Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase III will begin with a bang "“ Captain America: Civil War will debut next year, on the 6th of May.
Adapting a fan-favorite comic book storyline has never been easy, with any studio having to find a way around character, events, and even subplots. It cannot be done any other way, since (usually) the comics have too many important characters inserted in them.
So, besides greatly reducing the number of superheroes, what changes will be made in Marvel Cinematic Universe's Civil War?
There is no Registration Act
This is the most important change for the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the storyline. It is a change that completely discards the premise of the comic book storyline.
In the comics, the US government decided to regulate anybody having any kind of superpower. In a way, the superheroes were going to become superpowered police officers, allowed to act only of the government said so.
But in order to do that, the government needed to know who these superheroes were "“ and this is where the focus of Marvel's Civil War: revealing the superheroes' secret identities, with the most famous reveal being the one of Spider-Man.
However, the Marvel Cinematic Universe won't go in this direction, since people already know who all the major superheroes are: Captain America is a celebrated war hero, Iron Man is Tony Stark, Thor is the demigod from another realm, while Hulk was revealed during the events of Age of Ultron. So things need to be changed for the MCU"¦
Is this a good thing, changing the premise of the storyline? Head on to the next page!
