'Captain America: Civil War' Cast Announced (VIDEO)
Marvel has just released the cast of "Captain America: Civil War" in time for the movie's initial filming in Atlanta.
Marvel Studios unveiled the cast of characters for the thirteenth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Captain America: Civil War," just after principal photography took place in Pinewood Studios in Atlanta Friday.
Filming began in Atlanta on the weekend, but is reported to move to Iceland, Germany and Puerto Rico as production progresses.
Marvel revealed Paul Bettany will be revisiting his character, The Vision, with Don Cheadle's James "Rhodey" Rhodes appearing as War Machine.
Reprising their roles from the previous installments in the franchise, Chris Evans will be returning as Steve Rogers' Captain America; Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark's Iron Man; Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow; Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes from "Captain America: The Winter Soldier;" Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson's Falcon, Jeremy Renner as crowbow-toting Clint Barton/Hawkeye, and Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch.
Paul Rudd's Scott Lang from "Ant-Man," will make his first appearance alongside the rest of the Avengers, and William Hurt as General "Thunderbolt" Ross from "The Incredible Hulk" will play a supporting role.
Emily VanCamp, who played Agent 13, Sharon Carter, and Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow/Crossbones from "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," will be coming back to their roles as well.
The film will be introducing Chadwick Boseman, who will be making his entrance into the MCU as T'Challa, the Black Panther, Daniel Brühl, who will be taking on the role of the film's villain, Baron Helmut Zemo and Martin Freeman as government agent Everett K. Ross.
The massive cast of characters will flesh out a plot led by Steve Rogers who helms the Avengers in safeguarding humanity until an international incident steamrolls political pressure upon the government to install a system of monitoring and accountability for all super-powered humans, causing factions within their ranks.
"Captain America: Civil War" is expected to premiere in U.S. theaters on May 6, 2016.