It’s only two months or so now until Disney+ finally launches in the UK – meaning everyone on this side of the Atlantic can get caught up on The Mandalorian, and binge Disney, Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel content to their heart’s, er, content. What’s yet to arrive are the slew of MCU series that are set to expand Phase 4 considerably – and their releases seem to be shifting around a bit. After the announcement that WandaVision has moved up from 2021 to a release later this year, it now seems that’s not the only Marvel show on Disney+ that’s coming early – The Falcon And The Winter Soldier could also be launching sooner than expected.
According to Deadline, the show following Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes – the former having just inherited Cap’s shield – will be with us in August, a late summer launch that’s earlier than the initial ‘Fall’ announcement. It makes sense that FATWS (as nobody is yet calling it) will arrive sooner in the year if WandaVision is also to be squeezed into the final months of 2020.
The show will, beyond its central characters, also see the return of Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter (insert ‘Cap’s beard’ joke here), with Daniel Brühl set to reprise his villainous turn as Captain America: Civil War’s Baron Zemo. The Deadline report also announces that actor Noah Mills has joined the case – though we don’t know who he’ll play. The series is being directed by Kari Skogland, who’s previously directed episodes of The Punisher, The Handmaid’s Tale, Boardwalk Empire and plenty more. If FATWS does indeed launch at the end of August, that places it between the arrival of the next two Marvel movies: Black Widow, arriving in UK cinemas on 1 May, and Eternals, coming on 6 November.