Krasinski to be Captain America?

That’s what the folks at Fox 411 are saying, reporting that John Krasinski is apparently the front runner to get the role of Steve Rogers/Captain America in The First Avenger: Captain America. Here’s a bit more on what they were able to scoop up from their source.:

“John has read 4 times and is doing screen tests,” our source tells us.  ”He has screen tested 2 times so far.  It’s very likely that he will be the new Captain America.  He is a favorite among the key decision makers and has been asked to come back for more this week.”

“The big bosses are having him read with multiple actresses up for the female leads.  They want to lock down the role and then they will narrow down everyone else.”

“It’s a surprise and we are bracing ourselves for ‘that guy from ‘The Office” to land Captain America.  They are not really looking at the other guys, so it’s time to get ready to work with him.”

“If John gets offered the role, the pay will not be outrageous but it would be a multi-film deal.  Marvel has big plans to tie the movies together and John would have parts in all of them since the first Captain America will be an origin story.  The movie will break down how Steve Rogers becomes Captain America. ”

Joe Johnston, who recently helmed Universal Pictures’ The Wolfman, is directing this Marvel Studios comic book adaptation which will be the final staple to start up the inevitable film The Avengers. Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus aer currently putting together the script for Paramount Pictures.