Captain America 4 Brave New World at a standstill? One of the next big Marvel films brings news and it’s quite worrying for the project.
Things don’t seem to be going any better for the Marvel team, which is having considerable difficulty bringing the next films and series to life. Of course there was COVID-19 and the Hollywood strike, but the concern goes deeper. In the face of criticism and some failures, the global strategy of the House of Superheroes changes. Deadpool 3 and the Echo series could pave the way for more “mature” productions, and the company wants to release a little ballast on the concept of ultra-connected films and series. For many projects like Captain America 4, the problems persist.
The very complicated development of Captain America 4
At the moment it’s difficult to be happy or even reassured about Captain America 4 Brave New World. The main reason for this is the director chosen to narrate the new adventures of the patriotic superhero. Marvel Studios entrusted its iconic character to Julius Onah, filmmaker of the Netflix film “The Cloverfield Paradox”. But we’re not sure of a pleasant surprise and the director might give himself away… or not.
More worryingly, a test screening organized in November went very poorly. Disney and Marvel then decided to postpone Captain America 4 to 2025, cut scenes and shoot new ones. And the film will be released in cinemas in France on February 12, 2025 and not in 2024. It is also true that inserting other sequences, so-called reshoots, is nothing new for Marvel. But it happens in a context in which the feature film would have been received more cautiously.
According to information from Deadline, the situation of Captain America 4 has become even more unstable since the last screenwriter left. This is the fourth since the creation of this fourth work. To prevent the boat from sinking, Marvel Studios would have asked Matthew Orton to intervene, write scenes and introduce new elements. Who is it ? He is the author of the Disney+ series Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac. We recently learned about the loss of the screenwriter of Avengers 5 The Kang Dynasty. A law of the series that was intended to put an end to the house of superheroes and the company with the big ears as quickly as possible.
One absent and one returning actress
It’s still too early to bury Captain America 4 Brave New World, but given the difficulties encountered, we can wonder about the final result. Especially since Marvel can no longer count on Chris Evans’ aura this time. The actor will not return either in this work or in the franchise, unless an idea made of reinforced concrete falls from the sky.
It was an incredible adventure and the character is so close to my heart. The role doesn’t even belong to me anymore. It’s Anthony Mackie’s. Even for another incarnation, not as Captain American, but as Steve Rogers, it seems to me… I would be very hesitant, just because it’s a chapter of my professional life that I love. I love what these films achieved, and if it didn’t work, it would be unfortunate to reimagine the character and risk a bizarre extension of that legacy. So we would need a near-perfect recipe and that might not be on the agenda.
Chris Evans in Disney D23 Podcast.
On the other hand, last March the return of Liv Tyler to fill the shoes of Elizabeth Ross was confirmed. Photos from the set of Captain America 4 have leaked online and show her at a funeral. After an absence of more than 15 years, the actress is stepping down to appear in the MCU. We hadn’t seen him since Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk.
