With the blockbuster success of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," it's hard not to think about what's the next story for the movie franchise. Luckily, screenwriters of "Captain America 2" Christopher Markus and Stephen McFreely gave a few possible plots for "Captain America 3."
Markus and McFreely had a recent chat with SFX. They were asked if there were any other characters that they'd like to include in the third film that they couldn't in the second.
Markus answered, "I don't know if there's anybody that we had in the wings that we couldn't pull off. There are people that I'm always wanting to bring in. I want to put Modok into something, but you can't just drop a giant floating head in! It's not like "Oh, we have to go talk to this guy – there's something I should tell you about him first..." [laughs]. Suddenly the whole movie needs to take on that structure in order to accommodate him. I never win that fight!"
Markus added, "There were actually drafts where we had Hawkeye in it, but he didn't have enough to do and suddenly it seemed like we were giving him short shrift. Hey, it's a cameo!"
Meanwhile, Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada confirmed that Chris Evans will no longer be playing Captain America because The Falcon will be taking his place.
"Steve (Evans) spirit is as willing as ever, but his body is no longer up to the task of being Captain America. So he'll instead employ his skills as the new Cap's remote strategic adviser, running missions from his headquarters in Avengers Mansion and providing Sam with technical support and field information from a distance," confirms Marvel editor Tom Breevort.
What do the screenwriters have to say about the Falcon wearing the red, blue and white? "We tend to stay on the sidelines when it comes to the comics. We wait and see what we'll steal from in three or four years from now!" answers McFreely.
"I think the movies can accommodate almost anything, if there's a need. I think there is a much greater need to shake things up in the comics because that's a narrative that's been going on for 60 or 70 years, so you're going to wind up having to do things to it," Markus answered.
"Ours has only been off the ground for five or so. So it's not quite time to start changing things up yet. Plus I can't figure out how he's going to have the wings and the shield at the same time. Isn't it going to get all crammed up on the wing? I don't know... When those things happen in the comics you also have a tendency, perhaps cynically, to go "Yeah, but he's going to be Steve Rogers in two months..." He's going to wake up out of cryo-stasis or whatever it is and it's going to be like "Oh, I need the shield back," he further adds.
If this is true, then will Chris Evans remain as Captain America in the movies? We all have to wait until 2016 to find out.
