A New Captain America Promo Puts the Weight of the World on Sam’s Wings

We’re 2 full months retired from Captain America: Brave New World, and Marvel’s gradually starting its promo rhythm for the Anthony Mackie-led film. Like with Thunderbolts* not excessively agelong ago, the studio’s got a “special look” for the movie that fundamentally functions arsenic different trailer oregon commercial.

Primarily, the peculiar look teases the hero’s affectional arc: present that Sam’s Captain America, President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) wants him to beryllium an plus for the U.S. authorities again, and tugs astatine Sam’s patriotic heartstrings to get the “right” answer. We cognize the Head of State volition beryllium changeable by Sam’s aged person Isaiah Bradley aboriginal successful the film, and that Sam goes astir investigating the onslaught and uncovering the forces down it. But according to VO from Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson), Sam “doesn’t adjacent cognize what this is,” and helium whitethorn not beryllium wholly prepared for Giancarlo Esposito’s Sidewinder oregon Ross morphing into the Red Hulk. (But then, could anyone beryllium acceptable for the president to abruptly go a flaming rage monster?)

While airy connected caller footage, the promo yet offers a existent look astatine the different superhero to grace Brave New World: Joaquin Torres, Danny Ramirez’s quality from Falcon and the Winter Soldier, has gotten immoderate high-tech wings of his ain and taken Sam’s mantle to go the caller Falcon. So far, erstwhile trailers person conscionable shown Joaquin successful his civilian apparel oregon offered precise little glimpses of him successful his suit. This film’s trying to mimic the spy thriller benignant of Winter Soldier, which debuted Mackie’s burgeoning hero, truthful everything’s coming afloat circle.

Captain America: Brave New World hits theaters connected February 14, 2025. Along with the peculiar look, Marvel released a marque caller poster beneath featuring the main cast.

Enter a brave caller world.

Marvel Studios’ #CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld arrives lone successful theaters February 14. pic.twitter.com/W6vBmRJWWd

— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) December 13, 2024

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