Captain America: The First Avenger First Avenger" tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America and must stop the Red Skull, who intends to use an artifact called the "Tesseract" as an energy-source for world domination. "Captain America: The First Avenger" began as a concept in 1997 and was scheduled for distribution by Artisan Entertainment. However, a lawsuit, not settled until September 2003, disrupted the project. In 2005, Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch, and planned to finance and release it through Paramount Pictures. Directors Jon Favreau and Louis Leterrier were interested in
Captain America in other media serial "Captain America" has the main character District Attorney Grant Gardner, who is loosely based on the Marvel character Captain America. His nemesis is the Scarab and his love interest and sidekick is Gail Richards. The first feature-length depiction of Captain America was the 1990 film "Captain America". Development began when the film rights were purchased by The Cannon Group founders Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus in 1984, with "Death Wish" helmer Michael Winner to direct. Scripts written by James Silke ("Revenge of the Ninja", "Sahara"), Stan Hey ("Auf Wiedersehen, Pet"), Stan Lee and Lawrence Block ("The Funhouse") were rejected