Summary
Captain America: Brave New Worldreshoots sparked rumors that significant changes were made to the film. Now, lead star Anthony Mackie has reassuring news for fans worried these reshoots meantCaptain America 4was in trouble.
Captain America: Brave New Worldmarks the first feature film with Anthony Mackie in the titular role since Chris Evans' Steve Rogers passed the mantle to Sam Wilson at the end ofAvengers: Endgame. There are many reasons to be excited aboutCaptain America: Brave New World, such as the return ofTim Blake Nelson as The Leaderor Harrison Ford’s President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross turning into Red Hulk. However, there are rumors thatCaptain America: Brave New Worldisn’t working out and that extensive reshoots were needed to retool the film, but Mackie has attempted to debunk those claims.
In November, reports claimedCaptain America: Brave New Worldreshootswere taking place after another negative test screening. While this isn’t uncommon, particularly for big-budget superhero movies, this wasn’t the first timeCaptain America: Brave New Worldunderwent reshoots that reportedly retooled the film. During an interview withEmpire, Mackie refuted the idea thatCaptain America: Brave New Worldwas extensively reshot and noted that every Marvel film he’s worked on underwent reshoots:
It wasn’t retooled at all. […] Every Marvel movie I’ve done has done reshoots, so it’s not retooling or remaking. You basically get the movie and the story you want, you edit it together, then go back and shoot a few more scenes
Notable scooperMyTimeToShineHellorefuted Mackie’s claims thatCaptain America: Brave New Worldreshoots didn’t retool the movie. According to MyTimeToShineHello, theCaptain America: Brave New Worldreshoots “changed the ending, the opening, added a new villain and another Hulk and a new post-credits scene and changed a character’s death.” Early set photos suggestedCaptain America: Brave New Worldkilled off President Ross, but Ford told Empire he was “awaiting” his “new assignment,” suggesting Ross could return to the MCU. This may be the “changed” death MyTimeToShineHello referred to. There were also reports of the villainous Serpent Society group being scrapped fromCaptain America: Brave New World, and Blake Nelson’s comments about ‘redoing’ the film left some fans with the impression thatCaptain America 4did need reshootsto save the film.
Mackie may be correct aboutCaptain America: Brave New Worldnot being changed significantly during reshoots. Perhaps time will tell. But all this chatter about production troubles and shifting release dates already has some fans convincedCaptain America: Brave New Worldwill be bad. If enough audiences aren’t convinced the film will be good, it could result in another box office dud for the MCU. Then again, Captain America: Brave New World trailer reactions have been largely positive. Maybe the new Star Bangled Man with a Plan will prove the naysayers wrong.
Captain America: Brave New World is scheduled to be released in theaters on June 21, 2025.
Captain America: Brave New World
Captain America: Brave New World (formerly titledNew World Order)marks Sam Wilson’s first MCU big-screen appearance as Steve Rogers' successor after receiving the suit and shield in Phase 4’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Anthony Mackie returns as the titular Avenger alongside Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres, Carl Lumby as Isaiah Bradley, and Tim Blake Nelson as The Incredible Hulk’s former ally Samuel Sterns. Harrison Ford makes his MCU debut replacing the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross.
Source:Empire(transcript viaTheJackalFiles),MyTimeToShineHello
