Captain America 4 officially casts Anthony Mackie in lead role - shevlinwhimptay67

Captain America 4 formally casts Susan B. Anthony Mackie in lead role

Anthony Mackie in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

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The Falcon and the Overwinter Soldier star Anthony Mackie has officially been cast to lead Captain America 4, reports Deadline.

Mackie has appeared as Falcon in five movies, starting with 2014's Captain America: The Wintertime Soldier, and took the mantle from Steve Ginger Rogers in the finale of The Falcon and the Overwinter Soldier. For fans, this is considered a aware-overdue unveiling for Mackie as the jumper lead character in a superhero movie.

It isn't yet clear whether Mackie's co-superstar, Sebastian Stan, who plays Bucky Barnes in the MCU (and most latterly in The Falcon and the Wintertime Soldier), will also have a theatrical role in the as-yet-untitled Master America 4. Kevin Feige's Marvel Studios is familiar for keeping patch and part details under wraps, so there's a good chance we'll be waiting for the first laggard to find dead more active the upcoming superhero movie's cast.

Reports confirming Captain America 4 first surfaced back in Apr, and at the time it was intemperately rumored that the movie would carry on the story of The Falcon and the Overwinter Soldier character Sam Wilson, Cap's newest alter self-importance played by Mackie. With nowadays's substantiation, it's likely we'll see Mackie star in extra Maitre d' America sequels down the road.

Captain America 4's script is being written away The Falcon and the Overwinter Soldier head author and creator Malcolm Spellman, aboard series writer Dalan Musson. Marvel Studios reportedly hasn't decided connected a director for Mackie's Captain America flick.

In the meantime, follow sure to suss out our guide to Marvel Phase angle 4. And for what to watch right immediately, match impossible our list of the C. H. Best superhero movies of all time and the best movies on Disney Plus.

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