Rumor: 'Captain America: Civil War' Plot Beginning Revealed

The official plot synopsis for Captain America: Civil War mentions an international incident that divides the Avengers and kicks off the events of the movie. A new rumor now claims to know what that incident is.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

In the post-credits scene of Ant-Man, Captain America and Falcon find Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier. Captain America mentions that "The Accords" won't allow Iron Man to help them. Fans and rumor sites are now speculating that this will be the Marvel Cinematic Universe's version of the Superhero Registration Act from Mark Millar's Civil War comic book. In the comic, the act takes effect after the New Warriors kill more than 600 civilians as they try to stop the super-villain known as Nitro in what became known as "the Stamford Incident".

Heroic Hollywood reports that the Captain America: Civil War version of this event will occur when Cap and Scarlet Witch fight Crossbones, who is wearing a suicide vest loaded with explosives.

"In order to protect the civilians on the ground, Captain America orders Scarlet Witch to levitate Crossbones above ground," the site reports. "She does and unfortunately is unable to contain the massive explosion that sets off near a populated building causing death and destruction."

Chris Evans and Frank Grillo have been spotted in set photos in fight sequences and Elizabeth Olsen was seen nearby as well, so this tracks with the details above.

Here is that official description, in case you missed it.

"Set for release in the United States on May 6, 2016, Captain America: Civil War is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo from a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. The film returns Chris Evans as the iconic Super Hero character Steve Rogers/Captain America along with Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Paul Bettany as The Vision, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as Jim Rhodes/War Machine and Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.

After his debut in Marvel’s Ant-Man on July 17, 2015, Paul Rudd will make his first appearance alongside the Avengers as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in Captain America: Civil War.

The film also includes outstanding additional cast, including Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa/Black Panther, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter/Agent 13, Daniel Brühl, Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow/ Crossbones, William Hurt as General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross and Martin Freeman.

Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain."

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