Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2009 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. It is the third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). 
The film was directed by Joe Johnston, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and stars Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, and Stanley Tucci.
== Plot ==
It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erskine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erskine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's secret HYDRA research department (headed by Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull), Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot; however, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America, and his war against Schmidt begins.
== Cast ==
* Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America (first appearance)
* Hayley Atwell as Margaret "Peggy" Carter (first appearance)
* Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull (first appearance)
* Tommy Lee Jones as Chester Phillips (first appearance)
* Sebastian Stan as James "Bucky" Barnes (first appearance)
* Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark (first appearance)
* Toby Jones as Arnim Zola (first appearance)
* Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine (first appearance) (death)
* Howling Commandos:
** Neal McDonough as Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan (first appearance)
** Derek Luke as Gabe Jones (first appearance)
** Kenneth Choi as Jim Morita (first appearance)
* Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
== Reception ==
Captain America: The First Avenger earned $176.7 million in North America and $193.9 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $370.6 million.
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 80%, with an average score of 7/10, based on 276 reviews. 
== Sequels ==
* Captain America: The Winter Soldier
* Captain America: Civil War
* Captain America: New World Order__NOINDEX__
== World Building ==
=== Events ===
* World War II
** Assassination of Abraham Erskine
** Battle of Azzano
** Liberation of Allied Prisoners of War
** Attack on HYDRA Facilities
** Capture of Arnim Zola
* Finding of Captain America
=== Organizations ===
* United States Army
** Howling Commandos
* British Armed Forces
* Stark Industries
* HYDRA
* Strategic Scientific Reserve
** Project Rebirth
* Nazi Party
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
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