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: The Winter Soldier put it back in S.H.I.E.L.D. protection. The first televised advertisement for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" aired during Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014. According to "The Hollywood Reporter", Disney paid over $4 million per 30-second spot. The "Los Angeles Times" said, "The clip promoting the April 4 release had a recognizably melancholy tone as Chris Evans' patriotic hero grapples with the moral ambiguities of the modern age." Also in February, Gameloft announced that a mobile video game, titled "Captain America: The Winter Soldier – The Official Game", would be released in conjunction with the release of the film