Warning: Gentle spoilers for Captain America: Courageous New World are in play.
It’s superb what can depend as a miracle on the 2025 film schedule. The truth that we even have a model of Captain America: Courageous New World to look at looks like a feat, contemplating the difficult historical past of rumors surrounding director Julius Onah’s Marvel film. After revisiting the image for its residence launch, a regularly elusive second that wasn’t included has me occupied with earlier theories, in addition to impressed some new angles on a scene we nonetheless have not seen.
Captain America 4’s Continued Omission Of That ‘Funeral Scene’ Is Kinda Bizarre
As we beforehand noticed in Courageous New World’s November 2024 trailer, a second the place Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) attends a proper funeral is current. There’s a 21-gun salute, a solemn-looking Cap, and cherry blossoms current for symbolism. It looks like a somber second of emotion that the MCU has included now and again. Nonetheless, this scene was not within the film.
So, like some other media fanatic, I hoped that the Deleted Scenes for Captain America 4’s residence launch would come with this scene, and maybe some commentary on why it was lower. Alas, I used to be left empty-handed on each of these fronts. Nonetheless, because of a idea from one among my colleagues, I feel we will piece collectively some compelling circumstances for why that’s.
I Again The Idea That This Was President Ross’ State Funeral
As CinemaBlend’s personal Adam Holmes urged in his Captain America: Courageous New World funeral idea, I concur with the notion that this sendoff was meant for President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford). Supposedly leaked set images revealing Liv Tyler’s presence on set, and good old style trailer evaluation level in direction of the President succumbing to his coronary heart situation.
When you’re ready for Sam Wilson to hit your Disney+ subscription to catch up, that is an extra warning for spoilers. That is as a result of I’ve some additional ideas on why we nonetheless cannot see this scene.
Marvel Could Have Iced This Courageous New World Scene For Two Massive Causes
I feel there are two causes that Harrison Ford’s Captain America: Courageous New World character survived, leaving us with out the finished scene within the Particular Options bundle. First off, with Ross’s resignation from the presidency in Courageous New World’s ending, there’s a chance that his imprisonment on The Raft will permit him to return for one more image or two.
Whereas Kevin Feige’s feedback on Marvel contracts have indicated that issues have modified for the reason that days of long-term agreements, having the Indiana Jones icon in your Rolodex of probably recurring gamers is just too good to move up. Nonetheless, I additionally suppose that Sam Wilson’s long-term character growth doubtlessly advantages from this selection.
If that is certainly Thaddeus Ross’ funeral, one has to imagine that the consequence got here from the present Captain America having to take him down throughout their DC showdown. Seeing as Sam’s background as a counselor and a soldier was cited as an vital notice to bolster within the particular function “Assuming the Mantle,” that stereotypical MCU conclusion doesn’t make sense.
What’s extra fascinating is that if that assumption is in play, you’d want to incorporate a distinct lower of that Crimson Hulk struggle scene alongside with this funeral second, for all of it to make sense. At that time, it’s possible you’ll as properly embody a completely completely different “New World Order Reduce” that restores these scenes, in addition to all the opposite materials lower in the course of the reshoots/edits that befell.
Whereas I nonetheless actually need that want to be granted, I can see why which will have been averted. In any case, if I Am Legend 2 can canonize a deleted ending, something’s attainable.
Till that hypothetical state of affairs turns into a actuality, or Marvel confirms that this funeral second was a case just like Avengers: Infinity Warfare’s intentionally deceptive trailer together with a scene of The Hulk, we received’t know for certain what the reality is. Contemplating the paranoid political thriller nature of Captain America: Courageous New World, that’s truly form of becoming.
If you wish to kind your individual theories or attempt to debunk something mentioned above, you’ll be able to presently watch Anthony Mackie’s cinematic debut as the brand new Cap via buy or rental on Digital HD.