Captain America: Civil War will have nothing to do with the comic book series.
Captain America: Civil War will have nothing to do with secret identities. But, will focus on real life issues.
Reports suggest that the upcoming Captain America sequel will be not be based on the original comic book series.
In the original comic book crossover, the government wanted all super powered people to register as part of the Superhero Registration Act, and they wanted everybody on file with their full identities revealed. In the course of the story Spider-Man revealed his true identity and Captain America and Iron Man fought over the new law.
With the new Captain America movie having that title and putting Captain America against Iron Man, it would be easy for anyone to assume that’s the plot of the movie. But, according to reports, it’s not.
The issue still revolves around superheroic accountability, but instead about whether or not, say, heroes can cross borders to meddle in a dictator filling a prison full of political dissidents with nerve gas. Tony is on the side of being accountable to the UN, which is still pretty rich considering some of the crap he’s pulled, while Cap, having seen S.H.I.E.L.D. turn out to be a HYDRA front, is worried that governments can be manipulated or use the Avengers to their own ends. [Via]
It is going to be interesting to see if Marvel can actually handle real-life issues such as government surveillance, data mining, and intelligence community accountability. We will just have to wait and see.
