It’s only a few months away, but Marvel isn’t done with their endless tinkering on “Captain America: Brave New World.”
Yes, scooper Daniel Richtman (via CBM) is reporting that a third round of test screenings for the film recently took place, and once again the reaction wasn’t what Marvel had hoped for. More changes are being done on the film.
It’s not clear how extensive this new additional photography is, and whether “director” Julius Onah is present, but there’s gotta be an end to all of this, right? The film gets released a little over two months from now.
Recently, a rep close to the ‘Brave New World’ production wrote to me, and described the additional photography as “standard in the business, and specially on large films requiring pick up.”
This is the third round of reshoots on ‘Brave New World.’ Earlier in the year, Marvel got to see a rough cut of the film, but felt the action scenes “were not big or satisfying enough.” A poorly rated test-screening didn’t help. Word was that three major action sequences were being reshot from scratch.
Matthew Orton was hired by Marvel to pen the additional scenes and material. Orton’s work is being shot in this latest bout of additional photography which includes star Anthony Mackie, Giancarlo Esposito and Danny Ramirez.
‘Brave New World’ had originally wrapped filming in June 2023, and was set for a July 2024 release date before being delayed. The budget is said to be nearing the $400M mark, which spells major trouble for Marvel who were banking on Mackie’s Captain America to be one of the key characters in the post-Endgame MCU.
A US theatrical rollout is starting Sept. 30 in NYC, will expand to Los Angeles and other markets on Oct. 9 and then roll out nationally via a plan that forgoes selling the film to a studio or independent distributor.