Tadena, Nathalie. "Disney Acquires Distribution Rights to Four Marvel Films From Paramount". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved July 2, 2013. [ permanent dead link] A colonel in the United States Army and member of the Strategic Scientific Reserve who heads the project to create super soldiers. The character was updated from the comics, where Phillips was the one to recruit Rogers to join Project Rebirth that made him Captain America. [17] Jones described the character as "the one you've seen in a thousand movies: the gruff, skeptical officer overseeing a team of talented, slightly sarcastic, specially talented soldiers". [18] Hugo Weaving, who portrayed the Red Skull, wore a latex mask conceived by prosthetic makeup designer David White. The visual effects team had to manipulate his face considerably, as the mask was bulky and they wanted to make it look like tight skin wrapped around a very bony structure. They thinned out Weaving's cheeks and lower lip, hollowed out his eyes, and removed his eyelashes and nose to make him appear more like the Red Skull character. [107] Johnston, Joe; Johnson, Shelly; Ford, Jeffrey (2011). Audio commentary (DVD). Captain America: The First Avenger: Paramount Pictures. Event occurs at 1:04:05-1:04:49.

When the Secret Empire, another subversive group, made a play to take over the United States, Cap disrupted their gambit, but was crestfallen when he discovered the true identity of the Empire’s masked leader to be a high-ranking government official. His faith in his country shaken to the core, he abandoned the role of Captain America to temporarily adventure as Nomad until circumstances drove him to once again take up the shield and the old red, white, and blue. As Cap again, he and the Falcon strengthened their partnership to face the Madbomb crisis as well as the rise of Arnim Zola as a mad geneticist. Longworth, Karina (July 20, 2011). "Captain America: The First Avenger: Film Review". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011 . Retrieved July 20, 2011. a b McNary, Dave (June 7, 2010). "Stanley Tucci joins Captain America". Variety. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011 . Retrieved March 23, 2011.Another purveyor of warped science from the World War II era, geneticist Arnim Zola created incredible beings to do his bidding, but battled Captain America many times to prove his mind was the superior. In recent years, Zola became the master of an entire other dimension apart from our own, one in which Cap led a revolt to disrupt the evil scientist’s mad dreams. Caerwent is scene for Captain America movie". South Wales Argus. July 28, 2011. Archived from the original on July 31, 2011 . Retrieved July 28, 2011. Strowbridge, C.S. (November 8, 2008). "DVD Sales: Captain Fights His Way to First Place". The Numbers. Archived from the original on June 4, 2013 . Retrieved November 17, 2011. Douglas, Edward (July 26, 2006). "Exclusive: Jon Favreau on Iron Man". Superhero Hype!. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008 . Retrieved March 2, 2008. a b "MARVEL-OUS STAR WATTAGE: Actors Assemble For Comic-Con Panel Including 'The Avengers', 'Captain America', & 'Thor' ". Deadline Hollywood. July 24, 2010. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011 . Retrieved July 25, 2010.

New York, NY— January 27, 2023 — CAPTAIN AMERICA: COLD WAR, the explosive crossover saga that’s been building since the very beginning of Captain America’s current era is almost upon us! Debruge, Peter (July 20, 2011). "Captain America: The First Avenger". Variety. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011 . Retrieved July 20, 2011. People's Choice Awards 2012 Nominees". People's Choice Awards. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 . Retrieved November 9, 2011.Rogers found himself subjected to Erskine’s treatments— a specialized serum and exposure to a unique form of radiation—and realized the professor’s dream, becoming the world’s first, fully developed Super-Soldier. Now muscular and tall, as well as possessed of amazing strength and agility, the former ninety-eight-pound weakling watched in horror as a Nazi spy shot and killed Erskine, and thereby ensured Rogers would be the last of his kind. Boucher, Geoff (July 21, 2010). "COMIC-CON 2010: 'Captain America' director has different spin on hero: 'He's not a flag-waver' ". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 10, 2010 . Retrieved July 23, 2010.

Captain America toiled tirelessly to earn enemies throughout his career, but none so much as the Red Skull. The skull-faced villain charted his own course after his “creation” by Adolph Hitler himself, but he retained the Nazi mindset of superiority and world-dominance. Crafty and cunning, he waylaid Cap at every turn, even surviving into the modern age to bedevil his adversary time and time again. The Skull recognized Cap as his mortal enemy - perhaps not a genuine equal, but as someone whose image was to be corrupted, his goals subverted, and his life ruined. The Sentinel of Liberty never underestimated the Red Skull, and despite witnessing his supposed death many times, rarely believed his threat had truly ended.Ditzian, Eric (March 15, 2010). "Exclusive: Ryan Phillippe Confirms 'Captain America' Audition". MTV. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016 . Retrieved September 10, 2014. Bring Captain America Home on Blu-ray & DVD 10/25". Marvel.com. September 20, 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011 . Retrieved September 21, 2011. Truitt, Brian (February 1, 2011). "Captain America commands attention in digital comic, film". USA Today. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011 . Retrieved February 1, 2011. Archive of Fritz, Ben; Harris, Dana (April 27, 2005). "Paramount pacts for Marvel pix". Variety. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011 . Retrieved March 2, 2008.