Markus and McFeely would, of course, go on to write the next two Captain America movies as well as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, so The First Avenger was ground zero for two of the most important figures in MCU filmmaking.Ĭasting the title character, however, proved incredibly difficult. Another point of interest: the title of the film, initially, was The First Avenger: Captain America until it was changed to Captain America: The First Avenger in April 2010.Įventually, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely were hired to write the screenplay, although it appears it was still in flux as to how much of the film would take place in the 1940s and how much would take place in present day. Nearly two years later, after Marvel had released Iron Man to smashing success, veteran filmmaker Joe Johnston ( The Rocketeer, October Sky) was hired to direct Captain America, although curiously at the time it was reported that a script didn’t yet exist. At the time, that screenplay didn’t spend near as much time in the 1940s, as Self said in a statement the story would focus on Captain America coming to terms with who America is today: And while the end result works wonderfully, getting there was sometimes a tricky path.Ĭaptain America was one of the first films announced when Marvel Studios forged ahead with its plan to make its own superhero movies, and at that time David Self ( Road to Perdition) was hired to pen the screenplay.
Not only that, but the 1940s-set Captain America would serve as the audience’s lead-in to the experimental The Avengers, and thus needed to tee up major plot points while also introducing a major new superhero. While Marvel Studios clearly had ideas about heading towards The Avengers when they set about making their own films starting with Iron Man, it wasn’t until their fifth film- Captain America: The First Avenger-that they were making a movie while The Avengers was rocking and rolling and getting geared up to start production.
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