Kevin Feige Teases CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR's "Simple Story" And 'Ant-Man' Inclusion
The head of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, has now broken down what the highly-anticipated Captain America: Civil War movie will essentially be about and he also explains how The Defenders of Netflix could potentially show up on the big-screen . Check it out after the jump!
During an extended interview with Zap2it, Marvel Studios' president of production Kevin Feige had reassured that the Ant-Man post-credits scene, in which Captain America (Chris Evans) and the Falcon (Anthony Mackie) find a captured Winter Soldier (Sebestian Stan), will be an actual scene that takes place in the middle of next year's Captain America: Civil War. “That is photography from that film that will play a part at a certain point in that film,” he said of the post-credits tease.
“Civil War is a relatively simple story,” he explained. “[Avengers: Age of Ultron] had a lot going on. Civil War is a surprisingly grounded story about two characters that most audience members have come to know and like and admire finding themselves on different sides of a political argument, like the country does on many occasions, and how they both respond to that. That’s the story. So it’s actually a very, very simple story, and then how their personal relationships fit into that.” The Marvel Studios producer then reassured that the Joe and Anthony Russo-directed sequel will be “continuing Cap’s attempts [with Bucky].” Feige added, “Can he save his friend? Can he turn the Winter Soldier back into Bucky? Is that even possible? While the Winter Soldier, from most other people’s point of view, is the deadliest, worst assassin of the past 70 years. So some people are like, ‘Cap, you’ve got to let it go. He’s not the guy that you used to know.’ So it’s a surprisingly personal story with a simple and very efficient plot that I think allows all those characters to have a presence and interact in a way different from other films we’ve made.”
With Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) also set to appear in Captain America: Civil War, Kevin Feige teased that when the size-shifting superhero interacts with Earth's Mightiest Heroes, he'll be carrying the baggage of Hank Pym's (Michael Douglas) hatred of the superhero team. He also teased that that hatred will play a part in Civil War, “as it relates to Hank’s viewpoint — not that [Scott] shares all of Hank’s views — but that will certainly play a part into it.” Finally, when Feige was asked if we could see the Netflix superheroes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and the Punisher pop up on the big-screen, the producer compared the possibility to the Falcon appearing in Ant-Man. “As I said with the pre-heist Falcon example, as more tools go into the creative toolbox, and we’re working on a story and we go, ‘What do we have in here to use?’ The more that’s in there, the more fun it is. The more great stuff they do, the more tools we’ll have.” What do you think?
Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo from a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Chadwick Boseman, Emily VanCamp, Daniel Brühl, Frank Grillo, William Hurt, and Martin Freeman, Captain America: Civil War is set for release on May 6, 2016.