Harrison Ford Says He ‘Wanted a Piece of the Action’ While Previewing Next ‘Captain America’ Movie

Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford are kicking off a new chapter for Captain America.

Captain America: Brave New World, in theaters Feb. 14, 2025, features Mackie, 45, back as Sam Wilson a.k.a. Falcon — who has inherited an iconic shield and a heck of a lot of responsibility from Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers. Cast members Tim Blake Nelson, Danny Ramirez and Giancarlo Esposito joined Mackie on stage at at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, where Mackie also introduced Ford, 82, as “Mr. President” after clips played from the new movie and confirmed Ford will appear as a red version of the Hulk.

 “I am delighted and I am proud to become a member of the Marvel Universe,” Ford, who plays Thaddeus Ross — and inherited the role from the late William Hurt, who died in 2022 — said during the panel. “I have been watching fantastic actors having a good time… and I wanted a piece of the action. Fantastic! Marvelous, even.”

Marvel Studios executive Kevin Feige stated during the panel that Brave New World will prove a more “grounded” entry into the MCU, while the group also revealed that Esposito, 66, will play a character called Sidewinder.

“I never realized how heavy the shield was, and my costume is pretty heavy,” Mackie said of portraying Captain America. “I couldn’t have a better group of people…to help me with that responsibility.” 

Directed by Julius Onah, Captain America: Brave New World also stars Shira Haas, Xosha Roquemore, Carl Lumbly, and Liv Tyler.

Per its official synopsis from Marvel Studios, Mackie’s character Sam Wilson “finds himself in the middle of an international incident” involving the newly elected U.S. President (Ford). He then “must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.”

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The movie follows the events of 2019’s Avengers: Endgame and 2021’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the Disney+ miniseries about Sam and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes. On the moviegoing calendar, Brave New World follows Ryan Reynolds’ and Hugh Jackman’s Deadpool & Wolverine, which hit theaters July 26. 

Brave New World is part of Marvel’s Phase Five, which began with 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and will end with Thunderbolts*, planned for May 5, 2025.

San Diego Comic-Con runs July 24–28. Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World premieres in U.S. theaters on Feb. 14, 2025.