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“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” head author Malcolm Spellman and workers author Dalan Musson are writing the script that may proceed the story of Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) from “FAWS,” after he lastly takes up the mantle of Captain America within the present’s finale, sporting a brand new red-white-and-blue costume — and falcon wings — courtesy of Wakanda.
Julius Onah (“Luce,” “The Cloverfield Paradox”) is directing the movie, which finds Sam combating the nice battle with out the help of the Avengers, who disbanded within the wake of “Endgame.” Also getting back from “FAWS” are Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley, a.okay.a. the primary Black supersoldier (who instructed Sam in “FAWS” that the U.S. would by no means settle for a Black Captain America), and Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres, who inherits the Falcon moniker from Sam. Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) joins the forged as Ruth Bat-Seraph, a.okay.a. Sabra. In the comics, Sabra is a mutant who works as an agent of the Israeli Mossad, however a spokesperson for Marvel tells Variety that the filmmakers are taking “a new approach” with the character.
MCU Tie-In: Tim Blake Nelson will play Samuel Sterns, a.okay.a. The Leader, a personality that dates alllllllll the best way again to 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk.” In that movie, Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) forces Samuel to make use of blood samples from Bruce Banner (performed by Edward Norton) to remodel Emil into the Abomination. In the aftermath, a few of Bruce’s blood lands on an open wound on Emils cranium, reworking him into The Leader. Sixteen years later, we’ll lastly see what occurred subsequent for Samuel.
Another character from “The Incredible Hulk,” Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, will seem in “New World Order” — performed by Harrison Ford (!), changing the late actor William Hurt, who originated the function and performed it a number of occasions, most lately in “Black Widow.”
The Leader and Ross will not be the one MCU legacy characters to return for “New World Order,” particularly since the anti-hero team-up film “Thunderbolts” follows simply two months later, which options disgraced former Captain America John Walker (Wyatt Russell), a.okay.a. U.S. Agent, and the shadowy operative Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) — two characters first launched on “FAWS.” And then there’s the post-credits tease for “FAWS,” by which Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) revealed herself to be the nefarious Power Broker simply as she’s pardoned and introduced again into the U.S. authorities — what’s to turn into of her?