Joe Johnston on 'Captain America' and 'Jurassic Park'

Joe Johnston, perhaps in an effort to deflect more conversations about The Wolfman, is talking about his next film, The First Avenger: Captain America, which is the last of the pre-Avengers Avengers movies, opening in July of next year. He tells Box Office Magazine one thing about Captain America I'm glad to hear: "It's the origin story of Captain America. It's mostly period - there are modern, present-day bookends on it—but it's basically the story of how Steve Rogers becomes Captain America." The cool thing about that, even though Johnston adds that it "goes off in a completely different direction," is that most of this film will take place around World War II, and that's a welcome change from the Metropoli and Gothams, not that I have anything against them. Johnston, who also tells the magazine his plans for more Jurassic Park, says the most intriguing aspect of Captain America is that he's not a typical hero in the usual comic book sense.

"The great thing about Captain America is he's a super hero without any super powers. Which is why this story, among the hundreds of super hero stories, appealed to me the most. He can't fly, he can't see through walls, he can't do any of that stuff. He's an every man who's been given this amazing gift of transformation into the perfect specimen — the pinnacle of human perfection. How does that affect him? What does that mean for him emotionally and psychologically? He was this 98-pound weakling, he was this wimp, and he's transformed instantly into this Adonis. You'd think he got everything he wanted. Well, he didn't get everything he wanted. The rules change at that point and his life gets even more complicated and dire." "It's got some great action sequences in it and some incredible stuff that we've never seen before. But at the heart of it, it's a story about this kid who all he wants to do is fit in. This thing happens and he still doesn't fit in. And he has to prove himself a hero — essentially go AWOL to save a friend."

Yeah, I'm OK with that. We don't have any idea who will play the part. There's been talk that Jeremy Renner of The Hurt Locker, once rumored for Marvel's Hawkeye might be the way to go, but he's way too old based on this description. As for that Jurassic Park trilogy, here you go:

"Well, there is going to be a Jurassic Park IV. And it's going to be unlike anything you've seen. It breaks away from the first three — it's essentially the beginning of the second Jurassic Park trilogy. It's going to be done in a completely different way. That's pretty much all I can tell you."

All of that conflicts with what the producers said after Michael Crichton died, so stay tuned.

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[Psyko Tek]

nice I like Cap in WW@

are they gonna have him meet Fury?
maybe a Wolvie cameo

that would kick ass