After being given the shield by Chris Evans' Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame and officially accepting the mantle in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie is set to lead his very own Captain America movie for the MCU with Captain America: Brave New World.
The movie is set to be the fourth Captain America movie in the MCU, taking place in Phase 5 of the ongoing cinematic universe. But how will Mackie's Sam Wilson fit into the new regime of Avengers? And what new foe will he face?
While we'll have to wait and see to get definitive answers on all of that, here's what we know about Captain America: Brave New World right now.
Captain America: Brave New World release date
Captain America: Brave New World arrives exclusively in movie theaters on February 14, 2025 (happy Valentines Day Marvel fans).
Captain America: Brave New World cast
Anthony Mackie has been in the MCU since Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but now his Sam Wilson is the official Captain America, leading the way for this new movie. Mackie is a Hollywood veteran, having starred in the likes of Million Dollar Baby, The Hurt Locker, The Adjustment Bureau and Twisted Metal.
While Mackie is taking over the Captain America mantle, Harrison Ford is taking on a legacy MCU role, but under different circumstances. Ford was cast as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross following the passing of William Hurt, who had played the character since The Incredible Hulk. Ford is a screen legend who does not appear to be slowing down despite being 82. Just last year he reprised his classic character Indiana Jones for the final time with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and had a hit TV show with 1923.
Thunderbolt Ross isn't the only connection to The Incredible Hulk appearing in Brave New World. Tim Blake Nelson is reprising his role of Dr. Samuel Sterns from the early Marvel movie, as is Liv Tyler, who played Betty Ross, Thunderbolt Ross' daughter and love interest to Bruce Banner (does that mean a Mark Ruffalo cameo is possible?).
Other confirmed cast members for Captain America: Brave New World are The Falcon and the Winter Soldier stars Carl Lumbly and Danny Ramirez, reprising their roles of Isaiah Bradley and Joaquin Torress, respectively. Also making their return to the MCU are Liv Tyler as Betty Ross and Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns (from The Incredible Hulk). New to Marvel are Shira Haas (Unorthodox), who is playing a character named Sabra, Giancarlo Esposito as a mysterious new villain and Xosha Roquemore (The Sex Lives of College Girls).
Captain America: Brave New World plot
Here is the synopsis for Captain America: Brave New World from Marvel:
"Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America. After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red."
Captain America: Brave New World trailer
Watch the Captain America: Brave New World trailers directly below:
Watch the official trailer for Captain America: Brave New World right here, which definitely leans into political thriller genre vibes:
Captain America: Brave New World director
Leading things behind the camera for Captain America: Brave New World as the director is Julius Onah. Onah's most recent movie was the 2019 indie movie Luce, though he does have experience with some bigger, more effects driven movies, having also directed The Cloverfield Paradox.
MCU movies
Here is a reminder of all the MCU movies that have come before Captain America: Brave New World, to give you an idea on where it fits into everything.
MCU Phase 1
- Iron Man (May 2, 2008)
- The Incredible Hulk (June 13, 2008)
- Iron Man 2 (May 7, 2010)
- Thor (May 6, 2011)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)
- Marvel's The Avengers (May 4, 2012)
MCU Phase 2
- Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (Nov. 8, 2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (Aug. 1, 2014)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1, 2015)
- Ant-Man (July 17, 2015)
MCU Phase 3
- Captain America: Civil War (May 6, 2016)
- Doctor Strange (Nov. 4, 2016)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5, 2017)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7, 2017)
- Thor: Ragnarok (Nov. 3, 2017)
- Black Panther (Feb. 16, 2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War (April 27, 2018)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 6, 2018)
- Captain Marvel (March 8, 2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (April 26, 2019)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 2, 2019)
MCU Phase 4
- Black Widow (July 9, 2021)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3, 2021)
- Eternals (November 5, 2021)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 17, 2021)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 6, 2022)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (July 8, 2022)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 11, 2022)
MCU Phase 5
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 17, 2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 5, 2023)
- The Marvels (November 10, 2023)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (July 26, 2024)
