The new official trailer for the anticipated sci-fi action adventure, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ was released today by Marvel Studios. The film, which is being directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, is set to be released in theaters on April 4, 2014. The sequel to 2011’s ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan.
Marvel Studios has released the following 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, aka 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.
Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1941, Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is produced by Kevin Feige, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp and Hayley Atwell, with Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
Check out the new trailer, as well as the one-sheets and photo, from ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier,’ below. For more information on the sequel, visit the film’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
Written by: Karen Benardello