It appears Zak Penn may be the man to script the Capt. America movie. We get this news thanks to a news piece from our friends at cinematical:
In a new interview over at ComicMix, writer-director Zak Penn talked up a ton of projects including his latest film The Grand (which I loved, and which you should see), as well as his geeky comic-related screenwriting projects like The Avengers, that X-Men spinoff flick (featuring the young X-Men), The Incredible Hulk, a new one called Bermuda Triangle and, finally … Captain America? Oh yes, though he doesn’t go into much detail (aside from saying he’s attached), apparently Zak Penn is now the guy writing Captain America. (Not sure what happened to David Self?) And assuming Edward Norton doesn’t sign on to star, Penn’s final script may actually make it before cameras this time.
I know Zak Penn is going to have to scrap it out with Jon Favreau for dibs on the Avengers. It looks like Penn has been working hard to get scripts done for a host of comic book projects, hoping that one would catch a fish. It’s certainly not a bad strategy, in fact, if the above story is true, his ambitious pencil may have harpooned him the Captain America gig.
Captain America has a shield… and is full of roids. He has never been one of my favorite super heroes, but I have always admired the character for his simplicity.
We will be certain to follow this story and see if it ends up coming to fruition. In troubled times such as these, the children cry out for Captain America.
Make it so Zak, make it so.
