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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Is a Subtweet of Civil War
Iron Man was released 13 years ago this May. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) spans 24 films across almost a dozen separate sub-franchises over more than a decade. It would take more than a fortnight to watch all of it, including the spin-off television shows in all their nebulous canonicity.
In theory, this is a lot of baggage. However, the MCU is also culturally ubiquitous. Nine of those movies (37.5%) have grossed over a billion dollars. Six of the 20 highest-grossing movies of all time at the global box office come from the MCU. On top of that, the MCU is readily accessible to fans. The movies are all available to purchase physically or digitally and can be streamed at any time on Disney+, the third most popular streaming video service in the United States.
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There will be a cameo in Episode 5 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Pic credit: Disney+
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the newest MCU Disney+ series. The show picks up after the events of Avengers: Endgame, relating to the absence of Captain America in the new post-Blip world.
Avengers: Endgame saw Captain America (Chris Evans) sacrifice his future to stay in the past, only to reappear in the present as an older man. Handing the shield over to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), Cap wants him to continue his legacy.
Various MCU characters are already in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier launches on Disney+ this Friday, and the final trailer teases an action-heavy series about the legacy of the shield. You can see the trailer below, which opens with Sam and Bucky talking about how much the shield represents and a introduces plenty of combat sequences as the two band together to battle Baron Zemo and his latest plans.
The series stars Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan as the titular characters, aka Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, as they clash in the process of working together to take down bad guys. Their mission puts them up against Baron Zemo (Daniel Bruhl, reprising his role from Captain America: Civil War) and reunites them with Sharon Carter (Emily Van Camp, back from Captain America: Winter Solder and Civil War). Wyatt Russell also stars as John Walker, aka US Agent.