Itâs been six years since Steve Rodgers handed over Captain America reigns to Sam Wilson, Aka The Falcon, in âAvengers: Endgame.â Wilson (Anthony Mackie) will be the lead of Julius Onahâs âCaptain America: Brave New World.â A trailer was released in the summer.
Two different cuts of the film test screened last week, and plot details for one of the cuts have leaked online. The person who attended didnât seem to like the movie all that much.
Based on the folks Iâve spoken to, those who attended were either given a red or green bracelet and were split up into two different theaters. The reactions Iâve heard have not been very kind to this movie, which is being described as âinessentialâ and âflat.â
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Reshoots on âBrave New Worldâ happened in August. This could explain why two different cuts were shown. Last year, after receiving negative test scores in another screening, and Marvel themselves underwhelmed by an early cut they saw of the film, âBrave New Worldâ was delayed to February 2025. Extensive reshoots were called, with âthree major action sequencesâ having been filmed, between May and August 2024 in Atlanta.
âBrave New Worldâ had originally wrapped filming in June 2023, and was set for a July 2024 release date, but itâs now turned into this monstrous mess for Marvel. You just donât push a movie this big out of your calendar, and then decide to dump it in February, unless major trouble is brewing.
Last December, Matthew Orton was hired by Marvel to pen âadditional scenes and materialâ. Ortonâs work was shot during this summerâs reshoots. Theyâve also added new characters to the story. Will audiences even show up to a Captain America movie that doesnât star Chris Evans?
Man, Guardians 3 was so goddamn good. The weird meat space station, the fun alien suburb. The ending was the best in the series, and 2 set a really high bar.
Other than that and Wandavision, phase 4 and 5 hasnât impressed me. I really enjoyed Shang-Chi, The Marvels, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, Moon Knight, and Loki. Had a good time with Dr Strange MoM, Deadpool, and the What Ifs.