Captain America News

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i found a few articles and will post those here woord for word for you all to read...

Wow, it seems like everybody is getting in on this Captain America casting news – never have I seen hype this big for a super hero role!

The latest word – after weeks of Captain America casting rumors – is that John Krasinski  is Marvel Studios’ favorite prospective Cap and that the role is “His to lose.”

This latest Captain America casting rumor isn’t even coming from the usual culprits on the blogosphere (Screen Rant) but rather from Fox News, of all places.

the entertainment blog, claims to have an insider close to these Captain America casting proceedings and that source is the one claiming that Krasinski is about to land this massive role:

“John has read 4 times and is doing screen tests…He has screen tested 2 times so far.  It’s very likely that he will be the new Captain America.  He is a favorite among the key decision makers and has been asked to come back for more this week.”

“It’s a surprise and we are bracing ourselves for ‘that guy from ‘The Office” to land Captain America.  They are not really looking at the other guys, so it’s time to get ready to work with him.”

First of all, shout out to our friends over at Cinematical for calling Krasinski as Cap almost a month ago. He certainly isn’t my first choice for Cap, but then, Chris Hemsworth as Thor wasn’t really on my radar either until it was announced. By now, the idea of Hemsworth playing the God of Thunder has settled in quite nicely.

Hemsworth and Krasinski onscreen together as Cap and Thor would be a good look for sure, leaving poor Robert Downey Jr. to play the elder Iron Man to these young whipper-snappers.

[Update: Mike Fleming at Deadline has the exclusive that Krasinki and a few other candidates are out of the running and that it's now down to Mike Vogel, Garrett Hedlund
and ... Chris Evans.]

The First Avenger: Captain America is expected to hit theaters on July 22, 2011.

one of the articles i found

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ANOTHER great artcile i found

Today Drew McWeeny at HitFix was able to interview Joe Johnston, director of The First Avenger: Captain America about The Wolfman but managed to throw in a few questions about that big Marvel movie towards the end.

First up, he talked briefly on the main villain, confirming the expected that the Red Skull will be the main villain of the movie.

“Well, we will see the Captain America villain, the main villain, the Red Skull.  But it’s the origin story.  It’s how he became Captain America in World War II.  There are present-day bookends, but it’s really… it’s his origin story.  And we decided you only get one shot at telling an origin story, so you might as well tell it first.”

For those who were up in arms at the idea of casting a non-American in the role of Captain America, you may breathe a sigh of relief as Joe Johnston confirmed today at the press conference for The Wolfman that they “must” cast an America-born actor for the title role. This issue hit it big upon the surfacing of rumors surrounding Sam Worthington being a candidate for the role (really though, he’s named for every film).

IESB and Collider were present at the press conference today and posted  a summary of the key points that Joe Johnston responded to:

    * Captain America to be cast by March 1st
    * Captain America will be played by an American
    * Film will be shot in HD
    * Film possibly to be converted to 3D after
    * To be shot uniquely, unlike any other Marvel film
    * Visual style of comic book but not literal visual adaptation
    * Sets have been selected in UK
    * Budgetary reasons limited action scene ideas
    * A relative unknown will be cast
    * Supported by name stars (like with Thor movie)

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February 6, 2010 | by Rob Keyes
Captain America is American, Red Skull is Main Villain & More!

captain america casting soon

Captain America
Follows Path of Thor in Casting Unknown

Although the actor who will play Steve Rogers has yet to be officially selected, we at least now know the direction that Marvel Studios is going with; Similar to Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, director Joe Johnston will have an unknown actor as the lead, supported by a strong and familiar set of actors, meaning this movie will launch someone’s career as we’re seeing with Chris Hemsworth whose playing Thor.

When asked in the press conference about this, Johnston responded with “No.  We’re looking for a complete unknown.” Next he was asked to clarify about not casting an A-list type star for the role.

    “I hope not.  I hope it’ll be somebody we discover and whose never been in…well he’s probably been in something…you won’t know who he is or recognize him.  We’ll surround him with more prominent names.  That’s who we’re looking for.  Will we find him?  I don’t know.  It’s tough.”

He followed up by confirmed what Screen Rant reported last week about the role being cast within the next few weeks by saying they must make their decision by March 1st. I guess that means Matt Damon and Leonardo Dicaprio aren’t being considered for the role.

With all of the updates coming out today and the impending onslaught of casting news, check back to Screen Rant frequently for your fix of not just Captain America news, but all of your comic book movie and other film/TV needs.

Iron Man 2 opens May 7, 2010, Thor opens May 5, 2011 , The First Avenger: Captain America hits July 22, 2011 and The Avengers
is scheduled to debut May 4, 2012.

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