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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Hugh Jackman Teases Whether Wolverine Will Appear In ‘Avengers: Doomsday'
With Wolverine's recent addition to Disney's MCU, Hugh Jackman is navigating questions about the character's onscreen future. Following his return to the role (aka Logan) in last year's Deadpool & Wolverine, the Oscar nominee recently assured he 'actually' has no news about whether he'll slip on the Adamantium claws once again for Avengers: Doomsday. More from Deadline Halle Berry On Returning To Reprise Storm Role In 'Avengers: Doomsday': 'It's Not Going To Be There' How To Stream The 'Wolverine' Movies In Chronological Order Disney Pushes Next Two 'Avengers' Movies; Dates 'The Dog Stars' & 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' 'I really can't say much, except when you say 'appear,' more like dominate and destroy every other character—I'm kidding,' teased Jackman on The View. 'I really have nothing to add, and if I did, I would find a really cool way to not say it, but I actually have nothing to add.' Jackman made his debut as Wolverine in 2000's X-Men, reprising the role in X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), The Wolverine (2013), Logan (2017) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Halle Berry previously shut down hopes she'll return to play Storm in Avengers: Doomsday, which premieres May 1, 2026. Meanwhile, Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) Rebecca Romijn (Mystique) and James Marsden (Cyclops) are set to return. Also joining the cast of Avengers: Doomsday are Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom), Pedro Pascal (Mister Fantastic), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Vanessa Kirby (Susan Storm), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Florence Pugh (Yelena), Tenoch Huerta (Namor), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Thing), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Lewis Pullman (Sentry), Danny Ramirez (Falcon), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm), David Harbour (Red Guardian), Winston Duke (M'Baku), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Channing Tatum (Gambit). Best of Deadline Every 'The Voice' Winner Since Season 1, Including 9 Team Blake Champions Everything We Know About 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' So Far 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
USA Today
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Captain America: Brave New World' teases Marvel future in post-credits scene
'Captain America: Brave New World' teases Marvel future in post-credits scene Show Caption Hide Caption Anthony Mackie says Harrison Ford went all in on his Marvel stunts Anthony Mackie reveals how Harrison Ford refused stunt doubles and went all in for "Captain America: Brave New World." Spoiler alert! We're discussing key plot points and the ending of Marvel's "Captain America: Brave New World" (in theaters now), so beware if you haven't seen it yet. Look out, world. There's a new Hulk in town. President Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (Harrison Ford) turns into a scarlet-skinned rage monster in 'Captain America: Brave New World,' just one of many problems Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), the new Captain America, faces in the latest Marvel adventure. Ross and other world leaders are close to signing an important treaty surrounding the discovery of Adamantium, a valuable element mined from the remnants of a Celestial half stuck in the Indian Ocean (see: 'Eternals'). Global peace is thrown into disarray at a White House summit when Sam's close friend Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly) and other Secret Service members and soldiers are mind-controlled into trying to assassinate the president. Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox. The culprit turns out to be Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson), a gamma-irradiated scientist responsible for unleashing the Abomination on Harlem in 'The Incredible Hulk.' After being arrested, then-general Ross imprisoned Sterns – who now sports a disfigured head, green skin and a superpowered brain – in a secret military facility and later used the scientist's genius and penchant for probabilities to help win the presidency. Ross didn't give Sterns his promised pardon, so the baddie escapes when Sam finds and confronts him, then sets in motion a plan to destroy Ross' legacy by starting a war between the USA and Japan over Adamantium. Let's dig into all the best spoilers, from the return of an old friend to a post-credits scene warning of a bigger threat. What happens at the ending of 'Captain America: Brave New World'? When Sterns' World War III gambit is foiled by Captain America, the villain has a backup plan: Ross was diagnosed with a failing heart, and Sterns has been giving him pills secretly infused with gamma to build up radiation in his body (and make him Hulk-ready). Sterns turns himself into military police with one last surprise left to pull on the president: During a presidential news conference at the Rose Garden, auditory evidence is revealed that he and Ross have been in cahoots. An enraged Ross turns into the Hulk and Cap arrives just in time for a fight that decimates the White House and a good swath of D.C. An outmatched Cap wins the showdown by talking Red Hulk into submission, and in the aftermath, Ross resigns and is sentenced to the underwater super-prison known as the Raft (where Ross jailed Sam and other heroes in 'Captain America: Civil War'). Does the new Marvel movie have any good cameos? Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), aka the Winter Soldier, is one of the main characters of the next Marvel film 'Thunderbolts*.' He first makes a stop in 'Brave New World' to help Sam out in a crisis-of-confidence moment after partner Joaquin Torres (Danny Ramirez) is critically injured. Sam wonders if he should have taken the same super-soldier serum that made Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Bucky powerful, but Bucky explains that Steve chose Sam to be the next Cap 'not because you're the strongest but because you're you.' When he leaves, Sam's ally Ruth Bat-Seraph (Shira Haas) shows some romantic interest in Bucky, who's also apparently running for Congress. 'He's 110 years old,' Sam says. 'I can work with that,' she quips. Is there an end-credit scene in 'Captain America: Brave New World'? 'Captain America' Anthony Mackie suits up for 'Brave New World' As Sam Wilson, "Avengers" veteran Anthony Mackie gets his first solo Marvel movie with the paranoia thriller "Captain America: Brave New World." Rather than the usual two extra scenes in Marvel films, there's just one at the very end. Like Ross, Sterns is now locked up in the Raft, and Sam visits him. 'You want to know what's funny?' Sterns says, though Sam's not in the mood for jokes. 'You killed a lot of good men trying to get your revenge. Trust me, we don't share the sense of humor.' Stern then issues a stark warning: 'All you heroes protecting this world, do you think you're the only ones? You think this is the only world? We'll see what happens when you have to protect this place from the others.' Just when you thought you were safe from the multiverse for a movie, they pull you back in: The scene acts as a tease to what's likely coming in 'Avengers: Secret Wars,' where our good guys have to battle heroes and villains from alternate universes to save the day. You only have to wait two more years for that payoff.
USA Today
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Does Captain America: Brave New World have a post-credit scene?
The new entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe hit theaters on Valentine's Day as Captain America: Brave New World released. Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) had his first outing as the lead after taking over the Captain America mantle from Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), trying to navigate a political landscape as he squared off with Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross. Now portrayed by Harrison Ford following the passing of William Hurt, Ross has been elected president despite his aggressive 'Hulk hunting' of his past. Both are dealing with a mysterious villain that is using a variation of mind control to try and upend a treaty to handle the Adamantium found at the site of the emerged celestial from Eternals. There is just one post-credit scene for the movie, and it comes at the very end of the credits. STOP HERE IF YOU WANT TO AVOID SPOILERS! In the post-credit scene, Wilson visits Samuel Sterns a.k.a The Leader (Tim Blake Nelson) at the Raft super prison. After some short back-and-forth, Sterns warns Captain America about the impending multiversal overlap. 'It's coming. I've seen it in the probabilities, I've seen it plain as day. All you heroes protecting this world, you think you're the only ones? You think this is the only world?' The next Marvel project is the Daredevil: Born Again series, which releases on Disney+ on March 4. The Thunderbolts is the next movie, which hits theaters on May 2.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Captain America: Brave New World: How many post-credits scenes are there?
It usually goes without saying that a Marvel movie will feature an extra scene or two as the credits roll. Many fans expect a lot from Captain America: Brave New World, since the film is expected to set up the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As Sam Wilson and his allies fight to stop a conspiracy that threatens to launch World War III, the movie introduces the element Adamantium, an essential part of Wolverine's origin story in Marvel Comics. On top of that, the film has revisited both the Celestial Tiamut, making it the source of the Adamantium, and the Avengers getting back together with Sam as their new leader. All these building blocks have laid the foundation for things like the next two Avengers movies and even the X-Men's debut in the MCU. With the next two Avengers movies just around the corner, Brave New World has built up Sam to lead Earth's Mightiest Heroes in the fight to maintain peace as the new Captain America. All in all, there is a lot to look forward to after the events of Brave New World, and what the film reveals during the credits hints at a dark future for Sam and the Avengers. Captain America: Brave New World features one scene after all the credits have rolled. This scene is relatively simple: Sam visits the villain Samuel Sterns, aka the Leader, at his prison cell in the Raft. The latter ended up there after turning himself into the authorities to reveal his plans for revenge against Ross and expose the President's crimes against him. Though Sam gloats at his adversary over his supposed victory, Sterns counters by arguing that while Sam fights to protect the world, they are both a part of it and that there is more than one world. Sterns then questions what Sam and his fellow heroes will do when they have to face 'the others.' The film cuts to black before revealing a title card saying, 'Captain America will return.' While this may seem like a vague warning, considering Brave New World's place in the MCU's Multiverse Saga, the 'others' Sterns is referring to are likely the universes outside the Sacred Timeline. This implication says a lot about what's in store for the MCU after Brave New World. Previous Marvel films, such as Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, have shown universes colliding with each other. All these cosmic encounters have been building up to another Multiversal War first teased in the Disney+ series, Loki. Given Sterns' superhuman intellect and foresight, he seems to have predicted more multiversal conflicts soon. Sterns' warning implies Sam and the Avengers will be forced to fight warriors from other universes, possibly even some heroes, to defend their own from destruction. Whether Sam and the Avengers end up fighting Kang the Conqueror, Doctor Doom, other versions of the Avengers, or even the X-Men, Sam's will and morals will surely be tested as he and his allies end up having to make hard decisions while clashing with other worlds. He may even be forced to seek the Leader's help to stop the threat that is coming. In the end, Captain America: Brave New World says much about the MCU's future while showing very little. The franchise's future may still be hazy to audiences after the film. However, Sterns made it clear that while Sam won the battle, he hadn't won the war. Whatever it will be, it is clear that Sam will continue to fight when he returns to the big screen.
USA Today
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Review: Anthony Mackie's Captain America deserves better than 'Brave New World'
Hear this story 'Captain America: Brave New World' never reaches the heights of other Marvel movies starring a guy with a star-spangled shield. It does turn Harrison Ford into a ruby red rage monster, though, so it didn't totally fail the assignment. A veteran of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a decade now, Anthony Mackie faithfully has taken the Captain America mantle from Chris Evans and given Cap new swagger and vulnerability. He's not the problem with director Julius Onah's geopolitically tinged 'Brave New World' (★★½ out of four; rated PG-13; in theaters now). That culprit is an unruly narrative that starts as a paranoia thriller (a la 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier') and devolves into a campy 'Hulk smash!' fest. The fact that Mackie puts the thing on his own mighty shoulders (with some help from talented castmates) and keeps it watchable is a minor miracle. Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox. The film is also not exactly an escape since their fictional world is on metaphorical fire, too. Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (played by Ford, taking over for the late William Hurt) has just been elected president on a 'Togetherness' platform but his hotheaded history and bureaucratic antics to tear the Avengers apart has put him on shaky ground. His first 100 days is almost up, and he desperately needs a multinational treaty to mine a wondrous new element called Adamantium. Sam Wilson (Mackie) is no fan of Ross but decides being quasi-friendly to the president in power is better than not. He's invited to the White House for an international summit and Ross wants his help rebuilding the Avengers. But their armistice goes sideways when Sam's close friend Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly), a Black super-soldier locked up and experimented on by the government for 30 years, is mind-controlled as part of an assassination attempt on Ross. Rate your 'Film of the Year': Join our Movie Meter panel and make your voice heard! There are enough meaty themes going on there to unleash an intelligent, superhero-filled take on real-world political agendas. (Mackie's "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" TV show did a better job in that regard.) Sam and his high-flying partner Joaquin Torres (Danny Ramirez) venture out to find the mystery person behind the terrorist attack. But 'Brave New World' loses its way by throwing in a litany of subplots including an air-and-sea battle where Captain America has to stave off World War III and a revenge scheme that transforms Ross into an angry Red Hulk. The new 'Captain America' borrows liberally from 'Winter Soldier' – if you're going to ape another Marvel movie, might as well be the best one – but also weaves in story points and characters from 'The Eternals' and 'The Incredible Hulk.' Unlike earlier standouts, most recent Marvel films are more interested in threading the past to its future than doing something exciting in the present. Cap and Red Hulk pummeling each other and tearing Washington apart during cherry blossom season is fine and all but it doesn't make for a stellar adventure. Still, the cast does its part. Ford gives a bit of added depth to the antagonistic Ross before hulking out while Tim Blake Nelson reprises his role as big brain Samuel Sterns from 'Incredible Hulk' in notable fashion. Giancarlo Esposito is wonderfully nasty as mercenary Sidewinder – just him vs. Mackie for two hours would have been a better film – and Shira Haas is sensational as Ruth Bat-Seraph, Ross' enigmatic Israeli security adviser who was trained by the same deadly folks who unleashed Black Widow. Then there's Mackie, the coolest actor Marvel has hired this side of Robert Downey Jr. As excellent as Evans was as Cap, Mackie's shown equal skill in crafting his own version of what that character should mean – in his case, weathering the pressures and politics of being a national symbol and being as adept with his words as his fists. Hopefully next time he's given a 'Captain America' film that doesn't let him down this hard.
