The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Marvel boss hints at X-Men location for MCU series

THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER

March 18, 2021 at 5:45 p.m.

The upcoming MCU series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” will feature a location previously known from the X-Men comics. Netzwelt tells you more about it.

• Marvel boss Kevin Feige teases a location known from the Marvel comics for “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”.
• This is most likely the island state of Madripoor, to which Disney has so far lacked the rights.
• The X-Men may already be introduced into the MCU in Madripoor.

Shortly before the start of the 2. MCUSeries on Disney+ Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, seems to have just confirmed an exciting X-Men rumor that has been circulating in the vastness of the Internet for a long time: In the new MCU series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier“It’s going to be Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) quite obviously in the Island state of Madripoor devious who is known from the Marvel Comics.

MCU mastermind Kevin Feige revealed to the magazine Entertainment Weeklythat “a location … from the Marvel Comics” would appear in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”, the had not previously been available to Marvel Studios.

Set photos for “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” had fans some time ago inferior to the island state of Madripoor, which is featured in the Marvel comics in “New Mutants #32” from 1985 made its debut. Fans also want to have discovered Madripoor in the trailer for the MCU series. Here is a trailer screenshot of the mega-city that lights up in neon colors at night:

So far, however, the Marvel Studios lacked the rights to Madripoor and therefore the location in the MCU could not be used. After Disney bought Fox But it looks different now!

This is Madripoor in the Marvel Comics

The fictional island state of Madripoor is located south of Singapore and is characterized by stark contrasts between rich and poor. The city, originally founded by pirates, is divided into prosperous Hightown and impoverished, crime-ridden Lowtown. In principle, the city’s government doesn’t care what you do in it, as long as you don’t endanger the existing order – an ideal setting for exciting adventures in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”.

And who knows, it is possible that the X-Men will celebrate their debut in the MCU in Madripoor. Wolverine stayed there more often, at least in the comics, his son Daken even ruled the island nation for a while, and Magneto built his own X-Men mansion there!