Captain America: New World OrderAdds Xosha Roquemore to Its Superheroic Cast

Marvel ’s approaching 2024 flickCaptain America : New World Orderis mostly comprised of MCU graduate such as Anthony Mackie ’s Sam Wilson and Tim Blake Nelson as the Leader . But it ’s got a fewnotable newcomerssprinkled in , such as Harrison Ford ’s Thaddeus Ross and Shira Haas as Sabra . The movie ’s now gain ground another cast member .

PerDeadline , Xosha Roquemore has been signed onto the flick in a role that ’s say to be solid . The 38 - year - onetime doer made her feature celluloid debut with as Jo Ann in 2009 ’s treasured , and has since gone on to star in The Mindy Project , Black Monday , and as LeBron James ’ female parent in Space Jam : A New Legacy . For the moment , though , her role in the Marvel motion picture is presently shrouded in secrecy , as these things often are in the early casting promulgation .

The fourth picture in the Captain America franchise will be the first with Mackie ’s Wilson as the lead after he previously took the Captain America mantlepiece at the terminal of 2021 ’s The Falcon & the Winter Soldier . Along with Mackie , that series ’ showrunner Malcom Spellman is back for New World Order , as is the show ’s author Dalan Mussan . In the director ’s buttocks is Julius Onah , best known for 2018’sThe Cloverfield Paradoxand 2019 ’s Luce .

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Since the first moving-picture show back in 2011 , the Captain America films have been more relatively grounded , which imply Roquemore ’s role has some fairly slender possibilities : likeErin Kellyman , she could be playing a reimagined version of a moderately obscure character . Or she may just be a fairly untouched reading of a character like Misty Knight — when Sam firstbecame Capin the comics , Misty was a endure musician in his solo comedian , and she ’s pop up a few time in his new leger , Captain America : Sentinel of Liberty . It wo n’t be long before we find out for beneficial — if Marvel does n’t outright say it , her role will for certain get leak via merch or set photograph .

Captain America : New World Order hits theaters on May 3 , 2024 .

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