Captain America is next to get big screen treatment
Scifiwire is reporting that the next Marvel Comic book hero to get the big screen treatment will be Captain America, the Patriotic super soldier best known for his shield.
Kevin Feige, president of production for Marvel Studios and producer of the upcoming Iron Man movie, revealed that the company’s next independently financed project will be a version of Captain America, which would mix a period story with a modern-day one.
“We’ll have to play with Captain America as being a patriotic propaganda machine on one hand but also being a very human Steve Rogers, … [an] interesting, fascinating hero in his own right,” Feige told reporters on the set of Iron Man, which is in production in Playa Vista, Calif.
Is the script they’re developing a period piece? “Right now what we’re developing would be about half and half,” Feige said.
Feige said that Captain America will aim for a PG-13 rating, like Iron Man. The comic studio has brought on writer David Self (Road to Perdition) to draft a screenplay. A director will be announced soon, Feige said. Production is expected to begin in a year.
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