CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER is pretty much universally loved as one of Marvel Studios' best films on mutliple levels of filmmaking. So it was a blessing when directors Anthony and Joe Russo were brought back to helm CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, as well as for both AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR films.
While Civil War is a bit more crowded with heroes than The Winter Soldier was, it is a great way to move forward to the (understandably understated) huge cast that'll be involved in the Infinity War movies.
While at a special IMAX screening of The Winter Soldier in L.A., the Russo brothers spoke (via Collider) about the type of movie Civil War is and that it will have a little more humor than its predecessor.
“Of course, Winter Soldier was a political thriller. We think of Civil War as a psychological thriller. It’s a complicated movie. And yes, it divides these people that you’ve known to not only be a team, but Cap and Natasha, in this movie, they’re evolving into a surrogate family for each other. So, it’s a closer group of people that’s being divided. That’s a difficult thing to do.
“There’s a good portion of [Civil War] that’s actually funnier than Winter Soldier, because there are characters in that film, that come from worlds where the tone is more comedic. Not all the characters in that movie have the same history as the Avengers. They’re coming at the problem of the film, not embedded with that baggage.
“They’re not tied to the central arc of the movie with the same motivation as the other characters, so they can be lighter. I think there are a lot lighter moments because there are much darker moments as well. We did have to work very hard at that.”
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR releases on May 6, 2016.
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