

He will play Sam Wilson, the first Black Captain America to appear on the big screen, a historic milestone for the company. 18, 2021, that the actor had closed a deal to take on the lead role.


Marvel decided to put Mackie back in the loop for the new film, with Deadline reporting on Aug. So will he star in the new film? Here’s everything to know about the new Captain America installment, titled Captain America: New World Order. The implication was obvious: Anthony Mackie would take over the role and headline the new film.īut Mackie apparently hadn’t heard the news ahead of time, finding out while at the local mega-mart grocers when an employee congratulated him. Within days of the show’s finale, Marvel confirmed that a new Captain America film was in the works from the same writing team behind the Falcon series. The show’s final title card confirmed his new identity: Captain America and the Winter Soldier. The finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier saw his sidekick from 2016’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson, aka Falcon, take up the shield Rogers left for him. So the announcement of Captain America 4 in the wake of Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was a welcome reveal. With both characters passing on at the end of Avengers: Endgame, it seemed unlikely there would be another Iron Man or Captain America film. Chris Evans as Steve Rogers was the yin to Tony Stark’s yang, and his movies have been some of the most popular of the Infinity Saga. Captain America has been one of the twin pillars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the 2011 release of the first film, Captain America: The First Avenger.
