Captain America: The Winter Soldier In April 2011, before "" was released in theaters, screenwriters Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely announced that Marvel had already hired the duo to work on the film's sequel. In September 2011, Chris Evans said that a sequel may not be released until 2014. In January 2012, Neal McDonough, who played Dum Dum Dugan in "Captain America: The First Avenger", mentioned that a sequel would likely be filmed after the completion of "", which would likely have been before the end of 2012. By March 2012, Marvel whittled down the possible directors for the sequel to three candidates: George Nolfi,
Captain America: The Captain Steve Rogers. After defeating Walker, Rogers is confronted by the Red Skull only for the Red Skull to accidentally inhale a cloud of poisonous dust causing his face to transform into a permanent, skull-like horror and fled. Walker hands over the Captain America uniform and shield to Rogers, and Steve Rogers became Captain America once again. "Captain America" #332-350 were reprinted into a trade paperback along with "Iron Man" #228 under the title "Captain America: The Captain". Captain America: The Captain "Captain America: The Captain" is the umbrella title used for the run of "Captain America" from issue 332 (cover