Cap's Not Big on S.H.I.E.L.D. in The Winter Soldier

Marvel head Kevin Feige is offering up a few key hints about Marvel's upcoming slate of films beyond Iron Man 3, starting with Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In particular, Feige has been talking about Steve Rogers and his relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D.

"So Cap does stay with S.H.I.E.L.D. because he has nowhere else to go. But he's not necessarily comfortable there. And just as he's given permission to let go of the past and to focus on the modern world, a ghost comes up. With the Greatest Generation in World World II, there's a tendency to reflect on that period and say, 'Things were black and white back then, and now it's hard to know who the bad guys are.' 'We wanted to play on that a little with Cap being uncomfortable with the way S.H.I.E.L.D., and in particular Nick Fury, operates."

Additionally, EW revealed this new promo image of Winter Soldier catching Cap's shield. Check it:

Feige went on to talk about Marvel's upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, which he believes will pleasantly surprise audiences. (But let's be serious, how can you not love a talking Raccoon?)

"It's a huge story on a massive canvas," Feige explained. "We can take it to all those crazy places as long as all the characters respond in an emotionally truthful way. That's why I believe people are going to respond to Chris Pratt and to an alien Zoe Saldana -- because they did respond to that one time before [with Avatar]. And to a tree and a raccoon who, it is certainly our intention, will steal the whole movie."

But just how Marvel-y will the movie be? "Guardians takes place within the continuity of the [other movies] but it's on the other side of the universe," Feige continued. "We've always wanted to do a space movie. I'm obsessed with Star Wars, I'm obsessed with Star Trek."

Looking a bit more into the future, Feige also touched upon Edgar Wright's Ant-Man, which is slated for a 2015 release post-Avengers 2. While Feige is confident in the material, he did mention that the script is getting a bit of a facelift. "Frankly, now we have to rewrite it to put it a little bit more into the [Marvel Cinematic Universe] because it was written before it existed," he said.

As for casting the leading man? "Towards the end of this year, we'll buckle down and start casting and start refining the script, which is great and which is very Edgar," Feige explained. "He has done a great job being incredibly true to the comics but is putting his own spin on it, so we'll be drawing on multiple mythologies for this one."

But wait! The EW story also has a new Thor: The Dark World image. Take a look:

Via Entertainment Weekly and Indie Wire

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