Anthony Mackie and the stars of Captain America: New World Order received a warm welcome at D23, with a number of new and old MCU actors officially announced to return to the fold.
Tim Blake Nelson, who last appeared in 2008 The Incredible Hulk, will return as leader. Carl Lumbly is back as the original Super Soldier Isaiah Bradley after playing him in Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Danny Ramirez returns as Joaquin Torres, while MCU newcomer Shira Haas will play Israeli hero Sabra.
Mackie has played Sam Wilson since 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldierspending much of that time as The Falcon hero in films such as Captain America: Civil War (2016). But at the end of Avengers: Endgame (2019), it was clear that Wilson would end up playing Captain America after Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) gave him his shield. Mackie’s Wilson finally accepted the role of Captain America at the end of his Disney+ series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), which also starred Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier and dealt with legacy issues.
New Captain America The movie comes from Falcon and the Winter Soldier creator Malcolm Spellman, who is writing the screenplay with Dalan Musson, a writer on the series. The Cloverfield Paradox Director Julius Onah is helming the film, which has a release date of May 3, 2024.
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