Captain America 3 … Civil War?
News circulating the internet may suggest that Captain America 3 will follow the Civil War story arc. With Robert Downey Jr. shooting down an Iron Man 4 film,but slyly hinting at more Marvel involvement, Civil War could well happen on the big screen (Editor’s note: And indeed, that’s what Marvel announced this week). In preparation for this, I stayed up until 4 am to read ( and re-read ) the great storyline. Below are three points I feel will make such a movie the best it can be…
#1: Keeping the cast
Aside from a couple of cast changes in the Marvel cinematic universe (Eric Bana and Ed norton preceded Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk ) we’re comfortable with the current crop of Avengers. To change faces now, even for the “better,” could be met with furor. As far as I’m aware,most of the cast still have contracts running with Marvel for the foreseeable future, so this may not be an issue before the release date of May 2016.
#2: Bring in new characters
A vast array of Marvel characters are yet to be shown on film: Goliath, Black Panther, Nitro,Luke Cage, to name but a few. All of the heroes/villains are not particularly necessary (there are a lot, including the extensive rogues gallery ) but pitting Captain America and Iron Man against each other with a few followers either side is not a “war,” it is more a bar room brawl that won’t last a full 90 minutes. With this in mind, getting back the rights to the X-Men, Spider-Man and Fantastic Four ( if only for one movie ) would seriously help the story line. But this is down to the respective owners of the rights to these characters. Could this be allowed to happen, though? My fingers are crossed that it is and we get some serious Marvel crossover.
#3: Make it a two-parter
Maybe even three parts. I’m not saying I would be happy to wait even longer to reach its conclusion ( I’m very impatient at times) but bear with me please. This is a long and complex arc, with many twists, turns and character introductions. My opinion is that a 90-120 minute long film could not cram so much content onto the big screen and leave us satisfied. Breaking said story into more than one film could prove to be beneficial, if only to get the structure right. Only time will tell on these possibilities, but it is definitely worth a shot.
Note: This article was written on Sunday before the Marvel announcement (I had trouble uploading), so please keep that in mind.
Stay tuned …