Marvel has seen a real resurgence in recent years, thanks to the company’s comic book movies like Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. These properties provide great potential for marketing tie-ins, especially with the gaming audience that’s already drawn to comics. Now Marvel’s hoping to continue its run with Captain America. Chris Evans landed the titular role of Captain America and now he has a sidekick. Sebastian Stan (Hot Tub Time Machine, The Apparition, Black Swan) has been cast as Bucky Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter says.
Bucky helped Captain America during World War II as an underage assistant. In 2005, Bucky was revived as the black ops Winter Soldier character, thought it is unknown at this time whether the storyline will support the Winter Soldier; Bucky also briefly assumed the Captain America label after the death of Steve Rodgers in the comic book.
Joe Johnston will begin directing the Captain America movie this Summer in Europe. Stan is apparently signed on for as many as six pictures, which is good, since the roll that Marvel is on with their movie properties implies they could ride towards a full-on Avengers movie in the near future.
