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Falcon Won’t Become Cap In ‘Captain America 3’
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Marvel Comics has made a few changes to their characters in the past few weeks. It first started out with revealing that Thor will be a woman. Series writer Jason Aaron emphasized, “This is not She-Thor. This is not Lady Thor. This is not Thorita. This is THOR. This is the THOR of the Marvel Universe. But it’s unlike any Thor we’ve ever seen before.” Then it was announced that The Falcon would become the new Captain America. While these changes show how progressive the comic book giant can be, there was a lot of speculation on how the changes would impact the Marvel Cinematic Universe, especially since many of the actors’ contracts will expire after The Avengers 3.

It would make sense to make these changes in the films to coincide with the changes in comics. But, wait just one moment. Like any adaptation, the films don’t always follow their source materials to the letter, and screenwriters and directors are always taking creative liberties with these comic book properties. That’s why Captain America 3 scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely say that we shouldn’t expect to see Falcon become Captain America in the next sequel, but they don’t want fans to give up hope on the idea either. Hit the jump for more.

In an interview with SFX magazine, McFeely said, “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!”

Markus added, “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. Ours has only been off the ground for five or so. So it’s not quite time to start changing things up yet.”

The two say that the change won’t happen in the sequel, but it will happen eventually, it’s only a matter of time.

Also, Markus talked about how he wanted to get Modox into the film, but couldn’t:

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!

Captain America 3 opens in theaters on May 6, 2016.

[Source: SFX]

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1 Comment »

  1. cap will be back to being Steve in the comics in short order. its just a stunt

    Comment by Ataricade — August 15, 2014 @ 10:18 pm

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