Falcon avengers6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() But these shows are also providing an opportunity to spotlight the secondary characters and actors that have made the MCU seem so vibrant. A cynical view of this opportunity amounts, simply, to “more content”. But the Marvel Studios shows on Disney+ provide the Marvel creators an opportunity to fully realize some of these side adventures. A lot happened to characters between the events of previous MCU films, and viewers were satisfied with the odd hint or dialogue that implies a more fleshed-out MCU. These stories are not exactly essential viewing. And, in this case, audiences can experience the uncertainty of Sam’s journey to becoming Captain America in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). Audiences can follow a rogue version of Loki who escaped the timestream during the time travel shenanigans of Endgame in Loki (2021). Now audiences can see the story of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch dealing with her grief and trauma in WandaVision (2021) between appearances in Endgame and Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (Raimi, 2022). But the MCU has changed, expanding to include single-season television series designed to tell worthwhile or unique stories that occur in-between the films. After Endgame, audiences expected to next see Sam Wilson as the new Captain America in a film set a year or two later. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a sprawling interconnected narrative that has jumped from film to film for over a decade now. Sam has a moment of hesitation but, at Steve’s urging, he accepts it. ![]() Of course, the more time you have, the more interesting they can get.Towards the end of Avengers: Endgame (Russo Brothers, 2019), an aged Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) passes his signature shield, the symbol of everything Captain America represents, to his friend and partner Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie). Stan says “Falcon” allowed the two actors to find new shadings to their roles, even after so many film appearances, by “honoring the things that we have understood about them so far in the movies and then also staying open to taking them down a new path and finding the middle ground between those things. ![]() Spellman drew inspiration from race-conscious “buddy two-handers” like “Lethal Weapon,” “48 Hours” and “The Defiant Ones,” highlighting the warm chemistry between Mackie and Sebastian Stan, who joined Marvel movies as Bucky Barnes in 2011′s “Captain America: The First Avenger.” In comics, Barnes has also taken up Cap’s shield, lending an inherent tension to the series titular pairing. Unlike the mostly insular “WandaVision,” the first Marvel series launched after “Endgame,” “Falcon” promises a larger scope of globe-trotting adventure with implications for multiple characters in upcoming series and films. So will there be a Black Captain America by the time the final credits roll in April? Mackie, steeped in Marvel’s renowned secret-keeping after playing Falcon since 2014′s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” will only say this: “I’m very happy with the end of ‘Falcon,’ and I feel like I have one of the most unique, coolest characters in all of comic book movies.” And that journey of whether it’s even appropriate to deal with the symbol, the Stars and Stripes, to me, felt super, super relevant and timely.” ![]() He said the Wilson/Falcon character is set to “emerge from this story as a hero of the times and a hero of the people today. ![]()
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