The second season of The Last of Us hits HBO/Max in April.

The full article will be released next week from Screen Rant. In the meantime, check out what they’ve already written:

SCREEN RANT – A new image from Captain America: Brave New World showcases Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson and Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres ready for action in the first of several Marvel Studios productions coming to theaters worldwide in 2025.

A followup to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series on Disney+, Brave New World is a Marvel Phase 5 story that sees Wilson and Torres embrace their new titles of Captain America and Falcon, respectively.

ScreenRant shares this exclusive still from Captain America: Brave New World as part of our 2025 movie preview which also includes a new look at Disney’s Snow White. Shield in hand, Anthony Mackie finally gets the chance to lead his own Marvel feature film and rub it in Tom Holland’s face. What visually stands out in our image reveal is the red color scheme, a visual theme of the film which introduces Red Hulk to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, played by Harrison Ford who steps into the role of Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, previously played by William Hurt.

The image depicts Wilson and Torres in the field exploring a workshop of sorts, and while they don’t have their supersuits, Wilson does have his trusty vibranium Captain America shield.

Captain America 4 Kicks Off A Milestone Year For Marvel Studios

Brave New World May Setup the MCU’s Future Avengers
After an unusual year for Marvel Studios with 2024 seeing just one theatrical release from the production company, a project whose origins stem back to the pre-acquisition Fox side of Marvel Entertainment, 2025 is a return to form for MCU’s familiar output on the big screen with three releases. Captain America: Brave New World launches the 2025 slate early with a February release, followed by the unique and mysteriously titled Thunderbolts* in May. And later in the summer, we get the long-awaited introduction of Marvel’s first family with The Fantast Four: First Steps.

Brave New World represents a milestone moment for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, representing the first solo titled film where another character has picked up the titular mantle. With Chris Evans’s Steve Rogers out of the picture since Avengers: Endgame, Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson gets to lead the next adventure. The film also has the responsibility of addressing the current status of the Avengers team and laying groundwork for their future, as teased in the film’s marketing materials.

This special look was released today, along with a brand new poster for the film!

Get a sneak peek of Joaquin Torres as Falcon in this ad for Microsoft Copilot+ PCs.

EMPIRE – Every good hero needs a wingman. And as The Falcon, Sam Wilson was always there to provide that for Steve Rogers’ Captain America. Now, with Wilson stepping up as the new Cap – post-Avengers: Endgame and The Falcon And The Winter Soldier – he’s got a wingman of his own. As introduced in Falcon on Disney+, Wilson’s brand-spanking-new star-spangled Cap has a Falcon of his own, Danny Ramirez’s Joaquín Torres, strapping on his own set of high-tech soaring gear to fight for justice.

While the prospect of two flying heroes brings much opportunity for big-screen spectacle (yes, Anthony Mackie is still donning his wings too), it’ll also provide some heart in a Marvel movie aiming for political-thriller intrigue. “There’s this incredible big brother/little brother dynamic between them,” director Julius Onah tells Empire of the new Cap-Falcon relationship. “It’s going to be one of the key emotional centres of the film.”

As they prepare to face all kinds of subterfuge – and Harrison Ford’s Red-Hulk-ed-up President Ross – Sam and Joaquín will need to have each other’s backs. And by all accounts, they’re ready to step it up when the action comes calling. “These guys are incredible fighters,” says Onah. “And Sam has been there and back. He’s got some tricks up his sleeve, and over the course of the film there are things he comes to learn that become other tools in his arsenal, when he’s facing even the most impossible of threats.” In other words: he could do this all day.

A brand new trailer for Captain America: Brave New World premiered at the D23 Expo in Brazil. The film hits theaters on February 14th!

DEADLINE – EXCLUSIVE: Danny Ramirez, the fast-rising star soon to be seen in Captain America: Brave New World, will make his feature directorial debut with Baton, a sports drama that he’ll star in and also wrote.

Baton follows a soccer player, relentlessly pursuing his dream of playing professionally, who threatens his relationship with his sister after he is kicked off the team and exiled back to Miami. As they battle over their mother’s legacy, he will stop at nothing to get another chance at soccer glory, even if it means losing the only family he has left.

Victoria Alonso, former President of Physical and Post-Production, Visual Effects, and Animation at Marvel Studios, will produce in her first outing since departing the studio, in association with soccer superstar David Beckham‘s Studio 99. Also producing are Ramirez and Tom Culliver for Pinstripes and Sergio Lira for Luz Films. CAA Media Finance reps rights to the film.

One of the more in-demand actors in town at the moment, Ramirez is known for his role of Joaquin Torres aka Falcon in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which he reprises in the aforementioned Brave New World, out February 14. He played Lt. Mickey ‘Fanboy’ Garcia in Top Gun: Maverick and has also appeared in the films Winner, No Exit, and Assassination Nation. Also upcoming for the actor is the highly anticipated second season of The Last of Us at HBO.

With Marvel from the beginnings of the MCU through last year, Alonso recently produced the Golden Globe winner Argentina 1985 and is still being credited as EP on assorted Marvel projects. She’s a three time Emmy nominee, having been recognized for her work on WandaVision, What If… ? and X-Men ’97.

Last year sitting down as the subject of Netflix docuseries Beckham, which garnered five Emmy nominations, Beckham previously exec produced both that project and sports doc Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything.

Ramirez is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Alonso by Del Shaw Moonves; and Beckham by DB Ventures, WME, and 19 Entertainment.

VARIETY – Danny Ramirez was set to star alongside Joaquin Phoenix in a gay romance film from director Todd Haynes. But Phoenix dropped out of the untitled project just five days before shooting began in Guadalajara, Mexico.

“It’s definitely disappointing,” Ramirez told Variety‘s Marc Malkin at the Academy Museum Gala Saturday night in Los Angeles. He later added, “If anything, it just gave me more inspiration to keep driving, keep pushing, and knowing that I’m on the right path and approaching the work the right way. So that’s what I’m excited about.”

After news broke in August that Phoenix had left the project, sources told Variety that the film, which hinged on Phoenix’s casting, was in peril. The NC-17-rated film was set to focus on two men in love in the 1930s who flee L.A. and go to Mexico.

“It’s definitely a very complicated situation,” Ramirez said. “The audition process was extensive, and so what I walked away with that was just the artistic validation of throwing down opposite of [Phoenix] in this chemistry read… There was a moment that I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve arrived as a performer.’”

When asked if the film is still happening with director Haynes, Ramirez replied, “The most recent update is ‘hopefully.’”

Phoenix had developed the screenplay with Haynes and Jon Raymond, but, according to a source close to the production, the actor got “cold feet.”

The movie, produced by Killer Films and backed by sales agent M2K Film, had already sold to international distributors ahead of production. In addition, entire sets had been built in Guadalajara before Phoenix’s last-minute exit. Variety reported in August that losses could exceed seven figures.

Danny attended the 4th Annual Academy Museum Gala last night, photos from the red carpet have been added into the photo gallery.

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