Just about a week after the long-anticipated announcement of who would don the star-spangled costume of Captain America Variety is reporting that we now also have our Bucky!

Sebastian Stan (who is apparently on CW’s “Gossip Girl” and has some sort of role in Hot Tub Time Machine) will play the orphan who becomes Captain America’s side-kick against the Nazis. Comic fans of course know that Bucky later becomes Winter Soldier (and if you really want to get into it, later becomes the new Captain America).

As is the case with most of the thesps Marvel signs to star in its pics, Stan’s deal includes appearing in multiple films, including sequels to “Captain America” and other superhero titles such as “The Avengers.”

Of course, we will have to wait and see how Bucky and possibly is later alter-ego are handled on the big screen as The First Avenger: Captain America starts filming this summer in Europe (IRONY!) and will be hitting theaters July 2011!