Captain America is about to take form. We have word today that writers have assembled to tackle the story due out in 2011. We get the following announcement thanks to our friends at IESB:
“Marvel Studios has engaged Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely to script “Captain America,” a film that has Joe Johnston attached to direct.
The red-white-and-blue clad hero with the mighty indestructible shield came to prominence right after the invasion of Pearl Harbor as the U.S. declared war on Japan. The hero is the Marvel character most closely associated with the United States.”
This writing duo most recently brought us Prince Caspian and have a handful of other writing projects under their belt including a teleplay called The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. I’m not certain if these guys are the ones I would’ve picked to write Captain America, but anyone who is down with Peter Sellers is ok in my books.
Whatever direction these scribes decide to take the film better involve Cap knocking out throngs of Nazis. There is no better way to start a Captain America film.
yes lots of wwII action and a red skull as the main villain but the a curve ball in there… skrulls disguised as nazis!!!!!
2011 !?!?!i dont want to wait that long
I hope they do it well.
I always imagined it opening up on the beaches of normandy. Gernades blowing sand in to the air and bullets being fired. A gerade lands near a soldier and Cap comes in and saves him. Hes in his old WWII uniform the ultimate one http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/4929/074kr.jpg.
I hope the red skull is the villain, and i wonder if he gets the cosmic cube for the ultimate weapon for power.
Well if the Narnia writers are signing on for Captain America, I guess that doesn’t bode too well for the Narnia movies, does it? Not that I care, since I didn’t think the movies were all that great, but that sucks for fans of the series.
i can’t wait to see updates for this. i want a lot of cool shield throwing action.
maybe the writers will find away to write indiana jones in the script beating on some nazis.