Captain America: Civil War Begins Production

Hot on the heels of a tremendous opening for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron there is news that production has begun for Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. I’ve been reading the whole marvel saga of 97 or so comics where Civil War takes place. It was a good storyline and I am wondering what will happen in the movie. Will we see things play out like they did in the comic. There are so many major events that happen in this overarching storyline and some that change the Marvel Universe dramatically. I’m wondering if a very specific thing happens. Also, I wonder what role Martin Freeman will play in this movie. Will he be a good guy or bad guy. Will he be super powered? Also, there looks like no casting yet for Spider-Man and he has a big role in the story, too.

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MARVEL STUDIOS BEGINS PRODUCTION ON MARVEL’S “CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR”

Principal Photography Begins in Atlanta
For May 6, 2016 Release

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (May 7, 2015) – Marvel Studios has commenced principal photography at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on “Captain America: Civil War,” the third installment of its Super Hero franchise. The production will shoot on location in Atlanta, Georgia, which serves as the base for the film’s production, as well as locations in Germany, Puerto Rico and Iceland.

Set for release in the United States on May 6, 2016, “Captain America: Civil War” is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Community”) from a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (“Captain America: The Winter Solider,” Marvel’s “Captain America: The First Avenger”). The film returns Chris Evans (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron”) as the iconic Super Hero character Steve Rogers/Captain America along with Robert Downey Jr. (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Marvel’s “Iron Man 3”) as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sebastian Stan (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Captain America: The First Avenger”) as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Paul Bettany (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Iron Man 3”) as The Vision, Jeremy Renner (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”) as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Iron Man 3”) as Jim Rhodes/War Machine and Elizabeth Olsen (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Godzilla”) as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.

After his debut in Marvel’s “Ant-Man” on July 17, 2015, Paul Rudd (“Ant-Man,” ”Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”) will make his first appearance alongside the Avengers as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in “Captain America: Civil War.”

The film also includes outstanding additional cast, including Chadwick Boseman (“42,” “Get on Up”) as T’Challa/Black Panther, Emily VanCamp (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Revenge”) as Sharon Carter/Agent 13, Daniel Brühl (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Bourne Ultimatum”), Frank Grillo (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Warrior”) as Brock Rumlow/Crossbones, William Hurt (“A History of Violence,” Marvel’s “The Incredible Hulk”) as General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross and Martin Freeman (“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”).

“Captain America: Civil War” picks up where “Avengers: Age of Ultron” left off, as Steve Rogers 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. Continue reading Captain America: Civil War Begins Production

#AvengersEvent – Ultron and Vision Throw Down Interview with James Spader and Paul Bettany

Paul and James with 25 #AvengersEvent Bloggers - Photo Credit - Disney
Paul and James with 25 #AvengersEvent Bloggers – Photo Credit – Disney

During the #AvengersEvent Press junket for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron we were treated to a double interview with James Spader and Paul Bettany. I attended an expense paid trip by Disney to press events for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (#AvengersEvent, #AgeofUltron), all opinions as always are 100% my own. This was a pretty lively interview with James taking the bulk of the questions and telling some fun stories. I think that he was having a good time with use. The highest praise from James was right at the end where he stated, “Is that it? Oh my God. It seems like we should dump something else and just stay here for a little bit.

James Spader and Paul Bettany photos. Photo Credit Louise Manning Bishop / MomStart.com
James Spader and Paul Bettany photos. Photo Credit Louise Manning Bishop / MomStart.com

James Spader can talk. He tells these long wonderful stories and I don’t remember the exact question that kicked off the start of the interview. Somehow the recording was not started until a little ways in so we missed out on a little something at the beginning but James started off by talking about how Ultron was created and how he was part of the process. It was much more involved than simply providing the voice. He actually got into a fractal suit and his movements, his mannerisms are the movements of Ultron. He told us this story. Continue reading #AvengersEvent – Ultron and Vision Throw Down Interview with James Spader and Paul Bettany