Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011
American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America,
produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the
fifth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by
Joe Johnston, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and stars
Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan,
Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, and Stanley Tucci. Set predominantly
during World War II, the film tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man
from Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in
the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull, Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of
weaponry and the leader of an organization that intends to use an artifact called
the "Tesseract" as an energy-source for world domination.
Captain America: The First Avenger began as a
concept in 1997 and was scheduled for distribution by Artisan Entertainment.
However, a lawsuit, not settled until September 2003, disrupted the project. In
2005, Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch, and planned to finance
and release it through Paramount Pictures. Directors Jon Favreau and Louis
Leterrier were interested in directing the project before Johnston was
approached in 2008. The principal characters were cast between March and June
2010. Production of Captain America: The First Avenger began in June 2010, and
filming took place in London, Manchester, Caerwent, and Liverpool in the United
Kingdom, and Los Angeles in the United States. The film was converted to 3D in
post-production.
Captain America: The First Avenger premiered in
Hollywood on July 19, 2011, and was released in the United States on July 22,
2011. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing over $370
million worldwide. The Blu-ray and DVD were released on October 25, 2011. A
sequel titled Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released on April 4,
2014, and a third film titled Captain America: Civil War is scheduled to be
released on May 6, 2016.
In the present day, scientists in the Arctic uncover
a frozen circular object with a red, white, and blue motif in the cockpit of a
derelict aircraft. In March 1942, Nazi officer Johann Schmidt and his men enter
the town of Tønsberg in German-occupied Norway, to steal a mysterious device
called the Tesseract,which possesses untold powers. Meanwhile, in New York
City, Steve Rogers is rejected for World War II military recruitment because of
various health and physical problems. While attending an exhibition of future
technologies with his friend Sgt. James "Bucky" Barnes, Rogers again
attempts to enlist. Overhearing Rogers' conversation with Barnes about wanting
to help in the war, Dr. Abraham Erskine allows Rogers to enlist. He is
recruited into the Strategic Scientific Reserve as part of a "super-soldier"
experiment under Erskine, Col. Chester Phillips, and British agent Peggy
Carter. Phillips is unconvinced by Erskine's claims that Rogers is the right
person for the procedure but relents after seeing Rogers commit an act of
self-sacrificing bravery. The night before the treatment, Erskine reveals to
Rogers that Schmidt underwent an imperfect version of the procedure and
suffered permanent side-effects.
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