CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 Retitled CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD; Set Photo of Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford
Marvel’s Captain America: New World Order is now titled Captain America: Brave New World. There’s no reason given as to why the title of the film was changed, but Brave New World has a lighter tone than New World Order.
Anthony Mackie is taking up the mantle of Captain America in the film now that Steve Rogers is gone, and we have a photo from the set to share with you featuring Mackie as Sam Wilson and Harrison Ford as Thaddeus Ross, who is the president of the United States in the story.
Kevin Feige previously talked about the dynamic between Wilson and Ford, saying: “There's a dynamic between President Ross and Sam Wilson. They have a history together, but in this film, we'll be seeing the dynamic between Captain America and the president of the United States in a way that is just incredible.”
Mackie also previously discussed the role of Cap and how his character is different from Steve Rogers and the rest of the superheroes in the MCU. He explained:
"Sam is the only character without superpowers. He's just a regular dude hanging out with a bunch of weirdos. Being from New Orleans, I've been in a few fights. And heart and charisma never helped me in a fight. That usually just got me beat up. So that might cause an issue when you go fight somebody like Thanos.
"So, I think with him, he has to come to the stage with a very different understanding of what it is to be a good guy or be a bad guy and what are the decisions that make you toe that line in the way that you did. So, I just see him as more of a humane Cap as opposed to a distinctive judge Cap -- [a] Cap of judgment, where this is right and this is wrong. There are decisions that make you choose right or wrong."
Julius Onah (The Cloverfield Paradox) is set to direct the film from a script penned by Dalan Musson and Malcolm Spellman, both of whom wrote for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Spellman will produce with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige.
Brave New World hits theaters on May 3, 2024.