Joe Johnston

Marvel Recruits Director Joe Johnston for Captain America

• Nov 10, 2008 12:23 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng
• 5 Comments

Captain America is one step closer to hitting the big screen.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Studios has snatched up Joe Johnston to direct First Avenger: Captain America, due in theaters May 6, 2011.

No writers or actors are currently attached to the project.

Johnston, who won an Oscar for his visual effects work on Raiders of the Lost Ark, had been in discussions with Marvel for ...
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