Captain America

Image: Chris DelmasThe panel kicked off with the formal debut of Phase 5's schedule: that’s right, Phase 4 is already over, or will be when it concludes with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s release this November. Plenty of names are familiar to us already, but there’s a few new details, including the name of Captain America 4, New World Order, and, oh... did we mention Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio will return as Daredevil and Kingpin for an 18 episode Disney+ series? Here’s everything we saw and their release…

Marvel's Avengers — out now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One — has arrived at the craziest of times. This is a cliché at this point, but 2020 has been weird, to say the least. In a normal year, we would have gotten the Scarlett Johansson-led Black Widow movie, and the first-ever Marvel Cinematic Universe series at Disney+ in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier by now. And we would be looking forward to a wild new expansion of the MCU with Eternals. But the pandemic has seen to it that none of it would transpire as planned. It's…

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 1 — out March 19 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — is both an exciting and strange start to the new Marvel Cinematic Universe series. On one hand, it gives us an action spectacle that feels very much on par with what we get from Marvel movies. Episode 1 also examines some underlying issues for Avengers that are otherwise never touched upon: like how do they make a living? Did Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) get a salary from Iron Man? Who will offer health and travel insurance to the…

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 2 — out March 26 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — is essentially a stage-setting episode. Before it really dives into the thick of things, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier needs to introduce the primary players. We already know our titular heroes Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). Aligned with them but far from friends, we've the new Captain America, John Walker (Wyatt Russell) and his best friend Lemar Hoskins (Clé Bennett). On the opposing end we've…

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 3 — out April 2 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — finds all our characters in murkier waters, or descending (further) into them. Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) helps orchestrate a prison riot that allows Baron Zemo (Daniel Brühl) to escape. We are briefly reunited with former SHIELD agent Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) who has stuck her fingers in black market pies after having been branded a traitor by her government. New Captain America, John Walker (Wyatt Russell), is going…

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 4 — out April 9 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — is essentially the decline (and potential end) of the new Captain America, John Walker (Wyatt Russell). He slowly goes off the rails during The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 4, first interrupting a mission and causing it veer off course, then standing up to Wakanda's Dora Milaje without realising what he is getting into, and ultimately killing a man in cold blood in full public view. It more than pays off on what Walker had…

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 — out April 16 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — felt like a season finale in some respects. After that surprise end in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 4, which saw the (now former) Captain America/ John Walker (Wyatt Russell) murdering a Flag Smasher in cold blood, the Marvel Cinematic Universe hit the reset button of sorts. Sam Wilson/ Falcon (Anthony Mackie) went back to his native Louisiana along with Bucky Barnes/ White Wolf/ Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan). The…

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 6 — out April 23 on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — was predictably high on action as it had the task of wrapping up the season-long narrative threads for the series. It put a bow on the Flag Smashers topic once and for all, killing their leader Karli Morgenthau (Erin Kellyman) and the rest of her Super Soldier buddies. It's almost as if the Marvel Cinematic Universe is trying to contain how many Super Soldiers are running around at any point of time. There's still John Walker…

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — Marvel Studios' second TV series that ended its run Friday — was a high-octane offering that became too predictable at times. From the moment Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) handed over his Captain America shield to Sam Wilson/ Falcon (Anthony Mackie) at the end of Avengers: Endgame, it's been clear where the Marvel Cinematic Universe was headed. You knew that the Falcon is going to end up as the new Captain America ultimately. Spoilers ahead. Even when we got a new Cap in John Walker (Wyatt…

Anthony Mackie will star in Captain America 4.Screenshot: Marvel Studios/Disney+Marvel Studios has found the man who’ll bring Captain America back to the big screen and it’s director Julius Onah. Onah, who made The Cloverfield Paradox, has been tapped to direct the next Captain America film which will star Anthony Mackie as the hero. Malcolm Spellman, who helped Mackie’s character become Captain America on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, wrote the script along with Dalan Musso.News of the film being in development…