Summary
Marvel Studios unveils theCaptain America: Brave New Worldtrailer, revealing a first look at the upcoming Phase 5MCUmovie. The fourth movie in Marvel’s Captain America series will be the first since Chris Evans’s Steve Rogers passed on the shield at theend ofAvengers: Endgame. Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson now dons themantle of Captain Americaand is set to go toe to toe with General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, played by Harrison Ford, after William Hurt’s passing in 2022.
Today, Marvel released theCaptain America: Brave New Worldtrailer, which features the first footage of the 2025 MCU movie. The trailer includes a brief look at Red Hulk, who was widely theorized to be debuting in the movie, along with new characters played by Giancarlo Esposito, Shira Haas and Xosha Roquemore. Take a look below.
Additionally, Marvel released the officialCaptain America: Brave New Worldplot synopsis, which can be found below.
After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
What The Captain America: Brave New World Trailer Reveals About The 2025 MCU Movie
Anthony Mackie Returns As Sam Wilson While Harrison Ford Debuts As Thaddeus Ross
The biggest surprise of theCaptain America: Brave New Worldtrailer is no doubt Red Hulk’s appearance. Though the villain was widely speculated to be appearing, especially with the inclusion of Thaddeus Ross in the movie, I would’ve expected them to hold back on revealing Red Hulk until a later trailer. But if Marvel is so quick to reveal Red Hulk, that begs the question of what they’re holding back, which I have an idea about.
Though much of the trailer focuses on the tense interactions between Mackie’s Captain America and Ford’s President Ross, there are brief shots of Tiamut’s hand emerging from the ocean, a remnant of thefinal battle inEternals, during which they stopped the Celestial from destroying Earth. I believe that is the location of the final battle ofCaptain America: Brave New World, since it’s only briefly glimpsed in the trailer - and I think Marvel is hiding a villain, which they often do. Namely,Tim Blake Nelson’s Samuel Sterns aka The Leader.
IfCaptain America: Brave New World’s real villain is “a true mastermind” then The Leader is the obvious choice. In fact, I suspect The Leader is the one pulling the strings behind not only Red Hulk, but the assassination attempt on President Ross as seen in the trailer - perhaps as a way to force Ross to become or accept his Red Hulk side. Whether that’s true remains to be seen, but more will no doubt be revealed in futureCaptain America: Brave New Worldtrailers, and perhaps even later this month at San Diego Comic-Con.
