In Captain America: Civil War , disagreement over international oversight of the Avengers fractures the team into two opposing factionsβone led by Steve Rogers and the other by Tony Stark Downey. Development of Civil War began in late when Markus and McFeely began writing the screenplay, which borrows concepts from the comic book storyline " Civil War " while also focusing on story and character elements from the previous Captain America films to conclude the trilogy.
Following positive reactions to The Winter Soldier , the Russo brothers were brought back to direct in early The film's title and premise were revealed in October , along with Downey's involvement as Stark; additional cast members joined in the following months.
It continued in the Metro Atlanta area before concluding in Germany in August , with the film being the first to use IMAX 's digital 2D cameras for the film's central airport fight sequence.
Visual effects were provided by nearly 20 different studios. In , the brainwashed super-soldier James "Bucky" Barnes is dispatched from a Hydra base in Siberia to intercept an automobile carrying a case of super-soldier serum.
In the present day, approximately one year after Ultron is defeated by the Avengers in the nation of Sokovia, [ a ] Steve Rogers , Natasha Romanoff , Sam Wilson , and Wanda Maximoff stop Brock Rumlow from stealing a biological weapon from a lab in Lagos. Rumlow blows himself up, attempting to kill Rogers. Maximoff telekinetically diverts the explosion, accidentally destroying a nearby building and killing several Wakandan humanitarian workers in the process.
