They should do the Cap vs Black Panther story from WWII.  Good stuff and could lead to a modern Black Panther movie.  

Since they have Sebastian Stan signed to a multiple movie contract, they could do the Winter Soldier storyline.

Just think how glorious it would be for Marvel to get all of their film rights back and do a Civil War movie (complete with the death of Cap) which would lead into a Secret Invasion movie, leading to Dark Reign, Siege and finally the Heroic Age.

Captain America is one of those heroes for which it is hard to come up with a contemporary story.  He made perfect sense in the WWII era, when an incarnation of American freedom would be welcomed with open arms.

But today?  It would be just another super guy flick.  How would they work the America into the story?  Our nation is divided politically, worse than it ever has been.  For half of the country, Captain America would be someone who would stand for capitalism, right-to-life, church, and small government.  The other half would be craving big government, freedom from religion, and socialism.

Who is Captain America today?  What does he believe in?  And no matter how you slice it, you're offending half of Americans.

One way to be safe, I guess, would be to have him fighting an extraterrestrial menace.  Stay out of politics; no Iraq/Afghanistan/Iran/North korea intervention.  Have him face an enemy we could all agree on.

the sequel script is no surprise but I agreewith batmite- the story would be pretty diffucult to create.

I'd LOVE to see a wartime Invaders story.  But they could also do the Serpent Society or Flagsmasher.  (Flagsmasher, in particular, would be a great counter to Cap, and they could even do the storyline where Cap has to shoot someone and resents himself for taking a life - as long as they don't turn him into a moping, whiny bitch who takes a mid-film break from heroing, a la Spider-Man.)

 Batmite, you have great points, and that's why Flagsmasher would be the perfect foil.  HYDRA and Baron Strucker or a revitalized Red Skull, or even another terrorist group, would be great.  Something that allows him to voice his extreme ideological conviction, even in the face of the political unrest and turmoil in our nation today.

We should move into the Winter Soldier right away.

You don't want politics have Cap fight the powers of HYDRA out of Madripoor or AIM.

Why can't Cap fight muslim extremists to make the film relevant to today's events. He did in the comics. At the end of the day it's fantasy, fiction so I'd be ok with it

 Okay, I think a lot of films get a greenlight for a sequel.  However, this is the VERY early stages.  It all depends on the success of Thor, Cap and the Avengers film overall.  I hope we see success on the horizon for all of them (Thor being the most questionable one in the bunch.)

Batmite..... You think America is the same as the extremists we are fighting? Actually America, "The Real America" is Moderate. Most of our country is still sane. Based on what you're saying Superman would be a conservative Republican, which isn't the case. Actions always speak louder than words. By his actions, Superman could be judged a moderate. I believe Cap would be one too. They don't work for, or in the interests of, any idiotic party....They represent and serve ALL Americans in their stories...Give me a friggin break.

It's a safe thing to do to write the sequel.  This way if it is a huge hit they can get it made quicker and have time to fix any problems with it.

I still want to see a longer trailer.  It was cool to see what we did but 30 secs insn't sheet.

Batmite...you don't need to worry about offending anyone.  Cap has to stay true to what made the character him and don't worry about pissed off liberals.  As long as they stick to that the character can work. 

They could totally do combo modern day/flashback story.  Think Godfather II.