Captain America: Civil War (2016) – 19 Marvelous Facts About The Movie!!

Captain America: Civil War (2016) is an action/thriller movie directed by Russo brothers (Anthony and Joe). The movie stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Sebastian Stan, Paul Rudd,  Jeremy Renner, Tom Holland, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo and Daniel Bruhl. 

Captain America Civil War 2016 Poster
Captain America Civil War 2016 Poster

Captain America: Civil War (2016) happens after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). To minimize the collateral damage, superheroes fall under a government regulatory bill which requires them to take responsibility for their action and work under supervision of government ruled by politicians. This causes a rage among superheroes which results in Captain America and Iron Man finding themselves divided and different sides of law. Will they rule out their differences and unite once again to defeat the new villain Baron Zemo..??

Black Widow, Agent 13, Falcon and Captain
Black Widow, Agent 13, Falcon and Captain

The movie has a huge casting and an epic story to tell. Let’s jump to the interesting facts and details about the movie Captain America: Civil War (2016).

Team Captain America
Team Captain America

19. He’s not Bucky Barnes anymore, he’s not the Winter Soldier anymore! 

The filmmakers describe Barnes as a divided character: “He’s not Bucky Barnes anymore, he’s not the Winter Soldier anymore; he’s something in between. He was under mind control, and he murdered a lot of people. So he’s got a very complicated history.

Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier
Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier

18. Tom Holland is the new Spider-Man! 

Tom Holland and other finalists for the role of Spider-Man had to perform separate screen tests with Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. It was a must as to see whose chemistry fits the best with both Evans and Downey Jr. Tom Holland was selected based on his audition for the role of next Spider-Man after Andrew Garfield.

Spider-Man in Captain America civil war
Spider-Man in Captain America civil war

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17. Steve Rogers vs Tony Stark! 

Betrayal is a crucial theme in this movie. Filmmakers have said that this movie is not only about politics and people arguing about different views. The finale is scripted as a personal act between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers.

Iron Man is in Trouble
Iron Man is in Trouble

16. Superheroes fight and supervillains unite in 2016!

This movie is set to release in the same year as DC comics movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) is releasing. Batman v Superman is also about two superheros fighting each other like Captain America: Civil War (2016).

Batman v superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v superman: Dawn of Justice

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15. Iron man is not crazy! 

Filmmakers have stated that the trick to pitting Captain America against Iron Man  “is to show Iron Man using the minimum force to win the fight. It’s not like Iron Man is trying to go all crazy and kill somebody.

Iron Man and War Machine
Iron Man and War Machine

14. Vision is still learning! 

Actor Paul Bettany had described the Vision as he is learning what it means to be human and what love is. The only way one can guarantee one’s loyalty is love.

Paul Bettany as Vision
Paul Bettany as Vision

13. Is Captain America going to die in this film.!? 

In the Civil War comics, Captain America was killed by Crossbones (Brock Rumlow) and a brain washed Agent 13 (Sharon Carter). Both character were already introduced in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).

Crossbones and Captain Behind Scenes
Crossbones and Captain Behind Scenes

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12. The Avengers 2.5!

Anthony Mackie (Falcon) described the movie as “The Avengers 2.5”. Robert Downey Jr. Said about the movie that it’s gonna be huge and high. Daniel Bruhl (villain Baron Zemo) said budget of this film is so huge that one can make 20 films from it.

Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon

11. Baron Zemo is the villain in Captain America: Civil War! 

Actor Daniel Bruhl plays villain Baron Zemo. In comics, he was the one who exposed Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes to the public. Baron Zemo also knows that Winter Soldier was the one who killed Tony Stark’s parents.

Daniel Bruhl plays Baron Zemo
Daniel Bruhl plays Baron Zemo

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The Martian (2015): 15 Fascinating Facts About The Movie!!

The Martian (2015) is an adventure/sci-fi movie directed by Ridley Scott and based on the novel written by Andy Weir. The movie stars Matt Damon, Kate Mara, Jessica Chastain, Sebastian Stan, Sean Bean, Michael Peña, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jeff Daniels in lead roles.

Casts of film
Casts of film

The Martian (2015) tells the story of Astronaut Mark Watney. He is a member of manned mission to Mars and is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Mark Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only limited supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to survive on Mars and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

Matt Damon as Mark Watney
Matt Damon as Mark Watney

The movie is a fight to survive in  extreme conditions. Well, I have a list of Interesting facts and details about movie The Martian (2015).

Have a look.

The Martian 2015
The Martian 2015

15. True Story behind The Martian! 

Andy Weir is the writer of the novel (The Martian) on which the movie is based. He first published his book for free on his own site as a blog for fun. Then people asked him to put it in a downloadable form, then people asked him to put it on Amazon for Kindle download which he did at the then min price of $0.99.

The Martian Novel by Andy Weir

The Martian Novel by Andy Weir

14. Real weather conditions on Mars! 

The atmospheric pressure on the Martian surface averages 0.087 psi, about 0.6% of Earth’s mean sea level pressure of 14.69 psi. It is so low that a “Fierce storm” as they put it would be something akin to a very light breeze messing up your hair. Due to the low air density sound would not travel like it does on Earth and you would have to stand next to someone and scream for them to hear you, providing you could survive the freezing cold temperature, poisonous atmosphere and lack of pressure.

The Martian 2015

The Martian 2015

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13. Know The Martian.. Mark Watney! 

In the novel The Martian, Mark Watney majored in Mechanical Engineering and Botany in college. He also displays a markedly tasteful dislike for disco music.

Matt Damon as Mark Watney

Matt Damon as Mark Watney

12. It’s 2nd time Matt Damon got stuck on other planet! 

Originally, actor Matt Damon was concerned that The Martian would be similar to his previous film Interstellar (2014) which also featured him stranded alone on a planet. After sharing his concern to director Ridley Scott, the director reassured him that the two movies are completely different.

Matt Damon in the Martian
Matt Damon in the Martian

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11. True Story behind portrayal of NASA! 

To portray NASA in a film, the filmmakers must obtain permission to do so. NASA must also be shown that the filmmakers are taking the subject matter seriously and are representing the truth. 50 pages of the script is NASA material.

NASA headquarters in The Martian 2015 movie

NASA headquarters in the movie

10. Story behind filming of The Martian! 

About 20 movie sets were constructed over the filming of The Martian (2015). 20 set isn’t many in comparison to other films, but they were much more “technical”. To put that in perspective to other Ridley Scott films, he used 70 sets on Exodus and over 100 sets on American Gangster (2007).

The Martian 2015

The Martian 2015

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9. Matt Damon did scienced the Shit out of that planet! 

The original cover page of the draft of The Martian was on-board of actual NASA ship Orion when it launched. On the cover was a drawing of actor Matt Damon’s character on Mars saying, “I’m gonna science the shit out of this planet”.

Draft Cover

Draft Cover