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[Dalek]

40 ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Rumors That Turned Out to Be Completely False

http://screencrush.com/captain-america-civil-war-false-rumors/

The months and years leading up to a major superhero franchise are marked by an endless parade of rumors, spoilers, and scoops, a few of them accurate, most of them wildly and sometimes comically false. Previously, I’ve compiled dozens of phony rumors about Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Today, it’s all about Captain America: Civil War.

Get ready for 40 different false rumors about Marvel’s latest mega-blockbuster, many of which were printed (and reprinted and reprinted) online along with some variation of the phrase “take this news with a grain of salt.” If this trend continues, the movie journalism industry will be singlehandedly responsible for a worldwide salt shortage.

1. Captain America 3 will likely avoid Marvel’s Civil War.” — We Got This Covered

2. “Captain America will be dying at the end of Civil War.” — That Hashtag Show

3. “Crossbones will kill Steve Rogers by the end of the movie.” — Geek.com

4. “Hawkeye’s wife totally gets killed by Crossbones.” — Movie Pilot

5. “Hawkeye fights Crossbones and kills him with four arrows, one for each of his dead family members.” — Comic Book Movie

6. “Bucky Barnes takes on the mantle of Captain America after Steve Rogers is apparently killed.” — Geek.com

7. “Cap decides to surrender, but entrusts his shield to Bucky, so he can always remember who he really is: a hero.” — Comic Book Movie

8. “[Bucky will] start a little romance with Black Widow.” — Fashion & Style

9. “The plan for Captain America: Civil War is to bookmark the movie with funeral scenes, one at the beginning and one at the end.” — Point of Geeks

10. “The Russos shot three death scenes… War Machine, Scarlet Witch, and the Falcon.” — That Hashtag Show

11. “One scene was shot three ways, involving three MCU characters individually picking up Cap’s shield at the end, leaving an opening… for a new beginning … The three characters that were shot picking up Captain America’s shield … are Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) a.k.a. Agent 13, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) a.k.a. The Winter Soldier, and Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) a.k.a. The Falcon.” — Point of Geeks

12. “Steve Rogers may wield Thor’s hammer.” — International Business Times

13. “The movie opens with [the Avengers] busting a drug deal and recovering some Vibranium-based weaponry.” — Comic Book Movie

14. “[Tony] Stark will be the one responsible for creating Spidey’s web shooters.”— Latino Review

15. “Tom Holland may wear the Iron Spider Armor costume that was used in the Civil War Marvel Comics comic book event.” — Cosmic Book News

16. “Spider-Man confides with Stark his secret identity, and Stark is surprised to learn he’s just a boy … Peter mentions Uncle Ben and his mantra that ‘With great powers, come great responsibilities.’” — Comic Book Movie

17. “[Nick] Fury drops by to share some info on Bucky.” — Comic Book Movie

18. “Gwyneth Paltrow will appear in Captain America: Civil War.” — Empire

19. “Maria Hill is outed as a mole.” — Comic Book Movie

20. “The Vision will jump over to Cap’s team.” — That Hashtag Show

21. “The Vision will be leaving Earth for space.” — That Hashtag Show

Read the rest at the link. Remember those names for next time and their awful, awful rumors.

 

[slade]

So many of them just say Cap dies and the fallout from that.

 

[El Topo]

Okay, #24 was pretty funny. Most are just dumb though. Did anyone ever expect #26?

 

[Glass Rebel]

11 of them from Comic Book Movie

 

[The Outsider]

9. “The plan for Captain America: Civil War is to bookmark the movie with funeral scenes, one at the beginning and one at the end.” — Point of Geeks

Whoops, wrong movie.

 

[Einchy]

These rumors were really trying to make Crossbones a big part of the movie.

 

[raphier]

Sharon Carter was in a promotional art once wearing a suit. Whatever happened to that. I think this was before the spiderman was confirmed for civil war.

 

[vikki]

These soutces will just change their name?

 

[PhoncipleBone]

11/40 come from Comic Book Movie, the most trusted source for comic book movie news!

Can we please stop linking to them now?

 

[Brakke]

The only one of these I've even heard of is Latino Review.

Whoops, wrong movie.

Also the phrase is "bookend" not "book mark" lol

These soutces will just change their name?

They got an inferior product in an aggressive marketplace?

 

[The Outsider]

Sharon Carter was in a promotional art once wearing a suit. Whatever happened to that. I think this was before the spiderman was confirmed for civil war.

There seems to be some weird marketing hold up with Scarlet Witch, so I think Sharon was used as a Team Cap placeholder in a lot of that art. I assume it's something to do with the shared rights.

 

[Monocle]

Someone told me Captain America dies, and I was like "Great, I could have done without knowing that," so I was glad when it turned out to be false.

 

[Tookay]

I do wonder if some of these things were considered or "true" at an early stage of production, but were changed.

Or they just were completely wrong.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I feel like once they get confirmation that a character is in the movie, they rush to post a story rumor based off arcs from the comic. That's the only way some of these could possibly be so off. Less rumor based off an inside source and more speculation based off the direction the comics went in. Which is stupid.

They'll still get away with it. People don't remember all the times you were wrong two years ago. They will remember that one outlandish "rumor" that you got right. These places will still throw shit at a wall to see what sticks, and people will still post it while the films are in production.

 

[Volimar]

I was actually surprised that Peter didn't lay the "great power" line. Tony gave him a great opening when he asked why he did it.

 

[Glass Rebel]

I was actually surprised that Peter didn't lay the "great power" line. Tony gave him a great opening when he asked why he did it.

I mean, he kinda did.

 

[Volimar]

THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!! I need explicit lines!!!

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

11/40 come from Comic Book Movie, the most trusted source for comic book movie news!

Can we please stop linking to them now?

But they're Bobby Roberts Approved™.

 

[DrForester]

Can't speak for everyone else, but I was actually shocked that #2 didn't happen. I thought it was a certainty and that the would resurrect at the end of Infinity War 1.




#12 is totally happening in Infinity Wars. They didn't set that up in AoU to not have a payoff later.

 

[Volimar]

Can't speak for everyone else, but I was actually shocked that #2 didn't happen. I thought it was a certainty and that the would resurrect at the end of Infinity War 1.

It was a bit of a surprise to me as well since Evans doesn't seem to care much for the character.

 

[DrForester]

It was a bit of a surprise to me as well since Evans doesn't seem to care much for the character.

I thought he loves playing the character, it's the press junkets he hates.

 

[Shaanyboi]

I remember people saying Red Hulk was going to show up, and I would've been fine with that if regular Hulk was still around.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I remember people saying Red Hulk was going to show up, and I would've been fine with that if regular Hulk was still around.

Would've only accepted this if they referred to him as Red Ross and he was just a big red David Schwimmer.

 

[broncobuster]

Missing the best, 95% certain Spider-Man won't be white.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Does anyone really expect them to actually add the chainmail?

 

[DrForester]

Missing the best, 95% certain Spider-Man won't be white.

Holand is fantastic and I am looking forward to his stand alone movie.

Black/Hispanic Spiderman would have been great, if for nothing less than the racist meltdowns online.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Would've only accepted this if they referred to him as Red Ross and he was just a big red David Schwimmer.

"MYYY SANDWICH?!?!"

*hulks out*

 

[CloudWolf]

I was actually really happy Zemo turned out to have nothing to do with Hydra and that he didn't have some huge world-ending plan. He's probably my favorite MCU villian to date (not counting the Netflix shows, because that's just not fair).

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

"MYYY SANDWICH?!?!"

*hulks out*

"Wait, no, Banner no... what are you doing? GET OFF MY DAUGHTER!"

 

[antonz]

I thought he loves playing the character, it's the press junkets he hates.

Evans made some comments about how he wants to do some directing and it sort of got pushed around as Evans hates his role and hates acting and wants out. That basically sparked the whole Sebastian Stan has been optioned for upto 9 movies so obviously Cap is being killed thing.

Evans clarified as you said that he loves being Cap and is not pushing to be removed or anything and is quite happy to keep playing Cap. If anything it will simply mean Evans will do less Non-Marvel roles while he pursues directing

 

[Mariolee]

I really wish there was some more accountability in media journalism. Like, I get that sure it sholdn't be taken too seriously considering these are just comic book movies, but letting websites just mouth off whatever they want with no consequence is grating.

 

[bananafactory]

The funny thing about people being so sensitive to spoilers is that half the time they turn out to be false, either because they are completely bogus like these ones, or just the result of trolling.

So really even if you read a "spoiler" it's not really a spoiler until you see for yourself whether or not it's true

 

[Escape Goat]

I was hoping Steve Rogers was going to die. Then have Bucky grab the shield and fuck some people up.

 

[serenewarfare]

#14 was kind of true. Tony created his actual suit and gave him the web shooters he'll use going forward.

 

[hodayathink]

#14 was kind of true. Tony created his actual suit and gave him the web shooters he'll use going forward.

The shooters were the one thing that Tony was impressed by, and more than likely the one thing on the suit he didn't replace.

Edit: And then I remembered the after-credit sequence. Nevermind.

 

[dave is ok]

I'm still waiting for them to send Bruce Banner at Ultron in Iron Man's armor

 

[Forkball]

Now someone do this for the NX in a year,

 

[gutter_trash]

this thread needs a SPOILER moniker to avoid having people accidentally drift in, get spoiled due to the lack of SPOILER warning on the thread title

 

[Brandon F]

To be fair, Cap did get killed in the comics Civil War story right?

 

[foxuzamaki]

I honestly believed steve was gonna die and bucky was gonna become the new cap

 

[Shaanyboi]

To be fair, Cap did get killed in the comics Civil War story right?

Yeah. Plus Evans is coming to the end of his contract and Stan is contracted for a total of 9 movies.

 

[Kinyou]

12. “Steve Rogers may wield Thor’s hammer.” — International Business Times

Wouldnt be surprised if the whole foundation for that rumour was that he moved it a little in Avengers 2.

 

[ArtHands]

Its not just those sites. There are many on this forum who have their personal theories too which they pass off as a sure thing. I have read about Zemo being the big bad who will unite Stark and Steve in the 3rd act, from those people who defended Doomsday reveal in the BvS 2nd trailer thread.

Also funny how people claim there's a Marvel formula in these Marvel movies, yet they are so horribly wrong with their 'rumors', its not funny.

 

[choodi]

I love when bullshit rumour sites get called out online. Someone needs to do it more with video games rumours.

Spoiler

Plus someone really needs to call Pachter out on his 'predictions'.

 

[Quick]

this thread needs a SPOILER moniker to avoid having people accidentally drift in, get spoiled due to the lack of SPOILER warning on the thread title

What's to spoil if none of the items on the list are true?