Summary
AnotherMarvelfan favorite may be making a comeback. Chris Evans will reportedly return as Captain America inAvengers: Secret Wars.
Evans has played two superheroes fromMarvel. He portrayed Johnny Storm, aka Human Torch, inFantastic Four(2005) andFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer(2007). However, he is more known as Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, in MCU. He played Captain America in multiple Marvel movies, includingCaptain America: First Avenger(2011),TheAvengers(2012),Captain America: The Winter Soldier(2014),Captain America: Civil War(2016),Avengers: Infinity War (2018)andAvengers: Endgame (2019). Evans is one of the “Original Six” Avengers alongside Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton/Hawkeye), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), and Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk).There are claims that Evans will return as Captain America inAvengers 6.
MyTimeToShineHello, one of the reputable Marvel insiders, announced onX, formerly Twitter, that Evans is “officially back forSecret Wars.” He also shared a gif of Evans as Captain America from theAvengers. The same source previously said that Evans would return for a limited series focusing on Captain America returning theInfinity Stonesto their proper place and time. InEndgame, Rogers used Pym particles to travel to the Quantum realm and travel through time to return all the Infinity Stones to their original place. However, instead of returning to the present to reunite with the rest of the superheroes who survived, he decided to stay in the past and spend his life with Peggy Carter. Marvel Studious President Kevin Feige was previously asked about Evans andRobert Downey Jr.’s potential returnas Captain America and Iron Man, respectively, in the MCU. Unlike Captain America, Iron Man did not survive inEndgamebecause he chose to sacrifice himself to defeat Thanos and save the universe. Feige said they had to pull off a similar feat with how they brought back Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine inDeadpool & Wolverineto have Evans and Downey Jr. back, suggesting that it is still possible, but it might not happen anytime soon. Prior to his most recent movie with the Merc with a Mouth, Jackman last played Wolverine in 2017’sLogan.
Feigeexplained:
That’s the key, right? How do you do it in a way that maintains what has come before, and in a great way? And we’ve been spending, you know, the last two-plus years figuring that out for Wolverine. So, what’s to come? We’ll see. We’re just proud that we, I think, have figured it out for Wolverine. I think Hugh’s appearance and starring role in [Deadpool & Wolverine] is a great sign that it can be done — if great care is taken.
The news of Evans potentially returning to the MCU received mixed responses from fans who wanted to see him portraying the Star Spangled superhero again. Those who wanted to see him back were thrilled, while others were still having second thoughts and were hopeful the report was true. “Hope you heard it right!” one commented. Meanwhile, some still asked whether Evans would return as Captain America or the Human Torch because heappeared inDeadpool & Wolverineas the latter. “As Captain America or Human Torch?” one asked. Another said, “He’s inDeadpoolin hisFantastic 4suit there’s leaks about [it] already.”
Whether Evans returns as Human Torch or Captain America, his comeback will always be welcomed by Marvel fans. However, he is more likely to play Captain America if he is to appear in the nextAvengersmovie. Evans is one of the originalAvengers, and it will make more sense if he joins the troop with his Star Spangled Shield. Also, there are rumors that Jeremy Renner will return inAvengers 6to reprise his role as Hawkeye. Thus,Secret Warswill be a reunion for Captain America, Hawkeye and possibly Thor, too. Jeff Sneider, another insider and entertainment reporter, claimed that Christopher Markus or Stephen McFeely will be back to penAvengers 6. The Russo brothers will also reportedly return to direct the next twoAvengersmovies.Secret Warsis still three years away and the production team has to settle the issues onAvengers 5first, which will be released a year earlier.Several members ofAvenger 5’s creative team had already left, including Destin Daniel Cretton as director, Jeff Loveness as a writer and Michael Waldron as a screenwriter. A lot of things could still happen along the way, but there’s always the possibility of bringing back the original Avengers, probably as cameos, as they are likely to attract more viewers. However, it depends on how they will be reintroduced to the audience, considering their storylines inEndgame.
Avengers5will be released on July 03, 2025, andAvengers 6,Avengers: Secret Wars, will hit theaters on June 26, 2025.
