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James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Originally introduced as a sidekick to Captain America, the character was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (cover-dated March 1941) (which was published by Marvel's predecessor) as the original and most well-known incarnation of "Bucky".[1] The character is brought back from supposed death as the brainwashed assassin Winter Soldier (Russian: Зимний Солдат, translit. Zimniy Soldát; Belarusian: Зімовы Салдат translit. Zimovy Saldat; Uzbek: Qish Askari translit. Kish Askari), and later assumed the role of Captain America when Steve Rogers was presumed to be dead.
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" earned $259.8 million in North America and $454.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $714.3 million. It became the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2014 worldwide. "Deadline Hollywood" calculated the net profit for the film to be $166.2 million, when factoring together "production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs, with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV," placing it ninth on their list of 2014's "Most Valuable Blockbusters".
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2011's "" and the ninth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, with a screenplay by the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. It stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, alongside Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Robert Redford, and Samuel L. Jackson. In "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", Captain America, Black Widow, and Falcon join forces to uncover a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. while facing a mysterious assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
In an April 2014 interview, Joe Russo described the project as a continuation of the story from "Captain America: The Winter Soldier": "What's nice about the film is that ... it's a two-parter. There's a journey that the Winter Soldier goes on that isn't complete yet." That month, Marvel announced a release date of May 6, 2016, and Trent Opaloch, who was the cinematographer on "The Winter Soldier", said he would return for the sequel. In July, Markus and McFeely stated that they were midway through a first draft for the film, on which principal photography was expected to begin in April 2015. The following month, they stated that they were looking to make the tone of the film "an amalgam" of "The First Avenger" and "The Winter Soldier", with the Russos likening it to a psychological thriller, citing "Seven", "Fargo", and "The Godfather" as influences, along with westerns and Brian De Palma's films. The Russos also stated that "a good portion of ["Civil War" is] actually funnier than "Winter Soldier"" with a more comedic tone and lighter moments throughout.
After the reveal of the film's full cast, many outlets and fans began referring to the film as ""Avengers 2.5"", given the variety and ensemble nature of the cast, usually reserved for the "Avengers" films, and the fact that the film no longer felt like a Captain America-centric one, as with "The Winter Soldier". In response to this, Feige said, "What's fun about "Civil War" though is, as you know from the comics, it's a very simple story. And it really has to be, to accommodate that many players. It's very much a Captain America movie and it's very much a sequel to the "Winter Soldier" in ways I don't think people [will expect]... It's a very simple structure that allows you to have these amazing character interactions in a way that I don't think becomes overwhelming." Feige also revealed that Hope van Dyne / Wasp was in an original draft of the film, after receiving the Wasp costume at the end of "Ant-Man", but was cut because "there are so many characters in "Civil War" that we didn't want to do her a disservice," saying Marvel was "saving" the character for a better environment to reveal van Dyne in the Wasp costume for the first time and see "her dynamic with Scott [Lang] in a way it could play out".
In March 2014, Marvel released the Captain America Experience app, that allowed fans to capture a pictures of themselves with Captain America, and let them share it on Instagram and Twitter using specific hashtags to unlock 10 early screenings of the film across the United States, which took place on March 20. On March 18, ABC aired a one-hour television special titled, "Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe", which included a sneak peek of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". On April 1, 2014, Evans and Stan rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange in honor of the film's theatrical release. Jackson appeared in advertisements for Sky Broadband.
Captain America's uniform was altered from the ones seen in previous films, with a Kevlar-based ballistic component that would protect Captain America but at the same time function like a military uniform. Joe Russo said, "We wanted to use his Super Soldier outfit from the ["Steve Rogers: Super Soldier" series] as a way to represent, thematically, his place in the world of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the difference between working for S.H.I.E.L.D. and being Captain America." For the Falcon costume, the filmmakers were interested in adding more of a tactical design than was represented in the comic books, by including real-world webbing, straps and gear and stripping away the more comic book elements.
Bucky Barnes appears in Captain America's portion of The Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by Carl Banas. Bucky Barnes appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Scott Menville (Bucky) and by Jon Curry (Winter Soldier's animated debut). In the show, Bucky assisted Captain America during World War II. He and Captain America snuck in to a HYDRA base, where they battled creatures from other realms. When Bucky and Captain America later go after the Red Skull onto the villain's rocket ship, Bucky's leg got caught in a bar. When Captain America tried to help him, Bucky kicked his friend off, stating that "The World needs Cap more than it needs Bucky Barnes". Although presumed dead for decades, he returns (possibly due to Captain America's contact with the Cosmic Cube) as the mysterious Winter Soldier, one of Dell Rusk's government operatives along Doc Samson, Falcon and the Red Hulk. Bucky Barnes appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Rod Keller. He appears in the episode "World War Witch". The character appears in the Avengers Assemble animated series,[80][81] with the Winter Soldier voiced by Bob Bergen (in "Ghost from the Past"),[82] and by Matt Lanter (in "Vibranium Curtain" Pt. 1)[83] and Bucky Barnes voiced by Robbie Daymond.[84] In the episode "Ghost from the Past", Winter Soldier infiltrates Avengers Tower in order to abduct the Red Skull and take his own revenge which conflicts with the Avengers needing information on Thanos. During a fight on a rocket, Winter Soldier fights Captain America before retreating. In the episode "Spectrums", a spectral version of Winter Soldier is made from Captain America's fears thanks to Doctor Spectrum, however, Captain America eventually overcomes the nightmare. In the episode "Saving Captain Rogers", Captain America gets trapped in a hypnosis where Bucky helps fight Heinrich Zemo's HYDRA army. It was Bucky that enabled Captain America to snap out of the hypnosis to assist Iron Man and Black Widow against Helmut Zemo. In the episode "Vibranium Curtain" Pt. 1, Winter Soldier is called in by Black Widow to help the Avengers bring down Black Panther after Black Widow accused him of killing Captain America with the Crown's energy. Winter Soldier defeats Black Panther in the park as Iron Man prevents him from taking Black Panther's life since this is not what Captain America wanted. While blaming Iron Man for not being Captain America's friend, Winter Soldier leaves telling Iron Man to take Black Panther. Disney announced that Falcon and Winter Soldier will star in their own team up limited series with Sebastian Stan reprising his role.[85]
In July 2013, Marvel Studios released a teaser poster depicting a damaged and discolored Captain America shield. The "Los Angeles Times" said, "the image suggests that [Captain America] might see some serious battle in the sequel" while "Rolling Stone" said, "the image hints at darker themes in the sequel". Later that month, Marvel Studios head and producer Kevin Feige, directors Joe and Anthony Russo, and cast members Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Emily VanCamp, and Frank Grillo held a panel at 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International and presented footage from the film. In addition, Marvel had booths depicting a Smithsonian-type exhibit showing Captain America and the Howling Commandos from "Captain America: The First Avenger". At the end of the month, audiences were shown a glimpse of the film along with some of Marvel's other Phase Two slate of films at Disney XD's Disney Fandom event.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 89% approval rating with an average rating of 7.6/10 based on 283 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Suspenseful and politically astute, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is a superior entry in the Avengers canon and is sure to thrill Marvel diehards." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 70 out of 100 based on 48 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore audiences gave "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" an "A" grade rating on an A+ to F scale.
By October 2014, Robert Downey Jr. had entered final negotiations to reprise his role as Tony Stark / Iron Man in the film. Downey was added in order for the film to adapt the 2006–07 "Civil War" comic book storyline written by Mark Millar, which pitted Iron Man against Captain America. At the end of the month, it was confirmed that Sebastian Stan would return as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. A few days later, Marvel revealed that the film would be titled "Captain America: Civil War", confirming Downey's appearance and announcing that Chadwick Boseman would appear in the film as Black Panther ahead of his own solo film. Feige also confirmed that the film would be the first in the MCU's Phase Three slate of films. Anthony Russo stated that adapting the "Civil War" storyline was not always the intended storyline and direction for the film when the brothers initially signed on to return as directors. Markus expanded on this, saying the original concept for a third Captain America film "never got to draft", with Feige at some point telling the writing team to begin adapting "Civil War" around their original ideas. McFeely also added that, despite the shift in direction for the film, "The central theme, even the way Zemo is operating, are from that [early] iteration." The Russos revealed that, had negotiations with Downey to appear in the film failed, they would have used the Madbomb storyline from the Captain America comics, which was eventually used as a plot point in the first season of the "Agent Carter" TV series. The premise for the film would have centered on Zemo detonating the Madbomb, which would "turn hordes of people into berserkers" to present a physical threat to Captain America, while still pitting heroes against each other, as some would be zombified due to the Madbomb, to satisfy an "emotional component" for the film.
Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Joe Johnston, written by the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, and Stanley Tucci. Set predominantly during World War II, "Captain America: The First Avenger" tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America and must stop the Red Skull, who intends to use an artifact called the "Tesseract" as an energy-source for world domination.
In September 2012, Chris Evans stated that filming would begin in March 2013. Evans also stated that Rogers' adjustment to the modern world, which was originally set to be included in "The Avengers", would be better suited for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". At the end of the month, The Greater Cleveland Film Commission announced that "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" would film in Cleveland, Ohio after the production was approved for a $9.5 million tax credit. Producer Nate Moore said that after also serving as a location in "The Avengers", Cleveland's government was helpful in providing large locations for filming, which "provided production value which we probably could not have built in a backlot." McFeely joked that while writing ambitious action scenes "I did not realize a great American metropolis would say 'Sure, shut down three miles of freeway and go to town'." Portions of the film were also scheduled to be shot in California and Washington, D.C.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score for the Marvel Studios film, "" by Henry Jackman, which was released by Hollywood Records on April 1, 2014.
In August 2014, the Russos stated that the film would be set "a couple years" after "The Winter Soldier", and would continue to focus on Steve Rogers' relationship with Bucky Barnes as well as the political themes related to Captain America. Anthony stated, "The character was invented for an explicitly political purpose. So it's hard to get away from that nature." The Russos also said that they would be "bringing some new elements to the table that will give us a twist on "Winter Soldier"", and indicated that filming was scheduled to begin in Atlanta. They described themselves as "ecstatic" with a first draft of the screenplay submitted by Markus and McFeely, and also stated that the film's title would be announced "in a month or so at most", and that the concept and title for the film came from Feige, who had it "for a while". In September, Joe expanded by saying the film would have another "big idea that alters the universe as a whole in some way" similar to S.H.I.E.L.D. falling in "The Winter Soldier". The rest of the film, such as the characters, story, and tone, would be left open to the Russos' and writers' interpretations.
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" topped the box office on its opening weekend with $75.2 million from 32 overseas markets. The film debuted at number one in many territories, including Australia, China, and Russia and set a 3-day opening-weekend record in China among Disney films, with $38.81 million. It topped the box office outside North America on two consecutive weekends, followed by two weeks in second, behind "Rio 2".
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" was released in 32 markets on March 26, 2014 and in North America on April 4, 2014, in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D. The film debuted on 668 IMAX screens worldwide, a record for films releasing in April. The world premiere took place on March 13, 2014 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. The Paris premiere occurred on March 17 at Le Grand Rex, the London premiere took place on March 20 at Westfield London, the Beijing premiere took place on March 24 and the Cleveland premiere took place on April 1. Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson auctioned off passes to one of the premieres for charity.
The film is set several months after the events of "Avengers: Age of Ultron". Scott Lang attempts to infiltrate the new Avengers headquarters in Upstate New York featured in "Age of Ultron", and confronts Sam Wilson / Falcon, played by Anthony Mackie. McKay and Rudd decided to add Falcon to "Ant-Man" after watching "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". The Russo brothers filmed the post-credit scene, which was footage from "", and features Mackie as Falcon, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier.
The Winter Soldier appears as a mini-boss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced by Crispin Freeman. The Winter Soldier appears in the Wii, PS2 and PSP versions of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. Bucky Barnes and Winter Soldier appear in Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, again voiced by Rod Keller. Bucky Barnes appears in Captain America: Super Soldier, voiced by Sebastian Stan. Bucky Barnes appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, voiced by Mikey Kelley (Captain America) and by Yuri Lowenthal (Winter Soldier). Both iterations are separate characters: Captain America [listed as "Bucky Cap"] is a playable character and the Winter Soldier is a boss and a playable villain character. The Winter Soldier appears as a card in the Heroes vs. Heralds Mode of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Additionally, one of Captain America's alternate costumes is based on Bucky's Captain America suit. The Winter Soldier appears in Marvel Heroes, voiced by David Hayter.[95] The Winter Soldier appears as a DLC in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, voiced by James Arnold Taylor. The Winter Soldier is a playable character in the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance.[96] The Spec Ops 17 "Ghosts of the Past" is loosely based on Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier appears as a playable character in the iOS/Android game Marvel: Contest of Champions.[97] The Winter Soldier appears as a sidekick character in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes.[98] Bucky Barnes's various aliases appear as different playable characters in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Scott Porter. The various incarnations consist of his original version, Bucky Barnes's Captain America: The First Avenger design, Winter Soldier's original design and subsequent MCU designs, and his Captain America iteration. Barnes is first playable in the Story Mode's third chapter (which is based on his role in The First Avenger). Then, Winter Soldier serves as the main boss of the "Out of Insight" Bonus level (which is based on his role in The Winter Soldier). His Classic form is unlocked when player finds Winter Soldier in a side-quest of Washington DC hub, where he requests player to help him remember his past. The Winter Soldier is a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight. The Winter Soldlier is a DLC character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.[99] The Winter Soldier appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.[100]
The first televised advertisement for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" aired during Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014. According to "The Hollywood Reporter", Disney paid over $4 million per 30-second spot. The "Los Angeles Times" said, "The clip promoting the April 4 release had a recognizably melancholy tone as Chris Evans' patriotic hero grapples with the moral ambiguities of the modern age." Also in February, Gameloft announced that a mobile video game, titled "Captain America: The Winter Soldier – The Official Game", would be released in conjunction with the release of the film in late March 2014 for iOS and Android platforms. A few days later General Motors announced that Chevrolet partnered with Marvel Entertainment and provided a specially designed Corvette Stingray C7 for use by the Black Widow in the film. The vehicle debuted at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, where fans received limited-edition Captain America comic books. Evans was named the grand marshal of the 2014 Daytona 500 to promote the film's release. Later in the month, a 30-second television spot received "a lot of attention on social media" for a line featured in the clip. The line, which was said by Captain America, suggests that Nick Fury would die in the film. "The Hollywood Reporter" noted that it all seemed "a bit too obvious", noting the fact that Jackson, who plays Fury, is reprising the role in "", although pointing out that it could be in a postmortem flashback appearance.
A climactic scene of Bucky's return involves Captain America using the reality-altering Cosmic Cube to restore the Winter Soldier's memories. Writer Ed Brubaker, in an interview, said he intended no loophole, and that Captain America did not "will" the Winter Soldier to have Bucky's memories.[9]
Conversely, Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" said, "["Captain America: The Winter Soldier"] is everything a big budget superhero film should be – except inspired." Manohla Dargis of "The New York Times" said, "Like many others of its type, ["Captain America: The Winter Soldier"] gets off to a kinetic start only to lose steam before blowing everything up." Robbie Collin of "The Daily Telegraph" said, "You can't help but feel disappointment that a film with a relatively spicy premise becomes, in the end, so risk-averse." Mick LaSalle of the "San Francisco Chronicle" said the film "has the usual overlong running time [for the comic book superhero genre], the halfhearted feints in the direction of human feeling and the obligatory action sequences that are big without being either exciting or particularly legible." Joe Williams of the "St. Louis Post Dispatch" felt "On paper this sequel has some promising elements, but on screen it retreats from the very issues that it raises, and on a shelf next to "Captain America: The First Avenger", "The Winter Soldier" is pale." Jake Coyle of the "Associated Press" said the film's biggest misstep was the handling of Stan's Winter Soldier, and that it was "getting difficult to tell the Marvel movies apart".
Chris Evans portrays Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011), "The Avengers" (2012), "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017), "" (2018) and is set to appear again in "" (2019). In addition Evans makes an uncredited cameo appearance in "Ant-Man" (2015). Evans has confirmed that he intends to retire from the role after the fourth Avengers film, leading to speculation that the character will be die over the course of the final film. Theater actor Leander Deeny was the body double in some shots in the first film for Steve Rogers' pre-transformation physique.The 2013 Marvel One-Shot short film "Agent Carter" features the exploits of Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) one year after the events of "Captain America: The First Avenger", and features a flashback of Carter's final communication with Steve Rogers (Chris Evans). The scene was also shown in the first episode of "Agent Carter".
In January 2014, Disney announced that in honor of the film, Captain America would be making appearances at Disneyland. The meet and greet experience opened March 7, 2014 and is called "Captain America: The Living Legend and Symbol of Courage", located at Innoventions in Tomorrowland. Also in January, Marvel Comics released a prelude digital comic titled, "Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic", written by Peter David, with art by Rock-He Kim. The comic sees the return of the "Zodiac", the mysterious weapon first seen in the One-Shot "Agent Carter", which has fallen into the wrong hands. Captain America, Black Widow, and Rumlow must track the weapon down and put it back in S.H.I.E.L.D. protection.
A sequel to 2011's "Captain America: The First Avenger" was announced in April 2012. Anthony and Joe Russo were hired to direct in June, and in July it was officially titled "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". Evans and Jackson were set to reprise their respective roles as Captain America and Nick Fury, and Johansson would again play the Black Widow. Sebastian Stan, who portrayed Bucky Barnes in "Captain America: The First Avenger", returned as the Winter Soldier. Production started in April 2013 in Manhattan Beach, California, and filming also took place in Washington, D.C. and Cleveland, Ohio. The film premiered in Los Angeles on March 13, 2014. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" was released internationally on March 26 and in the United States on April 4.