Captain America: The First Avenger First Avenger" tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America and must stop the Red Skull, who intends to use an artifact called the "Tesseract" as an energy-source for world domination. "Captain America: The First Avenger" began as a concept in 1997 and was scheduled for distribution by Artisan Entertainment. However, a lawsuit, not settled until September 2003, disrupted the project. In 2005, Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch, and planned to finance and release it through Paramount Pictures. Directors Jon Favreau and Louis Leterrier were interested in
Captain America in other media Captain America in other media Since the 1940s, the comic book character Captain America has been presented in a variety of other media, including serial films, feature films, animations, and video games. "The Marvel Super Heroes" (1966): Captain America was one of the five featured superheroes, starring in one "Captain America" segment a week. They were largely straightforward adaptations of not just the character's solo stories from "Tales of Suspense", but also several stories from "The Avengers" series as well. Both of these films were released on DVD for the first time together in 2011 from Shout! Factory. The 1944