Marvel Re-Edits Captain America: Brave New World Trailer to Remove Presidential Assassination Attempt

In airy of recent events, it appears Marvel has softly released a revised variation of its Captain America: Brave New World trailer removing a country showing Isaiah Bradley’s effort connected President “Thunderbolt” Ross’s life. Take a look:

Enter a brave caller world. Marvel Studios' #CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld, lone successful cinemas February 14, 2025. pic.twitter.com/ikNQHmIuSd

— Marvel India (@Marvel_India) July 23, 2024

Now, opposition it with the archetypal trailer, here. We’ve cued it up to the due moment:

As you tin see, this updated mentation present shows Bradley attacking everyone who is not the president during his rampage successful the White House. Notably, Marvel’s U.S. accounts person yet to either region the archetypal trailer oregon stock this recently edited take, leaving the remix solely for the payment of planetary audiences. Again, an absorbing choice.

As we each know, sometimes thing volition hap successful the quality and the amusement satellite has to pivot with programming that feels excessively eerily reflective of existent events. It’s adjacent already happened with this peculiar quality story, arsenic fans of The Boys tin attest.

At the extremity of the day, though, Captain America is simply a superhero owned by Marvel and Disney, companies whose interests are mostly successful maintaining marque loyalty, not rocking the vessel with up-to-the-minute discourse. Regarding the edit, io9 has reached retired to Disney for remark oregon clarification but did not perceive backmost arsenic of publication. We’ll update this station if oregon erstwhile we perceive back.

Captain America: Brave New World hits theaters February 14, 2025.

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