Release Date:	May 6, 2011
Cast:	TBA
Director:	TBA
Screen Writer(s):	David Self
Official Site:	TBA
Trailers:	None
Status:	Script Stage
Synopsis/Plot:	Based on the Marvel Comics character, Captain America centers on a U.S. soldier who becomes a superhero after being injected with a secret government serum. After a recent deal with Marvel and Artisan Entertainment, Captain America will be one of several Marvel characters to be featured in a film. The movie is currently in development.

News and Rumors:

May 8, 2008: Marvel Studios has announced a May 6, 2011 release date for a Captain America movie. Early rumours speculate that Matthew McConaughey is on the "short list" and leading the pack.

June 14, 2007: Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed the company's next independently financed project will be a new version of "Captain America" reports Sci-Fi Wire. Mixing a period story with a contemporary one, the PG-13 superhero film is currently being penned by David Self ("Road to Perdition") with a director to be announced shortly. "We'll have to play with Captain America as being a patriotic propoganda 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." Shooting begins this time next year.

Febraury 18, 2006: According to IGN FilmForce screenwriter David Self is penning the Captain America script, heres a clip from the site: "Marvel usually draws on the same stable of screenwriters for its projects, such as David Goyer, Zak Penn, Simon Kinberg and David Hayter. Another of these Marvel veterans is the scribe writing Captain America: David Self. Self has worked with Marvel on the scripts for Sub-Mariner and Deathlok as well.

June 15, 2005: Marvel CEO Avi Arad updates on captain America: "Captain America is the most famous character out there, by name. The biggest opportunity with him is as a man 'out of time,' coming back today — looking at our world through the eyes of someone who thought the perfect world was small-town America. Sixty years go by, and who are we today? Are we better? "I have a writer," he says. "And I have someone in mind to be the star, and I definitely have someone in mind to be the director. This script is going to take a little bit of time, because it has to be a masterpiece. It's 'Back to the Future' kind of stuff."

April 29, 2005: Marvel Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Pictures, a part of the entertainment operations of Viacom, Inc. announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Paramount will distribute a slate of feature films to be produced by Marvel. Marvel also announced a new, non-recourse financing facility to be provided by Merrill Lynch Commercial Finance Corp. that will allow the company to produce its own slate of feature films based on its renowned comic book characters.

"We are excited to be building our own film slate, and to be doing so using non-recourse financing," said Avi Arad, Chairman and CEO, Marvel Studios. "Paramount Pictures has the most collaborative and creative team in the business to help us market our films. Under its new leadership, we've found Paramount to be exceptional in every way and look forward to working together for a long, long time." "Marvel has become a marquee entertainment brand," said Brad Grey, Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures. "It speaks to Marvel's strength in the marketplace and the great popularity of its brand and characters that Marvel can obtain such innovative financing for its film slate. We are thrilled to partner with them in this new venture."

Marvel expects that producing its own slate of films will permit it to obtain greater participation in all revenue streams related to its films and the opportunity to begin building its own film library. The finance structure will also allow Marvel to receive a producer fee for each film and retain all merchandising revenues. Paramount will receive a distribution fee for each film it distributes and will retain worldwide distribution rights in sequels to the films covered under the agreement. The distribution agreement between Paramount and Marvel specifies that Marvel may deliver up to ten films to Paramount over an eight-year period, with the first titles including Captain America and Nick Fury. Marvel's budgets for each film may range from $45 million to $180 million. The first picture is expected to be released in 2007 or 2008. Paramount will not contribute to production costs, although it will provide advance funding of promotion and advertising for the films.

June 19, 2004: Cap America casting? According to one scooper, who sent this in: "It has been rumored that Colby [Donaldson], the runner-up of Survivor Australia, up for the role of Captain America, and Anthony Hopkins is up for the role of the films villain, Red Skull." Wild rumor? Could be. We'll keep our ears to the ground on this one.

November 17, 2003: HotDog magazine in the U.K, the issue on stands now, has an update on who might be the frontrunner for Captain America. They say Val Kilmer is the current favourite, commenting on his comeback of sorts in films like Wonderland and Alexander. This would be the second time Val has played a superhero, Kilmer played Batman in the third part of the franchise. Thanks to a Superherohype.com scooper!

September 29, 2003: Marvel Enterprises, Inc. and one-time Marvel Comics creator Joe Simon have announced that they have amicably settled their legal dispute surrounding the Captain America Super Hero. The specific terms of the settlement are confidential; however, the settlement included Mr. Simon's assignment to Marvel of any and all copyrights he has in Captain America. With the lawsuit now settled, Marvel will focus its attention on aggressively building the Captain America property across a variety of mediums. This will include feature film and television deals, licensing/merchandising, promotional programs and exciting new publishing initiatives. "Captain America ranks as one of the most recognizable Super Heroes in the world, who can stand quite firmly alongside Marvel's biggest name - Spider-Man," stated Allen Lipson, Marvel Enterprises CEO. "Now, with the legal issue behind us, we can fully explore the deep value that this property brings to the Marvel Universe."

July 8, 2003: Harry, from AICN, gets the direct scoop about the Brad Pitt/Captain America fiasco direct from Avi Arad himself: "Harry, I don't even know where they are getting this stuff from? As you know we are doing nothing with Captain America right now till we clear up the 'Rights Issues'. We want to do some amazing things with CAPTAIN AMERICA, but till everything is clear we are concentrating on other projects as you know." So, there you have it. Thanks to Carlos for the email heads up!

July 7, 2003: Sky News tells us Brad Pitt is lock as the Cap, is there any truth to this?? Here are some quotes from Brad himslef: He said: "I wanted to make an all-out family movie - something that all ages can go to. And as a child it was my favourite comic." Thanks to Craig for the heads up!

June 30, 2003: I guess every old rumor makes its way around at least twice. Reports indicate that Brad Pitt is up for the role of Captain America, and could have a 3-picture deal to reprive the franchise. Thanks to everyone who emailed me on this one.

UPDATE: The above rumor is false. There are no plans for a Captain America movie just yet. Captain America is set up at Artisan Entertainment, which licensed 15 Marvel characters for development back in the summer of 2000. The first film to spring out of that deal is "The Punisher," which starts filming this summer. The next most likely projects seem to be "Man-Thing," which may film this year in Australia and "Iron Fist" which has long had Ray Park attached to star.