Captain America: Brave New World
Summary
Though he has n’t yet starred in his first solo picture show , Captain America : Brave New World , Sam Wilson ( Anthony Mackie ) is theMarvel Cinematic Universe ’s Captain America replacement , but they ’re already give way him . In the MCU ’s Infinity Saga , Sam Wilson was an ally of Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans ) run under the codification name Falcon , but when Steve retired at the end ofAvengers : Endgame , he go across the Captain America harbour to Sam . The Phase 4 TV showThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierwas essentially Sam ’s lineage as Captain America .
However , as the MCU has expanded massively in Phases 4 and 5 , Marvel Studios has n’t given Sam Wilson ’s Captain America nearly as much focus as Steve Rogers ' had in Phases 1 - 3 . Throughout Evans ' running in the MCU , he appeared in at least one Marvel movie a year from 2011 - 2019 , whether in a star role or as a cameo . Comparatively , Mackie ’s Sam Wilson has only had one appearance in Phase 4 inThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier , and is set to have only one appearance in Phase 5 withCaptain America : Brave New World . In this way , Marvel is failing Sam ’s Captain America by not name him as important to the MCU as Steve ’s Cap was .
Chris Evans ' eight - year - long career with Marvel Studios see him portray Steve Rogers , a.k.a . Captain America , in several major MCU project .
Anthony Mackie Isn’t Continuing Chris Evans' Captain America Trend
WithCaptain America : Brave New Worldreleasing in 2025 , Mackie ’s official adult - screen door entry as the star topology - spangled superhero break the trend Evans established in Phases 1 - 3 . Because Evans appeared in at least one MCU movie a year for eight years , he became one of the major connective musical composition of the Marvel franchise . However , barring a surprisal appearance inDeadpool 3,Mackie will only have two appearances as Captain America in four years — The Falcon and the Winter Soldierin 2021 andBrave New Worldin 2025 .
Anthony Mackie ’s MCU appearance
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Release Year
Captain America : The Winter Soldier
Sam Wilson / Falcon
2014
Avengers : Age Of Ultron
2015
Ant - Man
Captain America : Civil War
2016
Avengers : Infinity War
2018
avenger : Endgame
2019
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America
2021
Sam Wilson / Captain America
2025
AfterBrave New World , Sam Wilson will presumptively return the two follow years inAvengers : The Kang Dynasty , which releases in May 2026 , andAvengers : Secret Wars , set to stumble theater in May 2027 . While that ’s more akin to Evans ' appearances as Steve Rogers , it still means Sam Wilson does n’t have the same connective part in the MCU as the original Captain America . It could be contend , of course of action , that Sam had a number of appearances prior to Phase 4 , which helped establish him as a character in the MCU , but they ’ve become few and far between after he officially tread up as Captain America . As a result , Sam Wilson ’s Captain America simply is n’t as integral to the MCU as Steve Rogers ' was , but that ’s genuine of a number of Marvel characters .
Marvel Isn’t Only Failing The New Captain America But All New Avengers
Ever sinceEndgame , Marvel Studios has released a number of MCU movies and shows across all of Phase 4 and the beginning of Phase 5 , either work back known characters or stick in new superheroes to the world . One of the literary criticism of the MCU ’s Multiverse Saga , as Phases 4 - 6 are called , is the want of cohesion . Marvel Studios made a name for themselves by manage to tell a largely cohesive taradiddle across over a dozen motion-picture show in the Infinity Saga , butas the MCU has progressed , they ’ve sacrificed coherency for elaboration .
This means that not only is Sam Wilson ’s Captain America not being used as an significant connective piece of the MCU , but none of the franchise ’s many — many — character are positioned in that role . The closest the MCU add up to cohesiveness is Wong ( Benedict Wong ) appearing throughout much of Phase 4 , with Captain Marvel ( Brie Larson ) and Hulk ( Mark Ruffalo ) also come out in a yoke of entries . New characters like Simu Liu ’s Shang - Chi , and Harry Styles ' Eros have n’t been see again since their instauration in 2021 . So the job with Sam Wilson ’s Captain America is n’t unparalleled to his character , it’sa symptom of the MCU ’s larger problem with a lack of cohesiveness , but Marvel can still mend it .
How The MCU Can Fix Its Captain America Problem
Unlike Captain Marvel and Shang - Chi , Sam Wilson is the first MCU character who is by rights take over the mantle of a previously established eccentric , which puts him in a unique position . As such , it ’s arguably more important for Sam to be as well , if not more established in the MCU than Steve Rogers was in his time . To make that materialise , Marvel should position Mackie ’s Sam Wilson as an built-in appendage to creating cohesion in the MCUgoing forward . That intend having him appear more and bringing him into the main narrative of the Multiverse Saga so that when the Avengers reunite inThe Kang Dynasty , he feels like an crucial fellow member or else of an adjuvant one .
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Of course , that mean Marvel Studios needs to establish what exactly the chief narrative of the Multiverse Saga is . presently , they ’re drop simoleons crumbs about Kang and a multiversal warfare , but Captain America ’s narration has n’t so far been colligate to the multiverse or Kang . The MCU is presently in a state of flux with paper state Marvel might move away from Kang as the main villain of the Multiverse Saga andAvengers 5losing its director . So Marvel should take this chance to reaffirm what story they want to tell and how all their major characters fit into it . Then , Marvel might have a chance of doing Sam Wilson ’s character justice inCaptain America : Brave New Worldand beyond so he can place upright a opportunity of last up to the legacy of Steve Rogers .
