Editor’s Notice: This text accommodates spoilers for Captain America: Courageous New World.
The MCU is understood for its mid- and post-credits teases, typically giving followers a glimpse of what is subsequent within the ever-expanding cinematic universe. Nonetheless, Captain America: Courageous New World takes a distinct method, opting for only one post-credits scene as a substitute of the standard two. Collider’s Steve Weintraub sat down with director Julius Onah to debate the reasoning behind this resolution and the way the scene got here collectively. Within the post-credits sting, Anthony Mackie‘s Sam Wilson visits Samuel Sterns, also called The Chief (Tim Blake Nelson), on the high-security jail generally known as The Raft. Throughout their dialog, Sterns delivers an ominous warning about an impending menace from different universes and tells Sam he had higher be ready.
Given the historical past of Marvel films packing in a number of teases on the finish, the choice to solely have a single post-credits scene may appear uncommon. However based on Onah, it was all the time a part of the plan:
“It was all the time the case that what felt natural for this film was simply leaning right into a post-credits sequence that might tease what’s coming subsequent. We needed to tease it in a means that did not grow to be too specific. That is about introducing Sam as our new Captain America. That was the overarching focus of this film, so to begin throwing in too many post-credit sequences simply felt prefer it was going to stray away from that. Even the tease we’ve got continues to be very Sam-centric.”
It’s clear that Courageous New World is primarily about cementing Mackie’s Sam Wilson as Captain America, slightly than organising a number of future initiatives, which is definitely a great method, as too many Marvel movies have been slowed down by organising what’s to come back, slightly than telling the story in entrance of them. Onah and the Marvel group needed to make sure that any teases remained in service of Sam’s story slightly than distracting from it.
‘Courageous New World’s Put up-Credit Scene Was Shot Throughout Further Images
Marvel Studios is understood for its versatile method to post-credit scenes, typically deciding on them late within the manufacturing course of, and Onah confirmed that Courageous New World’s scene wasn’t selected till after the WGA strike ended, permitting Marvel to reassess its long-term plans to ensure the appropriate issues had been arrange. Onah defined:
“That was shot throughout our further images. That is what I imply about all that is deliberate forward of time. We did not know what our post-credit scene was going to be simply but. As , there was an enormous writers’ strike, in order that meant it was pencils down not simply on this film, however pencils down on every thing in movie and TV. Nothing was occurring. So, who knew what Thunderbolts was going to appear like essentially? Or the following Avengers was going to appear like? So once we acquired out of that strike, and we had been really in a position to put pen to paper for Courageous New World, and all people else was in a position to put pen to paper for his or her films, then that is when you may really begin to have an actual dialog as to the place issues are going and what post-credits sequence is the suitable one to tease. So, that is the way it developed.”
The delay meant that the Courageous New World group didn’t lock down their post-credit scene till different key MCU initiatives had been again in improvement. Whereas Thunderbolts* is the following main movie on Marvel’s slate, it is clear from what we noticed on display post-credits scene was formed by bigger MCU issues, possible together with Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.
Keep tuned to Collider for extra of our protection of Captain America: Courageous New World.
