Captain America Put on Hold?

There is now a rumor, which can be viewed by clicking here, that is claiming that the Box Office failure of Joe Jonhston's The Wolfman has convinced Marvel to put the Captain America film on hold.

Now, take this with a grain of salt until it gets confirmed. This news seems odd to me personally since Marvel hired Jon Favreau despite his previous film before that, Zathura, was a major bomb. Plus, pushing back Captain America another year would surely delay an Avengers film another year. Not to mention Downey isn't getting younger.

I don't see Marvel making a move like this, especially when they have been reportedly looking at actors for Cap. I doubt they would have allowed the search for Cap to begin if they were planning on putting the film on hold. Even if they were casting Cap without Johnston, that means they'd be casting the film without a director, and any director they'd get to replace Johnston would be brought in to point and click. This has not been Marvel's MO as a studio to this point.

For now, take this as just a rumor. But, it is still something worth watching.

Update on Fri, February 26, 2010 by Eric Sopko

SuperHeroHype.com is reporting that Marvel has told them that the rumor is not true, and that the Captain America film is very much on track. You can read that report here. Now that we know this report is false, we can look forward to the casting of our Star Spangled Champion once again!