View all headlines Subscribe to RSS

First Avenger: Captain America Gets Writers

By Matt Brady
posted: 2008-11-19 08:20:00 ET

Advertisement
Text Size:
Last week came the announcement that Joe Johnston has been signed to direct Marvel’s upcoming First Avenger: Captain America, and today comes word that Marvel Studios has signed a writing team: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, this according to Variety.

The duo have written both Chronicles of Narnia films as well as The Life and Death of Peter Sellers for HBO.

As previously reported, Marvel’s film starring the flag-clad hero will be set in World War II, and will tell the origin story of Captain America, presumably up to the point where he is frozen in ice, to be thawed decades later by the Avengers. Also, given the approach of Marvel’s Iron Man, the smart money says the film version of Captain America will have more in common with the version shown in Ultimates by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch.
The Fourth Kind

Community

Blog@
  1. 11.8.2009 | Russ Burlingame
    WB Rolls Out a Strong Kids? DVD Slate in Time for Holidays
    Warner Brothers? WB Kids imprint is doing what Disney doesn?t: this holiday season, they?re adding to their extensive animation/home video catalog...
  2. 11.7.2009 | Russ Burlingame
    Dark Horse?s Casper the Friendly Ghost 60th Anniversary Special a Must-Buy for Golden Age Fans
    One of the charms of a collection of old comics (like Dark Horse?s upcoming Casper the Friendly Ghost 60th Anniversary Special hardcover, available...
  3. 11.7.2009 | Isabelle Burtan
    A Tribute to Alan Tudyk, the Pop Rock of Cult
    Perhaps the greatest power?and danger?a huge fan of anything holds is her ability to be blinded by her adoration, losing all common sense, heaping...
Marketplace Advertisements