Is Brave New World Undoing Civil War Captain America?
Sam Wilson's path as Captain America in Captain America: Brave New World appears to be veering sharply from the events of Captain America: Civil War. Sam Wilson is back on the big screen in Captain America: Brave New World, directed by Julius Onah and written by Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, and Matthew Orton two years after his last MCU visit on the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. This new movie is supposed to confirm Sam's position as the new Captain America for the MCU, a legacy he picked up from Steve Rogers of Chris Evans.
Among Steve Rogers' most devoted allies in Captain America: Civil War was Sam Wilson. Their bond was strengthened during the Sokovia Accords crisis, when Steve and Tony Stark's divide resulted from the government wanting to monitor the Avengers. Captain America: Brave New World seems to be subverting this accepted dynamic, though.
Thaddeus Ross wants Captain America to play a formal government role.
Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, now Harrison Ford, is shown in the first Captain America: Brave New World teaser as driven to make Captain America an official government agent. This reflects the effort in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier to have John Walker Captain America/US Agent. Beginning with Captain America: Civil War, where they sought to strip Steve of the title in view of the Sokovia Accords, the government's aim to seize Captain America stems from The trailer depicts Sam and Ross debating this, so creating a possible confrontation.
Rocky Past of Captain America with US Government
For the US government, Captain America has a convoluted past. Designed as part of their propaganda activities during World War II, he developed from mascot to active participant in the fighting. Steve's life has been frequently under government intervention, which has sometimes been confusing and resulted in his disillusionment upon learning Hydra has infiltrated SHIELD in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. This disappointment drove his opposition to government supervision in Captain America: Civil War.
Ross and Sam's relationship is changing now Steve is gone. Captain America: Civil War events seem to be influencing the two's dynamics. Ross arrested Sam and his team in the movie and housed them in "The Raft" until Steve and Bucky Barnes broke them out. After Avengers: Infinity War, this conflict was never completely resolved, but Captain America: Brave New World is probably going to delve deeper on this tension.
In Brave New World will Captain America truly collaborate with the US government?
The trailer suggests Ross's offer to Sam won't be a straightforward one. Sam is courteous but he is not a pushover; his resilience makes him the ideal shield user. Sam might be obliged to guard the President following the assassination attempt on Ross by Isaiah Bradley, but he is unlikely to be readily driven into government agent employment.
Previously known as New World Order, Brave New World marks Sam Wilson's first major screen performance as Captain America. Anthony Mackie plays the title hero alongside Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres, Carl Lumby as Isaiah Bradley, and Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns. Assuming the part from the late William Hurt, Harrison Ford makes his MCU debut as Thaddeus Ross.
