Friday's new Avengers: Doomsday teaser featured a brief scene with Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) addressing Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) as "Cap," before realizing his error after a harsh look from Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie).
It's an obvious callback to Ant-Man being a huge Steve Rogers fan (he has always referred to his hero as Cap), but the joke has rubbed quite a few people the wrong way on social media.
Many see this as disrespectful to the current Captain America, and as confirmation that Marvel Studios never fully committed to Wilson as the new Sentinel of Liberty... despite making the decision to pass the mantle to him in the first place.
The extended version of the scene that was released last night, which included new dialogue from Lang and John Walker (Wyatt Russell) chiming in to remind everyone that he was also (briefly) Captain America, is also being viewed as "damage control."
What do you make of this? Are Sam Wilson fans right to be annoyed, or are the complaints a load of nonsense? Let us know in the comments.
Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars were hit with significant delays last year, with Doomsday now set to arrive in theaters on December 18, 2026, and Secret Wars positioned for December 17, 2027.
Both movies will be directed by the Russo brothers, who also make their MCU return after helming Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
"Universes collide and the Multiverse Saga begins its final chapter in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday. Beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and ultimately face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered. This epic film will lay the foundation for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe."
Doomsday will star:
Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Lewis Pullman as Sentry, Florence Pugh as Yelena, Danny Ramirez as Falcon, Ian McKellen as Magneto, Sebastian Stan as Bucky, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Kelsey Grammer as Beast, James Marsden as Cyclops, Channing Tatum as Gambit, and Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent
Along with Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler, Letitia Wright as Black Panther, Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, and, of course, Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.