Captain America: Brave New World’s Title Change And Reshoots Addressed By Marvel Executive And Anthony Mackie

Captain America star Anthony Mackie, Red Hulk actor Harrison Ford, and Marvel Studios executive Nate Moore explain the reason why the MCU‘s Captain America: Brave New World changed its original title. Back when Marvel Studios unveiled its plans for the Multiverse Saga, Phase 5’s Captain America 4 was subtitled “Captain America: New World Order”. None of Captain America: Brave New World‘s villains had been revealed, but the sequel’s first title already hinted at its political themes.

Speaking to Empire, Marvel Studios executive Nate Moore addresses Captain America: Brave New World‘s original subtitle. According to Moore, Marvel never intended to represent real-world issues. Instead, “New World Order” simply referred to the in-universe conflict Captain America finds himself in when Harrison Ford’s US President Ross gets involved in a fictional conspiracy. Harrison Ford also weighs in, joking that no real-life President has turned into a Hulk yet. Read the Captain America: Brave New World team’s comments below:

Nate Moore: “I think New World Order’ was a title we thought was really interesting, and sort of moody and scary. And to be quite honest, some of the feedback we got, internally and externally, was that that phrase has, unfortunately, been co-opted in the real world in a way that made people uncomfortable. We never try to tell stories that feel ripped from the headlines. The best we can do is try and anchor our stories in a world that feels real. And sometimes fiction and non-fiction line up in unexpected and unintended ways.”

Harrison Ford: “Any resemblance to US Presidents living or dead is entirely coincidental, in other words. So far, we have not had a President who can transform into a Hulk. We have not faced these kinds of circumstances in our political life, although we’ve had enough of a glimpse of the range of political life to realize that we could really end up in a political Marvel movie. But that’s not what this is about. This is about one man trying to deal with his own history, with his own temperament, with his own circumstances.”

Captain America star Anthony Mackie also clarifies that Captain America: Brave New World‘s reshoots didn’t modify the movie’s plot in any major way. Mackie recalls attending similar reshoot processes for every previous MCU project he has participated in. Mackie states:

“It wasn’t retooled at all. Every Marvel movie I’ve done has done reshoots, so it’s not retooling or remaking. You basically get the movie and the story you want, you edit it together, then go back and shoot a few more scenes.”

Source: Empire

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