Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are in negotiations to pen Marvel Studios’ “The First Avenger: Captain America.” The dealmaking occurs about a week after Joe Johnston boarded the project as director. Markus and McFeely, repped by UTA, worked on “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and its sequel, “Prince Caspian.” The duo also wrote HBO’s “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.”
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.
Marvel’s “Captain America” will be a World War II-set movie, and the character will appear in the modern day-set “Avengers.”
They are great, and smart, guys and could definitely pull off an awesome Captain America film.
