Captain America: The Winter Soldier who played Peggy Carter in "Captain America: The First Avenger", said that she would not appear in the sequel. However Stanley Tucci, who played Dr. Abraham Erskine in the previous film, later said that Atwell would reappear in a flashback scene. Also in January, Marvel Studios announced that the film would be released in 3D, and Anthony Mackie said filming would begin on April 1, 2013. Later that month, Toby Jones, who portrayed Arnim Zola in the first film, said that he would reprise the role in the sequel. By the end of the month, stages were being built for
Captain America: The First Avenger the perfect world was small-town United States. Sixty years go by, and who are we today? Are we better?" He cited the "Back to the Future" trilogy as an influence, and claimed he had "someone in mind to be the star, and definitely someone in mind to be the director". In February 2006, Arad hoped to have a summer 2008 theatrical release date. Jon Favreau approached Arad to direct the film as a comedy, but he chose to make "Iron Man" instead. In April 2006, David Self was hired to write the script. He explained that Captain America was his