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With theDeadpool 3release date now delayed, Marvel Studios appears to have bumped up another future installment to takeDeadpool 3’s spot -Captain America: Brave New World.

Thanks to the actors' strike,Deadpool3had to be paused until everything had been sorted out. Though the actors' strike could be resolved in a matter of weeks, the film still has more work to do before it’s completed, meaning a delay would be inevitable.

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Deadlinedetailed whyDeadpool 3is not expected to make its May 3 release date. “In one of the first major blows to the 2024 theatrical release schedule due to the ongoing actors strike, sources tell us that Marvel Studios‘Deadpool 3won’t be making its May 3 start-of-summer theatrical release date. Even if the strike ends in the next few weeks, a 2024 restart on the half-finishedDeadpool 3would not get the Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman threequel to a May opening date.” The outlet’s sources say there is a “long shot” forCaptain America 4to take back the May 3 date because it has finished filming. The X accountCanWeGetSomeToastrevealed via its X account thatCaptain America: Brave New Worldis set to takeDeadpool 3’s place. “According to a newly discovered Disney Media Kit, ‘CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD’ is set to release on June 04, 2025. The date was previously held by ‘DEADPOOL 3’, which has yet to be given a new release date.

WithDeadpool 3delayed until further notice, Marvel fans can now look forward to the next installment ofCaptain America. As fans know, this installment will feature Sam Wilson as the new Captain America. Also, previously forgotten MCU characters will return, includingTim Blake Nelson as The Leaderand Liv Tyler as Betty Ross. Those two made their first appearance in 2008’sThe Incredible Hulk. Following the passing of William Hurt, Harrison Ford will take Hurt’s role as Captain Thunderbolt Ross.

Not many details have been released regardingCaptain America 4’s plot. However, since Isaiah Bradley will return after appearing inFalcon and the Winter Soldier, this will likely combine elements from that Marvel Studios series andThe Incredible Hulk, even if it will have been over a decade and a half since that film’s release. Among the details released are that Sam and the other protagonists willencounter the Serpent Society, which will surely get their hands tied.

While it’s an interesting play by Marvel Studios to revisit characters that were among the first ever introduced in the cinematic universe, that may not be enough to entice fans to watch this next installment. Marvel Studios has not had the same returns it once did, partly because there doesn’t seem to be an overarching plot behind the movies they’ve done.Maybe replacing Kevin Feigecould get them back on track, or perhaps taking a year off or two to regroup could help get their heads on their shoulders again. But no matter what they do,Captain America: Brave New Worldprobably won’t entice fans like the previous Captain America-led films did.

Deadpool 3has no designated release date.Captain America: Brave New Worldmay premiere in theaters on July 17, 2025.