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UPDATE: Marvel Studios is also testing leads for the female role of Peggy. While Marvel is looking for an American actor to play Captain America, the candidates for the female lead are British. So far, Keira Knightley, Alice Eve, and Emily Blunt are under consideration. Blunt is known to be a favorite of Marvel brass: she was offered the role of Black Widow in Iron Man 2, until Fox exercised an option it held on the actress and put her into Gulliver's Travels. Scarlett Johansson took the role.
EXCLUSIVE: While Marvel Studios and director Joe Johnston continue to test candidates for The First Avenger: Captain America, I'm told that Marvel has also made an approach to Channing Tatum. Coming off G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra and Dear John, I would be surprised if he went in to test for the role now that he's become a bankable commodity. It'll come down to Marvel making an offer, and Tatum either accepting it or rejecting it. But he is definitely in the mix, along with other confirmed candidates that include Fantastic Four's Chris Evans, Cloverfield's Mike Vogel and Tron Legacy's Garrett Hedlund, and Generation Kill's Wilson Bethel. Reports have Ryan Phillippe also vying for the job.
Interesting story I heard recently about Tatum. Asked by director Dito Montiel to star in Son of No One, Tatum agreed. But when Millennium and Nu Image took over the film and tried to squeeze Tatum on a deal that was already a discount, the actor's UTA reps told Montiel that it looked like Tatum wouldn't make the movie. This would have been a big problem, since Nu Image sold foreign on the film, right after Tatum scored a solid hit with Dear John. The movie might have imploded without him playing a young cop who questions a murder cover-up. Rather than accepting the equivalent of a Dear John letter, Montiel tracked down Tatum on the faraway set of the Steven Soderbergh-directed Knockout. After a heart-to-heart, Tatum was suddenly back in the picture, which sounds like a very Captain America thing to do. Sources close to Tatum said that the call prompted Millennium to live up to its original deal and that's why the film will go forward.
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Ugh. Captain Wooden.
Bankable? Just cause his last 2 movies made money and now he is bankable? That was def the biggest joke of the year
he can’t act, he has that 1 note look (zoolander anyone?) and now he is bankable? Lol….
Agreed. dont get me wrong, tatum is a good action guy. but im still trying to find his acting chops
A guide to recognizing your Saints… watch it.
Agreed. “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” is fantastic, and Tatum is very good in it. The critics on this message board don’t know what they’re talking about — even if Tatum was less than impressive in other roles. Casting is about putting the right actor in the right role, and Tatum is fanfreakingtastic in certain roles.
He has zero emotion. A complete blank slate. And yes, I’ve seen “A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints”. And I thought he was a blank slate in that as well. Let’s get real people.
Millenium while making movies they are the lowest of the low when it comes to how they treat and pay people. Scum is how they think of you. I wrote a movie they bought and promised the world then they paid me .33 for my work and tried to pay me .01 for the work. When i called there bluff and walked I heard around town how they talked about me like I had bubonic plague and told others to stay away from me. Classy fellows.
Great job Channing calling there bluff!!! I would have asked for 2x my original deal for the pain and suffering they caused.
After seeing your inability to craft a sentence here, .33 is a helluva deal hombre.
I certainly do not mean to disrespect you by pointing this out, but I find great irony in an alleged screenwriter complaining of being underpaid, but using “there” in place of “their” in a massive run-on sentence when proving his.her point.
Then again, who am I to talk…
Did you write this post drunk?
No. I can formulate a proper sentence drunk. With the help of spell check I can even do it inebriated. THIS poor guy was chuggin’ brandy out of a plastic bottle.
If this is an indication of your work as a writer and you were paid, there is hope for all!
Wait,you’re a writer…jeez dude. Maybe they used your money to pay another writer to correct your syntax and grammar.
You’re that guy? I remember the story…they said you had typos on the cover page of the script too. THEIR (look it up, it’s different from there) version of your ineptitude is hilarious.
It seems Marvel goes on a higher level of “Known” with each contender.
Tell ya what, say what you want about Tatum’s acting ability (I personally think he picks his roles well and plays them correctly), but as someone who knows the guy through a close mutual friend, I can tell you he is as nice as they get in Hollywood. He’s a real class act, very loyal, hard working… the kind of guy you want on your set.
I hope he goes on to have a solid career and keeps making good choices.
So nice of Teddy the agent to give his client a shout out.
And since when should they be paying actors top dollar because they are “nice guys”
My Uncle Tito is the nicest guy in the world, and he can’t act either. Just because someone is a nice guy, doesn’t make him an actor. If they actually “watch” GI Joe, there is no way they could justify casting him in anything. It is the worst acting I have ever seen in big budget motion picture.
god i dont want it to go to tatum. i rather pick garrett, mike, or chris over him.
You’ve got to be kidding… This guy has the warmth and depth of a teaspoon. Come on guys… Out of all the young talent out there, you’re leaning towards this buttcrap!
Good to see creative and clear thinking is still a guiding principle in filmmaking these days… For those that are missing it… That was in fact sarcasm.
Why not just pluck an Oaf from UFC or the WWE and make the movie then. Ugh.
How bout’ I come over there and body slam you
the best post i ever done seen.
also, enough guide/saints accolades. movie was mediocre at best, and while it might have shown that shia has some chops not displayed in transformers, it does NOT do the same for channing tatum.
he played himself. and a good actor doesn’t “shine” in one role then never again. also, his director/role is more closely aligned to that of gijoe, not antonio so the more applicable comparison would be gi joe.
guy from tron would be a good fit in my humble, humble opinion.
Alright. He was good in Public Enemies and Stop Loss then. Steven Soderbergh saw fit to cast him in a movie. But yeah you’re right, can’t act.
Late one night years ago I caught “Step Up” a teen dance flick starring Channing Tatum – who was fantastic. It was like seeing Heath ledger in “10 Things I Hate About You” – a young actor bringing presence to a silly teen comedy.
Tatum has charisma to spare – he just hasn’t done a good movie, altho he has made mediocre movies into hits with his understated performances. He’d be a great Captain America.
“He is as nice as they get in Hollywood, a real class act”
Are you fucking kidding me, Teddy? Who is this guy?! Man that’s the funniest thing I’ve read all day. What is this, the child-care industry? No one cares how nice he is as long as he fills theaters.
It doesn’t matter if CT can’t act, this is Captain America, not some character driven art house flick. Girls will go and see it because they think he’s hot, and dudes don’t mind watching him because he’s not some pretty boy pussy like Efron or Lautner.
Personally I doubt he’ll get the part, though Lousie has done great for him lately.
You gotta admit, he does play the wide-eyed soldier role pretty well…
CT is the obvious choice. He is the only one that can pull off the Captain America Electric Bugaloo.
Homie was good in She’s the Man.
So, does this mean the $300K per picture deal is kaput?
Seems Marvel is getting desperate and clutching at straws here. I wish they would just relax and take the movie off the schedule until they are sure about the casting. Doing it under the gun like this is obviously not working.
Personally I think Matt Damon is the best choice for the role at this point. All this prevarication on casting is making this movie seem more and more troubled and landing someone like Damon would silence those doubts pretty quickly. You need to believe the guy can order Downey Jnr and a freaking Norse God around the place – Damon might be able to actually sell that. These other kids I’m not so sure.
Sure Damon’s A-List and expensive and they’d have to scrap their crazy 10-picture deal, but it’d be worth it – getting this character right is key to Marvel’s whole long term plan.
Interesting that the female lead is obviously going to be Peggy Carter. She is Cap’s war-time flame from the comic. When he wakes up in the present he takes up with her sister/granddaughter (their relationship has been changed as the gap between WW2 and the present has grown) “Sharon”. I wonder are they hoping to use the same actress to play both characters (there’s a strong resemblance between the two in the comics)? or is this part just for the first movie?
Wow. A role calls for a muscular physical presence and commanding “acting chops”, and the best choice is…Matt Damon?
That says quite a bit about the state of today’s Hollywood. Throw in screenwriters who can’t tell “there” from “their” and people who think the CASTING was the reason that “Stop Loss” bombed, and you’ve just about summed it all up.
Ditto. Catch Damon while he’s at a career cross-roads (Green Zone hit a red light) and let him be Bourne again as Cap. He’s by far the best candidate–talented and smart–just like Marvel likes.
Marvel, remember–you get what you pay for!
Ugh. Channing Tatum won’t make me go see this movie. I’m just saying.
Marvel should seriously think about lifting their non- American actor ban to cast this movie, because at this point it’s obvious that they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel loooking for a good Captain America and all they’re not finding him.
I wonder who’s the next bad hunky actor to be tested.
so is john krasinski officially out?
Emily Blunt again, Marvel? I’m down with that. Just don’t cast her talentless fiance
I want to be clear here. FIGHTING was a disaster. GI JOE sucked but if it made anything it was because of the toy brand. Dear John started out well but dropped off in week 2- and young girls went because of the book and the story. NOT because of Tatum. And his agent is one of the worst a-holes in history.
On the other hand, with Feige still employed the two deserve each other.
The issue is not really this movie but who will be acting alongside Robert Downey Jr and Ed Norton in the Avengers. He was awful in GI Joe, they really need to go with an unknown.
I have to admit, CT is a super nice guy. He sucked me off last night at Roman Holiday and not only did he swallow every drop of my AIDS riddled cum, but also licked my asshole clean.
super sweet guy and I hope he gets the role.
Ryan Phillippe would be the best
Ryan Phillipe? Double ugh. Another blank slate.
Ok. The role for an American I get. IF, and this is a big IF, if you want an actor with good chops handsome and would fit the type of C.A….why not Charlie Hunnam??? Channing Tatum?????? Come on, Man!
Charlie Hunnam is British lol.
Weird coincidence that Emily Blunt might get a role in Captain America after her husband John Krasinski apparently got taken out of the running.
Getting both of them involved would, theoretically, insure chemistry.
Channing is one of the best young actors out there right now. He makes Taylor Lautner look like he’s on the JV squad.
Just cast Viggo Mortenson as Captain A and get it over with. The role deserves an older actor, just like Wolverine deserved a Hugh Jackman, not a Channing Tatum.
ps Tatum cant act.
Channing Tatum will say no. Chris Evans will say no. The only reason they’re even being considered is b/c discussions like this are convincing Marvel that this Captain America thing might be worth paying a little more for a bigger name EVEN THOUGH it’s obvious Mike Vogel killed the audition (that’s why he’s the only one who survived the first cut). Marvel, do us all a favor and hire Vogel already. At the end of the day the audience will mistake him for Tatum or Evans anyway.
His acting chops can be found in “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.”
Robert Downy Jr. Also happened to give a good performance in that film though they were never on the screen at the same time. I think he’d be the best choice of any American actor I’ve heard of in consideration.
Good Lord, this just gets sillier by the day.
They repeatedly said they wanted a relatively unknown actor for the part – which made sense. Now they’re considering Chris Evans, Channing Tatum and Ryan Philippe? I like all these guys, but come on! Either all this casting news is just to get some free publicity or they really have no freaking clue what they are doing.
Robert Buckley was a good choice. Eric Winter would be even better.
Please. Half of the comments here are from wannabe Hollywood phonies
who are just jealous of Tatum’s success. Right now, the director shot himself in the foot with the “casting american” thing, an now the clock is ticking.The problem with casting so young is that eventually Cap will be the leader of the Avengers, so it has to be believable that people will take their cues from him.
I would believe he could take on a leadership role moreso than the other “Kids from the candy store” that are in the running. I mean Chace Crawford, r u kidding me??, Bucky for him at best, no way would I believe Downey Jr. even acknowledging him.
Out of the old list, Krasinski was best, because he has the acting chops AND being an actor, could make it more believable(remember, Downey was primarily a comedian til he took chances, hell he is a SNL alumni!
At this point, I say cast him, coach him an let’s go, this is quikly becoming a joke.
Why no mention of Ryan Phillipe being in the running? He confirmed it himself in an interview with MTV. I believe he would be a better choice than Tatum but believe there are still better options than both. Still, if Phillippe was cast, I wouldn’t be too upset.
BTW, getting someone who can act is paramount to this role. To whoever said that women will see it because Tatum looks good and guys will go due to him not being a pussy, you have no concept of what makes a good comic book movie… please stop commenting on them. You need a good script and actors to hit it out of the park, treating fans like they’re stupid doesn’t work, as evidenced by Batman & Robin, Daredevil, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, Ang Lee’s Hulk, Punisher, etc… if you show the fans respect in your writing and the actors you cast for the film, they will show you the green from their wallets… it’s as simple as that.
Finally, the studio is making sense. From day one I thought Channing Tatum should be Captain America and I think this is the SECOND time he has been added to the mix since we all heard Captain America was going to be made into a movie.
Just agree to give him this role, he truly wants this role and whether you like his acting abilities or not no one plays a soldier like Channing Tatum. He was born to play military roles and Captain America is his final mission.
IMPORTANT: Captain America is NOT shakespeare role plus who would have thought the Robert Downey Jr would have been excellent in Iron Man?
Regarding why he is bankable commodity here are the reasons:
1. Coach Carter = HIT
2. Step Up = HIT because of him which started up a franchise
3. She’s the Man = HIT
4. Fighting = HIT especially via DVD/Blu-ray sales (hey, whatever methods works)
5. GI Joe = HIT and top 3 best selling DVD/Blu-ray sales in 2009
6. Public Enemies = HIT even if he was only on screen for few mintues still made an impression, who doesn’t remember Pretty Boy Floyd
7. Dear John took down Avatar = HIT which means everyone is always going to remember him.
8. Eagle of the Ninth pray = HIT movie especially since I love roman epic movies but especially for his performance. I have confidence look at the director Kevin McDonald
9. Knockout again I’m sure the movie will be a Knockout = HIT.
Regarding his acting chops please see Dear John, Stop Loss and especially A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.
The only sad thing about Stop Loss and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints was that he gave outstanding performances but they were not huge HIT’s = shame but obviously the powers that be have seen his performances hence his getting this amazing roles.
I have to say CT is not stupid but extremely smart too i.e. the choices he makes regarding selection of movies is fantastic who would have thought Eagle of the Ninth and Knockout after starting off with small roles like Step Up etc.
You have to give him credit his come far considering he has less than 8 years acting experience.
Bring on Captain America he is the ONLY man for the job = HIT franchise, I hope the studio I smart enough to pick him in the end.
I knew Downey would be perfect for Iron Man as soon as they cast him. Probably every nerd in America did, too.
I got paid to watch Step Up and thought it was dreck. Based only on that film, I won’t ever watch another Tatum is in. There are a lot more teenage girls than there are of me, so would I be shocked if he got it? Nope. Would I be happy? Nope. Would I see the movie? Nope. Would Marvel/Disney laugh all the way to the bank? Maybe.
Ryan Phillippe. All american kid. The scene’s in “Breach” between him and Chris Cooper are amazing. Crash, Gosforsd Park & Flags of our fathers. Haggis, Altman and Eastwood. Like Downey Jr. in Iron Man, it helps when our hero’s can act.
HEY MARVEL. CHRIS EVANS IS THE BEST CAPTAIN AMERICA YOU ARE GOING TO FIND SO SIGN HIM UP ALREADY.
How exactly does that sound like something Captain America would do? That’s just a silly comment.
This whole movie is turning into a disaster — and it hasn’t even started filming yet.
If they can’t find the right Steve Rogers in time, they should push the release date back to Summer 2012. Give Captain America the Avengers’ May 7, 2012 release date and push the Avengers back to Thanksgiving 2012. Johnston said that Captain America leads directly into the Avengers. Marvel could easily set-up and promote Captain America and the Avengers the way Warner Brothers’ is promoting Deathly Hallows Part I and II.
i’m on team ryan phillippe too. he’s a strong actor. and he still looks really young. and he’s had moments of greatness throughout his career. it would be like chris nolan when he cast christian bale as the dark knight. phillippe won’t bring any baggage to the role.
Tatum is only capable of one type of role, which he plays in Saints. He does the role very well because he’s been playing it since he was a teen. He is a man so influenced by pop culture that he has no identity and therefore imitates the mannerisms and vocals of a street-born kid. It is contrived and exhausting to watch. You could literally make a drinking game out of how many times he locks his jaw to look cool in Fighting.
He is not Captain America.
My choice is Garrett Hedlund. He can act. He’s a real chameleon, and he doesn’t look or talk like he’s putting out a rap album.
Peter Fonda will always be my Captain America.
krasinski is a good actor but nobody outside of north america knows who he is.
garrett hedlund is untested. but if tron goes well, he already has a franchise.
tatum reminds me of josh harnatt –except tatum’s movies open.
chris evans really bothered me in the fantastic four. he’s a tom cruise clone (without the hit movies) like monica potter was (is) a julia roberts clone (without the hit movies).
REALLY hope Evans does this. Of all of the choices, he seems like the best fit.
Man… I think Marvel is just throwing out names now just to keep the fan boys going crazy, watch they pull a rabbit out the hat and pick someone who we haven’t heard was in the running
Wilson Bethel?? Really?? How has a guy like Trevor Donovan not been thrown into the mix for the role. He is a local California kid who is 6′2” and chiseled. He’s done just enough stuff to be able to handle this role while at the same time being unknown to 95% of Americans.
I like Tatum but anyone who has seen G.I. Joe knows that he may not be suited for this type of movie. I think the best way to give this movie real legs is to go with an unknown and surround him with some real talent ala Hugo and Keira.
Also think Jon Foster would be a good out of the box choice for Marvel.
F@ck Garrett Hedlund. He is too young, don’t care how good he can act, an he’s not that great.Hell, I’d even put Tatum up against him.
But no, way too young.
Phillipe is awesome, but too short. Might as well get Danny DeVito.
What about Ben McKenzie? He’s got the intensity and the look, and can switch from nice normal guy to punching guy quickly and believably. I could definitely see him going up against RDJr.
NO WAY!!! This kid is tiny! 5′6″… 5′8″ tops!
I’d rather they played the character a little older and went with an unknown like Mark Pellegrino. He could hold his own against RDJr.
Matt Salinger couldn’t act either.
Ben McKenzie is only 5′9″. too short to be CA
This is probably going to be a typically awful superhero movie, regardless of who plays the role, which is precisely why you probably won’t see any real actors vying for the role. It never ceases to amaze me to this day when I think of Hallie Berry playing Storm in X-Men. In another era, that would have been career suicide.
Thank God for the two latest Batman movies, which set the bar for how good a superhero movie could be. Unfortunately, Watchmen didn’t live up to expectations, which will give Hollywood the motivation to stick with the tried and true claptrap we can expect Captain America to be.
By the way, he was not the “first Avenger”, he was like, oh, the god damned SIXTH!
Garrett Hedlund too young? How old were you when you enlisted Yurjudge? Watch the new Tron trailer and tell me Hedlund isn’t CA. Let Tatum stick to the Eminem-type roles, that’s his thing. Brooding wanna-be identity crisis Vanilla Ice stuff.
At the risk of sounding like a heretic, I have a question.
Does the role of Captain America have to be cast with a caucasian? If so, why?
he should be white because he’s white in the comics and to decide to change his race would be ridiculous wouldnt it
Marvel, are you just throwing out names to mislead us or do you really have bad taste?
looks-wise, channing tatum is a dead-ringer for cap… the other candidates are more of a stretch… acting-wise, haven’t seen enough of his stuff to comment
I have a feeling it is going to be John Krasinksi. Marvel seems to be bringing in all these last minute actors (Evans, Tatum, Phillippe) to test against their guy, Kransinski. The only reason their doing this is because half the fan community freaked out when it was reported he was the front runner and close to getting the role. Once all these guys have tested and have shown their not Captain America material, Krasinksi will be announced as the First Avenger. Trust me.
What about Ben Foster?
It’s really interesting that, my impression of most of the posters on this thread are probably … hint- how old is Captain America?
I say, let the kids have their fun. It’s their world. They want a current “hip” character to play it. He dances their dance to their music. He talks their talk…..
ugh all theses pple suck. just get Chris Pine to be cap. he still isnt a big actor. looks like all marvel is looking for are blonde guys.
they should expand their search. they got special effects and make up.
i mean jesus, they made robert downey jr a black guy in tropic thunder! come on!
The Captain America movie is ruined if this talentless sack of shit gets to play Capt. he’s just some over achieving dancer with no acting ability . he is shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit. Downey jnr, Norton, Jackson ………… Tatum what a fucking joke !!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) Tatum has no emotional content at all hes just a blank face with pitch changes
2) Captain America is a classic comic book character and a leader, cast someone with a leader-type charisma not someone who PLAYED as a leader
3) Tatum is really young and Captain America is OLD why just cast a “bankable commodity” beef stick when there are a bunch of actors out there with potiential… hell McLovin would do a better job than him
Krasinski’s the guy.
At first, I was surprised, but the more I thought about it, I think he’s the right actor. He has a quiet strength about him. I have no doubt he could hold his own against Downey or Norton.
Plus, my teenage kids are crazy about him. He can pull it off.
I’m guessing most of the people on this post have never even read Captain America! It’s an action film – not art house.
You don’t need to be the worlds best actor to throw a shield around, and punch people.
If they use that idiot from GIJOE, they will RUIN CAPTAIN AMERICA!!!!!!
Regarding GI Joe HAS everyone else forgotten TECHNICALLY THEY DON’T EXIST AND THEY ANSWER TO KNOW ONE – REMEMBER PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
Therefore, it doesn’t matter about their performances, only joking but if GI Joe was bad in some people’s opinion then it wasn’t only him. The WHOLE script was questionable and the acting for ALL.
A true GI Joe will stick by their GI Joe and hope they IMPROVE with each performance that’s the GI Joe way. It’s taken how long to make GI Joe the movie at least it WAS made and the next one will be even BETTER.
How long has Star Trek been going over 40 years and there have been some questionable movies made and series but the fan base is STILL strong and positive.
Channing Tatum is NOT to be blamed for EVERYTHING in his movies unless he is CAPTAIN AMERICA?
Hell, we can bitch about our GI Joe’s on a GI Joe fan sites because it’s in-house and in the end we WILL still SUPPORT our GI Joe’s NO MATTER WHAT but NOT on CAPTAIN AMERICA fan sites.
Where the F..K is the support for all GI Joe’s; it’s not easy making movies.
By the way, do you know how many women would love Channing Tatum to be Captain America, PEOPLE WILL WATCH HIM NO MATTER WHAT.
No, I’m no homo in advance of stupid responses just stating and who else can play him after creating a website called postthelove.com and yes, I have family and friends I love so THERE!
Even HATERS of Channing Tatum must have someone in their life that they LOVE but sometimes it’s difficult to express thus so much HATE best go to postthelove.com or just SPEAK UP but nice to still get a surprise on that site.
THIS IS WHY HE SHOULD BE CAPTAIN AMERICA – WATCH as he CAN be trained. We are all learning EVERYDAY and he has the LOOK PEOPLE more than most candidates applying for this role!
I love GI Joe and Captain America etc, so I will be happy for him to crossover better the devil you know and he is not that bad acting wise.
You don’t have to like him but he FIT’S the role at least he tries and does his OWN stunts.
Bring on fantastic movies like CAPTAIN AMERICA and support whom ever GET’S the role.
I hope a decision is made pretty soon.
Peace and keep going to the movies, NOW wait for Clash of the Titans NEXT – HAPPY DAYS!