Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios have released a new featurette for director Joe Johnston’s forthcoming film, Captain America: The First Avenger starring Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell and Hugo Weaving.

The featurette (as you will see) was done as some cross promotional marketing thing with Norton Antivirus. Thankfully aside from the logo being in the featurette, it’s not a commercial of any sort and the featurette is really cool. Check it out below!

Featurette: Captain America: The First Avenger – Behind the Shield

[Notice: Posting of this featurette should not be taken as my endorsement of Norton Antivirus, or any Norton products for that matter. Though I would happily endorse Vipre Antivirus, which is actually good software and not a system choking pile of crap like Norton products]

Synopsis:

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America.

Born during the Great Depression, Steve Rogers grew up a frail youth in a poor family. Horrified by the newsreel footage of the Nazis in Europe, Rogers was inspired to enlist in the army. However, because of his frailty and sickness, he was rejected. Overhearing the boy’s earnest plea, General Chester Phillips offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a special experiment… Operation: Rebirth. After weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered the Super-Solider Serum and bombarded by “vita-rays.” Steve Rogers emerged from the treatment with a body as perfect as a body can be and still be human. Rogers was then put through an intensive physical and tactical training program. Three months later, he was given his first assignment as Captain America. Armed with his indestructible shield and battle savvy, Captain America has continued his war against evil both as a sentinel of liberty and as leader of the Avengers.

Captain America: The First Avenger starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, Neal McDonough, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell, Samuel L. Jackson and Toby Jones is slated to hit theaters on July 22nd, 2011.