13 Cool Things We Noticed in the Captain America: Brave New World Trailer

The archetypal authoritative look astatine the fourth Captain America film, Captain America: Brave New World, is here. A teaser trailer dropped Friday morning and, successful emblematic Marvel fashion, it’s filled with hints and clues arsenic to what audiences tin expect erstwhile the movie hits theaters February 14, 2025. With Steve Rogers off… somewhere, Anthony Mackie officially takes connected the mantle of Cap; he stars alongside Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Carl Lumbly, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, and Tim Blake Nelson, astir each of whom we spot successful the trailer.

Here are the 13 astir absorbing things we noticed successful the trailer.

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Thaddeus Ross recast

Not lone is Harrison Ford making his MCU debut successful the film, he’s taking implicit the relation of Thaddeus Ross. Ross has been astir his 2008’s The Incredible Hulk but was played by William Hurt until his passing successful 2022. That’s wherefore Sam makes the gag astir his “new look” and Ross explains wherefore helium doesn’t person a mustache anymore.

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A caller Black Widow

The trailer gives america a fewer speedy glimpses of a caller quality played by Shira Haas. Named Ruth, she’s believed to beryllium the Marvel quality Sabra. In this world, she’s a erstwhile subordinate of the Black Widow programme who present works with Ross for the U.S. government.

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A caller baddie

Legendary histrion Giancarlo Esposito appears a fewer times successful the trailer arsenic what appears to beryllium a villain. The rumor is he’s playing a quality named George Washington Bridge, but that’s unconfirmed astatine the moment.

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Eternals island

One of the biggest rumors this trailer confirms is that the land near astatine the extremity of Eternals (remember erstwhile the elephantine celestial Tiamut fundamentally freezes connected Earth?) volition play a relation here. You spot it a fewer times successful the inheritance of shots, similar the missiles firing aboriginal successful the trailer, past again later.

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Isaiah triggered

You lone get a glimpse of it present but successful the film, Isaiah (Carl Lumbly)—who we archetypal met successful The Falcon and the Winter Soldier—has immoderate deep-seated code triggered which causes him to unwillingly spell connected a rampage trying to termination the president. This, of course, is reminiscent of what Sam and Steve’s buddy Bucky had hap to him.

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Lab experiments

Probably jumping disconnected that Isaiah stuff, we spot Sam investigating immoderate benignant of lab. Our conjecture is this links to whoever was capable to trigger Isaiah. Plus, labs successful the satellite of Captain America are ever important.

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Multiple Captain America suits

The trailer features astatine slightest two, and possibly more, Captain America suits. We spot the 1 above, which appears to beryllium the 1 Sam had astatine the extremity of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, arsenic good arsenic the bluer 1 successful different scenes. Our conjecture is that means this country is from aboriginal successful the movie.

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The Leader returns

One of the much absorbing things astir Brave New World is however it’s tying backmost to the 2nd MCU film: The Incredible Hulk. Thaddeus Ross is successful this, of course, arsenic are Liv Tyler (who doesn’t look successful this trailer) and Tim Blake Nelson; helium plays Samuel Sterns, aka the Leader. He appears briefly, arsenic seen above, and is besides the 1 speaking astir however “global powerfulness is shifting.” Speaking of which…

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Global Unity Summit

As the Leader talks astir however “global powerfulness is shifting” we spot that Sam, Ross, and others are astatine an lawsuit called the Global Unity Summit. Seems similar a bully spot to displacement that unity, does it not?

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Xosha Roquemore

Another caller quality appears concisely successful the trailer. It appears to beryllium a Secret Service cause who we spot alongside Haas’ Ruth character. This pistillate is played by histrion Xosha Roquemore successful her MCU debut.

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DC destruction

The MCU has leveled many, galore cities before, but Captain America: Brave New World volition beryllium the archetypal to level Washington DC. We tin spot this by, obviously, the shots of the White House being destroyed (possibly by a quality mentioned below) and the demolition among 1 of the city’s signature images: the cherry blossoms.

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A caller Falcon

It’s lone successful determination ace briefly, but determination is simply a changeable of Sam’s Captain America flying alongside different character. This is the caller Falcon, Joaquín Torres played by Danny Ramirez, making his large debut arsenic the hero.

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Red Hulk, duh

The biggest, and astir obvious, uncover successful the trailer is that Brave New World does, successful fact, person the Red Hulk successful it—a quality we presume is really Thaddeus Ross. But is helium a person to Sam Wilson? Or a foe? We conscionable don’t cognize yet.

Captain America: Brave New World opens February 14.

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