Sometimes Fridays are an opportunity for studios to release news they want to be effectively buried in a rush to get to the weekend. Sometimes they are opportunities to announce news that everybody knew weeks ago. Marvel's announcement today that Chris Evans will star as Captain America is the second kind of announcement.
Still, I guess it's good to get confirmation so you can stop having those nightmares about John Krasinski somehow getting the part? Check out the official press release below and soothe your soul. The First Avenger: Captain America, an origin story, comes out July 22, 2011.