Captain America: Civil War is the third installment of the Captain America films directed by Joe and Anthony Russo staring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan. (Photo : Facebook/Marvel)
New "Captain America: Civil War" details reveals the possible death of the First Avenger, as well as a new featurette exploring the main conflict of the film.
Marvel Studios showcased a new behind-the-scenes featurette for "Captain America: Civil War", which explains the film's story and conflict between ideals and beliefs of Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). Directors Joe and Anthony Russo wanted to show the result or the repercussions of what the past films have been led to this moment as "Civil War" is about the government taking action and have every hero and super powered beings like the Avengers are to be registered as official government agents rather than vigilantes.
Downey Jr. stated that the governments involvement could test the relationship of both Tony Stark and Steve Rogers as friends and teammates with both having different opinions on the latter, creating a huge rift that will divide them.
Marvel President Kevin Feige added that they wanted a third party between Captain America and Iron Man during the "Civil War" and they chosen Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) as that person. Executive Producer Nate Moore explained that Black Panther can work on both sides of the conflict as he stated that T'Challa has ot made up his mind to which side he follows and acts according to his own understanding and judgement. Cast member Elizabeth Olsen hinted that Scarlet Witch in the film has more control of her powers, but previously teased that she will be a "wild card" in the film and could do something that will change the landscape of the war, Collider reported.
In other news, the latest fan theory for "Captain America: Civil War" could give Marvel fans a clue as who will die in the film.
According to Moviepilot, the first trailer of "Civil War" already gave out a possible character's death as the fight between Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) and Iron Man pointed out that Steve Rogers' himself dies in the film.
Around the 1:59 mark of the trailer when Buckt was about rip out Iron Man's arc reactor he mumbled several words as writer Liam Dixon stated that his words were almost like "Steve is dead", possibly hinting that the First Avenger will die within the film.
Captain America's death in the third instalment has been the subject of debate among fans since the comic book version had Steve Rogers' assassinated and killed to end the war. Several characters such as Bucky and Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) have been teased to be Steve's successor has both men don the Captain America mantle in the comics.
Other rumored characters that were hinted to die were Black Widow (Scarlet Johansson) and War Machine (Don Cheadle).
"Captain America: Civil War" will be released in cinemas on May 6, 2016.
