Very Cool Fan Art Of RED SKULL

This very cool computer generated image of Captain America's arch-nemesis Red Skull was created by Sven Juhlin and is so cool it could be used by the studio, if you ask me. Hugo Weaving will play Red Skull in the upcoming Joe Johnston directed The First Avenger:Captain Americaand here's a little what Johnston had to say about Weaving courtesy of Slashfilm;

Hugo Weaving was really the only choice for Red Skull. Hugo is a chameleon as an actor. He’s played so many incredibly versatile roles, from the LORD OF THE RINGS films, MATRIX, V, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT. He’s never failed to create a multi-layered and complex character. In my own experience with him on THE WOLFMAN, he took a part that was much less significant and inspired us to develop the character into a pivotal role. I wanted Hugo to play Red Skull to SEE what he would bring to the character. He’s one of those actors you don’t want to look away from…add a red skull into that dynamic and it should be memorable.

Now getting to the comic book history of Red Skull, his name was Johann Shmidt and was appointed by Adolf Hitler as the “head of Nazi terrorist activities with an additional large role in external espionage and sabotag.

Here's what Marvel.com has to say about Red Skull;

“Hitler gave Schmidt an unique uniform with a grotesque red skull mask, and he emerged as the Red Skull. His role was the embodiment of Nazi intimidation, while Hitler could remain the popular leader of Germany. … He was spectacularly successful, wreaking havoc throughout Europe in the early stages of World War II. The propaganda effect was so great that the United States government decided to counter it by creating their own equivalent using the recipient of the lost Project Rebirth, Steve Rogers, Captain America. The two counterparts soon clashed in what would be a series of engagements throughout the war, ending with a final battle that left the Skull buried under the rubble of a bombed building. Because he was immediately exposed to an experimental gas there, he remained in suspended animation for decades. Johann was eventually rescued in modern times by the terrorist organization, HYDRA. The Skull quickly subverted a cell to his own ambitions of world conquest and the death of Captain America. “

Source: Slahfilm