Last night Variety let loose an exclusive that Marvel is moving ahead with the Civil War storyline! Apparently that role that Robert Downey Jr said he would play in the Marvel movies that wasn’t Iron Man 4 is in Captain America 3, which will kickoff the Civil War story. They went over the details on how it almost didn’t come to pass, and how this is the start of something that will carry over in to the next seven movies.
This also gives insight in to the rumors that Disney has been working a deal with Sony to borrow Spider-Man for some of their movies while letting Sony retain the standalone movie rights. Spider-Man was at the heart of Civil War, where the Superhero Registration Act required all powered beings to reveal their identities to the government and act as a police force. They would get proper training, pay, and time off. Basically making superheroes official, legal, and accountable. Iron man was for it, Cap was against it. At one point Iron Man convinces Spider-Man to reveal his identity to the world, to convince other heroes it was the right thing to do. That didn’t end well.
This is big news folks. Huge in fact. I cannot wait.