Editing Captain America: Brave New World (section)

===Development===
[[Marvel Studios]] President [[Kevin Feige]] said in October 2015 that ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'' (2016) was the conclusion of the ''Captain America'' trilogy, after ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'' (2011) and ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]'' (2014), that starred [[Chris Evans]] as [[Captain America (character)|Steve Rogers]]. ''Civil War'' was Evans' last contracted standalone ''Captain America'' film, but he was open to extending his contract beyond ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' (2018) and ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' (2019). In January 2021, Evans was reportedly close to signing a deal to reprise the role of Steve Rogers in at least one future project. Evans' involvement was said to be similar to how fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) star [[Robert Downey Jr.]] had supporting roles as Tony Stark in other film franchises, including ''Civil War'', after concluding the ''Iron Man'' film series. Evans soon said the report was "news to [him]".

By October 2018, Marvel Studios was developing a limited series for Disney+ starring [[Anthony Mackie]]'s [[Falcon (character)|Sam Wilson / Falcon]] and [[Sebastian Stan]]'s [[Winter Soldier (character)|Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier]] from the MCU films. [[Malcolm Spellman]] was hired as head writer of the series, which was officially announced as ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' in April 2019. Before the series premiere, Mackie said there had been no discussions regarding a second season, and he was not sure when he would next appear in an MCU film due to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on cinemas. Series director Kari Skogland was also unsure if there would be a second season, saying she had said what she wanted to with the first season but there were more stories and characters to explore if a second was made. Feige said there were ideas for what "another one" could be if a second season was made, but Marvel intended for the series to lead into future MCU films first like they did with fellow Disney+ series ''[https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/WandaVision/Season_One WandaVision]'' (2021). He added that he did not want to spoil the series by confirming a second season or discussing the plans that Marvel had for the series' characters before the series was fully released. In April 2021, ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' executive producer [[Nate Moore]] said the end of the series would show story elements for a potential second season, adding that the series explored "evergreen" topics that lent themselves to further exploration.

After the finale episode of ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'', "One World, One People", was released on April 23, 2021, Spellman was revealed to be developing the script for a fourth ''Captain America'' film with [[Dalan Musson]], who wrote the episode "Truth". The film was expected to follow Wilson after the events of the series, with Evans' reported return as Rogers expected in a different project. Borys Kit and Aaron Couch of The Hollywood Reporter noted that three people had now been Captain America in the MCU and it would be interesting to see what the film's focus was. Moore produces the film alongside Feige. Mackie was unaware of any plans for a film or second season of ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'', but was "excited to see what happens", and said that he had no words to describe the idea of being the title character in an MCU film, especially as a Black actor, other than it being "monumental". Mackie negotiated a deal to star in the film over the next few months, and signed on in August. He later said he had been excited to make a second season of ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' with Stan and their co-star [[Daniel Brühl]] — who portrays Helmut Zemo — and was disappointed by the pivot to starring in a film without them.