After being given the shield by Chris Evans' Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame and officially accepting the mantle in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie is set to lead his very own Captain America movie for the MCU with Captain America: Brave New World.
The movie is set to be the fourth Captain America movie in the MCU, taking place in Phase 5 of the ongoing cinematic universe. But how will Mackie's Sam Wilson fit into the new regime of Avengers? And what new foe will he face?
While we'll have to wait and see to get definitive answers on all of that, here's what we know about Captain America: Brave New World right now.
Captain America: Brave New World release date
Captain America: Brave New World arrives exclusively in movie theaters on February 14.
It is the first of three new Marvel movies releasing in 2025, with the other two being Thunderbolts and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Captain America: Brave New World cast
Anthony Mackie has been in the MCU since Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but now his Sam Wilson is the official Captain America, leading the way for this new movie. Mackie is a Hollywood veteran, having starred in the likes of Million Dollar Baby, The Hurt Locker, The Adjustment Bureau and Twisted Metal.
While Mackie is taking over the Captain America mantle, Harrison Ford is taking on a legacy MCU role, but under different circumstances. Ford was cast as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross following the passing of William Hurt, who had played the character since The Incredible Hulk. Ford is a screen legend who does not appear to be slowing down despite his age. Just last year he reprised his classic character Indiana Jones for the final time with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and had a hit TV show with 1923.
Thunderbolt Ross isn't the only connection to The Incredible Hulk appearing in Brave New World. Tim Blake Nelson is reprising his role of Dr. Samuel Sterns from the early Marvel movie, as is Liv Tyler, who played Betty Ross, Thunderbolt Ross' daughter and love interest to Bruce Banner (does that mean a Mark Ruffalo cameo is possible?).
Other confirmed cast members for Captain America: Brave New World are The Falcon and the Winter Soldier stars Carl Lumbly and Danny Ramirez, reprising their roles of Isaiah Bradley and Joaquin Torress, respectively. Also making their return to the MCU. New to Marvel are Shira Haas (Unorthodox), who is playing a character named Sabra, Giancarlo Esposito as a mysterious new villain and Xosha Roquemore (The Sex Lives of College Girls).
Captain America: Brave New World plot
Here is the synopsis for Captain America: Brave New World from Marvel:
"Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America. After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red."
Captain America: Brave New World trailer
Watch the Captain America: Brave New World trailers directly below:
Watch the official trailer for Captain America: Brave New World right here, which definitely leans into political thriller genre vibes:
Captain America: Brave New World director
Leading things behind the camera for Captain America: Brave New World as the director is Julius Onah. Onah's most recent movie was the 2019 indie movie Luce, though he does have experience with some bigger, more effects driven movies, having also directed The Cloverfield Paradox.
Captain America: Brave New World behind the scenes
What to Watch colleagues got to take part in a panel on Captain America: Brave New World in London on January 31 featuring stars Mackie, Ford and Ramirez, as well as director Onah. Here are some of the notable quotes:
Anthony Mackie on how his younger self would react to him playing Captain America:
"My younger self would be very surprised. I would hope he would be proud. I would hope he would be as excited as I am. I know he would be very overwhelmed emotionally and appreciative. Coming from New Orleans and the neighborhood that I grew up in, which was a great neighborhood, the idea of going outside of that and reaching this far outside the boundaries of my confines wasn’t seen or even could be dreamed of. So to now be sitting here and to see this, that was never in my purview, I just wanted to do Shakespeare plays and Ibsen. It’s just amazing."
Harrison Ford on joining Marvel:
"I’m beginning to understand it’s a big family and I’m a small part of it. I’m glad to be here. I’ve always watched them and the attraction of Marvel films for me is watching wonderful actors have a good time playing. So when the opportunity came along for me to be a part of it I was grateful for the opportunity. It’s a whole new genre and a new audience for me. It was fun."
Danny Ramirez on how his character mirrors his own journey:
"...[T[here’s a beautiful life imitating art and art imitating life moment where I will show up to set and realise that Joaquin’s journey and my journey parallels quite perfectly. Many days all I had to do for character work was watch Anthony on set and see how he navigated and how I could help. That made the job incredibly easy."
Captain America: Brave New World is produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore.
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