As a result of the Marvel Cinematic Universe celebrated reaching that new milestone for any franchise, as a result of enormous opening weekend underway for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ Mackie was each genuinely shocked by the knowledge, or having fun with it off.

With one of the best ways Marvel holds its secrecy sacrosanct, each is possible.

As an interviewer for The Hollywood Reporter suggested Mackie that RDJ was coming once more to the MCU, he turned his head off-camera momentarily as if shocked, nonetheless then shortly replied with, “I greater kill him first.”

The model new face of Captain America was referring to the reality that Downey isn’t returning as Iron Man (aka Tony Stark), nonetheless reasonably one Victor Von Doom. That’s correct, as half of an even bigger announcement about Dr. Doom making his MCU presence in an unlimited means, RDJ was revealed to be beneath the masks.

“I get first dibs to knock him off,” Mackie continued of his one-time superhero ally (a minimal of as far as the actor contained within the go properly with is anxious).

When requested if followers would possibly really see that match-up, Mackie talked about, ‘Hell, yeah. He’s gonna pull a hamstring or one factor. I’m gonna take him down. I’m not going calmly into this darkish night.”

Downey’s reveal was the highlight of the night, based mostly totally on the rapturous roar that erupted in Hall H when Downey revealed his face. It isn’t clear if he’s meant to look like Tony Stark as part of some in-story continuity, or perhaps he’ll merely certainly not take the masks off, as Doom (almost) certainly not does throughout the provide supplies.

RDJ’s look was the tip results of a reveal that included the return of the Russo Brothers (Joe and Anthony) to the franchise, as properly, to helm the following two Avengers films.

Already launched, the flicks now have directors, a villain, and names: Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. The first will introduce RDJ’s Doctor Doom to the MCU appropriate, whereas the second … properly, that’s for the long run to tell.

Doctor Doom being the first villain appears to be a big shift for the MCU, which had been organising Jonathan Majors’ Kang as a big Avengers-level participant. The reality is, it was thought Avengers 5 might be The Kang Dynasty.

Nevertheless the actor’s off-screen licensed troubles put a quick kibosh on these plans as Marvel Studios shortly severed ties with him, with The Kang Dynasty reverting to 5 until … properly, until RDJ’s large reveal on Saturday night. “New masks, comparable exercise,” Downey talked about after unmasking.

Doctor Doom, in any case, is one amongst Marvel’s most well-known villains, and he’s moreover famously tied to the First Family of Marvel Comics, the Unbelievable 4. He and Reed Richards (Mr. Unbelievable) had been school roommates throughout the genuine comics and he has in depth connections to the family, every villainous and even nice (and familial), from time to time.

Doom will not be the one fundamental Unbelievable 4 villain turning into a member of the MCU, each, as that epic drone current that kicked off Comic-Con confirmed the appears of old school Galactus because the foremost cosmic-level villain the FF ought to maintain of their MCU debut. Footage revealed in Hall H moreover featured Galactus in all his helmeted glory looming over the Earth.

As for Doom, it was acceptable that his introduction into the MCU comes on the heels of theirs. The reality is, it was confirmed that after starring of their very personal Nineteen Sixties-set film, completely titled The Unbelievable 4: First Steps,, the Fab 4 will even be that features in every of the upcoming Avengers films, as properly. No phrase on how that may work, considering the virtually 60 12 months gap between the two eras, nonetheless it’s a brave new interval throughout the MCU, in any case.

Dare properly title it a Brave New World? That’s the subtitle of Mackie’s big-screen debut because the model new lead for the Captain America franchise, in any case. In that exact same interview, he talked about how the title refers to this new interval.

“It displays a model new expertise of Marvel, a model new foundation that we’re starting on,” he talked about of his film’s title. “Sam Wilson is coming into proper right into a brave new forecast of the world that Marvel is turning into, that our state of affairs, our universe is turning into.”

“I really feel it is a crucial title for each little factor that’s occurring with the characters throughout the movie,” he added. Moreover revealed was the id of Giancarlo Esposito’s villain for Mackie’s Brave New World, with the Breaking Harmful alum taking on the place of Sidewinder, the chief of the cult-like Serpent Society.

Captain America: Brave New World is part of the closing chapters of Part 5 of the MCU. That film comes out February 14, 2025, adopted by the last word film of the interval in Thunderbolts*. Positive, that asterisk is intentional and no it wasn’t outlined at Comic-Con.

The distinctive Thunderbolts comic sequence featured certainly one of many largest secrets and techniques and strategies and twists throughout the historic previous of comic books, which left followers on the sides of their seats awaiting the following chapter. Will the film merely mirror that twist, or have they bought one amongst their very personal? Every films are anticipated to set the stage for Part 6, or as Mackie put it, “the world that Marvel is turning into.”

Part 6 kicks off with The Unbelievable 4: First Steps on July 25, 2025, rather a lot as Marvel Comics kicked off with The Unbelievable 4 all these a few years prior to now. The model new interval moreover comprises the upcoming Blade movie on November 7, 2025 (besides its delayed), and Avengers: Doomsday on May 1, 2026 and Avengers: Secret Wars on May 7, 2027.