Captain America
Brave New World
Film · 2025 · 118 minutes · Phase Five
Sam Wilson, now fully operating as Captain America alongside new partner Joaquin Torres as the Falcon, is drawn into an international incident after a meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross aboard a research vessel. A cover-up unravels involving Samuel Sterns, the gamma-mutated "Leader" left disfigured and imprisoned since Bruce Banner's rampage years earlier, who has been secretly manipulating Ross's rise to power and drip-feeding him gamma radiation through his medication. As mind-controlled operatives attack the President and a global dispute erupts over a newly discovered deposit of adamantium found within the remains of the dead Celestial Tiamut, Sam must clear his name, protect Isaiah Bradley, and stop Sterns's revenge plot before a confrontation forces Ross to transform into the monstrous Red Hulk.
Follows on from
- The Incredible Hulkdirect-sequel — Directly continues the story of Samuel Sterns, mutated by Hulk blood and left imprisoned since the Harlem battle, and of General Thaddeus Ross's cover-up of that incident.
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Season Onedirect-sequel — Follows on from Sam Wilson's acceptance of the Captain America mantle and continues Isaiah Bradley's story, both central to that season.
- Eternalscrossover — The film's central conflict revolves around nations racing to claim adamantium found in the corpse of the Celestial Tiamut, whose emergence and fate were depicted in Eternals.
- Captain America: Civil Warcameo-only · optional — Nods to Thaddeus Ross's political history since pushing the Sokovia Accords, now culminating in his election as President.
Leads to
- Thunderbolts*cameo-only · optional — Bucky Barnes's status as a sitting U.S. congressman, referenced here, was established in Captain America: Brave New World.
- Avengers: Doomsdaydirect-sequel · optional — Sam Wilson arrives as the established Captain America, with Joaquin Torres as the new Falcon.