The Avengers weren't quite a team at the conclusion of "Age of Ultron." That's not to say they broke up over a dispute, but it was clear that they were all going to do their own thing. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) was going to take a break from being a superhero, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) was going to spend some well-earned time with his family, Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) was going into self-imposed exile and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) returned to Asgard to investigate the Infinity Stones. That left Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) to train a new team of Avengers: Falcon (Sam Mackie), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Vision (Paul Bettany) and War Machine (Don Cheadle).
Unfortunately, this new squad will not have the freedom that the previous iteration enjoyed. "Captain America: Civil War" will introduce the Sokovia Accords, a government regulation and oversight of superheroes. This legislation splits our heroes into two factions following either Iron Man or Cap.
With "Civil War" drawing ever closer, here's what he know about Cap and his team.
Captain America
Rogers ended "The Winter Soldier" looking for his brainwashed best friend Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). Though Cap knows him to be a good man, the governments of the world rightly view him as an assassin. This will be the first element in a growing disconnect between Rogers and the government.
"What makes it a Cap movie, again, is that external pressure is applied and then The Winter Soldiers pop back up," producer Nate Moore said. "Wait a second. So, all of a sudden, we were already kind of at odds with each other. And now this very true free radical shows back up. We don't know if he's a good guy. Is he a bad guy? Does he remember everything? Does he remember nothing?"
The Winter Soldier
Bucky is dealing with the same time-displacement issues that continue to plague Cap as well as the knowledge of all the treacherous deeds Hydra forced him to do over the years. Now, he must rediscover his true self while dealing with the looming threat of the government and Iron Man.
"I'm just trying to tie in to what we know in the comic books," Stand said. "I think it's going to be a mix of different things. He's not gonna go back and be the guy he used to be. There's just no way that would happen. He's definitely, probably affected for life. It's sort of learning about how you live with who you are now. Learning how to tame that wild beast that is a part of you at this point."
Falcon
Sam Wilson has provided a fair amount of comic relief and impressive action when called upon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now, he'll get to broaden his horizons beyond just Rogers and Black Widow, interacting with the rest of the heroes in "Civil War."
"I get to continue my undying love affair with Black Widow, which is good, and no, I think more so in this one that I get to do that I haven't done before is become my own person," Mackie said. "Now, everyone knows who I am, so it's not a, 'Who's the flying guy?' It's more of, 'Hey, Falcon is here.' So, you can see my relationship with everyone else has grown, as opposed to being the new guy on the team."
Hawkeye
Hawkeye, perhaps the least powerful Avenger, will be getting some weapons upgrades in "Civil War." Not that he couldn't hold his own before, of course.
"Cause in the first Avengers, [Hawkeye] had that short bow that cracks open, and then I can crack and close with a staff," Renner said. "So now I'm a master with a staff, apparently. I have to learn that today. So there's that, and then there's always things you can do with the tips. Except for this, what they call the aero tips, they'll all be non-lethal cause again we're not trying to kill anybody, just sort of take control of the situation. They'll probably throw in a lot of gimmicks with the tips and trick arrows, and things like that."
Scarlet Witch
Wanda Maximoff may have lost her brother, Pietro/Quicksilver, in "Age of Ultron." But she has found a new family with her fellow heroes when we meet her again in "Captain America: Civil War."
"I think a lot of that has to do with what Jeremy's character - like his attitude towards her and the speech he gives her at the end of the film," Olsen said. "So we pick up with her having started a new life, but still trying to figure out what her abilities are and if using them causes greater good or greater damage."
Ant-Man
Scott Lang briefly interacted with Falcon during his own solo adventure last summer, but he has yet to connect with the Avengers on a larger scale. That's going to change in "Civil War" as he joins up with Cap's side. His action scenes promise to be some of the more creative in the movie, according to Renner.
"It's like a video game, really. Everyone's got different attributes. You look at Ant-Man and you learn more about him. And you look at Black Panther, who's sort of like a Hawkeye or others in that he doesn't have super powers, just a really great skill set. It's just a great balance and mixed bag to add to the Marvel universe."
"Captain America: Civil War" will hit theaters on May 6.
