Captain America Movie Will Knock Your Socks Off and Other News

So I was thinking to myself the other day, “Self, what’s up with the Captain America movie”? Luckily for me, Marvel head honcho Joe Quesada was at the Big Apple Comic-Con in New York City and said this about the Captain America script (officially “The First Avenger: Captain America”): “I’ve...

October 21st, 2009 | Read More

Mark Valley and John Barrowman on Captain America

Ah, the Star-Spangled Banner Avenger. Finding an actor to play him is going to take some doing on Marvel Studios’ part. They’re either going to go with a well-known name to blunt the “America” part when they’re selling it overseas, or they’re going to go the completely...

July 30th, 2009 | Read More

Further Confirmation Captain America Will be Set in WWII with Bucky

The boys over at FirstShowing recently sat on a conference in Cali that was attended by Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige, who gave the audience an update on a lot of the studio’s coming “Avengers”-related movies. You can read most of those updates here, but FirstShowing did manage...

June 8th, 2009 | Read More

Update on Marvel’s Avengers-Related Movies

This morning there were about a half dozen different articles on the movie blogs focused on the same UGO article. Alas, that particular article has since been pulled. My guess is that UGO jumped the gun on the report, and Marvel has (probably not very) kindly asked them to take it down. It happens all...

June 5th, 2009 | Read More

Scott Pilgrim and Marvel’s Avengers-Related Movies Teaser Posters

Here are some very early looks at teaser posters for a slew of Marvel’s Avengers-related movies (”Thor”, “The Avengers”, “The First Avenger: Captain America”, and “Iron Man 2″), as well as an animated poster for Edgar Wright’s “Scott Pilgrim...

June 2nd, 2009 | Read More

Channing Tatum as Captain America?

In just a few short years, Channing Tatum has been in tons of big Hollywood movies, most of them as the leading man, but I swear I don’t know anyone who even knows who he is. That may actually work in his favor if he continues to promote himself as a viable candidate to play Captain America in...

May 15th, 2009 | Read More

Marvel Delays Thor, Captain America, and Avengers, Spider-Man in 2011

Well we sort of knew it had to happen. Let’s face it, Marvel’s initial idea of releasing both “Captain America” and “The Avengers” in the same year a few months part was way too optimistic. Today, the studio has revised their release schedule, and now instead of “The...

March 12th, 2009 | Read More

Sam Jackson Not Playing Nick Fury? Say It Ain’t So, Marvel!

It looks like Marvel Studios is having something of a tiff with yet another one of their stars over moolah. This time it’s Samuel L. Jackson, who played Nick Fury at the end of “Iron Man”, and has been promised to the fanboys (much to their pants-pissing glee) as a major castmember...

January 14th, 2009 | Read More

Writers Sign up for Captain America

It looks like Marvel Studio’s “Captain America” has taken yet another steps towards production, with the announcement of two writers to join the project. The men enlisting to help ol Cap make it to the big screen are Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, whose previous credits include...

November 19th, 2008 | Read More

Joe Johnston to Direct The First Avenger: Captain America!

Well here it is, kids, the first of what is sure to be many unofficial announcements regarding Marvel Studios’ upcoming mega slate of comic book movies: according to Entertainment Weekly, “Jurassic Park 3″ and “Hildalgo” director Joe Johnston has been given the job of bringing...

November 10th, 2008 | Read More

Official: Captain America Will be Set in WWII

So yup, forget all that garbage you heard about Will Smith playing Captain America in “The First Avenger: Captain America” that popped up online last month thanks to an actor (who shall be nameless) with an overactive imagination, because Marvel has made it official, or at least according...

October 6th, 2008 | Read More

Bullshit Movie Rumor: Will Smith as Captain America (OFFICIALLY DEBUNKED)

Derek Luke is an actor who is “hearing” things that aren’t true. Either that, or he’s listening to fans of Will Smith who have never read the comic books, and couldn’t possibly “get” that yeah, even Hollywood wouldn’t dare turn Captain America, aka Steve...

September 9th, 2008 | Read More

John Barrowman as Captain America? Never Gonna Happen.

So Comingsoon is currently floating this rumor that John Barrowman, star of the BBC’s Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, was just asked at Comic Con if it was true that he was currently up for the role in Marvel’s mega movie, “The First Avenger: Captain America”, playing, of course,...

July 25th, 2008 | Read More

Leonardo DiCaprio as Captain America? Hell, Why Not.

To be honest with you, these “[Insert A-List Actor Name Here] to play [Insert Iconic Comic Book Character Here]” rumors get floated around the Internet more often than Paris Hilton drops to her knees during Fleet Week. Got a rumor you want to float? Just go ahead and do it, and credit it...

June 13th, 2008 | Read More

Is Captain America in The Incredible Hulk?

Is this possible? Could Marvel actually be giving us not one, but two amazing cameos in “The Incredible Hulk”? First Tony Stark makes an appearance, and now … Captain America in living person? Maybe, according to “Hulk” director Louis Leterrier (pictured, left), who drops...

June 9th, 2008 | Read More

Marvel Reveals Thor and Captain America Details

Speaking of Marvel… Apparently when Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, sent out invitations to online bloggers for a meet and greet, he forgot to send mine out. That’s okay, Kevin, next time, my man. In any case, Feige took questions and dished out answers about Marvel’s two high-profile...

May 22nd, 2008 | Read More

Matthew McConaughey is … Captain America???

Before we get to the potentially ridiculous news of Matthew McConaughey even being considered to play the role of Captain America in Marvel’s upcoming “The First Avenger: Captain America”, let me just say this: if not for Marvel Studios, who are still not yet fully entrenched in the...

May 6th, 2008 | Read More

Marvel Sets Iron Man 2 for 2010, Thor, Avengers Movie to Follow

To no one’s surprise, “Iron Man” cleaned up at the box office with a worldwide take of $200 million in its first week of release. With that in mind, it’s then no surprise that Marvel has already announced that “Iron Man 2″ will be coming our way very soon — as...

May 5th, 2008 | Read More

Nick Cassavetes to Direct Captain America Movie?

Let’s face it: Captain America gets no respect. Kids too “cool” for school shun his patriotic slant, and the comics killed the poor sap. (Well, as much as “killed” as you can get in a comic book, anyways.) So how could a Captain America movie even be possible in today’s...

October 23rd, 2007 | Read More

Captain America Movie Update

Finally, some update on the upcoming “Captain America” movie. On the set of “Iron Man”, Marvel Studios’ President of Production Kevin Feige told the gathered throngs of press about Marvel’s massive slate of current and upcoming comic book properties-turned-movies....

June 14th, 2007 | Read More