Fanboy Fangasm Friday!

It's just after midnight here on the east coast of the U.S and that makes it technically Friday.  While the plethora of news didn't all come on this day, you got to admit alliteration makes the title of the article more fun.  These past few days have been pure bliss, and the news has all been exciting to say the least.  Goyer and Jonah Nolan writing the Man of Steel, Brainiac as the villain; goodness gracious!  More on that can be read below in an article by my colleague Mike Shadwick.  Let's see what else do we have?  Hmmmm...oh yeah now I remember.  A shortlist of candidates for Captain America which includes some surprising, some contreversial and unexpected names.  Gee could there possibly be more?  Why yes, dear reader.  TMT Co-Founder, my colleague, and friend Peter Georgiou has scooped who the favored director of the Scarlet Speedster.  Greg Berlanti.  If that name sounds familiar, it should.  He was once attached to Green Lantern before Martin Campbell settled into the directors chair.  His passion and work on Green Lantern clearly gained him some fans at the studio.  If his enthusiasm for The Flash is the same, we should get one hell of a movie.  A gut feeling tells me it will be made...wait for it....fast.  Okay sorry for the bad pun.  Read the full exclusive over at IESB.

So, the names for Captain America, according to the HeatVision blog from THR.  Our candidates include, Mike Vogel, John Krasinski, Scott Porter, Wilson Bethel, Michael Cassidy, and Patrick Flueger.  A deal made with Garret Hedlund to test seems to have fell through.  One more name rumoured to be getting a test is Chace Crawford.  Should he land the role, perhaps Gossip Girl is where we will find our next big superhero movie star.  Blake Lively is already getting set to film opposite Ryan Reynolds in Green Lantern.  Can Leighton Meester or Penn Badgely be far behind.

Not to mention, but amongst the tidal wave of genre news, almost lost is the fact that Mickey Rourke, has been confirmed to play Conan's father!  Expect a barabarian sized Conan article from yours truly within the next week.

As I stated above  Mike Shadwick has already touched upon the Superman news.  I will focus more on Steve Rogers, the frail art school student who becomes the embodiment of the American ideal, and a stoic leader and badass super soldier, and the three candidates I feel most likely to win the part, sorry to the others. 

Oh captain my Captain!  The most intriguing name on the list, beyond question is John Krasinski.  He is best known to viewers of NBC's The Office as Jim Halpert.  A tall, young, somewhat known commodity, who has a ton of talent, but not many would instinctively think of for a leading superhero role.  The idea is either brilliant or foolish, I'm not sure I really dont see a middle ground with him.Up next we have the almost Captain Kirk, Mike Vogel.  A young actor who facially looks the part most to my aging eyes, and a ton of talent but yet to have a true breakout role.  Could he lead the Avengers, and be one of the worlds greatest heroes for years to come?  That's for the powers that be to knwand us to find out.  And find out soon we shall.

Last but certainly not least is fanboy casting threads favorite and afanboy himself Scott Porter.  The guy clearly wants to be a superhero.  He's gone out for Flash in the now defunct Justice League Mortal, Gambit in Wolverine, went hard after Green Lantern, and is in the final running for Captain America.  I know that endears him to many of us, and rightfully so.  What makes him even more of a fan favorite is that he actually is a quite capable actor, 6'1 (and my people are sticklers when it comes to height issues), and is at that right age to be able to carry a franchise for years to come.  Captain America will sign a 9 picture deal just as Nick Fury (Sam Jackson), and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) did before him.

The rapidly approaching announcement of Captain America's casting has me feeling like a six year old awaiting Christmas morning. That's all for now folks, and sorry for the stereotyping picture leading the article, I just saw it and smiles thinking that was perfect.