Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War

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Directed by Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
Produced by Kevin Feige
Screenplay by Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeely
Based on Captain America 
by Joe Simon
Jack Kirby
Starring
Music by Henry Jackman
Cinematography Trent Opaloch
Production
company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • May 6, 2016 (North America)
Country United States
Language English

Captain America: Civil War is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is intended to be the sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger and 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and the thirteenth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, with a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, which uses concepts from the "Civil War" storyline by Mark Millar. The film stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Chadwick Boseman, Jeremy Renner, and Elizabeth Olsen. In Captain America: Civil War, Captain America and Iron Man lead opposing factions of superheroes after the passage of an act regulating superhuman activity.

The film began principal photography in April 2015 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, with additional filming in Puerto Rico and Berlin, and is scheduled to be released on May 6, 2016 in 3D and IMAX.

Premise

After the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America and Iron Man form polarizing factions based on their opinions to the world's governments passing an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity.[1]

Cast

A World War II veteran who was enhanced to the peak of human physicality by an experimental serum and frozen in suspended animation before waking up in the modern world.[2][3] According to Joe Russo, Captain America does not become a disillusioned antihero stating, “his morality is part of his superpower,”[4] and adding, "...there’s an inspirational quality to his character. So it’s nice to have characters around him that he can inspire. Leadership is also a key component of his, and you can’t lead unless you have other characters around. But he’s also got an expanding universe — Winter Soldier, Agent 13, the Falcon — so there’s already a universe that’s expanding around him."[5]
A self-described genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist with electromechanical suits of armor of his own invention.[6][7] On how the character evolves in the film over previous portrayals of the character, Downey said, "[I]t’s natural to change your views. The main thing to me is... what sort of incident could occur and what sort of framework could we find Tony in? The clues are in [Avengers: Age of Ultron] about where we might find him next."[8] Marvel initially wanted Downey's part to be smaller, however "Downey wanted Stark to have a more substantial role in the film’s plot." Variety noted that Downey would receive $40 million plus backend for his participation, as well as an additional payout if the film outperforms The Winter Soldier, as Marvel would feel the success of this film would be attributed to Downey.[9]
A highly trained spy, formerly of S.H.I.E.L.D.[10] Describing her character's situation after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Johansson said, "I think that the Widow's past will always haunt her. She's trying to move forward, she's trying to pick up the pieces of her life. I think we'll see parts of that in Cap 3 when we find her. And certainly she has a greater purpose, and I think that greater purpose is charged by this need to escape her past. So, it's always kind of right there, kind of looming over her shoulders."[11]
Steve Rogers' best friend, who has reemerged as an enhanced brainwashed assassin after being thought killed in action during World War II.[12][13][14] On how the character continues from Winter Soldier, Joe Russo said, the character in Winter Soldier "had the really specific job of basically, you know, being a killing machine and could Cap crack the veneer of that well formed Hydra killing machine? So what’s left to explore obviously is the personality of the character, much the way that [Ed] Brubaker’s run did after Winter Soldier regained a semblance of his past. Philosophical questions that we would want to deal with in Cap 3 would be, you know, is he redeemable? Is he the worst assassin we’ve ever seen or is he the longest suffering P.O.W.? Where does he live now? Does he ever regain his memories? If he doesn’t regain his memories, can you call him Bucky Barnes or is he somebody new? So it’s a really fascinating character to play with. Very rich."[15]
A pararescueman trained by the military in aerial combat using a specially designed wing pack and a friend of Steve Rogers.[16] Discussing the relationship between Wilson and Rogers, Mackie said, "With Falcon and Cap, what's so great is there's a mutual respect. There's a soldier respect. What's great about... [Captain America: Civil War] is you get to see their relationship grow."[17]
Former commander of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s counter-terrorism S.T.R.I.K.E. team, who was revealed to be an agent of Hydra. On returning to the character, Grillo said "He’s a badass. He is just vicious. I like the idea that it’s no holds barred. I was 15 pounds bigger when I did Cap 2, and I'll put another 15 pounds on to do Cap 3. I love the physicality. It changes the way you look; it changes the way you feel."[18]
A master archer who previously worked as an agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. On how he and Hawkeye fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Renner said, "I’m happy to be the ensemble. I’m not scratching or clawing to do a solo movie by any means. I think [Hawkeye]’s a utility guy that can bounce around into other people’s universes a little bit, especially like Cap 3."[22][23]

Additionally, Daniel Brühl has been cast as Baron Helmut Zemo.[16][25]

Production

Development

"This is the Civil War of the Cinematic Universe, which will be greatly inspired by the "Civil War" of the comic universe, but we have a very different continuity going on. So this will be Civil War based off all the other films you’ve seen up until this point, particularly Winter Soldier and Age of Ultron... the generalities of the act are the same. Something happens, perhaps it’s cumulative for things that have happened though all of the movies leading up to this point. It has made the governments of the world say 'we need to have some oversight of these guys. They need to report to somebody. So it becomes more… it falls under that umbrella, rather than 'you have to take off your mask.' It’s not about the secret identity thing, as much as it is about, overall, who reports to who, and who can agree to oversight committee. Because as of now, in [Age of Ultron], there is no more security council, there is no S.H.I.E.L.D., obviously. Stark is paying for [the Avengers], Captain America is running it, and things occur that will make governments begin to question."

—Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios[26]

By January 2014, Anthony and Joe Russo had signed on to return to direct a third Captain America film, which they confirmed in March 2014, with Chris Evans returning as Captain America, Kevin Feige producing, and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely returning to write the screenplay.[3][27] Markus and McFeely revealed that they began working on the screenplay in late 2013,[28] while the Russo brothers began work in February 2014.[29][15] The re-hiring of the directors, three months before the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, came as a result of impressive test screenings with Marvel executives.[3]

In an April 2014 interview, Joe Russo described the project as a continuation of the story from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. "What’s nice about the film is that... it’s a two-parter," said Russo. "There’s a journey that the Winter Soldier goes on that isn’t complete yet. The next movie, it would seem logically to want to be about the completion of that journey."[30] Anthony Mackie, who plays the Falcon in the previous film, concurred, "In the comics, Cap would always call on the Falcon for help, and then they'd go their separate ways. Avengers 2 is one of those instances where Cap goes off and does his thing. Then, he'll circle back around to get my help for Captain America 3. That will pick up where we left off and Avengers 2 will be a segue to something else."[31] Also in April, Marvel announced a release date of May 6, 2016,[32] and Trent Opaloch, who was the cinematographer on The Winter Solider, said he would return for the sequel.[33] In July 2014, Markus and McFeely stated they were midway through a first draft for the film, and filming was expected to begin in April 2015.[34] The following month, they stated that they were looking to make the tone of the film "an amalgam" of The First Avenger and The Winter Solider.[35]

In August 2014, the Russos stated that the film takes place “a couple years” after The Winter Soldier left off and will continue to focus on Steve Rogers' relationship with Bucky Barnes while continuing to explore the political themes related to Captain America. “The character was invented for an explicitly political purpose. So it’s hard to get away from that nature,” said Anthony Russo. The Russos also said that they will be “bringing some new elements to the table that will give us a twist on Winter Soldier.”[4] Also in the month, the Russos reiterated that filming is scheduled to begin in April 2015 and indicated that it would take place in Atlanta, while Markus and McFeely had submitted a first draft of the screenplay that they were "ecstatic" with. They also stated that the film's title would be announced "in a month or so at most", and that the concept and title for the film came from Feige, who has had it "for a while", with Joe stating, "We can pitch out characters that we think would be interesting in the story. There’s incredible room to move," and Anthony adding that the film has to wrap itself around Feige's idea.[15][36] In September 2014, Joe expanded by saying the film would have another "big idea that alters the universe as a whole in some way" similar to S.H.I.E.L.D. falling in The Winter Soldier, with the rest of the film, such as the characters, story and tone, left open to the Russos' and writers' interpretation.[36]

Pre-production

By October 2014, Robert Downey Jr. had entered final negotiations to reprise his role as Iron Man in the film. Downey was added in order to adapt the 2006-07 "Civil War" comic book storyline, which pitted Iron Man against Captain America, for the film.[9] At the end of the month, it was confirmed that Sebastian Stan would return as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier,[12] and a few days later, Marvel revealed that the film would be titled Captain America: Civil War, confirmed Downey's appearance, and announced that Chadwick Boseman would appear in the film as Black Panther ahead of his own solo film.[6][19][20] Feige also confirmed that the film would be the first in the MCU's Phase Three slate of films.[26] In November 2014, Daniel Brühl was cast in an unspecified role,[16] while Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo were confirmed to return as Sam Wilson / Falcon and Brock Rumlow / Crossbones, respectively.[16][18]

Following the November 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures' computers, emails between Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and president Doug Belgrad were released, stating that Marvel wanted to include Spider-Man (whose film rights are owned by Sony) in the film. However, talks between the studios broke down,[37] and by December 16, 2014, Marvel was believed to be moving forward with production on the film without the involvement of the character.[38] Despite this, after Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios reached a licensing deal for the use of Spider-Man in an MCU film in February 2015,[39] reports indicated that the character would indeed appear in Civil War.[40][41]

In January 2015, Mackie revealed that, in addition to Atlanta, filming locations would include Puerto Rico and Berlin,[42] while the Russo brothers confirmed that Scarlett Johansson would return in the film as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow.[10] Also in January, McFeely said that the idea of basing a film on "Civil War" had "been on and off the table for a while" at Marvel Studios, explaining, "it's a challenge to do it and make sure that all the characters that we've established, and everyone's established in the MCU are serviced and sound correct. Because there's a difference between the characters in "Civil War", which was written in 2006, 2007. The MCU doesn't exist [when it was written]. There isn't a Robert Downey, Jr. or Chris Evans who has helped create the character[s] so we need to make sure that that template gets adjusted and what have you in order to make sure it services these characters and not just sort of rip off their parts and make them look like them."[43] In March 2015, Jeremy Renner was revealed to be reprising his role as Clint Barton / Hawkeye.[23] In April 2015, it was revealed that the film would be converted to 3D in post-production, and that Brühl would be playing Baron Helmut Zemo.[44][25] Additionally, Elizabeth Olsen revealed she would reprise her role in the film as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch.[24]

Filming

Principal photography began on April 27, 2015,[44][45] at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia,[46] with additional filming scheduled to take place in Puerto Rico and Berlin.[42] This will be the first film to use IMAX's new digital 2D cameras, made in partnership with Arri. According to Joe Russo, approximately fifteen minutes of the film, including one sequence "with some incredible scale to it," will be shot with the cameras.[44]

Music

In August 2014, Joe Russo stated that Henry Jackman, the composer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, would return to score the sequel.[47]

Release

Captain America: Civil War is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2016,[48] followed by a release in North America on May 6[32] in 3D and IMAX.[44][49] In September 2014, TNT acquired the cable broadcast rights for Captain America: Civil War, to air two years after its theatrical release.[50]

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