Chris Evans is so busy with his work in the MCU as Captain America that we’ve probably seen less of him than any of the other key players in other projects since he first picked up the shield.  Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, we’re not guaranteed of seeing Cap again until Avengers: Infinity War next May, so he finally has some time to do some side projects.  Evans, actually, was recently talking about retiring from acting and walking away from it, but seems to have been re-energized of late.

In Gifted, Evans plays a man trying to raise his extraordinarily gifted niece in the way his late sister would have wanted, battling his parents, his past, and those who see her merely as a prodigy and not a little girl.  The film also stars McKenna Grace, Jenny Slate, and Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer.  It’s directed by Marc Webb, who is trying to make a career recovery after the disaster that was The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but he did also direct 500 Days of Summer, so here’s hoping he gets back on his game.  The first trailer looks promising.  Gifted opens in theaters April 7, 2017.