“Captain America” movie gets director
Joe Johnston has signed a deal to direct Marvel Studios’ ”First Avenger: Captain America,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“This is a guy who designed the vehicles for ‘Star Wars,’ who storyboarded the convoy action sequence for ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ ” Marvel producer Kevin Feige told the trade magazine. “From ‘Rocketeer’ to ‘October Sky’ to ‘The Wolfman,’ you can look at pieces of his movies and see how they lead to this one.”
The movie will be set in World War II, which is appropriate considering its origins: Jack Kirby and Joe Simon created the character in 1941 for Timely Comics. Captain America is the heroic alter ego of Steve Rogers, whom the Army rejected as too sickly. After an experiment and indestructible shield make him a superhero, he becomes a symbol of the war effort.
During the early era of Marvel Comics, Cap was reintroduced as part of the superhero team the Avengers.
Marvel’s “Avengers” movie is set for 2011 release in 2011. “Captain America” is scheduled for release May 6, 2011.
-BAM
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