Marvel officially announced the casting of Tommy Lee Jones in the upcoming “Captain America: The First Avenger” earlier today. Does this news pretty much mean nothing to you because you aren’t familiar with Cap’s history? Well, Marvel spells it out nice and brief:
Marvel Studios announced today that Oscar® winning actor Tommy Lee Jones has been cast to star as US Army Colonel Chester Phillips in the studio’s highly anticipated movie “Captain America: The First Avenger” opposite Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan and Stanley Tucci. In the early comics, Phillips recruited Steve Rogers to join Project Rebirth, the secret experiment that created the Super Soldier known as Captain America. The character will be updated for the film. Joe Johnston will direct the film penned by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely.
So there you have it! Marvel adds another strong actor to the already pretty impressive cast for Captain America: The First Avenger! The film is set to hit theaters on July 22, 2011!