


But as we see early in this episode, Sam does not want that role, and instead donates it to the Smithsonian. “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” picks up months after the events of “ Avengers: Endgame,” in which Chris Evans’ Captain America handed over his shield to Sam Wilson/Falcon ( Anthony Mackie), essentially passing on the title to him.
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But the action-which I bet will define this series overall-leaves one hoping the show's later episodes are treated with more imagination and ambition. Disney has only provided the first episode for review, so there isn’t a whole lot of new story to chew on.

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier writer, Malcolm Spellman, was a bit more direct, saying that there are multiple Marvel projects set to tie directly to events of the series, and "I can think of three that I'm not allowed to talk about.With “WandaVision” having hit its season finale, the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues its expanse into TV with “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” a series that intends to spotlight previously supporting Avengers as major TV characters. So we'll say it's a "yes" for now.) Feige did confirm, though, that Marvel has “a future charted for characters post- Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” When asked if he could confirm The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as one of these projects, he said that to answer that question would be to enter “the spoiler realm.” (For that to be a "no," both characters would probably have to die.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige recently told Entertainment Weekly most Phase 4 films will be “relatively standalone or connect back to Endgame.” There are, however, he said, others being developed with multiple seasons. (The lesson here: nothing ever dies, everything is forever.) Turns out The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will have a an even more explicit impact on future MCU properties. Still, after WandaVision-which was announced alongside The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and seems to have wrapped with one (mostly) self-contained season-we might have assumed Marvel would be equally tight-lipped about their plans for Sam and Bucky. (Tension?) Was Marvel going to waste the chance at cashing in on years and years of more properties starring two already tried and tested leads? Absolutely not. How big could it really be? And then Captain America went back in time, possibly jumping timelines, and returned, elderly, to literally pass the shield to Sam Wilson, as Bucky just sort of awkwardly watched. Or perhaps we’d get a fan-service series about two lesser-explored Avengers. When The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was first announced in April 2019-before the release of Avengers: Endgame-we figured Marvel was simply tying off loose storylines.
