‘Captain America 4’ In Development With ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Head Writer Malcolm Spellman Co-Writing The Script
The Captain America film franchise is continuing at Marvel Studios.
In the wake of today’s season finale ofThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier, word has come out that head writerMalcolm Spellmanand staff writerDalan Mussonare writing the screenplay forCaptain America 4, which is expected to continue the story ofAnthony Mackie’s character, Sam Wilson, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
According toThe Hollywood Reporter,Captain America 4is in the works at Marvel Studios, but no director or cast has been announced yet. It’s expected that Mackie, who now officially wields the shield as the MCU’s Captain America, will take the lead in the new project, but it’s unclear whether any other previous Captains America – including Carl Lumbly’s Isaiah Bradley or Chris Evans' elderly, post-EndgameSteve Rogers – will show up in any capacity.
Spellman createdThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierand was responsible for the series grappling with serious, real-world issues like race in America and what happens when state-sanctioned authority figures cross a line and take a life without justification. Musson wrote the fifth episode of the show, which featured Sam Wilson having a heart-to-heart with Bradley about what it takes for a Black man to wear the stars and stripes. While the show itself was often messy, I give Spellman credit for convincing Marvel to have these conversations in ways it hadn’t previously made room for, and I suspect the movie won’t shy away from tough subject matter, either.
SpoilersforThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierseason finale ahead.
With Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) established as the Power Broker, and Val (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), the mysterious Nick Fury-style character, seemingly in the market to create her own team of villains, it’s clear that a conflict is brewing which will involve some big government secrets spilling out and ending up in the wrong hands. Naturally, viewers speculated that these might be teases for a possible second season of this show, or upcoming Disney+ shows likeArmor Wars(or, if Sharon is a Skrull, maybe evenSecret Invasion). But now it’s possible that those dominos were set up specifically forCaptain America 4.
One thing is for sure: even though the finale ended with the title cardCaptain America and the Winter Soldier, don’t expect this movie to be made specifically for Disney+. I would bet everything I have that Marvel is going to give this a big theatrical release, if for no other reason than the optics would be absolutely abysmal if they were to relegate the firstCaptain Americamovie to star a Black man to a streaming service.
