With Captain America: Brave New World, Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson picks up the big-screen mantle of one of Marvel’s oldest and most venerated comic book heroes. So far, audiences have responded: The film earned $192 million globally in its first weekend.
The TV series Falcon and the Winter Soldier laid the foundation for the newest MCU blockbuster. The last time we saw Cap, he’d uncovered a plot about a super serum, made nice with bestie Bucky Barnes, and fought off a group called the Flag Smashers. Brave New World introduces Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross and finds Sam caught up in a foreign relations debacle while investigating a deeper, more sinister scheme.
Marvel is famous for dropping scenes after the credits start rolling and, to answer your question, yes, there is a single post-credits scene in Brave New World, and you must wait until all the credits are finished to see it. You can expect some teases with this vibranium-clad Captain America, too.
If you haven’t seen the movie, pause here. Spoilers ahead.
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Captain America: Brave New World post-credits scene
Unlike many Marvel movies, Brave New World has no mid-credit scenes; there’s only one post-credits scene, and you have to wait until the absolute end to see it. So, what happens?
After the brainiac villain Samuel Sterns turns himself in to ignite President Ross’s inner Red Hulk, we don’t see him for the rest of the film. Sam has a short conversation with Sterns in which he confidently tells him he will foil his plot. Then, Sam struts off as armed guards surround Sterns. The scientist is arrested and carted off to a cell in parts unknown while Sam suits up to fight Red Hulk Ross.
In the minute-long post-credits scene, Sam walks up to a cell and says, “Told you you were gonna lose that bet,” and we see Sterns sitting inside. They trade barbs, and then Sterns points out that they “share the same world, don’t we? This world you would die to save.” He ominously warns Sam, “It’s coming. I’ve seen it in the probabilities.”
Sterns goes on to say that superheroes who protect this world think they’re the only ones — and believe this is the only world. With more menacing snark, he says you’ll see what happens when you need to protect everyone from “the others.”
