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Being a Marvel director comes with a couple of pretty cool benefits. Not only do you get to work on a film with at least a $100m budget, but you also get to see all the Marvel films before anyone else.
James Gunn, who helmed surprise success Guardians of the Galaxy Captain America: Civil War
Not only will it see the two Avengers fighting, but also the introduction of Spiderman into the Marvel Cinematic Universe - his first since leaving Sony last year.
“I saw Civil War and I think it’s incredible,” he said in a Facebook Q&A. “It’s one of the best Marvel movies ever, and I can’t believe what a wonderful job [directors Joe and Anthony Russo] did.
Show all 14 1 /14Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Bucky locked up Ah, the very first scene of the trailer. If you've seen Ant-Man (and decided to wait around until the end of the credits) you will recognise the location. In that post-credit scene, Falcon and Cap discuss not telling Tony Stark about finding Bucky, and here the trio are being hunted by soldiers. Speculators believe Tony has likely found out that the Winter Soldier killed his father when he was a brainwashed Hydra-killer, and is thus hunting him down. Cap, on the other hand, recognises that Bucky has remembered he's actually a good guy (as hinted at the end of Winter Soldier) and has therefore tracked him down to get him on-side.
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross from The Incredible Hulk Getting Bucky on side, however, has angered this guy, Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross, or, in the comics, the Red Hulk. The last time this guy appeared in the MCU was in The Incredible Hulk - possibly the most unloved and unconnected MCU movie (even Guardians of the Galaxy had Thanos!). He's handing over papers to Cap that read 'Sokovia', our first reference to the events of Ag of Ultron. He questions the flag-wearer over being a 'vigilante', accusing him of acting with "unlimited power and no supervision. That is something the world can no longer tolerate." He's obviously expecting Cap and the other Avengers to sign up to some sort of government watchdog scheme, working with/for them rather than on their own terms. Obviously, with S.H.E.I.L.D. turning out to be the villains Hydra, Cap doesn't want to sign up to another organisation that could turn bad.
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow So Cap goes on the run, and he's turned to Black Widow for help. However, Scar-Jo's leading lady is warning him not to help Bucky (after all, she knew about he catastrophic acts as the Winter Soldier), which Cap replies to with "Are you saying you'll arrest me?"
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Cap v the police And she seemingly does try to arrest him! Cap takes off his shield while Thunderbolt's voice over says "There will be consequences". It's apparent that he is being hunted for not wanting to sign up to the government's scheme while also helping out Bucky.
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis First look at Iron Man Here he is, Tony Stark himself. He's on the other side to Cap in almost every way: believing they should be monitored and likely wanting Bucky in a cell. He's also probably feeling super guilty about unleashing a robot, hell-bent on destroying the human race in Age of Ultron. Expect some a Stark experiencing some serious PTSD.
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis 'Sometimes I want to punch you in your perfect teeth' Stark looking suited and booted, and ready to punch Cap in the face. Steve Rodgers really knows how to grind his gears.
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Falcon Here's Falcon having just kicked ass. He's definitely on Cap's side.
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Iron Man with War Machine Tony and his pal, War Machine. The rest of his team isn't revealed here, but is expected to contain Black Widow and the Vision as well as Black Panther (more on that in a moment).
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Cap's team First and only look at Hawkeye and Scarlett Witch on Cap's team. Hawkeye is the mysterious one here (Witch would certainly be against Stark after one of his missiles almost exploded her and Quicksilver *Sniff*). His role on Cap's side will likely tie into his family, and keeping them hidden.
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Black Panther Our first look at the man from Wakanda. He's on Tony's side, and seems to be seeking out Bucky in particular. Like Tony, it is thought his father, the ex-king of Wakanda, was assassinated by the Winter Soldier as well, and is therefore seeking out revenge. His armour, previously only seen in leaked photographs, is very close to that seen in the comic books.
Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis The money shot As cheesy as this shot is, it is also completely awesome!
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis Bucky attacking Iron Man Now that's the face of an angry man. This looks like the same scene we see at the end of the trailer where both Bucky and Cap fight Iron Man together, so the analysis will have to wait until then!
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis War Machine down! Now this... This is exciting. Why is War Machine looking almost dead?!? Would Cap's team really do this to him? Surely not?!? The airport in the background looks like it has been heavily hit by something, or someone, but surely Cap's team aren't out to kill or destroy anything, they are supposed to be the good guys. This could actually be a misleading shot, as there will be actual villains in this film: both Crossbones and Baron Zemo. Perhaps they were responsible for almost/outright killing War Machine, it's more likely than Cap going on a killing spree.
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Captain America: Civil War trailer shot-by-shot analysis The two Cap's v Iron Man Now here's a really interesting scene: Bucky and Rodgers working together to take down Iron Man. With Bucky using the shield there are obvious allusions to his comic book history in which he becomes Captain America. Going back to the Winter Soldier attempting to take out Iron Man's core, could it be possible he has killed Cap and that's why he is so angry? Chris Evans has been quoted before that he would like to retire the suit at some stage, could this be his final film? Fan theorists also think he may be brought back for Thanos in Avengers 3, but could this really be the moment the torch gets passed to Bucky? If so, this could be the biggest game-changer in the MCU to date.
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“And the cast. Oh my God, they’re so good. So it’s an amazing film and people are going to be really excited to see that come summertime.”
Obviously, he’s going to give the film a good review, he’s not going to slate his boss! But what is surprising is that he talked about how brilliant Tom Holland’s Spiderman is.
Why is this surprising? Because rumours have recently pointed to his character only having a small cameo in the film, while his comments imply a bigger role.
Captain America: Civil War - Trailer While not going into spoiler territory, Gunn said: “I’m trying to think about what is cool to say or not. But I will say this one thing. Tom Holland is…off-the-charts awesome. Off. The. Charts. Awesome. Off the charts. Truly. Hand to my heart, he’s amazing.”
Captain America: Civil War won’t be the only Marvel film to feature multiple Avengers before the release of Infinity Gauntlet .
The Hulk has been confirmed to be featuring in Thor: Ragnarok , which is beginning to sound increasingly better than the two previous Thor films.
Civil War is out 29 April 2016.
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