AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Concept Art Reveals Completely Different Look For Stonekeeper Version Of Red Skull

An awesome new piece of Avengers: Infinity War concept art reveals that the returning Red Skull very nearly had a completely different appearance in the Marvel Studios movie. Check it out right here...

By JoshWilding - Apr 01, 2020 12:04 PM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Infinity War

One of Avengers: Infinity War's biggest surprises came when we were introduced to the Stonekeeper on Vormir. Revealed to be Captain America: The First Avenger villain the Red Skull, the movie explained what had become of the HYDRA founder after he vanished during his World War II battle with Steve Rogers.

Tasked with protecting the Soul Stone, Johann Schmidt had become an almost-supernatural being with knowledge of the Infinity Stones seemingly granted to him by the Tesseract.

Now, Marvel Studios concept artist Rodney Fuentebella has shared an alternate take on Red Skull in Avengers: Infinity War which is definitely more grounded. "This is an initial concept of Red Skull or Soul Keeper as someone who has maybe met with various people in space and taken on their varied clothings," he explains in the Instagram post below.

It's definitely an interesting look and points to the villain having an entire history we would have missed out on. It's unclear whether we'll see more of Red Skull in the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forward, but fans remain anxious that we'll see what happened when Steve Rogers returned the Soul Stone...

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Here is a take on Red Skull for Avengers infinity War and Endgame. This is an initial concept of Red Skull or Soul Keeper as someone who has maybe met with various people in space and taking on their varied clothings. Stay safe. - @mcu @marvel #marvel #villian #avengers #redskull #endgame #infinitywar #soulkeeper #conceptart #digitalart #digitalillustration #characterdesign @rodneyimages

A post shared by Rodney Fuentebella (@rodneyimages) on Mar 31, 2020 at 4:44pm PDT

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33 Comments

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 4/1/2020, 12:16 PM

*The Red Floating Guy

NinnesMBC - 4/1/2020, 12:22 PM

That look would fit him if he were to return, somehow, from Vormir and start planning a payback. So I like that they went with a more wraith-esque aesthetic design for Infinity War.

tmp3 - 4/1/2020, 12:25 PM

OT: Watchmen director on board for a Universal monster movie (this is like the third one announced in the last month, haha)
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/watchmen-director-stephen-williams-dont-go-in-the-water-universal-1203551757/

Reeds2Much - 4/1/2020, 12:29 PM

Erryone:

Nightwing1015 - 4/1/2020, 12:33 PM

No April Fools articles this year? I'm relieved.

MosquitoFarmer - 4/1/2020, 12:52 PM

It all makes sense, but would like to have seen more of Schmidt’s personality (if it were Hugo Weaving doing the performance). Still want to see Cap returning the Soul Stone to see Red Skull again. Would have been awesome.

MyCoolYoung - 4/1/2020, 1:34 PM

I liked him in infinity war and he was cool in endgame. Maybe it was my expectations but it seems like this thread should've had a payoff but the movie was already overstuffed so all is forgiven.

Cap really should've met him on screen.

SensitivityII - 4/1/2020, 3:14 PM

That's Taskmaster but red lol

Robby - 4/1/2020, 3:17 PM

Okay but when is Nova gonna be introduced in the MCU?

knocturnalzen10 - 4/1/2020, 5:55 PM

i hate this day on CBM :/ ..........

TheCoonII - 4/2/2020, 1:46 AM

Ss2 confirmed pg 13 hope.bop haters are happy

https://screenrant.com/suicide-squad-movie-rating-james-gunn/

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