Captain America: The First Avenger post-converted 3-D". Peter Debruge of "Variety" said, ""Captain America: The First Avenger" plays like a by-the-numbers prequel for Marvel Studios' forthcoming "The Avengers" movie". Kirk Honeycutt of "The Hollywood Reporter" had mixed feelings about the film, writing, "As the last Marvel prequel that includes two Iron Man and Incredible Hulk movies before next summer's "The Avengers", this one feels perhaps a little too simplistic and routine". A sequel, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", directed by Anthony and Joseph Russo, was released on April 4, 2014. Evans, Stan, Atwell, Jones, and Jackson reprise their roles as Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Peggy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier by Captain America, suggests that Nick Fury would die in the film. "The Hollywood Reporter" noted that it all seemed "a bit too obvious", noting the fact that Jackson, who plays Fury, is reprising the role in "", although pointing out that it could be in a postmortem flashback appearance. In March 2014, Marvel released the Captain America Experience app, that allowed fans to capture a pictures of themselves with Captain America, and let them share it on Instagram and Twitter using specific hashtags to unlock 10 early screenings of the film across the United States, which took place on