Cap's Got a Pair of Writers

[jynx.livejournal.com]

FYI~ AvengerNews posted this earlier: Cap's movie's got itself some shiny writers!

As we already know, Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer, October Sky) will be in the directors chair for the upcoming Captain America movie The First Avenger: Captain America. I think this is a good choice considering his filmography as well as the tone attached to a character like The Captain. Now, The Hollywood Reporter is, um, reporting, that the will be penned by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (The Chronicles of Narnia). Hey, look, they won an Emmy. Now, I still have not seen either of the Narnia films, but I’ve heard some good things. At least they can handle a period film as well as something of epic scope. This is shaping up pretty well.

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[melisus.livejournal.com]

I saw the first Narnia film. It was pretty good barring the fact that Disney did their best to factor out any violence or gore (not a necessity or anything, but it takes away from epic battles when it's quite blatently missing).

What I want to know though is whether or not any of these guys are comic book or - more importantly - Cap fans. Because, quite frankly, if you're not into comic books then you don't have much business making comic book movies. So I'm just going to continue to sit here and try to be optimistic while worrying like hell about it. I mean, Iron Man did so well and left expectations so high that I'm just worried we'll end up with another Spider-man 3 or something... Because Marvel movies seem to go in cycles. A couple great X-Men movies, a good Spider-man movie... and then the Fantastic Four and Hulk ruin everything. A second Spider-man movie and things get awesome again, before the third X-Men movie and a Fantastic Four sequel tank. Now we have Iron Man which did spectacularly and an Incredible Hulk movie that was much better than the first... it's like we're due for another BAD one.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

:D GOOD NEWS!!!!!

IM2 comes out a year before Cap's does >D *dork*

And Thor and Ant Man and...fuck me *wikis it*

Iron Man II 2010 Marvel Studios In development
Thor 2010 Marvel Studios In development
The First Avenger: Captain America 2011 Marvel Studios In development
Spider-Man 4 2011 Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios In development.
The Avengers 2011 Marvel Studios In development

:D ?

[melisus.livejournal.com]

Iron Man II should do well. If it's anything like the Spider-man or X-Men trilogies it'll actually be BETTER than the original. But if there's a third one... (which there probably will be) then I think we have to worry.

If I had to guess which of those movies won't be very good, it'd have to be the Thor one... if they don't cast Karl Urban as Thor.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

Mmmm~ Karl as Thor makes me wiggle. Not a dry seat in the house, honestly.

[toranoko.livejournal.com]

I wanted to walk out of the first Narnia movie. Didn't see the second one. So I'm pretty indifferent about the movie right now. I want it to be great, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. Or at least try not to. :|

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

I dind't walk out but I was pretty not impressed by it. I felt like it was a painfully rass commercializtion of the a fantasy novel and well my om summed it all up when she said "They left out the romp. I can't believe they left out the romp."

Yeah how much time spent on annoying battles and such and the moment of pure joy gets cut. -_-

That said, I think those screen writers might pull off a good Superhero + WWII movie.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

I think that's more Director than screen writers. They give a script, a lot gets cut depending upon what the Director/Producer feels like doing. They rewrite and scribble and so on until the Director is happy (or the Director just cuts it all and OMGBATTLE!).

[toranoko.livejournal.com]

true. I hear that it is up to the director to save things... well, and the editors, but they can only do so much. Everyone has to work with what they are given. Plus, I'm not familiar with the director, so I don't know how capable he'd be with varying scripts. The only thing I really remember about Narnia is that I didn't like it, enough to where I didn't even try to pinpoint why. So I'm letting blame fall equally on everyone. Mention Narnia, and I'm (generally) not there. It's unfair, but it's one of those movies I've already tried to forget.

[mechanicaljewel.livejournal.com]

Well, I liked both October Sky and the Rocketeer, but I wasn't in love with them. That said, the only Favreau film I loved before Iron Man was Elf, so...

[jynx.livejournal.com]

...'d never seen Favreau movies. And I kinda never will.... besides IM.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

I'll agree with that. Narnia movie made me...rather pissed. Mostly because it was a poor adaptation. Tried too much to make it all big and splashy and... it's a Poor Man's LOTR.

[melisus.livejournal.com]

The PBS/BBC television series was much better. The big movie just seemed like LotR for younger kids... only... well... not anywhere near as awesome as LotR.

[mechanicaljewel.livejournal.com]

I'm not particularly attached to the Narnia films, but I didn't have any problems with the scripts. I agree with melisus: are they geeks or what?

[jynx.livejournal.com]

The Narnia films crashed and burned because of the Director. that's my stance. Directors make or break, because they have a control over what scenes from the script do or dont make it.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

only shininess allowed is if the Invaders get cameos~

Interesting.

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

I look forward to it. I watched the original Captain America movie, and seriously? I'd have liked it to be Capitan America with the Avengers, rather like The Ultimates movie, because Captain America on its own might be hokey.

Re: Interesting.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

It's setting the origins of every one first. I'm SURE Cap will get several other movies depending upon the success of his own solo.

Zeen.

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

Did you get the link for the Tony?Emma goodness. it's filthy and it broke me, because it was sooooo good.

here (http://www.letterblade.net/telepaths_dont_need.html).

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

Dang it, why can't they reverse that?

Have the writers of the Rocketeere and October Sky and the directors of Narnia?
I think that'd work better.

WWII Superhero movie *glee*
Oh I hope the Cap movie is good because it combines two of my fave movie types ^___^

[mechanicaljewel.livejournal.com]

Eh, I was unimpressed with the Narnia director. He was trying too hard to be Peter Jackson.

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

Well yeah the Narnia director didn't work for me as far as adapting the Narnia books goes (in fact he worked so badly I refuse to see any more adaptions of these books from the current vein. But I could completely see how that style might work in for the Captain America movie.

But it was mostly about the writers.
The writing on October sky and Rocketeer IMHO fits better with what I'd want in a Cap movie than the writing for Narnia :(

[jynx.livejournal.com]

It's the director we should worry about, not the writers. Though, the writers have the chops, I think, to go out there and do a superhero movie. They have the ability to make it bloody and gorey and WWII, so they probably will.


though i kinda want whoever helped on Band of Brothers to go consult or something on Cap's movie too...

[melisus.livejournal.com]

Band of Brothers makes EVERYTHING better.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

mmmm~ it does~

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

I suspect it works both ways though. I've seen some movie with good directing that just didn't salavage the script, but yeah bad directing can also ruin an excellent script.
Personally though, I have an easier time getting past directing if the writing is good. ^__^


And yes those who did Band of Brothers should consult . . . I'd suggest Spielburg (sp) should consult by Ellyr might kill me =P

[spam-monster.livejournal.com]

I just want to see some Nazi punching.

[jynx.livejournal.com]

heh, agreeeeeed~

[mechanicaljewel.livejournal.com]

I demand Brubaker get to consult!

[jynx.livejournal.com]

AGREED!