captain America, Steve Rogers
- Writer: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
- Director: Joe Johnston
- Producer: Kevin Feige
- Studio: Marvel Entertainment
- Associated Luminaries: Stan Lee
Captain America: The First Avenger may be a year away, the release date still stands at July 2011, but talk of the hero's skivvies remains high on the discussion list.
Those who feared that Chris Evans would be undergoing the same CGI makeover that has befallen Ryan Reynolds (as the Green Lantern), you could now breath a sigh of relief. Mike Sampson, of JoBlo.com, got to check out the Captain America costume and described it as such:
"He'll have a costume designed by the Army for his initial USO appearances that's slightly more flashy and a nod to the original design. As he gets called into active duty though, Steve Rogers (who hated the original suit design), creates a new costume that's more battle-ready. This second costume is the one I saw and will the primary costume for the film."
As for the primary costume, he explained, "The fabric of the costume doesn't look like the scaled material of Spider-Man but more of a leather fabric, like something you'd see on one of the X-Men. Cap wears an old school utility belt, the likes of which we haven't seen much in modern superhero movies."
Unfortunately he was unable to reveal images of the costume, but I guess we have to use our imagination for now. Hopefully CGI hasn't destroyed yours just yet. For those who aren't so lucky, the readers of JoBlo.com have conjured up some artistic renderings of the suit for your nerding pleasure.
UPDATED: Concept art images are now all over the Interwebs and Sampson says these are the ones he saw. What do you think?
