James R | On 16, Feb 2021

“This shield represents a lot of things to a lot of people.” That’s the sound of the Falcon and the Winter Soldier trying to work out how to continue fighting the good fight in the footsteps of Captain America, and a final trailer gives us one last look at them doing just that before The Falcon and the Winter Soldier arrives on Disney+.

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) team up in the global adventure that tests their abilities — and their patience.

The six-episode show co-stars Daniel Brühl, reprising his role as Baron Zemo, Emily VanCamp, reprising her role as Sharon Carter, and newcomer Wyatt Russell as John Walker. It is directed by Kari Skogland with Malcolm Spellman serving as head writer.

Where the recently concluded WandaVision was an ambitious, creative and playful riff on sitcoms and exploration of grief, the second of Marvel’s Disney+ shows promises more conventional entertainment – and the new trailer certainly teases some blockbuster-style action on the cards. You can see the thing in full flight on Friday 19th March, when Episode 1 debuts on Disney+, with subsequent chapters arriving weekly.

Here’s the teaser:

 

Watch: Super Bowl trailer for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

8th February 2021

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier are finally hitting our screens this March, and Marvel has dropped a new trailer during the Super Bowl to give us a closer look at the Disney+ series.

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) team up in the global adventure that tests their abilities — and their patience.

The six-episode show co-stars Daniel Brühl, reprising his role as Baron Zemo, Emily VanCamp, reprising her role as Sharon Carter, and newcomer Wyatt Russell as John Walker. It is directed by Kari Skogland with Malcolm Spellman serving as head writer.

The series will debut on Disney+ on 19th March, with episodes arriving weekly. Here’s the new Super Bowl teaser:

 

First look: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier set for March release

11th December 2020

“The legacy of that shield is… complicated.” That’s the sound of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier returning to our screens – and now, not only have we got our first look at them in action but also a confirmed release date.

During The Walt Disney Company’s 2020 Investor Day presentation, Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, president officially unveiled the video for the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. It will see Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprise their roles of Sam WIlson and Bucky Barnes, who came together in the final moments of Avengers: Endgame.

The six-episode show will see them team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities—and their patience. It will also star Daniel Brühl, reprising his role as Baron Zemo, Emily VanCamp, reprising her role as Sharon Carter, and newcomer Wyatt Russell as John Walker.

Directed by Kari Skogland with Malcolm Spellman serving as head writer, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was set to be one of the first Marvel series to hit Disney’s subscription streaming service, as it pushes heavily into the world of TV. Now, with WandaVision arriving on 15th January 2021, Disney has confirmed that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will premiere on 19th March 2021.

Here’s the trailer:

 

Disney+ delays The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

21st July 2020

Disney+ has officially delayed The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, after filming on the series was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

The series is the first of the Marvel Studios shows for Disney’s new subscription streaming platform, paving the way for a new era of Marvel’s gargantuan media machine, which will span both TV and films in a particularly interconnected form. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier sees Mackie and Sebastian Stan, who play Sam Wilson/Falcon and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier on the big screen, reprise their roles for the show, alongside Emily VanCamp joining them as Sharon Carter and Daniel Brühl as scheming mastermind Zemo, plus Wyatt Russell as John Walker and Carl Lumbly.

Production halted earlier this year, following the coronavirus outbreak, with several weeks of filming still left. This month, the Czech Republic reportedly gave the green light to resume production in the coming months, but the interruption has undoubtedly put a dent in Disney+’s original plans for its streaming service. Now, Disney+ has officially pushed the show back from its planned August debut, although there’s no estimated release date yet confirmed.

Falcon and the Winter Soldier is “like a six-hour movie”

29th June 2020

Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Solider is “like a six-hour movie”, star Anthony Mackie has teased.

The series is the first of the Marvel Studios shows for Disney’s new subscription streaming platform, paving the way for a new era of Marvel’s gargantuan media machine, which will span both TV and films in a particularly interconnected form. Falcon and the Winter Soldier sees Mackie and Sebastian Stan, who play Sam Wilson/Falcon and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier on the big screen, reprise their roles for the show, alongside Emily VanCamp joining them as Sharon Carter and Daniel Brühl as scheming mastermind Zemo, plus Wyatt Russell as John Walker and Carl Lumbly.

Production has since been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped Mackie talking about the show to Variety. Chatting with Daveed Diggs for the trade mag’s Actors on Actors issue, he said: “We were in Europe, and everything got crazy in Europe first. So they shut us down two weeks before the US shutdown. It was really amazing just because I feel like we’re the first Marvel show or movie that had budget constraints. And that was always my [experience], ‘It’s Marvel, we could shoot forever.’ And they’re like, ‘Nah.’ So it was a very different experience from the rest of the movies. But at the same time, it was a lot of fun.”

Indeed, the series is reportedly costing something like $150 million, far from the $350 million cost for Avengers: Endgame but far higher than your average TV series.

“Those movies are like summer camp,” Mackie noted. “And this show, it was no different. It was the same group of people, coming together to make it work. And so the stunt stuff — everything is just on another level. Every show, every movie, they just push it — they push the envelope so much. So hopefully, knock on wood, we’ll be going back soon.”

“We’re shooting it exactly like a movie,” he continued. “Everybody who had worked on TV before was like, ‘I’ve never worked on a TV show like this.’ The way in which we were shooting, it feels exactly like we were shooting the movie cut up into the show. So instead of a two-hour movie, a six or eight-hour movie.”

You can get a glimpse of the show in this Disney+ teaser video from the start of the year.

 

Supergirl’s Carl Lumbly joins The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

20th February 2020

Supergirl’s Carl Lumbly is moving from DC to Marvel with a role in new Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

The House of Mouse’s subscription service, which launches on 24th March in the UK, is leaning heavily on known Disney brands for its original content, with a whole wave of MCU characters being given their own solo series, including Loki and the Scarlet Witch. First out of the gate, though, will officially be The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Marvel Studios stars Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie, who play Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier and Sam Wilson/Falcon, will reprise their roles for the series, which will see the duo team up for more adventures with Emily VanCamp joining them as she reprises her role as Sharon Carter, and Daniel Brühl back as scheming mastermind Zemo. Wyatt Russell will also star as John Walker.

Lumbly, who played the father of J’onn J’onzz, aka. the Martian Manhunter, on Supergirl, has previously appeared in This Is Us and Altered Carbon, and worked opposite Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. in Men of Honor.

His character in the Marvel series is unknown, but speculation is already mounting that he could be playing Isaiah Bradley, also known as the “black Captain America”.

Kari Skogland is directing the show and the head writer is Malcom Spellman. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will launch on Disney+ in August.

 

Production begins on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier for Disney+

12th November 2019
Production is now underway on the new Disney+ series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

The House of Mouse’s subscription service, which launched this week in the USA, has made no secret of its plan to tap into Disney’s large volume of brands and characters, from Star Wars’ The Mandalorian to a Monsters, Inc. animation. MCU characters, meanwhile, are being given their own solo series, including Loki and the Scarlet Witch. First out of the gate, though, will officially by The Falcon and Winter Soldier.

Marvel Studios stars Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie, who play Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier and Sam Wilson/Falcon, took to the Marvel Studios Instagram account this week to share some exciting news: that filming has started on the show.

Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson have been enemies, and they’ve been friends. The new series promises more adventures from the pair, with Emily VanCamp joining them as she reprises her role as Sharon Carter. Wyatt Russell will also star as John Walker.

Kari Skogland is directing and head writer is Malcom Spellman. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will launch on Disney+ in 2020 – good news for British fans, who are awaiting the launch of Disney+ on UK soil on 31st March 2020.

 

Disney lines up Falcon-Winter Soldier series

1st November 2018

Disney’s streaming service is wasting no time lining up its franchise chickens before the platform has even hatched, with two MCU favourites about to get their own series.

The House of Mouse’s subscription service, which aims to take on Netflix, is being launched on an unknown date in an unknown number of territories. What we do know, though, is that Disney has a huge volume of brands to tap into for high-profile content. While Jon Favreau is working on Star Wars series The Mandalorian and casting is underway for a High School Musical reboot, Disney is now turning to Marvel for its next online series – and Falcon and Winter Soldier are first in line.

Variety reports that Malcolm Spellman has been tapped to write a series featuring the two heroes. They are, of course, no stranger to the screen, played by Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan in several MCU films to date, including Avengers: Infinity War. Both have become key players in the Captain America strand of the franchise, as either could be positioned to inherit Cap’s shield for the next Phase of Marvel movies, as Chris Evas bows out of the role. Whether either actor would reprise their part on the small screen, and whether there would be any continuity with the big screen blockbusters, are just some of the factors that Spellman will have to navigate as the project is developed.

Spellman previously worked as a writer and co-executive producer on Empire and penned Our Family Wedding. His hiring marks the first step in Disney’s plans to produce a number of its own Marvel streaming series, separate to its Netflix shows. While Netflix has recently cancelled its Iron Fist and Luke Cage shows, Disney’s is on smaller supporting characters, such as Loki and Scarlet Witch. Any limited series that do make it are expected to be shorter than Netflix’s shows, spanning six to eight episodes.

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