Earlier this month, Giancarlo Esposito could not resist telling followers at CCXP Mexico that he had lastly been solid within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On the time, Esposito declined to share any particulars about his character or the place he would present up. However he did say it will occur “before you suppose.” And he was proper, as a result of the challenge is filming proper now and will probably be in theaters early subsequent yr.
By way of The Hollywood Reporter, Esposito has been added to the solid of Captain America: Courageous New World, which can be Marvel’s first film of 2025. The secrecy surrounding Esposito’s character is so tight that his function is reportedly listed as “undisclosed” on the decision sheets. Nonetheless, THR is reporting that Esposito is taking part in a “villainous function.”
Esposito had a profession resurgence after portraying Gus Fring in Breaking Dangerous, a job he reprised for the prequel sequence Higher Name Saul. Since then, Esposito has portrayed villains in The Mandalorian and Revolution, and a morally ambivalent character on Prime Video’s The Boys.
Throughout his CCXP Mexico look, Esposito dropped one other trace that his MCU character “is authentic, and new, and recent.” That implies that he is taking part in a villain who hasn’t beforehand appeared in a Marvel film. However with so many comedian guide villains to select from, it is laborious to slim down the probabilities.
The Courageous New World reshoots are scheduled to run 22 days in Atlanta, with expanded motion scenes for Anthony Mackie’s Captain America. Marvel will launch Captain America: Courageous New World on February 14, 2025.
