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NARNIA Screenwriters Recruited For Joe Johnston's CAPTAIN AMERICA!

Beaks here...

I loved the choice of Joe Johnston as director for FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA. I am... not enraged by the hire of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely as the screenwriters for Cappy's first big screen adventure.

As you've hopefully gleaned from the headline, Markus and McFeely are probably best known for their serviceable work on Disney's two NARNIA films (THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE and PRINCE CASPIAN). They also wrote the mostly serviceable THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS and the exceedingly serviceable hitman yarn, YOU KILL ME (starring Ben Kingsley and directed by John Dahl). So all signs point to something extraordinary.

Click here to read the rest of The Hollywood Reporter's story. FYI, the release date for FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA is still May 6, 2011.

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I think Brukbaker should have a shot
by blindambition238
Nov 18th, 2008
08:20:47 PM
Cant wait for these moviessss
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 18th, 2008
08:21:10 PM
So who will play Cap?
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 18th, 2008
08:23:45 PM
Great News...
by grandadmiralsnackbar
Nov 18th, 2008
08:24:50 PM
Well, apparently Tatum Channing is really up for it!
by blindambition238
Nov 18th, 2008
08:25:31 PM
i suppose
by pcassou
Nov 18th, 2008
08:25:51 PM
Hated Narnia, loved Sellers...
by Paul T. Ryan
Nov 18th, 2008
08:27:37 PM
Sounds Good
by california_mtz
Nov 18th, 2008
08:30:03 PM
This movie sucked
by Thunderbolt Ross
Nov 18th, 2008
08:31:00 PM
Did they finally debunk that Will Smith rumour?
by ShogunMaster
Nov 18th, 2008
08:31:13 PM
Liked the Peter Sellers film but:
by picardsucks
Nov 18th, 2008
08:36:08 PM
Casting will make or break this movie
by Continentalop
Nov 18th, 2008
08:37:31 PM
Steve ROGERS, not RODGERS
by Continentalop
Nov 18th, 2008
08:38:56 PM
Beaks, how the fuck does serviceable become
by FookU
Nov 18th, 2008
08:40:27 PM
At least it's better than who is writing the next X-MEN movie...
by JimCurry
Nov 18th, 2008
08:43:30 PM
FookU..
by Negator76
Nov 18th, 2008
08:44:15 PM
Eh the X-Men movies are dead to me already
by blindambition238
Nov 18th, 2008
08:47:32 PM
good news
by Silverglade
Nov 18th, 2008
08:49:21 PM
Very cool, very cool news.
by JERRY HORROR
Nov 18th, 2008
08:53:27 PM
May... 2011??
by Odkin
Nov 18th, 2008
09:03:07 PM
So we got two brits writing a movie about Cap
by terry1978
Nov 18th, 2008
09:06:40 PM
Glad it's not Zak Penn
by WaitingforAvengers
Nov 18th, 2008
09:07:02 PM
I mostly agree with Continentalop
by The Reluctant Austinite
Nov 18th, 2008
09:10:01 PM
CHANGE THE TITLE!
by Big Jim
Nov 18th, 2008
09:10:50 PM
just watched October Sky on TV the other night
by BadMrWonka
Nov 18th, 2008
09:14:15 PM
No Jim Curry
by StuckInthePresentPaused
Nov 18th, 2008
09:18:08 PM
Reepicheep could plant a rapier in Captain America's ass...
by FlickaPoo
Nov 18th, 2008
09:19:04 PM
BETTER HAVE LOTS OF NAZIS AND THE RED SKULL.
by alice 13
Nov 18th, 2008
09:19:17 PM
I call bullshit on that 'exceedingly serviceable' remark.
by Darkman
Nov 18th, 2008
09:21:53 PM
You Kill me is not serviceable. its very good
by Lovecraftfan
Nov 18th, 2008
09:26:52 PM
Don't forget...
by lead_sharp
Nov 18th, 2008
09:27:12 PM
Vincent Gallo
by Sgt.Steiner
Nov 18th, 2008
09:28:47 PM
Casting will be a bitch
by Adelai Niska
Nov 18th, 2008
09:41:17 PM
Peter Seller's script worked.
by hallmitchell
Nov 18th, 2008
09:41:46 PM
John Cena is Captain America!
by Ricky Retardo
Nov 18th, 2008
09:45:44 PM
Time period
by enderandrew
Nov 18th, 2008
09:47:06 PM
Re: Don't Forget
by Barko
Nov 18th, 2008
09:48:02 PM
Guess I'm in the minority again
by chewyou812
Nov 18th, 2008
09:50:35 PM
Why Cap moving so fast and Thor so slow??????????????????////
by crackerfarmboy
Nov 18th, 2008
09:51:18 PM
Narnia is Garbage -- Cap is Screwed
by Flaggg
Nov 18th, 2008
09:56:32 PM
Cap as the "First Avenger.."
by Bootskin
Nov 18th, 2008
10:01:51 PM
Yes, more Thor news please!
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 18th, 2008
10:02:08 PM
enderandrew
by WaitingforAvengers
Nov 18th, 2008
10:06:32 PM
Is this a good thing?
by brandon11
Nov 18th, 2008
10:22:28 PM
Too bad we'll never see this...
by Sick Fixx
Nov 18th, 2008
10:30:46 PM
This is what happens when you have an agent....
by NivekJ
Nov 18th, 2008
10:42:02 PM
Jon Hamm as Capatain America!
by Francis Begbie
Nov 18th, 2008
10:51:42 PM
THOR NEWS
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 18th, 2008
11:07:52 PM
In other words, this will be shit right?
by JethroBodine
Nov 18th, 2008
11:08:51 PM
No, John Hamm is Superman. Also, did they leave Narnia then?
by Drath
Nov 18th, 2008
11:19:23 PM
Wow, with Johnston at the helm and now NARNIA screenwriters...
by FarSky
Nov 18th, 2008
11:21:27 PM
FarSky, Let's be Honest Here
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 18th, 2008
11:25:26 PM
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely ...
by TheKappa
Nov 18th, 2008
11:27:42 PM
Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 18th, 2008
11:35:13 PM
Thomas Jane as Cap
by Horace Cox
Nov 18th, 2008
11:37:31 PM
lead_sharp - "kiddy friendly" and on Brubaker
by oisin5199
Nov 18th, 2008
11:48:22 PM
Cap should be 30 tops
by blindambition238
Nov 18th, 2008
11:50:58 PM
As long as we're talking comic book icons
by Snookeroo
Nov 18th, 2008
11:59:50 PM
Also didn't harry ready read the thor script?
by blindambition238
Nov 19th, 2008
12:05:00 AM
Sick Fixx...
by thecomedian
Nov 19th, 2008
12:08:18 AM
Cap casting
by My friends call me Killjoy
Nov 19th, 2008
12:11:53 AM
blindambition238
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 19th, 2008
12:12:32 AM
Really?
by blindambition238
Nov 19th, 2008
12:18:25 AM
It's good.
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 19th, 2008
12:20:45 AM
Something extraordinary?
by V'Shael
Nov 19th, 2008
12:22:43 AM
4 questions shia
by blindambition238
Nov 19th, 2008
12:30:16 AM
I certainly hope they are looking at the Brubaker/Epting
by Dingbatty
Nov 19th, 2008
12:30:39 AM
blindambition238
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 19th, 2008
12:43:49 AM
rev. wright as captain america
by crazybubba
Nov 19th, 2008
12:44:03 AM
Travis Van Winkle & Megan Fox = Cap & WW
by JDanielP
Nov 19th, 2008
12:45:02 AM
Thanks lebeoufs uncle
by blindambition238
Nov 19th, 2008
01:05:35 AM
ON EARTH
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 19th, 2008
01:09:05 AM
That's sounds stupid...
by thecomedian
Nov 19th, 2008
01:22:55 AM
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EARTH AND ASGARD
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 19th, 2008
01:30:21 AM
NO
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 19th, 2008
01:34:35 AM
ALSO
by Shia LaBeoufs Uncle
Nov 19th, 2008
01:36:08 AM
"And he doesn't have any of his fancy attire"
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 19th, 2008
01:43:42 AM
Shia I know the difference between Asgard and Midgard...
by thecomedian
Nov 19th, 2008
01:54:19 AM
Skarsgard for Asgard
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 19th, 2008
01:57:17 AM
At least its not Kurtzman and Orci
by kwisatzhaderach
Nov 19th, 2008
02:22:34 AM
one more dumb off topic Thor thing...
by thecomedian
Nov 19th, 2008
02:31:59 AM
What you described Comedian...
by blindambition238
Nov 19th, 2008
02:39:13 AM
Now casting: the perfect human being
by Continentalop
Nov 19th, 2008
03:20:16 AM
ShogunMaster Because you don't like Smith or...
by u.k. star
Nov 19th, 2008
03:38:11 AM

by u.k. star
Nov 19th, 2008
03:56:18 AM
blindambition238
by Midnightxpress
Nov 19th, 2008
04:22:52 AM
I like Johnston as director, but...
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Nov 19th, 2008
04:23:44 AM
Fillian
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
04:49:57 AM
Barrowman...
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
05:03:40 AM
Fillion & stuff
by u.k. star
Nov 19th, 2008
05:25:04 AM
u.k star
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
05:51:17 AM
CaptainBass
by u.k. star
Nov 19th, 2008
06:08:08 AM
Casting Cap
by YeahSureWhatever
Nov 19th, 2008
06:08:14 AM
This one will bomb overseas
by Prometeo
Nov 19th, 2008
06:16:29 AM
Prometeo
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
06:37:14 AM
Actually, maybe they'll need 2 actors...
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
06:39:43 AM
Hard sell
by u.k. star
Nov 19th, 2008
07:13:42 AM
So it'll be "Captain Christian America" then?
by Kid Z
Nov 19th, 2008
07:38:57 AM
Eff Cap...
by Kid Z
Nov 19th, 2008
07:40:46 AM
I'm not excited either
by kafka07
Nov 19th, 2008
08:00:36 AM
Channing Tatum or Chris Pine, please
by Darth Busey
Nov 19th, 2008
08:02:20 AM
Travis Van Winkle could save 'em a few bucks.
by JDanielP
Nov 19th, 2008
08:14:11 AM
Nathan Fillion would be perfect
by crazybubba
Nov 19th, 2008
08:23:38 AM
Nathan Fillion would be totally wrong for Cap, I feel.
by JDanielP
Nov 19th, 2008
08:29:32 AM
This is NOT Coming Together Very Well
by cowboyone
Nov 19th, 2008
08:55:58 AM
Enlightened "citizens of the world"
by DoctorWho?
Nov 19th, 2008
09:01:34 AM
Are these guys English?
by rev_skarekroe
Nov 19th, 2008
09:03:49 AM
If you guys don't like 'em...
by Johnno
Nov 19th, 2008
09:09:26 AM
Narnia
by u.k. star
Nov 19th, 2008
09:11:26 AM
As a "citizen of the world",
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 19th, 2008
09:59:35 AM
War can age a man..
by freerangecelt
Nov 19th, 2008
10:01:05 AM
I really hate that title
by Moboada
Nov 19th, 2008
10:08:53 AM
MEMO: to all foreign Pole-Smoking Ass Nuggets
by Bill Brasky
Nov 19th, 2008
10:14:57 AM
The Vincent Gallo script
by ArcadianDS
Nov 19th, 2008
10:43:23 AM
thunderstruck by ac/dc
by brandon11
Nov 19th, 2008
10:49:03 AM
But will they put flames on Cap's shield and nipples on his suit
by Mr Slippy Fist
Nov 19th, 2008
10:58:00 AM
MEMO: to Bill Brasky
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
10:58:42 AM
The above comment...
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
10:59:45 AM
Lots of luck to Joe Johnston and company.
by Orbots Commander
Nov 19th, 2008
11:10:10 AM
Bill Brasky for Captain America!
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Nov 19th, 2008
11:11:37 AM
MICHAEL C. HALL as Cap!
by Karl Childers
Nov 19th, 2008
11:13:28 AM
Oh my.
by u.k. star
Nov 19th, 2008
11:21:55 AM
Thank You For Your Emails
by mrbeaks
Nov 19th, 2008
11:26:51 AM
Yea! Then it'll be sure to rock!
by 0007
Nov 19th, 2008
11:43:09 AM
Charlie Hunnam of Sons of Anarchy for Cap...
by j2talk
Nov 19th, 2008
12:10:33 PM
fuck off prometeo and captain bass. you leech off the US
by THE_ONE_MAN_GANG
Nov 19th, 2008
12:20:17 PM
Yo, Cap screenwriters
by Chuck_Chuckwalla
Nov 19th, 2008
12:52:39 PM
THE_ONE_MAN_GANG
by Continentalop
Nov 19th, 2008
12:58:24 PM
I want it all in this movie.
by mrfan
Nov 19th, 2008
01:06:46 PM
THE_ONE_MAN_GANG
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
01:10:52 PM
Continentalop
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
01:24:01 PM
Ryan Gosling
by Mr. Profit
Nov 19th, 2008
02:07:18 PM
Honestly, the writer's don't matter
by Johnnie Walker
Nov 19th, 2008
02:15:15 PM
Captain Bass
by Continentalop
Nov 19th, 2008
02:46:42 PM
Forget the "First Avenger". Just CAPTAIN AMERICA.
by riskebiz
Nov 19th, 2008
02:53:07 PM
Sure CaptBass
by DoctorWho?
Nov 19th, 2008
03:08:54 PM
I agree, "Captain America" only
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Nov 19th, 2008
03:15:59 PM
I know everyone bigs up the guy on this site...
by RockLobster800
Nov 19th, 2008
03:25:27 PM
Long titles..
by u.k. star
Nov 19th, 2008
03:25:57 PM
uk star
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Nov 19th, 2008
03:40:04 PM
Continentalop
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
03:42:19 PM
DoctorWho?
by CaptainBass
Nov 19th, 2008
03:45:05 PM
John Cena as Captain America, HHH as THOR
by turketron
Nov 19th, 2008
03:53:49 PM
Well, fine.
by phool2056
Nov 19th, 2008
04:48:42 PM
As far as Cap in the comics...
by Sick Fixx
Nov 19th, 2008
05:15:35 PM
SIck Fixx
by blindambition238
Nov 19th, 2008
05:29:43 PM
I mean "I think.."
by blindambition238
Nov 19th, 2008
05:34:04 PM
Cap got to be someone as good as Downey Jr. and Norton
by zooch
Nov 19th, 2008
05:39:50 PM
The Admantium Shield its all about the shield
by crazybubba
Nov 19th, 2008
05:45:09 PM
I dislike hippocritical jingoism from the US but
by FamousEccles
Nov 19th, 2008
05:56:44 PM
the has got to be in his twenties doesn't he??
by FamousEccles
Nov 19th, 2008
06:03:59 PM
What about Ed Harris as Cap?
by Sick Fixx
Nov 19th, 2008
06:31:22 PM
Captain America is not a boy scout
by Continentalop
Nov 19th, 2008
06:34:03 PM
Continentalop, you are correct...
by FamousEccles
Nov 19th, 2008
08:32:30 PM
how can you LOVE joe johnston
by Timahh
Nov 19th, 2008
08:33:25 PM
i will admit i like october sky
by Timahh
Nov 19th, 2008
08:34:33 PM
Meh.
by Se7en
Nov 19th, 2008
10:50:16 PM
Sick Flixx, RE: Authority (if your still reading)
by blindambition238
Nov 20th, 2008
06:07:23 AM
Inventors of sleeping pills for children.
by cookylamoo
Nov 20th, 2008
07:54:33 AM
Ed Harris as Cap?
by RockLobster800
Nov 20th, 2008
08:24:44 AM
they're gonn cast will smith
by Timahh
Nov 20th, 2008
12:08:11 PM
This movie is so fail.....
by TheWaqman
Nov 20th, 2008
02:28:56 PM
Oh and not to mention the shitty Hulk reboot....
by TheWaqman
Nov 20th, 2008
02:30:06 PM
Brad Pitt as Steve Rogers/Captain America
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
Nov 20th, 2008
03:09:27 PM
note to TheWaqman...
by FamousEccles
Nov 20th, 2008
03:14:02 PM
THE BEST THING ABOUT NARNIA WAS THE OLDER SISTER'S BREASTS
by Alex Mack
Nov 20th, 2008
04:52:18 PM
The Will Smith thing was debunked a while ago...
by thecomedian
Nov 20th, 2008
07:42:33 PM
Johnston IS a shitty choice to direct...
by thecomedian
Nov 20th, 2008
10:52:47 PM
..AND Sky Captain, almost forgot about that one.
by thecomedian
Nov 20th, 2008
10:54:43 PM
thecomedian
by Dingbatty
Nov 21st, 2008
03:24:20 AM
This is gonna suck and blow so bad with a lot of "hahahaha!"
by chien_sale
Nov 21st, 2008
03:30:28 AM
Being Captain America is greater than being an Avenger
by chien_sale
Nov 21st, 2008
03:32:00 AM

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