A new rumor claims that Captain America: Brave New World director Julius Onah “has pretty much been removed from the project.”
(L-R): Director Julius Onah, Xosha Roquemore, and Anthony Mackie behind the scenes of Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD. Photo by Eli Adé. © 2024 MARVEL.
Scooper ThwipT_ wrote on X, “Cap 4 director Julius Onah has pretty much been removed from the project. He’s been cordial about it tho so his name will still be listed.”
He added, “Similar to Rogue One when Tony Gilroy was brought in to finish the film, Gareth Edwards didn’t start drama so they let him keep full credit.”
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In response to another user accusing him of lying, ThwipT_ wrote, “And the Rogue One actors all talked nicely about Gareth Edwards for the entire press run. I’m not sure how what you’re saying disproves anything.”
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He later shared why Onah was removed, “1st, obviously it’s cause the movie has been a disaster behind the scenes. This isn’t news.”
“2nd, I’m honest about that which should tell you I’m honest about all of it,” he continued. “3rd, you don’t have to believe me that’s fine. I’m just saying your reason for choosing not to makes no sense.”
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It’s been rumored the film underwent massive reshoots this summer. As reported by MarvelFilmNews, scooper Daniel RPK claimed, “Captain America: Brave New World will be undergoing reshoots from May until August.”
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Following this rumor, YouTuber Overlord DVD claimed his sources informed him that the film was being rewritten.
He said, “They are more convinced that Cap 4 doesn’t have a script. They say that what they are doing is shooting from a notebook that has notes on what they are supposed to do. According to the director this is a way of getting ahead of themselves while they wait for the official script.”
Overlord DVD added “This came from the director himself as the director and Anthony [Mackie] were in another heated discussion over the way the reshoots were being handled. It’s unclear just how long it will take to complete the rewrite. It is very clear to our source that Anthony’s biggest concern is this movie may get cancelled.”
As reported by ComicBookMovie.com, scooper CanWeGetSomeToast claimed the film was undergoing extensive and long-lasting reshoots because “the Serpent Society has been completely removed from The Falcon and the Winter Solider follow-up.”
Alex Perez from The Cosmic Circus disputed the claim that the Serpent Society was being removed from the film, but claimed the organization’s role in the film was being significantly reduced to an opening sequence rather than playing an ongoing role throughout the film.
The Serpent Society in Captain America #310 (1985), Marvel Comics
In March, a rumor from OHIMATM claimed test screenings for the films did not impress audiences. The X user wrote, “I’ve been able to get some insight into what some of the main issues were at the Captain America: Brave New World test screenings. Apparently audiences were unimpressed by the film’s action scenes and the chemistry between Cap and his love interest.”
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Not only did OHIMATM share that audiences did not find the actions scenes and the chemistry between Falcon and his love interest impressive, but they found the movie’s political intrigue “uninspired and unengaging.”
The user shared, “However, the biggest issue was how audiences responded to the film’s political content. You might think this’d mean audiences found it divisive, but it was actually worse than that: they found it boring.”
“I’m told that the overall feel was that the political material was ‘uninspired and unengaging’ that audiences found it lacked nuance, was overly expository, and really slowed the movie down. I’m also told that while the ‘three sequences that will be removed’ were a big part of the problem.”
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Actor Anthony Mackie downplayed these rumors telling Radio Times, “We shot the next film and now because we had this big strike, it kind of delayed everything. So now we’re going in to do our reshoots, which isn’t a big deal.”
He elaborated, “Every Marvel movie I’ve done has done between six weeks and three months of reshoots. It’s just how it works. All of these big budget superhero movies, all of them do reshoots. When we did Endgame, we did like three months of reshoots, so it’s always a thing where you shoot what you have, get it in the editing, you see what you got, then you come back, and you make it better. So it’s just the way the process works.”
“I mean, I’ve done, I guess, like eight Marvel movies now. And we’ve done reshoots on all of them. So we were going back in this summer, and seeing what we got and make it better,” he concluded.
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America in Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2024 MARVEL.
The film added Giancarlo Esposito to the cast in an unknown role in June. According to Variety, Esposito made it clear he was not playing Professor X during the appearance, but instead indicated he might be playing a brand new character altogether.
He said, “There’s something about being original. We’ve seen different versions of Professor X. Wouldn’t you like to see me play a character in a Marvel movie who is original, and new, and fresh? So, mark my words: This will happen sooner than you think.”
LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 07: Giancarlo Esposito onstage during the studio panel for The Mandalorian at the Star Wars Celebration 2023 in London at ExCel on April 07, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images for Disney)
As for what potential moviegoers can expect, Mackie told Entertainment Weekly, “This movie is a clear reset. It really reestablishes the idea of what this universe is and what this universe is going to be.”
He added, “I think with these movies, you’re getting a clear, new branding of what Marvel is headed towards the same way they did with Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”
Anthony Mackie behind the scenes of Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD. Photo by Eli Adé. © 2024 MARVEL.
Mackie even noted the film’s title, which was changed to Brave New World from New World Order, is evidence of this new direction, “The title implies that there’s a new, bigger enemy now; there’s a new frontier that we have to conquer.”
He explained, “From Captain America: The First Avenger to Endgame, the enemy was always good versus bad. Now that we’ve conquered that, where do we go from here? When the bad guys reappear, in what form are they reappearing? It is a new storyline with new characters, with new beliefs, and it creates a new idea of this new world that we’re going into.”
The official synopsis states, “After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.”
(L-R): Prime Minister Ozaki (Takehiro Hira), Captain America/Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), and President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) in Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2024 MARVEL.
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