Since 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie has popped up as former pilot (and Steve’s ever dependable bestie) Sam Wilson. Final we noticed Sam, he’d lastly accepted his function as the brand new Captain America in The Falcon & the Winter Soldier, which was all the best way again in 2021.
Subsequent yr, Sam will headline his first solo movie in Captain America: Brave New World, which follows on from that miniseries. Speaking to Radio Times, the actor acknowledged he was keen on engaged on that present, which paired him with Sebastian Stan’s ex-cyborg murderer Bucky Barnes. “I used to be really excited to do a second season, simply so me and Sebastian can receives a commission to hang around,” he said. “As a result of it’s like me, him and Daniel Brühl [as Zemo]. It’s type of like the right storm of happiness. […] Something I can do to hang around with a dancing Daniel Brühl makes me very completely satisfied.”
Courageous New World’s full forged hasn’t been formally revealed, however Mackie confirmed neither Bucky or Zemo shall be popping up right here. (Bucky shall be featured in Thunderbolts whereas Zemo’s subsequent look is a giant query mark.) Since FalconSoldier is a reasonably key a part of Sam’s evolution, he’s admitted headlining a film with out these two doesn’t fully really feel the identical. “After they determined to return to the flicks, it’s what it’s, however I don’t have my mates anymore. It type of dampens it a little bit bit.”
Main supporting characters usually pop out and in of the MCU a considerably common cadence—see Hawkeye and Jane Foster as two of many examples. There are some, although, who really feel like they need to be round extra usually than they’re, and their absence usually highlights how a lot a specific entry isn’t fully working. There’ll be some acquainted faces in Courageous New World (like Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres), however given how FalconSoldier ended with the promise of Sam and Bucky as a dynamic duo, it’s a little bit of a disgrace we received’t get to see that play out on the large display screen.
Captain America: Courageous New World is anticipated to hit theaters on February 14, 2025.
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