Captain America: Civil War trailer soars online

The voracious appetite for superhero movies continues unabated, with the trailer for the forthcoming Captain America: Civil War racking up more than three million views overnightand soaring on social media after debuting on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday night.

Two stars of Marvel Entertainment's Avengers universe Chris Evans(Captain America) and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) were on hand to unveil the clip from the third solo Captain Americafilm.

Set to hit theatres May 6, the movie sees the return of Anthony and Joe Russo, the brotherswho directed sophomore instalment Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Running roughly 2 minutes, the trailer pits Captain America and Iron Man against each other.

It also features a host of familiar figures from the Marvel films, primarily Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier) and Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Falcon), while Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch) and Don Cheadle (James Rhodes/War Machine/Iron Patriot) make brief appearances.

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige quipped in a interview last year that there are Marvel hero films tentatively planned through 2028.

Meanwhile, titles the studio has so-far committed to releasing (until approximately 2020) include:

• Doctor Strange
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Spider-Man
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Ant-Man and The Wasp
• Black Panther
• Captain Marvel
• Avengers: Infinity Wars Part 1 and Part II
• Inhumans

Watch the trailer in the video above