A sneak peek at Disney-Marvel’s upcoming release, Captain America: Brave New World, aired at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
In the trailer, President Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross (Harrison Ford) is the target of an assassination attempt that is foiled by Captain America/Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie).
The preview showed Wilson “engaged in hand-to-hand combat” with the would-be assassins “while dodging bullets while desperately trying to rescue the leader of the free world from a daring attack on the White House.” Variety reported.
In the clip, President Ross told Wilson, “I want Captain America to help me rebuild the Avengers.”
Ford previously played the commander in chief as President James Marshall in the 1997 action film Air Force One.
A sneak peek at Disney-Marvel’s upcoming release, Captain America: Brave New World, aired at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
In the trailer, President Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross (Harrison Ford) is the target of an assassination attempt that is foiled by Captain America/Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie). Ford appeared at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles earlier this year.
The film marks his debut in the MCU, taking over the role initially played by the late Oscar winner William Hurt.
Hurt, who died at age 71 in March 2022 after battling cancer, played the role in a number of films including 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame from 2019 and Black Widow from 2021. according to iMDb.
Ross’s character held the position of Secretary of State in his last appearance in the franchise and is now the president when the new film begins.
The story is set to follow the events in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a streaming series on Disney+, the outlet reported.
In Avengers: Endgame, the original Captain America, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), renounced his status as a superhero, clearing the way for Wilson to emerge as the patriotic hero.
Mackie said Entertainment Weekly of the new movie’s plot: ‘It made more sense for it to be more of an Earth spy action movie than aliens and planes going through portals and shit.
“While I’ve been to a lot of them and seen it all now, the opportunity for Sam to really establish himself as a true action star and Avenger comes with this movie.”
And he added: ‘This film is a clear reboot. It really resets the idea of ​​what this universe is and what it’s going to be.
Mackie spoke to the crowd at the industry event in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Mackie said Captain America: Brave New World ‘is a clear reset’ for the franchise
Ford previously played the role of the president in the 1997 action film Air Force One.
The film marks Ford’s debut in the MCU, taking over the role initially played by the late Oscar winner William Hurt, photographed in Los Angeles in 2016 at the premiere of Captain America: Civil War.
“I think with these movies, you’re getting a clear new marker of where Marvel is going, in the same way they did with Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”
The cast of the film, directed by Julius Onah, includes Danny Ramirez, Tim Blake Nelson, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly and Liv Tyler.
Marvel boss Kevin Feige said at the showcase Thursday that the film parallels the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier in that it has a ’70s cinematic feel. He called it “another action thriller from fast-paced and relatively grounded” that doesn’t involve aliens, Variety reported.
Captain America: Brave New World is scheduled to hit theaters on February 14, 2025, in what is shaping up to be a critical release for Marvel after recent films like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Eternals and The Marvels They were not disappointed in the reviews. and box office receipts.
The film’s release date was delayed due to last year’s entertainment industry strikes, according to Variety.