Joe and Anthony Russo’s Captain America: Civil War is still about a year away, but this week we got a very special early look at the film. As part of the live-action presentation at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, Marvel Studios showcased the first ever footage from the film – teasing the titular hero’s struggle to find his brainwashed best friend (Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes), and a monumental conflict with a former ally (Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark). The sequences shown were absolutely mindblowing, so I decided to make it the focal point of this week’s Hero Blend.
Joining me as co-host this week is Cinema Blend’s own Sean O’Connell, who wasn’t present with me at the D23 Expo, but provides an outsider perspective about the footage and has questions about what I saw. Enjoy the episode above, and in case you missed it, you can read my entire description of the reel below!
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