With "The First Avenger: Captain America" rumored to begin filming later this year, further details about the story have begun to emerge. "Captain America" director Joe Johnston has recently revealed that the film will begin in the 1940s and ignore the influence of the '60s and '70s "Captain America" comics.
During an interview with Film Journal, Johnston indicated that the story would start "in 1942, 1943" during the height of World War II. "The stuff in the ’60s and ’70s [comic books] we're sort of avoiding," related Johnston. "We're going back to the ’40s, and then forward to what they're doing with 'Captain America' now."
Johnston also elaborated on the current status of the film's production.
"We're in prep," said Johnston. "Rick Heinrichs is production-designing and we're set up down in Manhattan Beach [California]. It's the part of the process that I love the most."
"We have eight or ten really talented artists," continued Johnston. "And we all just sit around all day and draw pictures and say, 'Hey, wouldn't it be cool if we could do this?' It's that phase of the production where money doesn't matter: ‘Let's put all the greatest stuff up on the wall and [then later] see what we can afford.'"
Earlier this month, Johnston stated that the story would go off in some unexpected directions.
“It's something different. It is influenced by the comic book, but it goes off in a completely different direction. 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 First Avenger: Captain America" is scheduled to invade movie theaters on July 22, 2011.
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