Crossbones 'Captain America Civil War' First Look!

Crossbones 'Captain America Civil War' First Look!
Production on next year’s Captain America: Civil War is underway and today we’re getting our first look at an old favorite. Today’s episode of Clevver News Feed is brought to you by Pitch Perfect 2, now playing! Before we get started, just a quick warning that what we’re about to cover could be considered spoilers, so proceed at your own risk. Okay, next year’s Captain America: Civil War promises to be one of the biggest superhero movies of all-time with an all-star cast lead by of course, Chris Evans as Captain America and Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man. It will also feature several characters from the previous films including Anthony Mackie as “Falcon” who was first introduced in last year’s The Winter Soldier and had a brief role in this summer’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. We got a glimpse of Mackie in his new Falcon uniform at the end of Age of Ultron, but new set photos give us a closer look at his new threads which have been given some red accents as a nod to his comic book origins. The new suit also seems to include some new tech which he seems to be putting to good use in a scene that takes place in an African village. Mackie was spotted on set with co-star Evans in full Cap gear attempting to provide aid to the village’s residents, but it looks like things aren’t going to go well for our heroes as at one point Cap is spotted looking up into the sky with a look of distress on his face. Perhaps it could have something to do with this guy. For those of you wondering who that is under that mask, it’s none other than Frank Grillo who played SHIELD Agent “Brock Rumlow” in The Winter Soldier who turned out to be HYDRA sleeper agent. The last we saw of him, he was badly burned after a hellicarrier smashed into SHIELD headquarters. Grillo has long been rumored to be appearing in Civil War and was confirmed recently when the official cast list was announced. His new suit is a nod to his comic book persona, the evil “Crossbones”, who wears a skull mask with crossbones on his shirt. The new helmet likely will hide the scars he sustained from The Winter Soldier and he also appears to be sporting some sort of mechanical devices on both his arms. We’ll have to wait and see what those end up being used for when Captain America: Civil War arrives in theaters on May 6th, but what do you think of Falcon and Crossbone’s new outfits and what do you think is happening in this scene? 

Marvel's Civil War - The Complete Story

During a televised raid of a house containing select villains that had recently escaped from the super villain facility at Ryker's Island prison during a massive breakout, the escaped villain Nitro let off a massive explosion that killed the majority of the New Warriors, as well as the children at a nearby elementary school. In the wake of the tragedy, the U.S. Government proposed the Superhuman Registration Act, intending to register all super-powered beings as living weapons of mass destruction and requiring all costumed heroes to unmask themselves before the government and subject themselves to federally mandated standards.

This event triggered negative public opinion against the super-heroes, resulting in the assault of Human Torch (Johnny Storm) by a mob and the request by S.H.I.E.L.D. for Captain America to become part of the enforcement of super heroes to register. When Cap refused, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Maria Hill ordered S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Anti-Superhuman Response Unit to tranquilize him, but Rogers escaped and went underground.

When the super-heroes met to discuss the best course of action, Uatu the Watcher appeared. As Watchers only appear to monitor key events throughout history, it was noted that his presence did not bode well for the heroes.

In a secret meeting with the President, Iron Man suggested that the President proceed and push the registration act while he, Mr. Fantastic, and Yellowjacket vowed to bring Captain America to the ground.

The Superhero Registration Act became law. Some of the first unregistered heroes to be captured were the Young Avengers. Captain America and the Falcon were undercover, and with the help of Wiccan were able to rescue the Young Avengers and rendezvous to their base. The Young Avengers were recruited into the Resistance.

At a press conference in Washington D.C., Iron Man gave a speech introducing Spider-Man to the podium. Spider-Man then talked about how over the past years, he had kept his identity a secret, then talked about the registration act and how it gave superheroes a choice: to continue the trend Captain America advocated and have people with powers completely unchecked, or that superheroes could go legitimate and earn back a little public interest. To demonstrate his support of the Act, Spider-Man unmasked himself and revealed to the world that he was Peter Parker.

Iron Man traveled to the X-Men Mansion, asking Emma Frost if the X-Men would sign the registration act and join his side. Miss Frost explained to Stark that the X-Men would not sign the registration act because they viewed hunting down other heroes would violate everything they stood for explaining that they know what it's like to fight the good fight while being persecuted. Frost said that as long as the pro-registration side left the X-Men alone, they would not join Captain America's resistance. While Stark left the mansion, he was approached by Bishop, who asked for a word with Iron Man.

As Captain America, Hercules, Daredevil, and Goliath were discussing their new secret identities, they received news of a petrochemical plant fire with three or four hundred workers trapped inside. Uniting the Secret Avengers, they headed to the plant only to discover that it was a trap set by Iron Man. Iron Man gave Captain America one last chance to register, offering a chance to explain things. Captain America answered by striking the first blow and disabling Iron Man's armor. A battle ensued, ending with Iron Man savagely beating Captain America, and the apparent return of the long-absent thunder god Thor lashing out against Captain America's Secret Avengers. As the Secret Avengers attempted to escape, Thor used his hammer to subdue them, blasting a hole through Goliath’s chest when he was attacked. Thor continued his assault until the Invisible Woman used her powers to protect the Secret Avengers and allow them to escape. Thor, who had just killed Goliath, was revealed to be a clone. He, and his mechanical hammer, had been engineered to serve the government. His violent murder of Goliath was an unforeseen error in his programming.

The death of Goliath opened the eyes of many and put things in a different perspective, causing several members to leave both sides for the other. The Pro-Registration side ended up losing more members than anticipated, causing operations to be put in action faster than planned. Iron Man assembled a new group of Thunderbolts in order to hunt down the Secret Avengers, consisting of several very brutal villains.

Eventually, the resistance mounted an attack against the pro-registration's holding facility in the Negative Zone, releasing the prisoners. The fighting between many of Earth's heroes led to the middle of Times Square. At the climax of the battle, as Cap was about to deliver a finishing blow to Iron Man, he was tackled by several emergency workers. Realizing the damage the war was doing to the city and its civilian population, Captain America unmasked and surrendered. Before his arraignment, Cap was shot multiple times on the steps of a Federal Courthouse and killed.

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