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Lil'Timmy

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Captain America Confirmed
Chris Evans will throw the mighty shield.
by Scott Collura
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March 22, 2010 - It's official: Chris Evans is Captain America.

Reports surfaced on Friday that the actor -- best known to fanboys as the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four movies -- had been offered the job by Marvel. And now the Heat Vision blog has confirmed that the actor has accepted the role of Steve Rogers, the 90-pound weakling who through a government experiment is turned into the pinnacle of human perfection -- the star-spangled Avenger known as Captain America.

"Sources tell us the actor has not only accepted Marvel's offer," says the site, "but that the dealmaking moved so fast it's now all about dotting the i's and crossing the t's."

The news follows what turned out to be a long and laborious casting search for the role, a pivotal one in the Marvel universe. Cap is not only one of the marquee heroes of Marvel, but he's also typically portrayed as the leader of the Avengers. The casting for his live-action incarnation was no doubt complicated by various factors, namely that the actor who plays him will have to go from a zero to hero in his origin tale and then also be able to convey the gravitas of a leader of men on the battlefield -- and of superheroes in the eventual Avengers movie. And he'll have to have the acting chops to stand alongside the likes of Robert Downey Jr. on-screen.

Evans as the Torch; Cap acting like a Torch. Coincidence?

Marvel thinks Evans can pull all this off -- and more. The actor beat out many familiar and not-so-familiar names to win the role, including John Krasinski (The Office), Sebastian Stan (Kings), Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra), Ryan Phillippe (Crash), Mike Vogel (Cloverfield), Wilson Bethel (Generation Kill), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy), Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights), Michael Cassidy (Privileged), Patrick Flueger (Brothers) and Jensen Ackles (Supernatural).
 
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Eclectic

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I'm skeptical about his ability to match up to RDJ and (possibly) Edward Norton...but so far Marvel is doing really well in the casting dept.
 
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Eclectic

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tripleup said:
So they stole the plot from that Stone Cold movie and put in some Predators.

Looks AWESOME though.
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Which stole the idea from that Ice-T movie where he had dreadlocks.

Which stole it from The Running Man (kinda) which stole it from....

We could do this for a while.
 
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Eclectic

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That's the one!
 
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Zorro

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Singer Producing, Not Directing "X-Men: F.C.

While many in Hollywood are having trouble finding work these days, Bryan Singer’s problem is there is only one of him to go around and everybody wants him. So Singer and 20th Century Fox have formalized his move from director to producer on X-Men: First Class. That is the bad news for X-Men die-hards who love the first two films Singer directed. Here's the good part: he is leaving because Fox liked the script that Jamie Moss wrote from Singer's treatment so much that the studio wants the film right away, envisioning it as the first leg of a trilogy. The hope is to have it ready for 2011 release.

Singer will join Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg as producers. He's not available because Warner Bros and Legendary are locked into a summer production start on Jack the Giant Killer. They’ll begin casting shortly. It is a big CG project, and they are likely to either shoot 3D or convert it later.

Last December, Singer agreed to direct the First Class prequel after the studio sparked to his detailed treatment, with the studio knowing full well Singer would likely make the other movie first. The willingness to wait changed when execs flipped for Moss's script. He's now honing the origin story that focuses on Xavier and Magneto and offers similar opportunities that JJ Abrams took advantage of to resuscitate Star Trek. X-Men-x-men-58082_1024_768

Fox is short-listing directors and has talked to several. Perhaps sensing the momentum and worried Singer might get booked for First Class passage, Warner Bros and Legendary were quick to lock Singer into an iron-clad deal on Jack the Giant Killer. After all, it was they who got the director to do Superman Returns when Fox didn't close him fast enough on X-Men 3. That move singed Singer’s relationship with Fox until they kissed and made up with First Class.

Fox hasn't definitively set this as the next X-Men project, but why replace Singer for any other reason? Fox did get a strong draft of a Wolverine sequel from Christopher McQuarrie, and while there is no director, production could start in the fall when Hugh Jackman is free from the Shawn Levy-directed Real Steel. Fox also has new versions of Marvel Comics franchises Fantastic Four and Daredevil percolating. My bet is First Class starts production in summer or early fall, when Singer will be off slaying giants of his own.
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Bryan Singer Producing ‘X-Men: First Class’ – Deadline.com

Sounds like they may use the old time travel trick to change the time line of X-men, at least that how I understood the Star Trek reference.
 
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tripleup

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Zorro said:
Singer Producing, Not Directing "X-Men: F.C.



Bryan Singer Producing ‘X-Men: First Class’ – Deadline.com

Sounds like they may use the old time travel trick to change the time line of X-men, at least that how I understood the Star Trek reference.
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I took it to mean doing a further back origin story of the main core characters, in this case Magneto & Xavier.

Dealing with them in their youth, in a time line previous to what is currently established.
 
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Zorro

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offers similar opportunities that JJ Abrams took advantage of to resuscitate Star Trek.

Hmm, to me anyhow it sounds like they like the script because It will allow them to make X-Men movies down the road and not have to follow a path/time line of the first 3 movies.
 
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Eclectic

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I hope they do something along the lines of:

1st Movie: Xavier and Magneto's "origins" and them meeting up and teaming up near the end to eliminate a common enemy.

2nd Movie: Setting up the school/finding a location and the beginning of the 'rift' between them (death of a loved one is my guess), X-Men cameos galore, foreshadowing the split of X-Men/Brotherhood Of Mutants.

3rd Movie: Lots of betrayal, Xavier being paralyzed, Magneto putting on the helmet and trying to destroy mankind. Xavier fights back with the first appearance of the X-Men.
 
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J e l o

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UBER GOOD NEWS

You've heard the rumors, now prepare for the truth: Joss Whedon will direct THE AVENGERS for Marvel Studios. Whedon is in final negotiations to direct the film and while it wasn't specifically mentioned, I'd gather he'd be an important part in writing the script as well.

At the very least, THE AVENGERS will star Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Evans. You can also expect Scarlett Johansson to turn up in some capacity and I'd think Marvel would like to have Edward Norton return but that's still way up in the air.

While Whedon is short on feature directorial experience (with only SERENITY under his belt), he's well-versed in the comic world writing "The Astonishing X-Men" for 24 issues in 2008 and a stint on Marvel's "The Runaways."

With CAPTAIN AMERICA and THOR filming this year, AVENGERS looks set to begin production in 2011 for its May, 2012 release date.



Joss Whedon set to direct The Avengers! - JoBlo.com
 
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