What we will count on from 'Captain America 4: Courageous New World'

• A fourth “Captain America” is within the works, directed by Julius Onah and starring Anthony Mackie.
• The solid of “Captain America: Courageous New World” contains Danny Ramirez, Carl Lumbly, and Shira Haas.
• The Marvel film hits theaters on July 26, 2024.

After formally taking over the mantle of Captain America within the Disney+ present “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” Anthony Mackie will likely be main his personal movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

“It is superb,” Mackie mentioned whereas on stage at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California in September 2022. “I’ve at all times come out as a secondary character in a film. It is actually humbling to come back out because the lead character for the primary time, in a film, being on this universe for therefore lengthy.

“Captain America: Courageous New World,” the fourth Cap movie (beforehand titled “New World Order”), will likely be directed by Julius Onah. 

This is what followers have to know concerning the film. 

Mackie will likely be joined by acquainted faces from the MCU and new additions 

The official solid was introduced throughout Marvel’s presentation at D23.

Carl Lumbly and Danny Ramirez, who joined the MCU in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” as Isaiah Bradley and Joaquin Torres, respectively, will return.

Tim Blake Nelson, who performed Samuel Sterns within the 2008 movie “The Unimaginable Hulk,” will return. He isn’t the one “Hulk” actor set to look within the movie. Nelson’s costar, Liv Tyler, will reprise her position as Betty Ross, the daughter of Thaddeus Ross.

Shira Haas will make her debut because the comic-book character Sabra. In January 2023, Deadline reported that “The Mindy Challenge” star Xosha Roquemore joined the solid, however her position is unclear. 

Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), Mackie’s longtime MCU scene companion, will not be a part of “Courageous New World.” As an alternative, he’ll return in an upcoming film referred to as “Thunderbolts,” centered on a ragtag group that features Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, David Harbour’s Pink Guardian, and Wyatt Russell’s US Agent.

“I want a while from Anthony as a result of I have to form of discover my approach again to me,” Stan joked throughout an interview with Leisure Tonight. “I do know he has a number of separation nervousness as we converse, however I attempt to reassure him that I will be OK.”

When requested if Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers will return, Mackie informed Variety, “I hope so, man. Chris is my boy. All of us love and luxuriate in Chris. I am extremely upset that they put Sebastian in a film with Wyatt and left me out. If Sebastian will get Wyatt, I ought to get Chris.”

Harrison Ford will star as Thaddeus Ross, the president of america within the movie

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The MCU character was beforehand performed by late actor William Damage. Along with “Courageous New World,” Ford will reprise the position for “Thunderbolts.”

“There is a dynamic between President Ross and Sam Wilson,” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige informed Leisure Weekly in February 2023. “They’ve a historical past collectively, however on this movie, we’ll be seeing the dynamic between Captain America and the president of america in a approach that’s simply unimaginable.”

Nelson’s character, The Chief, would be the villain of the film

In “The Unimaginable Hulk,” Stern was final seen mutating after Bruce Banner’s blood dripped and entered a reduce on his brow. The film hinted at his change however did not present it. His transformation will probably be addressed when he returns as The Chief in “Courageous New World.”

“The Chief is a person who operates from mind, and so it is nice to have an adversary who’s working with this unimaginable mind to actually put Sam by the wringer on this story,” Onah mentioned throughout an interview with “Section Zero” host Brandon Davis for ComicBook.com at D23.

“And once more, as a paranoid thriller, it is this grounded journey the place I feel that every part that occurs on this movie feels so actual and intense, due to who this adversary is,” the administrators mentioned, including that Sam will likely be challenged as a result of he’ll be dealing with “an adversary who’s so terrifyingly clever.”

Onah described the film as a ‘paranoid thriller’

“It is gonna be a extremely, actually unimaginable journey,” Onah informed Deadline. “It is a paranoid thriller with Sam within the middle of it and he’s now on this place the place he’s a pacesetter and he has to take care of that problem of what it means to guide a bunch of those that he actually cares about.”

“I really like basic paranoid thrillers and that is an enormous a part of the inspiration of this movie,” Onah echoed in one other interview at D23 with ComicBook.com. “We wish to discover an motion that’s grounded and tactile and provides [Sam] new issues to try this we have not seen in these different movies.”

‘Captain America: Courageous New World’ is ready for launch on July 26, 2024

The movie, which is a part of section 5 of the MCU, began filming in spring 2023, Onah confirmed to ComicBook.com.