History Film / CaptainAmericaCivilWar

** ComicBook/SpiderMan is not planned to appear in the film, due to Creator/{{Sony}} owning the film rights. Marvel is rumored to be in talks with Sony, however.

* FollowTheLeader: Both ''Civil War'' and the earlier announced [[DuelingMovies Dueling Movie]] ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' are GoodVersusGood tales featuring [[TheCameo cameos]] by secondary [[PopularityPower fan favorite]] characters.

* TwoPartTrilogy: The directors have stated that this will follow up on the storylines set up by ''The Winter Soldier'' - although it isn't immediately apparent from viewing that movie by itself - while ''The First Avenger'' was simply a standalone movie.

Following the collapse of {{ComicBook/SHIELD}} in ''Winter Soldier'' and a creation of Comicbook/TheAvengers going on a killing spree in ''Age Of Ultron'', the world calls for government regulation of {{superhero}}es through a SuperheroRegistrationAct. Steve Rogers / ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, leading a team that opposes registration, soon finds himself at odds with Tony Stark / ComicBook/IronMan, who has become a major proponent of registration as atonement for his actions in ''Age Of Ultron''.

* FollowTheLeader: The Civil War title and premise were announced after WB moved the high profile ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' to 2016, making it a [[DuelingMovies Dueling Movie]] for Captain America 3. Like ''Dawn of Justice'', the movie features two high profile heroes duking it out (Batman vs. Superman, Iron Man vs. Captain America), as well as appearances from other fan favorite characters (WonderWoman, {{Aquaman}}, and Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} for DC, Black Panther for Marvel).

* FollowTheLeader: The Civil War title and premise were announced after WB moved the high profile ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' to 2016, making it a [[DuelingMovies Dueling Movie]] for Captain America 3. Like ''Dawn of Justice'', the movie features two high profile heroes duking it out (Batman vs. Superman, Iron Man vs. Captain America), as well as appearances from other fan favorite characters (WonderWoman, {{Aquaman}], and Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} for DC, Black Panther for Marvel).

* RedHerring: When the film was originally announced, Marvel claimed the title was going to be ''Captain America: The Serpent Society'' to maintain the surprise of it being a Civil War adaptation.

* LiveActionAdaptation: The film is a loose adaptation of the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' comic book CrisisCrossover.

* ComicBook/BlackWidow / Natasha Romanoff (Creator/ScarlettJohansson)
* {{ComicBook/Hawkeye}} / Clint Barton (Creator/JeremyRenner)
* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk / Bruce Banner (Creator/MarkRuffalo)

* GoodVersusGood: Captain America, Iron Man, and most of the people caught in the crossfire are good people that just have seriously conflicting views.

** ComicBook/SpiderMan is not planned to appear in the film, due to Creator/{{Sony}} owning the film rights. Marvel is rumored to be in talks with Sony over the rights, however.

** ComicBook/SpiderMan is not planned to appear in the film, due to Creator/{{Sony}} owning the film rights. Marvel is rumored in talks with Sony over the rights, however.

* AdaptedOut: The Film/XMen and Film/FantasticFour will not appear in the story due to their respective [[Film/XMen movie]] [[Film/FantasticFour2015 franchises]]. Kevin Feige has also said it's unlikely that the heroes from the Marvel {{Netflix}} shows will appear, meaning that Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, LukeCage, JessicaJones, and [[ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]] will likely be absent as well. ComicBook/SpiderMan may be introduced in this movie and have his story arc included depending on how Disney's rumored discussions with Sony over the rights to the character pan out, but until anything is announced it can be presumed that he will also be left out of the adaptation.

Following the collapse of {{ComicBook/SHIELD}} in ''Winter Soldier'' and a creation of Comicbook/TheAvengers going on a killing spree in ''Age Of Ultron'', the world calls for government regulation of {{superhero}}es through a SuperheroRegistrationAct. Steve Rodgers / ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, leading a team that opposes registration, soon finds himself at odds with Tony Stark / ComicBook/IronMan, who has become a major proponent of registration as atonement for his actions in ''Age Of Ultron''.

* AdaptedOut: The Film/XMen and Film/FantasticFour will not appear in the story due to their respective [[Film/XMen movie]] [[Film/FantasticFour2015 franchises]]. Kevin Feige has also said it's unlikely that the heroes from the Marvel {{Netflix}} shows will appear, meaning that Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, LukeCage, JessicaJones, and [[ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]] will likely be absent as well.

* LiveActionAdapatation: The film is a loose adaptation of the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' comic book CrisisCrossover.

* ComicBook/TheFalcon / Sam Wilson (Creator/AnthonyMackie, )

'''''Captain America: Civil War''''' is the 2016 sequel to both ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron'' and the thirteenth film in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (and the first film in Phase 3). It is a loose adaptation of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', and it will be directed by Joseph and Anthony Russo (both of whom previously directed ''The Winter Soldier'').

Following the fallout of ''Age Of Ultron'', the Avengers are left in disarray, and both Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are at odds with each other. Not helping matters is the fallout of the SHIELD/HYDRA incident, which begins to draw in support for government regulation of superheroes. Torn between ideologies of opposing and supporting registration, Rogers and Stark find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield - along with other superheroes who are also conflicted over the decision.

The film stars Creator/ChrisEvans as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Creator/RobertDowneyJr as ComicBook/IronMan, and Chadwick Boseman as ComicBook/BlackPanther. Kevin Feige has implied that [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, and ComicBook/BlackWidow will make appearances in the film (given their lack of standalone films for Phase 3, and that the characters are important to the Avengers team in particular according to Kevin Feige), and possibly serve as combatants in the conflict. Creator/AnthonyMackie, Creator/SebastianStan, and Emily [=VanCamp=] will presumably return as ComicBook/TheFalcon, [[BuckyBarnes Winter Soldier]], and {{Agent 13}}, though this has yet to be confirmed.

Interestingly, there are also rumors that Sony may share the character of ComicBook/SpiderMan for the movie after negotiating with Disney, which is notable considering how protective of the property that they had been up until the release of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The scale of the film's crossover is scaled down compared to the comic, most likely to focus on the conflict between Iron Man and Captain America. In addition, the SuperRegistrationAct in the movie doesn't involve revealing secret identities (as the events in ''The Winter Soldier'' led to the declassification of almost everything that SHIELD had documented), but instead involves superheroes being forced to register positions as enforcers of various governments.

The film stars Creator/ChrisEvans as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Creator/RobertDowneyJr as ComicBook/IronMan, and Chadwick Boseman as ComicBook/BlackPanther. Kevin Feige has implied that [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, and ComicBook/BlackWidow will make appearances in the film (given their lack of standalone films for Phase 3, and that the characters are important to the Avengers team in particular according to Kevin Feige), and possibly serve as combatants in the conflict. Creator/AnthonyMackie, Creator/SebastianStan, and Emily [=VanCamp=] will presumably return as ComicBook/TheFalcon, Winter Soldier, and {{Agent 13}}, though this has yet to be confirmed.

The film stars Creator/ChrisEvans as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Creator/RobertDowneyJr as ComicBook/IronMan, and Chadwick Boseman as ComicBook/BlackPanther. Kevin Feige has implied that [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, and ComicBook/BlackWidow will make appearances in the film (given their lack of standalone films for Phase 3, and that the characters are important to the Avengers team in particular according to Kevin Feige), and possibly serve as combatants in the conflict. AnthonyMackie and Emily [=VanCamp=] will presumably return as TheFalcon and {{Agent 13}}, though this has yet to be confirmed.

The film stars Creator/ChrisEvans as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Creator/RobertDowneyJr as ComicBook/IronMan, and Chadwick Boseman as ComicBook/BlackPanther. Kevin Feige has implied that [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, and ComicBook/BlackWidow will make appearances in the film (given their lack of standalone films for Phase 3, and that the characters are important to the Avengers team in particular according to Kevin Feige), and possibly serve as combatants in the conflict.

The film stars Creator/ChrisEvans as ComicBook/Captain America, Creator/RobertDowneyJr as ComicBook/IronMan, and Chadwick Boseman as ComicBook/BlackPanther. Kevin Feige has implied that [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, and ComicBook/BlackWidow will make appearances in the film (given their lack of standalone films for Phase 3, and that the characters are important to the Avengers team in particular according to Kevin Feige), and possibly serve as combatants in the conflict.

Following the fallout of ''Age Of Ultron'', the Avengers are left in disarray, and both Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are at odds with each other.

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