Marvel Studios may have teased a potential The Falcon and the Winter Soldier season 2, but the continuation of the Anthony Mackie-led Phase 4 series wouldn’t focus on Sam Wilson’s version of the winged MCU superhero. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiered on Disney+ on March 19, 2021, bringing Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes into the MCU’s Phase 4 after 2019’s Avengers: Endgame and Steve Rogers’ retirement. Despite being a popular addition to one of the MCU’s most divisive chapters, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier season 2 doesn’t currently appear to be in development.
Instead of a second season, Sam Wilson’s journey as the MCU’s new Captain America will continue in Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World, while Bucky Barnes’ Winter Soldier will return in 2025’s Thunderbolts. Despite the development of Brave New World, speculation has been rising about the potential for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier season 2, as the “Complete First Season” is releasing on 4k UHD and Blu-ray. Miniseries’ like WandaVision released as the “Complete Series,” so it’s possible that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier season 2 could happen, but not with Sam Wilson as the titular hero.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier focused on Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson, who was still operating as the Falcon, despite being gifted the Captain America shield and mantle by Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame. The Phase 4 series explored Wilson’s evolution into the star-spangled man-with-a-plan, leaning heavily on his hesitation to represent the United States as a Black man. However, Wilson finally embraced his new role in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s finale, creating the opportunity for a new character to assume the heroic role of the Falcon in the MCU’s future, and this responsibility fell on Joaquín Torres.
The Gifted and Top Gun: Maverick’s Danny Ramirez debuted in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as United States Air Force Lieutenant Joaquín Torres. Torres works alongside Sam Wilson to investigate Karli Morgenthau and the Flag Smashers, and in the penultimate episode of the series, Torres is gifted the EXO-7 Falcon wing-suit by Sam Wilson once the latter decides to become Captain America. While Joaquín Torres wasn’t shown operating as the Falcon in the MCU’s Phase 4, Ramirez is returning in Captain America: Brave New World, which will see him don the wing-suit and officially become the MCU’s new Falcon.
Following Malus’ defeat, Sam Wilson took Joaquín Torres under his wing – so to speak – and the young hero proved pivotal in helping Captain America defeat the Serpent Society, a team of snake-themed supervillains. After battling the Serpent Society together, Joaquín Torres became Captain America’s sidekick, Marvel Comics’ new Falcon, though with biological wings instead of Sam Wilson’s former wing-suit. Joaquín Torres’ evolution into the MCU’s Falcon is notably different, as he has simply been gifted Sam Wilson’s former wing-suit, rather than undergoing any physical transformation, though he will still become the Falcon in Captain America: Brave New World.
