The slate of upcoming Marvel motion pictures seems to be a lot extra…effectively…incredible now that The Unbelievable 4: The First Steps is only a two brief seasons away from hitting theaters. The joy hit fever-pitch heights with the discharge of the blockbuster’s first trailer and that Galactus sneak peek. There’s rather a lot to concentrate to, from the alternate Nineteen Sixties timeline to Ebon Moss-Bacharach’s stellar CGI look as The Factor, and it wouldn’t be a Marvel film with out a minimum of one easter egg to mull over.
Within the case of the Unbelievable 4’s newest (first) outing, I consider there’s a low-key reference to Steve Rogers’ destiny within the a long time after the occasions of the earliest movie within the MCU timeline, Captain America: The First Avenger. However inform me, am I making an excessive amount of of a leap right here with this assumption?
I Assume This Film Marquee Might Be A Delicate Nod To Captain Amerca On Ice
In the course of the trailer, Vanessa Kirby’s Sue Storm is proven mid-brawl whereas standing down a battle-torn avenue. There’s one thing actually horrifying about seeing an enormous concrete assist break up aside like a tree, and I might not wish to be standing underneath it throughout timber time.
In any case, it is not Sue a lot because the theater marquee behind her that caught my eye, because it’s promoting a movie known as “Subzero Intel“, which isn’t an precise film that was ever produced inside real-world Hollywood. And so far as I can inform, it additionally is not a direct reference to something aleady current inside the MCU. So except it is a sequel to a Mortal Kombat spinoff about its iciest fighter, I am refocusing my sights on Chris Evans’ debut as an Avenger.
As a result of as everybody studying this little doubt remembers, Captain America saving the day in The First Avenger resulted in him flying the HYDRA bomber Valkyrie into icy waters close to Greenland, the place he was believed to be lifeless as he remained frozen and undiscovered for many years. (At the very least everybody however in-universe filmmaker “Aiden Energy.”) So if it is not already clear as hell, I feel that the Subzero Intel of the title is speaking about Cap and the HYDRA aircraft.
Although Aiden Energy is not a particular reference to every other Marvel characters, I’ve zero points with believing that title is a mini-reference to the Tremendous Soldier Serum, as a result of it is an “help in energy,” or “aiding energy.” Both method, it is a pun I wish to put my religion in.
The title may technically additionally be a sub-reference to the truth that Chris Evans’ first huge superhero position was as Johnny “Human Torch” Storm within the first two Unbelievable 4 movies that have been produced years earlier than the MCU got here into existence. Fireplace and ice, yeah?
Contemplating this Sue Storm second seems to be going down nonetheless inside the throwback Nineteen Sixties setting (and even the ’70s), this entire thought virtually has to fall again on somebody in-universe making a film about Steve Rogers, presumably holding him up as an American hero. Which type of faucets into The Boys‘ personal MCU-parodying multiverse of movies. The truth that different MCU motion pictures do not tackle Avengers-worship in different types of media, maybe Subzero Intel was only a one-off.
Take a look at the complete Unbelievable 4: First Steps trailer under to see every little thing else that director Matt Shakman & Co. are bringing to followers this summer season.
The Unbelievable 4: The First Steps will hit theaters on July 25, 2025. Whether or not or not will probably be a part of a double characteristic alongside new Section 6 characteristic Subzero Intel is anybody’s guess. However do not forget to take a look at Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson taking management of the defend for actual this time in Julius Onah’s Captain America: Courageous New World, which is out on February 14, 2025.