(Update: 6/29 1 p.m. PST: Marvel just confirmed that Dominic Cooper will play a young Howard Stark (aka Tony Stark's father, as portrayed by John Slattery in "Iron Man 2") in "Captain America." Honestly, I don't get the point of sending out press releases for "news" that was widely reported a month ago, but what do I know?)
Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones will play U.S. Army Colonel Chester Phillips in Marvel's "Captain America: The First Avenger," the studio has (finally) confirmed.
In the early comics, Col. Phillips recruited Steve Rogers to join Project Rebirth, the secret experiment that created the Super Soldier known as Captain America.