Not too long after it was announced that Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer) was going to direct Marvel’s Avengers prequel, The First Avenger: Captain America, it looks like Marvel is taking the next logical step: Securing writers to pen the epic origin story of Steve Rogers.
The scribes currently in negotiations with Marvel Studios are none other than Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, both part of the writing team behind The Chronicles of Narnia films.
Is Captain America going to fantasy camp? Or does Marvel know something about these two guys that we have yet to perceive? Let’s talk about it!
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Okay, so I understand Marvel’s choice for Joe Johnston as the director. The man has a long list of films (and f/x work) on his resume that cover all the necessary action/epic/emotional bases needed to make a legendary Captain America film. (I’ll be the first to admit I teared up at the end of Hidalgo.)
But Markus and McFeely are left-field choices in my opinion. Granted, The Chronicles of Narnia films also combine a variety of tones and genres into one, epic brew–but both The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Prince Caspian felt as hollow as a bird’s bones when I saw them in the theater. (Perhaps the director is to blame?) I do not want Cap to share that fate.
More to the point, The First Avenger: Captain America is a WWII epic/period-piece. And, after having run an IMDB check on both Markus and McFeely, I can say that nothing in their short, short, lists of movies leads me to jump to the conclusion that they have a keen eye for the sort of nuanced symbolism, hard-hitting action, thrills, chills and emotional grandeur that should go with a beloved character like Captain America.
In my view (at this very early stage), the best case scenario is that these two writers deliver one heck of a war/action flick. But can they really establish Cap as a worldwide box office icon? That’s a pretty tall order.
Before we all get in a tiff, however, let it be said that while it looks like Markus and McFeely will definitely get the job, at this point they are only officially in negotiations with Marvel. No dotted line has been signed as of yet.
What do you think? I know that many Screen Rant readers had faith in Marvel’s choice of Joe Johnston to direct The First Avenger: Captain America. How do you feel about these two potential writers? Sound off and let us know.
Source: Super Hero Hype
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LOL- Good one G.K
Now I remember why I love these boards. Screenrant is the only one where people actually have a sense of humor and don’t come here to vent all their gripes and then attack each other. Excellent.
you know what they should do, just to throw everyone off, cast Jack Black as Captain America. What do you think, it would really suprise everyone, to start the film out with a fatter Jack Black, who as the film progresses, becomes super muscular?? hmmm, but then again, Maybe not. Haha
DAMMIT!!! STOP USING BUCKY-CAP PICTURES!!!!!! Fer godsakes, is a good pic of the REAL CAPTAIN AMERICA (Steve Rogers), really that hard to find????
This news is meh, but I hope they can knock it outa the park. Cap needs to be as close to “Saving Private Ryan” as a PG-13 movie can get.
@Kel
Good call on the false Cap pictures(AKA Bucky-who in no way is Cap). And agreed on the Saving Private Ryan feel for the battle scenes. I mean, I think they should use the first issue of Ultimates as a reference, and build the origin story behind it then end it with him being frozen. I am very excited Joe Johnston is directing. Watch the Rocketeer. Its like Captain America stealing Iron Man tech basically. Haha, love it.
@Kel
Good call on the false Cap pictures(AKA Bucky-who in no way is Cap). And agreed on the Saving Private Ryan feel for the battle scenes. I mean, I think they should use the first issue of Ultimates as a reference, and build the origin story behind it then end it with him being frozen. I am very excited Joe Johnston is directing. Watch the Rocketeer. Its like Captain America stealing Iron Man tech basically. Haha, love it.
@huntthejest,
Thanks, bro! I’m glad I’m not the only REAL Cap fan left.
Dig the avatar, BTW. 
Yeah, Rocketeer is a great flick. I forgot Johnston directed it. Gives me some more faith about the Cap film. It’s amazing how close the plot of Rocketeer is to Green Lantern. I mean, it’s GL without the ring. Johnston could probably make a killer GL film but I’m cool with him on Cap. Do you think Bucky should be in the Cap film? Perhaps as a fellow soldier? Ultimates is definitely great material for the guys making the Cap film to check out. I love how tough Cap is in that, and that he doesn’t care about offending people lol. Remember what he told us about the french (not that I have a problem with france lol)? LOL. The guy’s wearing the american flag, of course he’s gonna be opinionated.
Oh, the French. Good stuff, sir. He would make a great Green Lantern flick, agreed. But he is sadly very underrated and by the time this comes out, the Green Lantern may already be well underway, and it’ll be too late after so many people eat their words cuz Joe is the Junk.(How’s that for a T-shirt?!) Bucky can be included, but, as the real Captain was the only super-soldier, Bucky should be mentioned in no bigger capacity than Cap’s friend and fellow soldier. He is no super-hero, and certainly no Captain America.
Amen and amen, bro!
here’s what i really don’t get…why are they even looking to some hollywood hacks when their best writers are under their nose!!what you mean to tell me that Bendis and Co. can’t write a script???They write one every season for every series they do!! For a company as self-contained as Marvel, to waste money and time searching for no-name talent on a possible 100+million movie ticket, seems shortsighted….They obviously had an idea of what they were doing with Iron Man, especially when it came to float ideas between the writers…i just don’t understand why they would go that route with trying to hire outsiders, unless its possible that no one at Marvel knows how to write anything at all….pretty unbelieveable…You’d think they would look at their rival studio’s current situations: Warner Bros.,even tho they had a huge hit with Dark Knight, are still holding their pocket book tight on any future superhero flix and are still deciding on how to finish the Harry Potter franchise without losing money..Fox wants it all, but is stuck with a handfull of copywrites to Marvel characters that aren’t making any money for them at the moment..Hopefully,they won’t lose on ‘Wolverine”….
The Captain America movie is my most anticipated film ever. I have a vested interest in Cap above all others. He gave me my sense of patriotism and the knowledge that win or lose some battles need to be fought. I mangled many a trashcan lid (when they were metal) around the neighborhood knocking my friend “Spidey” off of ropes hanging off the side of two story buildings. That’s right, we’re old school and very serious about our play; how ‘cool’ we looked being our favorite heroes. I have loved the IronMan, Spider-Man, and Hulk movies. I hope to see Cap’s movie be as big a success as IronMan, the writers need to remember men of the WWII era had a different mindset about everyday life than men of today and that needs to come across in the film. Would make for some interesting interaction between Rogers and Stark. Also, Rogers NEEDS to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed, because Hitler was promoting these traits as characteristics of the superior Aryan race. The originators of Captain America included these traits in Cap to present an archtype that stood for freedom of all men, democracy, and morale decency that would remove the evil connotation of these characteristics. In short, Captain America was the epitome of what this country stood for in the era he was created and I think deep down it remains the same.
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