Captain America: The Winter Soldier from "Captain America: The First Avenger", with Captain America riding the company's Softail Breakout motorcycle in the film. In October 2013, Marvel released the first trailer for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". "The Hollywood Reporter" said, "it looks like it'll live up to the 'political thriller' that's been promised for months now." "The Los Angeles Times" said, "[the] trailer runs 2½ minutes and teases plenty of action, conspiracy and clever banter between Captain America and his S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues, with a smattering of the previously released Comic-Con International and D23 footage." "The Los Angeles Times" also noted that the day before
Captain America: The First Avenger the development process of the film. The lawsuit was eventually settled in September 2003. In 2005, Marvel received a $525 million investment from Merrill Lynch, allowing them to independently produce ten films, including "Captain America". Paramount Pictures agreed to distribute the film. Originally, the film would stand alone; producer Kevin Feige said "about half" the movie would be set during World War II before moving into the modern day. Producer Avi Arad said, "The biggest opportunity with Captain America is as a man 'out of time', coming back today, looking at our world through the eyes of someone who thought