Captain America star Anthony Mackie has compared the upcoming Brave New World to The First Avenger in terms of how each builds towards a "massive moment" in the MCU.

Anthony Mackie is winging his next outing as the star-spangled Avenger. Captain America: Brave New World pits Sam Wilson (Mackie) against an onslaught of supervillains, including the classic Cap villain Sidewinder (Giancarlo Esposito) and Hulk-related villains Samuel Sterns/the Leader (Tim Blake Nelson) from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk and U.

Endgame for the first time – and we all remember our reaction to seeing Steve Rogers face off against Thanos's army all on his own. At least until those portals opened, and the blipped half of the MCU triumphantly returned to stand at his side,

Additionally, Brave New World introduces the new Avengers lineup, offering a fresh glimpse of Earth's mightiest heroes post Avengers: Endgame. Brave New World closes the chapter on the debate over whether Sam or Bucky should have taken on the mantle after Steve Rogers retired.

There are two words that kept coming up during the shoot of this movie between Julius [Onah] and I … empathy and compassion,” Mackie told the channel of his close collaboration with the film’s director.

Anthony Mackie is all set to make his big-screen debut as Sam Wilson’s rendition of Captain America in Captain America: Brave New World. Since his first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the character has taken on a repository of supervillains.

It might've been six years since the last Avengers movie, but Marvel is gearing up for two new team-up movies that are sure to be as big as their predecessors: Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.