Kevin Feige who is the President of Production for Marvel Studios has said that the Captain America movie will be set in WWII, many fans of the comic book series has said that this was the only way that a Captain America movie was ever going to work. With the news that the movie will be set in the period of World War II, it shows that the writers are sticking closely to the original origin of the story. Captain America is like most other superhero’s, in the fact that he was created.
Steve Rogers was just a guy who decided to volunteer to become a test subject in a top secret defense project for the U.S. Army called Operation: Rebirth, he was injected with a special serum to turn him into a super-soldier. The serum altered his physiology, this turned him into an almost perfect human, the Army however was unable to reproduce the serum so decided to turn Rogers into a superhero and serve his country. The U.S. Army then started to use him as a propaganda symbol so that they were able to counter Nazi Germany’s Red Skull, which is the country’s head of terrorist operations.
The First Avenger: Captain America movie is due for release on May 6 2011, which is just a few weeks before The Avengers movie. There is still no word as to who will be playing the lead role but there are many actors who would be perfect for the part.
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