Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:38PM1 comment ›
Wed Nov 19, 2008 — by Robert Greenberger
'Captain America' Scribes Announced
Set to Work with Director Joe Johnston
Just weeks after signing Joe Johnston to direct First Avenger: Captain America, Marvel Studios has announced that Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are likely to be the screenwriters. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the duo is in final negotiations to step in,
The film comes with many complicating factors starting with a locked in release date of May 6, 2011 and the need to include elements that have been established in Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk as well as setting up plot threads that will play out two months later in The Avengers film.
The movie will be set during World War II and feature scrawny Steve Rogers, denied enlistment in the army but invited to be a test subject for Project Super Solider. He is then transformed into the star-spangled hero and issued a red, white, and blue uniform to inspire the troops and general public as Captain America.
Whether or not his sidekick Bucky will be included remains the one plot element not yet discussed by executives. One can presume the Red Skull will be the villain along with hordes of Nazis.
The screenwriters have most recently handled The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian so they have experience with adapting works from others. Much of their work will come from Captain America #1, published in 1941 by Timely Comics, now known as Marvel Comics. The character was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
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mike weber (12:46 PM on Wed Nov 19, 2008)
The screenwriters have most recently handled The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian so they have experience with adapting works from others.
Yeah - badly, judging by Prince Caspian. If there's another Narnia film, i won't be back.