Brave New World is a bit of a stealth sequel to the second MCU movie, 2008's The Incredible Hulk. Here's a refresher.

Brave New World. In its high-flying finale, Sam Wilson’s winged Captain America (Anthony Mackie) has just saved a Japanese fleet from mind-controlled American pilots and diffused tensions between two countries on the brink of war.

The 2008 superhero movie is finally getting a spiritual sequel The post ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Is Basically a Sequel to ‘The Incredible Hulk’ – Here’s What You Need to Remember appeared first on TheWrap.

Brave New World' introduces Anthony Mackie as the new Cap, plus Red Hulk and other 'Hulk' characters into the MCU.

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.

Brave New World sees Harrison Ford replace the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross, the newly elected President of the United States. Now, Marvel fans are discussing other MCU recasts on Reddit, including Mark Ruffalo replacing Edward Norton as Bruce Banner and Don Cheadle taking over from Terrance Howard as James "Rhodey" Rhodes.

Brave New World plot leak shared four months before the movie's release suggests the movie almost introduced a new Hulk.

With changed character arcs and missing Hulks, Captain America: Brave New World misses its chance to set up a World War Hulk movie for the MCU.