Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American
superhero film based on the
Marvel Comics character
Captain America, produced by
Marvel Studios and distributed by
Paramount Pictures. It is
the fifth film in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by
Joe Johnston, written by
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and stars
Chris Evans,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Hugo Weaving,
Hayley Atwell,
Sebastian Stan,
Dominic Cooper,
Neal McDonough,
Derek Luke, and
Stanley Tucci. Set predominantly during
World War II, the film tells the story of Steve Rogers, a sickly man from
Brooklyn who is transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the
Red Skull,
Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry and the leader of an organization that intends to use an artifact called the "Tesseract" as an energy-source for world domination.