A sequel to Captain America was a foregone conclusion. But who do you get to be the villain? Red Skull was obviously the most iconic villain unique to Cap, but who else is there?
There is a whole stable of Marvel Villains that would be suitable (I’d love to see the US go to war with Latveria and have Cap face off against a badass Dr. Doom, but Fox holds his rights).
But the co-writer of Captain America, Christopher Markus knows what he wants.
MODOK. And he wants Peter Dinklage to play him.
I cannot argue with this.
According to the LA Times:
“I love MODOK and I think you could make a terrifying movie with MODOK but nobody seems to be on my side at the momentum,” Markus said, referring to wonderfully weird villain whose name is an acronym for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing.
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, MODOK first appeared in Tales of Suspense #93. It would make perfect sense as his origin revolves around the cosmic cube which has already featured so prominently in the movie lore. They harnessed the power of the cube to create a MODOC (Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Computing) but the little fellow becomes to ambitious and changes that Computing to Killing, eventually taking over AIM.
It could be fun. It could be lame. You never know.