At the first-ever D23 fan event in Brazil, Marvel Studios unleashed a new trailer for the upcoming film Captain America: Brave New World. The fourth standalone Captain America movie, and the first to see Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson wield the shield, there's a lot of anticipation leading to the film's release.
Like the Captain America movies before it, Brave New World fully leans into the sub-series spy-thriller antics. In fact, this might be the most espionage thriller feeling we've gotten yet from a Captain America movie.
Following 2021's Disney+ series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson has now fully embraced the mantle of Captain America. Heavy is the arm that wields the shield though, as Mackie's Cap finds himself caught in the middle of an international incident.
The trailer leans heavily into the espionage roots of its predecessors. The trailer's split-screen shots and flickering effects feel like something we'd see in an episode of 24 as Sam Wilson attempts to uncover the mastermind behind a nefarious global plot that involves Harrison Ford's U.S. President Thaddeus Ross.
Unfortunately, previous trailers have already revealed the big twist in Captain America: Brave New World and that is Thaddeus Ross is Red Hulk. While there may be espionage elements throughout the trailer this is a Marvel movie after all and in the end, there's plenty of action teased as well.
Captain America: Brave New World arrives in theaters on February 14, 2025. As Marvel Studios' first major theatrical release of the year and the first to follow in the footsteps of the highly successful Deadpool & Wolverine -- which had a record-breaking run at the box office -- there are some mighty big shoes for Sam Wilson to fill. The movie looks entertaining, sure, but is it enough to drive Marvel fans to theaters?