Brave New World for this specifically, but it’s another headline that is not terribly positive, though part of a recent trend with this current phase of Marvel movies. While Captain America: Brave New World was still #1 at the box office this weekend with $28.

It’s complicated. The movie is staving off superhero fatigue. But it’s also a reason for The Fantastic Four to worry.

Given that two of Captain America: Brave New World's main characters were Sam Wilson and Joaquin Torres, and given that Bucky Barnes made a cameo too, the movie did have some obvious links to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. However, there could undoubtedly have been more.

Captain America: Brave New World was only released on February 14, 2025, but the film has been met with plenty of negative reviews, which haven't helped the question marks surrounding Anthony Mackie being in that role. However, the worries that people are starting to have about the MCU's future aren't

That's because Captain America: Brave New World brings adamantium into the fold. The substance shows up in the body of the Celestial that emerged from the Indian Ocean in Eternals. Now, it's the cause of international conflict, as major world powers try to control the world's only known adamantium supply.

Brave New World" doesn't live up to its name, breaking no new ground and falling into the same Marvel Cinematic Universe rut that most recent MCU films find themselves. In this offering, Sam Wilson is played by Anthony Mackie.

Sam Wilson as Captain America must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

Spoiler alert! This article contains spoilers for Captain America: Brave New World. Marvel Studios is steadily building toward the X-Men’s long-awaited debut in the MCU, but Captain America: Brave New World may have already made one of the original members impossible to adapt.