Screenwriting duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely began their partnership in college, moved to Los Angeles together (“We watched Baywatch and thought, ‘Somebody wrote Baywatch — we could do that!’” quips McFeely), wrote a film for Bill Pullman, scripted The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, and caught the eye of Andrew Adamson, who then hired them to write all three Chronicles of Narnia films. Now they’ve penned Captain America: The First Avenger, the latest in Marvel Studios’ multi-film Avengers franchise and a rollicking WWII-set adventure that they hope to follow up with a sequel. It’s safe to say Markus and McFeely might have some wise words to share on the subject of their craft.
At the moment, the pair is waiting for the go ahead on a Captain America sequel (“We’re conceiving Cap 2, should we be so lucky,” Markus said last weekend. “It’s not so much pitch as sit down with Kevin [Feige] and various other powers that be and figure out what the best movie is”) and have completed a spec pilot script for a television adaptation of You Kill Me, their 2007 black comedy starring Ben Kingsley (“We figure in a world where Dexter and Breaking Bad exist, the alcoholic hit man who goes back to AA so he can go back to killing people maybe has a life,” said McFeely). The television format in particular excites them in a way that didn’t seem possible until recently.
“People will tell you, ‘It’s not really fucked up enough!’” explains Markus. “You’re like, that’s the greatest note I’ve ever gotten in my life. This needs more incest!”
Writing Captain America was obviously a thrill in itself for Markus and McFeely, who both cite Angela Marcello Angelina Jolie Anna Faris Anna Friel Anna Kournikova Anna Paquin AnnaLynne McCord
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