Captain America: The First Avenger directing the project before Johnston was approached in 2008. The principal characters were cast between March and June 2010. Production of "Captain America: The First Avenger" began in June 2010, and filming took place in London, Manchester, Caerwent, and Liverpool in the United Kingdom, and Los Angeles in the United States. The film was converted to 3D in post-production. "Captain America: The First Avenger" premiered in Hollywood on July 19, 2011, and was released in the United States on July 22, 2011. The film was commercially successful, grossing over $370 million worldwide. Critics particularly praised Evans' performance, the film's depiction
Captain America (William Burnside) in contemporary times, to battle the original Captain America). This complicated origin is the reason that some sources list "Young Men" #24 as this character's first appearance, when in fact this, and subsequent 1950s-published Captain America stories, was clearly created with the intention of depicting the original Captain America. A 1977 story, "What If" Vol. 1 #4, (August, 1977), introduces two other, previous Captain Americas - William Naslund, appointed by Truman in 1945 to succeed the original Captain America, and Jeff Mace, who succeeds Naslund as Cap in the spring of 1946 after Naslund is killed in action. These versions