After showcasing new footage from their upcoming Phase Two line-up today at the D23 Expo, Disney and Marvel Studios have released a new synopsis for next year's solo sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier; check it out...
"After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier."
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo (Community) and sees Marvel veterans Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Agent Maria Hill), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Toby Jones (Arnim Zola) and Maximiliano Hernandez (Agent Jasper Sitwell) joined by franchise newcomers Anthony Mackie (Pain & Gain) as Falcon, Robert Redford (All Is Lost) as Alexander Pierce, Frank Grillo (Zero Dark Thirty) as Crossbones, Emily VanCamp (Revenge) as Sharon Carter, George St-Pierre (Death Warrior) as Batroc the Leaper. The film is due to open on April 4th, 2014.
"After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier."
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo (Community) and sees Marvel veterans Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Agent Maria Hill), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Toby Jones (Arnim Zola) and Maximiliano Hernandez (Agent Jasper Sitwell) joined by franchise newcomers Anthony Mackie (Pain & Gain) as Falcon, Robert Redford (All Is Lost) as Alexander Pierce, Frank Grillo (Zero Dark Thirty) as Crossbones, Emily VanCamp (Revenge) as Sharon Carter, George St-Pierre (Death Warrior) as Batroc the Leaper. The film is due to open on April 4th, 2014.