Marvel Studios has always had a tendency to make surprising castings. From Robert Redford to James Spader, whatever they seem to be doing, they are getting the right actor you would least expect to see in a Marvel film. Today happens to be one of those days.

The studio announced via their website that Martin Freeman (Sherlock, The Hobbit) will be joining the cast of Captain America: Civil War. No word yet on who he could play, but click below for what Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige had to say about the casting.

We are still more than a year away from seeing Captain America 3, although we will see the titular character fight alongside his fellow Avengers in Avengers: Age Of Ultron next May. How the latter film will affect the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is unknown at this time, but if we were to base everything off what we saw in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we’d have to say that Steve Rodgers (Chris Evans) and Sam Wilson aka the Falcon (Anthony Mackie) would be continuing to search for Bucky Barnes’ (Sebastian Stan) whereabouts.

The Russo Brothers have signed on to direct the film’s sequel, and talked to Yahoo! Movies about what we can expect to see in it, revealing that the third Cap film will take place “a couple years” after its predecessor, The Winter Soldier.

If you follow any movie reporters on Twitter, you might have noticed a large amount of exciting tweets praising Captain America: The Winter Soldier. That’s because the film was screened last night to the press, and from what has been said so far, it seems that the praise is unanimous. I’ll be checking out the film tonight with my own eyes, but it seems that I will most likely have the same reaction.

But for those who have seen it, reactions range from “awesome” to “one of the best Marvel movie ever.” So hit the jump to see all the reactions.

Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures have already released some of the Super Bowl XLVIII spots for their upcoming films ahead of Sunday’s big game.

Disney/Marvel, on the other hand, has decided to just give us a tease of their Big Game ad spot for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Watch the 15-second teaser for the full ad here below.

Marvel says to tune-in to the kickoff for the game on FOX on Sunday night, February 2, 2014, to watch the exclusive footage from the upcoming film, which hits theaters on April 4, 2014. We’ll have the full ad here for you as soon as it’s released online, if you’re not so inclined to turn on a football game (albeit, the biggest game of the year).

Before 2013 ends and 2014 begins, Marvel Studios has teased us with four new images from the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson, with brand new looks at the sequel’s villains, played by Sebastian Stan and Robert Redford.

The images debuted over at Empire Magazine and will appear in their December 31st print issue. Hit the jump to check out the new images.