Anthony Mackie has closed a deal to star in Captain America 4, which will see Sam Wilson wield the shield on the big screen.
Malcolm Spellman is writing the script with Dalan Musson, who worked with him on the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Marvel’s Kevin Feige will produce the superhero movie, which does not have a director attached yet.
Deadline broke the news, reporting that it’s unclear whether Sebastian Stan will return in this film as the Winter Soldier, though I imagine that he will, at least in some capacity, given the chemistry those two characters shared on the small screen. Deadline also added that Captain America 4 is not the same Marvel project that is expected to bring Chris Evans back into the fold.
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Mackie is a dynamic actor who earned this opportunity by paying his dues, and I’m thrilled that audiences have taken to his MCU character, who was handpicked by Evans’ Captain America to succeed him. Mackie has played Falcon in five Marvel movies thus far after being introduced in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, though I’m proud to say that I first suggested Mackie as Captain America a decade ago before Evans was even cast as the character. I even commissioned our graphic designer to come up with an image of Mackie in Cap’s suit, though that image has been lost to the sands of time on the internet.
From his early appearances in 8 Mile and Spike Lee‘s Sucka Free City to acclaimed films such as Half Nelson and The Hurt Locker, Mackie has always impressed me as an actor, and I’m thrilled he’ll get a chance to shine in Cap’s outfit. The actor is represented by UTA and Inspire Entertainment.
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Jeff Sneider is the Senior Film Reporter at Collider, where he breaks film and television news and curates the Up-and-Comer of the Month column in addition to hosting The Sneider Cut podcast and the awards-themed series For Your Consideration with Scott Mantz and Perri Nemiroff. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Jeff started his career at Ain’t It Cool News before moving to Los Angeles to write for Variety and later, TheWrap and Mashable. Jeff also served as Editor in Chief of The Tracking Board and has contributed to MTV Movies Blog, Hollywood Life magazine, Washington Square News and the Colorado Springs Independent. His Oscar picks have appeared on the LA Times’ Envelope site, and he agrees with screenwriter William Goldman who famously said of Hollywood, “nobody knows anything.” Jeff hails from Needham, Massachusetts and has never eaten a salad. He can be found on Twitter, Instagram, Cameo and Blogspot by searching his nom de plume @TheInSneider.
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