New posters, featurette for ‘Captain America The Winter Soldier,’ ‘Cap 3’ set for 2016

Marvel has released a new featurette and character posters for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a third Cap film is set for 2016.

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” banner

The story has Captain America (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) teaming up to face off against an assassin known as “The Winter Soldier” (Sebastian Stan).

The featurette focuses on new character Sam Wilson (a.k.a. The Falcon), who can fly around and fire automatic weapons, played by Anthony Mackie.

Check out the full synopsis below.

These new posters rehash previous images, but with the red tone, they are very striking.

THR broke the news that Marvel’s film slated for release on May 6, 2016 is a third Captain America film with the Russo brothers set to return as directors. See the Marvel schedule for upcoming films below.

The film also stars Cobie Smulders, Georges St-Pierre, Frank Grillo, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Emily VanCamp, Maximiliano Hernández, Robert Redford, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens April 4th.

Here’s the official synopsis for Captain America: The Winter Soldier:

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” finds Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier – April 4th, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy – August 1, 2014
Avengers: Age of Ultron – May 1, 2015
Ant-Man – July 17, 2015
Captain America 3 – May 6, 2016
Marvel Untitled – July 8, 2016
Marvel Untitled – May 5, 2017

The July 2016 date is increasingly likely to be Thor 3 with the 2017 date Doctor Strange.

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