Since 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie has popped up as former pilot (and Steve’s ever dependable bestie) Sam Wilson. Last we noticed Sam, he’d lastly accepted his function as the brand new Captain America in The Falcon & the Winter Soldier, which was all the best way again in 2021.

Next yr, Sam will headline his first solo movie in Captain America: Brave New World, which follows on from that miniseries. Talking to Radio Times, the actor acknowledged he was keen on engaged on that present, which paired him with Sebastian Stan’s ex-cyborg murderer Bucky Barnes. “I was actually excited to do a second season, just so me and Sebastian can get paid to hang out,” he said. “Because it’s like me, him and Daniel Brühl [as Zemo]. It’s kind of like the perfect storm of happiness. […] Anything I can do to hang out with a dancing Daniel Brühl makes me very happy.”

Brave New World’s full solid hasn’t been formally revealed, however Mackie confirmed neither Bucky or Zemo can be popping up right here. (Bucky can be featured in Thunderbolts whereas Zemo’s subsequent look is a massive query mark.) Since FalconSoldier is a pretty key a part of Sam’s evolution, he’s admitted headlining a film with out these two doesn’t solely really feel the identical. “When they decided to go back to the movies, it is what it is, but I don’t have my friends anymore. It kind of dampens it a little bit.”

Major supporting characters usually pop out and in of the MCU a considerably common cadence—see Hawkeye and Jane Foster as two of many examples. There are some, although, who really feel like they need to be round extra usually than they’re, and their absence usually highlights how a lot a explicit entry isn’t solely working. There’ll be some acquainted faces in Brave New World (like Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres), however given how FalconSoldier ended with the promise of Sam and Bucky as a dynamic duo, it’s a little bit of a disgrace we received’t get to see that play out on the massive display screen.

Captain America: Brave New World is anticipated to hit theaters on February 14, 2025.

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