The Incredible Hulk was already a part-reboot, part-sequel of Ang Lee's 2005 film The Hulk with an entirely new cast. The second iteration of the Hulk movie was a moderate success

For Nigerian-American director Julius Onah (“The Cloverfield Paradox”), entering the MCU with “Captain Marvel: Brave New World” provided the opportunity to make a paranoid thriller, one in which Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson, the new, untraditional Captain America, must stop a global threat involving the powerful substance adamantium.