Entertainment Weekly shares a first look at Harrison Ford as Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross opposite Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson in Captain America: Brave New World, as revealed last night at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige hit the stage at the Colosseum in Caesar’s Palace during CinemaCon on Thursday, where he welcomed Mackie himself and screened the first footage from the movie for the room.
In it, Harrison Ford makes his Marvel debut as Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, a role originated by the late William Hurt starting in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk and continuing all the way through to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, where the character served as Secretary of State. Ross is now the newly elected President of the United States, though he’s not butting heads so much with the new Cap.
Revealed in the CinemaCon sneak peek, Ross welcomes Sam to the White House, thanking him for his past heroic actions. Though he admits he isn’t too fond of superheroes, he says even he can recognize Sam’s goodwill and tasks the military veteran with reforming Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. But, as they soon realize, there’s a leak in Ross’ inner circle.
A strange sound — an old timey song — interrupts Ross’ presentation at a White House event, triggering sleeper super-soldiers in the room to attack the President, including Carl Lumbly’s Isaiah Bradley, returning from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
“It made more sense for it to be more of a grounded espionage action movie as opposed to aliens and airplanes coming through portals and s—,” Mackie tells EW. “Even though I’ve been in so many of them and have seen it all now, the opportunity for Sam to really establish himself as a true action star and Avenger comes with this movie.”
Captain America: Brave New World, set to hit cinemas on February 14th, 2025.
