Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a bit of possible coolness from the folks at IGN. They got the scoop on just who will be writing up the screenplay for Marvel's CAPTAIN AMERICA flick.

You may have heard Avi Arad's non-comment on the movie (that it's happening, essentially, but we've known that since Marvel announced it was developing it's own projects) recently where he hinted that they had a director and leading man being eyed, but they made no mention of a screenwriter.

IGN has it that regular comic book adaptor David Self is scripting the movie. Self adapted the great ROAD TO PERDITION and has also written up scripts for two Marvel properties that haven't gone into production yet: DEATHLOK and SUB-MARINER.

I loved ROAD TO PERDITION and Avi keeps telling everybody just how great his SUB-MARINER script is, so I'm game to see his take on the All-American (Marvel) Superhero. Just as long as he forces Marvel and Arad to spend as much time in WW2 combat as possible. I'd personally love to see the whole thing set period with maybe the ending hinting at the Cap'n being iced and awoken in modern time. I don't know about you, but I just want to see that Red, White and Blue shield bustin' Nazi skulls!