Captain America: Brave New World

Summary

An update about the cast ofCaptain America : Brave New Worldhas made another upcoming MCU movie even more important than it was before . Captain America 4 ’s release datewill see it be the first MCU photographic film in 2025 after it was delayed from 2024 . This delay has made the wait for the film even greater , spurring anticipation to see Anthony Mackie ’s first solo sashay as Captain America even further .

Captain America : Brave New World will be unloose in theaters on February 14 , 2025 .

Another facet of theupcoming MCU moviethat is garnering excitement is its roll . Thecast ofCaptain America 4includes the likes of Harrison Ford as Thunderbolt Ross and Tim Blake Nelson as The Leader alongside Mackie ’s Sam Wilson . However , despite these exciting inclusions in the movie , a late mould update from Mackie himself has induce some debate . Above all else , the update in query raises the importance of a different MCU moving-picture show in 2025 and how it treats one specific type .

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Captain America 4’s Cast Update Makes Bucky’s Role In Thunderbolts More Important

In March 2024 , Anthony Mackie revealed in an interview withRadio Timesthat Sebastian Stan would not look inCaptain America : Brave New World . This disappoint many , who longed to see a reunification between Captain America and the Winter Soldier after 2021’sFalcon and the Winter Soldier . With this letdown prevalent , it makes Bucky ’s part inThunderboltseven more crucial . Stan was confirmed to come out inThunderboltsas Bucky and one of the nominal squad ’s gist extremity .

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Thunderboltswill be released only three month afterCaptain America 4 , though Bucky ’s office in the former must make up for his absence seizure in the latter . Now that Bucky does not have a confirmed spot in theCaptain Americafranchise , how he is depicted inThunderboltsis life-sustaining to his future . Thunderboltsneeds to prove Bucky can work asunder from theCaptain Americafilms , and could even draw him as the leader of the team . If the movie fails to do so , Bucky ’s absence fromCaptain America : Brave New Worldwill be made more of a trip in retrospect .

Bucky’s Captain America 4 Absence Actually Makes Sense

Despite the anger over Bucky being exit out ofCaptain America : Brave New World , the choice make sense . Bucky ’s appearance inThunderboltsalone is a good enough cause to justify him not being inCaptain America 4 , as it travel him aside from a supporting reference and into a more principal role . moreover , Captain America 4is the beginning of a raw trilogy , meaning having a fresh supporting cast than the Steve Rogers Cap movies is a lucid choice .

This intend that it would not make much sense for Bucky to appear as anything other than a cameo or ally to Sam .

InThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier , Bucky and Sam resolve their independent issues . This means that it would not make much sense for Bucky to appear as anything other than a cameo or friend to Sam . In a story that lot with characters like Thunderbolt Ross and The Leader , Sam ’s photographic film is separating itself from those of Steve Rogers . This is further certify by Bucky ’s absence , which , while it may let down those wishing to see a Sam - Bucky reunion , makes sense for both characters andCaptain America : Brave New World .

Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson holding his Captain America shield above a blurred image of the Thunderbolts MCU line-up

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Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier with Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson as the Falcon and Captain America

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Captain America: Brave New World

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