Looks Like Captain America Finally Has A Director By George 'El Guapo' Roush on November 10, 2008 Breaking news today from the trades, The director of  the upcoming Wolfman, Joe Johnston, has signed on to direct The First Avenger: Captain America. While this isn't the riskiest choice for a director, it's certainly a safe one. I think Joe's a pretty good director and will do a fine job as long as the script is good and he gets the right lead. Jurassic Park III was ok, Hidalgo was a great movie. But can he do Cap? Well, The Rocketeer ranks up there as one of my all time favorite comic book flicks. So at least he's helming material that isn't unfamiliar to him in regards to a super hero. I'm certainly not going to bitch about the choice. After all, they could have gone with Mark Steven Johnson. Here's more: Joe Johnston has inked a deal to direct "First Avenger: Captain America," Marvel Studios' take on its classic comic book character. Marvel's Kevin Feige is producing. No writers are on board, but the studio, which is hearing pitches, expects to hire shortly. Johnston first met with Marvel two years ago. When the two parties clicked, general talks turned into Captain America-specific meetings, with much of the project's current direction resulting from those early conversations. "This is a guy who designed the vehicles for 'Star Wars,' who storyboarded the convoy action sequence for 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' " Feige said. "From 'Rocketeer' to 'October Sky' to 'The Wolfman,' you can look at pieces of his movies and see how they lead to this one." Created in 1941 by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon for Timely Comics, Captain America is the heroic alter ego of Steve Rogers, who is rejected by the Army for being too sickly and undergoes an experiment that takes him to the pinnacle of human form. Paired with an indestructible shield, he became a symbol of the war effort, in and out of comics. The character disappeared in the 1950s but was revived during the early era of Marvel Comics. He was reintroduced as part of the Avengers, the absence explained by having him being in a state of suspended animation during a war mission until found by the superteam. Kicking off with "Iron Man," Marvel Studios' slate of movies --including "Thor" and the "Iron Man" sequel -- is building toward an "Avengers" movie set for release in 2011, in which the characters from the films team for one big adventure. "Captain America" is scheduled for release May 6, 2011. "Captain America" will be a World War II-set movie, and the character will appear in the modern day-set "Avengers." Executive producing on "Captain" are Louis D'Esposito, Stan Lee and Marvel Studios' chairman David Maisel. The character's last live-action appearance was in 1990's "Captain America," a cheap production from 21st Century Films that ended up going to straight to video. The movie starred Matt Salinger as the hero, dethawed in modern times to fight his archnemesis, the Red Skull. CAA-repped Johnston's credits include "Jurassic Park III" and "Hidalgo." He is in post on Universal's retelling of "The Wolfman," starring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. Source: The Trades Comments LMFAO !!! Commented By: Fontez on 2008-11-10 00:52:55 If you guys like Captain America, watch this shit... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tVxYs3vEXE and then when you're done, watch this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyH9XfjX6cU&feature=related on 2008-11-10 06:10:59 Not a bad choice. Too bad Ridley Scott won't take a crack at it. COOL! Commented By: 420band on 2008-11-10 10:56:07 Good to hear there moving along finally on this one God's speed capt. good Commented By: ldyzmb on 2008-11-10 14:31:50 glad to see there movie forward on this movie good choice Great news Commented By: Brett Ratner on 2008-11-10 15:00:22 I'm impressed! All they need to do is get a script and sort that costume out! Roll on 2011! Well done Joe!! ! maybe Commented By: ZDelorean on 2008-11-10 21:22:19 Def a safe choice and that's not a bad thing. Cap could be epic with the WW2 setting. Saving Private Rogers.