Will Tommy Lee Jones serve for duty during this summer’s Marvel production, “The First Avenger: Captain America,” starring Chris Evans as the titular WWII star-turned-eventual-super hero?
That’s the rumor being propagated by UGO, which is slightly strange if only because it’s hard to remember the last time that site broke any major news. Not meant as a swipe, but we’ll just file under rumor until further notice and you should too.
We could see it being true. Jones is perfect as a militaristic hard-ass and we could see him playing a general or Steve Rodgers’ father or even one of Nick Fury’s Howling Commandos, but without additional info, that’s just speculation at best.
Calls to Paramount, who generally run publicity for Marvel films, to verify the accuracy of the report were not returned at press time. “The First Avenger: Captain America,” directed by Joe Johnston, is scheduled to start shooting in Europe later this year and is due in theaters July 22, 2011. The rest of the cast includes Sebastian Stan as Bucky (Cap’s kid sidekick), Hayley Atwell (as love interest Peggy Carter) and maybe one day we’ll all find out if Hugo Weaving actually signed on to play the villain Red Skull. Last we heard, his negotiations were not complete and seemed to be protracted.