THR is reporting that Marvel Studios has paired down the list of finalists for the role of Captain America in their upcoming film to six candidtes. The most well known is John Krasinski, currently starring in NBC's hit comedy, The Office. The rest includes Chace Crawford(Gossip Girl), Michael Cassidy(Smallville), Patrick Flueger(The 4400), Scott Porter(Friday Night Lights), and Mike Vogel(She's Out of My League).
Marvel has demanded that the actors be placed on a 30 day hold during testing, meaning they can't accept any other projects during that time. It's speculated that they don't want to see a repeat of the Ryan Reynolds scenario, where he signed on to both Green Lantern and Deadpool practically at the same time.
My initial impression? Other than Krasinski I couldn't pick any of these guys out of a police line-up. Krasinski doesn't have the stones for the role, in my opinion. He's too dorky. The rest are unknowns. I expect they will find a more suitable actor outside of this group.
DC and Warner Bros. were quick to drop some news of their own. Latino Review broke the story that David Goyer(Blade, Blade 2, Batman Begins) has been hired to pen the script for the next Superman film, titled The Man of Steel. The story is said to not be an origin tale, but set firmly in the John Byrne era of Superman, dealing with the Kryptonian's struggles against Lex Luthor and the alien genius, Brainiac.
Brandon Routh is not attached to the film in any way. Nor is Bryan Singer, who directed the last film.
Expect news on this to start coming fast and furious as it is still breaking.
