It was to be anticipated, nevertheless it nonetheless sucks: The Marvel and Disney+ collection The Falcon and the Winter Soldier formally will not make its August debut. The streaming service recently announced the list of new titles hitting the platform in August, and the Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie restricted collection was not amongst them. A source confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that the premiere has been delayed.
None of it is a shock, after all; in March, production on the Marvel series was halted in Prague because of the unfold of COVID-19, making the comedian e-book present one of many first to shut down production amid the coronavirus pandemic. Then, in a video posted to YouTube for Muscle & Fitness on March 25, Stan revealed he did not know when manufacturing would start once more.
“We have been fortunate to get far sufficient. We’ve not completed. The plan is to return every time we are able to, every time that is likely to be, to complete,” he mentioned. “Every time we are able to flip this factor round and folks can get again collectively, we are able to decide again up, however I simply do not know at this level.”
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+: Plot, Spoilers, Release Date, and More
The six-episode collection nonetheless hasn’t not returned to complete manufacturing, although hopefully that can change quickly as the Czech Republic announced it would resume TV and film production again in Could.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier picks up within the wake of the occasions of final yr’s Avengers: Endgame, which noticed Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) move on the enduring Captain America defend to Sam (Mackie). Though we do not know a lot concerning the plot of the collection, we do know somebody is making an attempt to restart the Tremendous Soldier program, and Bucky (Stan) has recruited Zemo (Daniel Bruhl) to assist cease it.
The collection was written by Malcolm Spellman and directed by Kari Skogland. It additionally stars Emily VanCamp, who reprises her function as Peggy Carter’s niece, Sharon Carter, and Wyatt Russell as John Walker, who, within the comics, is presently often called U.S. Agent, however earlier than that, was often called Tremendous-Patriot, who brazenly opposed Captain America. It will be attention-grabbing to see if that is nonetheless the case.
Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier