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‘Captain America’ One Director Closer To Reality

5:12AM Seth | Just in time for the Re-Branding of the U.S.A.™: Effects legend and The Wolf Man director Joe Johnston has been hired to direct First Avenger: Captain America. [THR] The guys behind The Tudors are developing another Showtime series based on Camelot, the Arthurian, not Kennedian, legend. [Variety] Still in a perpetual state of contract limbo, SAG is “vigorously” enforcing the ban on any non-union work for its members—particularly in new-media productions. So you can forget that arc on David Faustino’s Star-ving, OK? [Variety] After the jump: What polarising cable pundit will be with us for four more years? More »

Handsy, Drunken Captain America Found Guilty Of SuperJunk-Enhancement

7:03AM Defamer Hollywood | Continuing the proud tradition established by the Hollywood Walk of Fame’s own Head-Butting Chewbacca and Picketer-Baiting Batman, Melbourne, Florida’s Genital-Touching Captain America has taken a place of honor in the Fake Superhero Justice League with his recent arrest, detailed by The Smoking Gun, on counts of drunken handsiness, marijuana possession, and third-degree package misrepresentation for his stuffing of a burrito into his tights during a costumed pub-crawl. TSG also has video of the booking, in which the disgraced defender of America is subjected to a humiliating, symbolic surrender of his crimefighting uniform’s cowl and red boots. When Capt. America Throws His Mighty Burrito [TSG] Previously: Batman And Chewbacca Vs. The Crapper-Guarding Picketers [Defamer] More »