Plus, we're checking into a new season of "The White Lotus," and Renée Zellweger is back as Bridget Jones and she's "Mad About the Boy."

But the latest installment in the comic book-inspired film franchise will place the actor front and center, focusing on his character, Sam Wilson, as he carries on the Captain America legacy, having been left the iconic shield by its former holder, Steve Rogers, played by Evans.

Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson shows that you don't need superhuman abilities to step up to the mantle of Captain America. The upcoming Captain America: Brave New World is the American actor's first big screen outing as the hero since Steve Rogers' (Chris Evans) retirement in Avengers: Endgame (2019),

Brave New World's release in theaters next weekend, Anthony Mackie has clarified recent remarks that he only intends to play Captain America for a decade. Read on for

Mackie, 46, officially assumed the role of Captain in the finale of Falcon and the Winter Soldier after Steve handed Sam the shield at the end of Avengers: Endgame. Even then, he was unsure what to make of it, initially predicting that Sam wouldn't make it out of Marvel's massive comic book movie alive.

Anthony Mackie caught backlash after downplaying the "America" aspect of his character, Captain America.

Captain America actor Anthony Mackie has revealed he had one costume request for Marvel in Brave New World. As mentioned in an interview with IGN, Mackie asked to ditch the cowl first glimpsed during the series finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.