In the original Civil War comic the point of
contention between the two factions of superheroes, one led by Tony Stark, aka
Iron Man, and the other by Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, is the superhero
registration act. Tony believes that heroes must relinquish their secret
identities, expose their real one, and go on a database, while Cap very much
disagrees with such policy.
So how can this concept be integrated into Captain
America: Civil War when such a problem doesn't apply to the Marvel Cinematic
Universe. There aren't secret identities (thus far), the world knows who Iron
Man and Cap are, and after Black Widow dumped all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s files on
the internet, it is safe to assume that everyone's identities have been exposed.
"We’re using the essence of what Civil War was
about," said Joe Russo in an interview to Empire. "The comic book
isn’t applicable to the storytelling that we’ve structured up to this point,
but the concept of registration, the notion that heroes need to be either
monitored or controlled because their power can be scary, is applicable."
In the trailer, we are given a glimpse of something
called The Accords of Sokovia. The treaty, according to Joe, is the reaction to
all the lives lost and destruction left in the wake of very battle fought by
the Avengers (either team or individually).
"The Accords are the world jointly trying to
govern the Avengers moving forward," Joe continues. "It has to do
with the effects of Ultron and Sokovia, and New York City [roundly trashed at
the end of The Avengers], and
Washington D.C. [nearly devastated by falling helicarriers at the end of Captain America: The Winter
Soldier]. Examining the third acts of all the Marvel movies, we’re
saying, if you could point to the collateral damage in all those incidents,
could you use that against the Avengers to control them?"
Before becoming a Popsicle, Cap believed in the
establishment to the point he would subject himself to experimental procedures
if that meant he could help. After defrosting however, his rose tinted glasses
slowly fell down his face and he began seeing those he worked for under a
different light. In Civil War he will be put the ultimate test. Either follow,
or be eliminated.
"You have to pit him against the establishment,
only this time it’s even graver consequences and even graver stakes than in Winter Soldier,"
co-director Anthony Russo said. "In Winter Soldier, he
was on the side of right because the establishment had been corrupted by a very
evil organization. In this movie, it’s just the establishment versus Captain
America and he has to make a choice whether or not he can tolerate the
establishment any longer."
Opening on May 6, 2016, Captain America: Civil War also stars Robert
Downey Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian
Stan, Anthony Mackie, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Renner, Don
Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Frank
Grillo, William Hurt, Daniel Brühl, and Tom Holland.
Source - Empire
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