Marvel’s new trailers for Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts confidently suggest MCU Phase 5 will go out with a bang, rather than a whimper

• Marvel has released new teasers for Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts
• Cap 4’s trailer reveals our best look yet at Harrison Ford’s Red Hulk
• The pair will close out Phase 5 of the comic book giant’s cinematic universe

2025 is going to be one of the busiest 12-month periods in Marvel Studios’ history – and, if trailers for two of its new movies are anything to go by, the comic-book giant could be in for another stellar year.

Fresh off announcing a packed 2025 Disney Plus TV show lineup in late October, Marvel debuted new looks at two of the three films it’ll release next year at last Saturday’s (November 9) D23 Brasil Expo presentation. The movies in question? Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts, which will arrive in theaters on February 14 and May 2 respectively.

Captain America: Brave New World | Official Trailer – YouTube

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With Sam Wilson’s first big-screen outing as Captain America leading the charge, it’ll come as no surprise to learn that this Marvel Phase 5 film’s latest batch of footage came by way of an official trailer. It’s one of the more creatively original teasers that the Disney subsidiary has spliced together in a long time, too, with conflicting snippets of footage, which show off its largely duplicitous cast of characters (Wilson notwithstanding), speaking to its political-thriller vibes. Cap 4‘s latest teaser comes four months after Brave New World‘s initial trailer debuted a first look at Harrison Ford’s Red Hulk, who’s revealed in all his glory in this new round of footage.

As for Thunderbolts, the second of three Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) flicks received a lengthy special-look teaser. The…