Summary
The new footage fromCaptain America: Brave New Worldsecretly hints at a dark future for the Avengers in theMCU. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige provided the audience of this year’s SDCC and D23 with a taste of what’s to come inCaptain America: Brave New World, releasing new footage for the upcoming Phase 5 movie. This delivered a better look atHarrison Ford’s Red Hulk, officially confirmed adamantium’s introduction, and revealed more about the Celestial Tiamut, but also included one hidden detail that could spell bad news for the MCU’s new Avengers.
Captain America: Brave New Worldis gearing up to be the perfect continuation of the MCU’sCaptain Americafranchise. Not only didCaptain America: Brave New World’sfirst teaser trailerdraw comparison to the tone of 2014’sThe Winter Soldier, butone detail in the movie’s newly-released footage could hint at a major storyline from 2016’sCivil Warbeing reimagined in the MCU’s Phase 5.Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilsonwill surely have his work cut out for him in his theatrical debut as the Star-Spangled Man-with-a-Plan.
President Ross Wants To Build HIS Avengers Team In Captain America: Brave New World
Back in April, Marvel Studios released the first footage fromCaptain America: Brave New World, showing a selection of clips, some of which compiled the movie’s first teaser trailer. It was previously reported that Harrison Ford’sPresident Ross asked Sam Wilson to rebuild the Avengersin this footage, suggesting Wilson’s Captain America would take a leadership role in the team. However, new scenes fromCaptain America: Brave New Worldshown at SDCC and D23 revise this, asPresident Ross actually asks Wilson to helphimrebuild the Avengers.
The Avengers haven’t been seen collectively since 2019’sAvengers: Endgame, andCaptain America: Brave New Worldconfirms that the group is currently inactive.
This implies that President Ross hopes to take a more hands-on role in the Avengers team, picking and choosing who he wants to be a part of it, while Sam Wilson may simply be the face of the government-funded group. This presents a challenge for Sam Wilson’s Captain America, who would perhaps be happy to build hisown version of the Avengers, but wouldn’t want the United States' president to be involved. This mirrorsCaptain America: Civil War’sstoryline brilliantly, and repeats the same strong conflict between Wilson and Ross.
Sam Wilson Previously Opposed Government Oversight Of The Avengers
Sam Wilson being asked to build President Ross' version of the Avengers would be a fantastic source of conflict between the pair inCaptain America: Brave New World. This is tried and tested, as Sam Wilson has already made his thoughts regarding government oversight of the Avengers perfectly clear. During the implementation of theSokovia Accords inCaptain America: Civil War,Wilson sided with Steve Rogers' Captain America, who reasoned that the Avengers didn’t need to be policed and managed by a United Nations panel.
MCU Phase 5 Created A New Sokovia Accords (& It’s Just As Useless)
Secret Invasion’s finale concluded with President Ritson declaring war on aliens on Earth, harking back to the MCU’s controversial Sokovia Accords.
This disagreement culminated in Rogers, Wilson and Natasha Romanoff becoming fugitives, and being hunted across the globe by none other than then-Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross.Wilson and Ross' feud is also referenced inCaptain America: Brave New World’sfootage, but it seems the pair haven’t quite buried the hatchet, and will, in fact, come to blows again in the MCU’s Phase 5. While Sam Wilson might refuse Ross' offer to build him an Avengers team, anotherupcoming MCU moviesuggests Ross may simply attempt it anyway.
Captain America 4 Could Explain Exactly The Thunderbolts Team Forms In The MCU
Shortly afterCaptain America: Brave New World’spremiere in February 2025, Marvel Studios' first Thunderbolts team will burst onto the big screen.Thunderbolts*is expected to explore the formation of the titular antihero team, perhaps under the watchful eye ofJulia Louis-Dreyfus' Valentina and the CIA. It’s also very possible thatPresident Ross could have a pivotal role in bringing the Thunderbolts together, andCaptain America: Brave New Worldcould set this up perfectly, should Sam Wilson refuse to rebuild the Avengers.
Ant-Man and the Wasp(2018)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier(2021)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Without the advocacy of a bona fide superhero, President Ross might attempt to build his own Avengers team anyway. This could explain why Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes and others come together to form theMCU’s Thunderbolts team.This would put a dark spin on the Avengers, as each member of the Thunderbolts has history as a villain or antihero. It surely won’t be long before a new Avengers team is officially forming in the MCU’s future, butCaptain America: Brave New Worldcould set the stage for something much more twisted indeed.
Captain America: Brave New World
Cast
Captain America: Brave New World (formerly titledNew World Order)marks Sam Wilson’s first MCU big-screen appearance as Steve Rogers' successor after receiving the suit and shield in Phase 4’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Anthony Mackie returns as the titular Avenger alongside Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres, Carl Lumby as Isaiah Bradley, and Tim Blake Nelson as The Incredible Hulk’s former ally Samuel Sterns. Harrison Ford makes his MCU debut replacing the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross.After meeting President Thaddeus Ross, Sam is caught in a global crisis. He must expose the mastermind behind a sinister plot before the world descends into turmoil. Captain America: Brave New World marks the big-screen debut of Sam Wilson as Captain America, and Harrison Ford makes his MCU debut, replacing the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross.
