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The new Captain America, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), fights the great battle with out the help of the Avengers, who disbanded within the wake of “Endgame.” Also getting back from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” are Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley, a.okay.a. the primary Black supersoldier (who instructed Sam in “FAWS” that the U.S. would by no means settle for a Black Captain America), and Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres, who inherits the Falcon moniker from Sam. Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) joins the forged as Ruth Bat-Seraph, a.okay.a. Sabra. In the comics, Sabra is a mutant who works as an agent of the Israeli Mossad, however a spokesperson for Marvel tells Variety that the filmmakers are taking “a new approach” with the character.
Julius Onah (“Luce,” “The Cloverfield Paradox”) is directing from a screenplay by “FAWS” head author Malcolm Spellman and workers author Dalan Musson, with Matthew Orton (“Moon Knight”) writing materials for extra pictures in 2024.
The movie was initially subtitled “New World Order,” however Disney introduced it was modified to “Brave New World” in June 2023. While important pictures concluded earlier than the SAG-AFTRA strike, Disney pushed the movie from a May 2024 launch to Feb. 2025.
MCU Tie-In: Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, will seem because the president of the United States in “Brave New World” — played by Harrison Ford, changing the late actor William Hurt, who originated the position in 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” and performed it a number of instances, most just lately in 2021’s “Black Widow.” As the primary trailer all however confirmed, Ross can even rework into the Red Hulk.
Another character who started in “The Incredible Hulk” can also be returning: Tim Blake Nelson will play Samuel Sterns, a.okay.a. The Leader. In that movie, Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) forces Samuel to make use of blood samples from Bruce Banner (performed by Edward Norton) to remodel Emil into the Abomination. In the aftermath, a few of Bruce’s blood lands on an open wound on Emil’s cranium, reworking him into The Leader. Seventeen years later, we’ll lastly see what occurred subsequent for Samuel.
This movie can even lastly take care of the ending of 2021’s “Eternals,” when a colossal Celestial emerged within the Indian Ocean and was turned to stone. As revealed at 2024’s San Diego Comic-Con, the metallic adamantium shall be found throughout the Celestial’s physique — an eyebrow-raising addition to the MCU.
The Leader and Ross will not be the one MCU legacy characters to return for “Brave New World,” particularly because the anti-hero team-up film “Thunderbolts” is about to observe later in 2025, which options disgraced former Captain America John Walker (Wyatt Russell), a.okay.a. U.S. Agent, and the shadowy operative Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) — two characters first launched on “FAWS.” And then there’s the post-credits tease for “FAWS,” during which Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) revealed herself to be the nefarious Power Broker simply as she’s pardoned and introduced again into the U.S. authorities — what’s to turn out to be of her?
