After an abnormally slow 2024 in which Deadpool & Wolverine was it’s only theatrical offering, Marvel Studios is set to roll out three films in 2025. First up is Captain America: Brave New World which will see Anthony Mackie‘s Sam Wilson take center stage as the Sentinel of Liberty after taking the mantle back from John Walker in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Stepping up to be the leader as Captain America is going to be a new set of challenges for him. And in this story, a big part of his journey is how do you define that leadership?
-Director Julius Onah
While marketing for the film has focused heavily on Harrison Ford‘s Red Hulk, Cap will also be facing a more cerebral threat in the form of Tim Blake Nelson‘s Leader, who seems to be the man pulling the strings in a war over adamantium. And while that seems like it should make for a pretty packed movie, it turns out it will be the shortest of Marvel Studios’ four Captain America films.
Multiple outlets have reported that the final runtime for Captain America: Brave New World will be 1 hour and 58 minutes. Not only would that make it the shortest film in the Captain America franchise, it would also be only the ninth of thirty-five films to come in under 2 hours and, along with Ant-Man and The Wasp, be the seventh shortest MCU film.
Reports from early test screenings indicates that the film had some ground to make up and reshoots may have addressed some of that. WWE superstar Seth Rollins recently revealed that his role, which included a major action sequence, was cut from the film. While there’s some debate over just how much of the film was reworked, the short runtime may be indicative of some heavy editing, as was the case with The Marvels and Thor: Love and Thunder, two recent MCU films that also happen to come in under two hours. With the film in theaters one month from tonight, we won’t have long to wait to see if Marvel was able to pull a great action movie out of the abundance of footage that was shot.
Captain America: Brave New World opens in theaters on February 14th.
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