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Captain America: Brave New World, Marvel Studios first film of 2025, will be releasing in theaters on February 14, and a new trailer for the film has revealed major plot details for the movie, namely the fact that Adamantium — the Marvel element that Wolverine’s claws are made from — will feature heavily in the story.
In a new IMAX trailer for Captain America: Brave New World, Harrison Ford’s character President Thunderbolt Ross declares that the rare and powerful element has “turned us against each other.”
Similar to Vibranium (the element that Captain America’s shield is partially made out of), Adamantium is a nearly indestrucible man-made metal alloy in the Marvel universe and is famously linked to Wolverine, meaning the introduction of the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe could be around the corner.
While the Hugh Jackman version of Wolverine and the Dafne Keen version of X-23 were both featured in Deadpool & Wolverine, neither character is expected to feature in Marvel Studios’ main X-Men franchise. The same goes for the version of the characters in the animated series X-Men ’97.
In addition to the inclusion of Adamantium, the remains of the Celetisal Tiamut from the largely forgotten 2021 film Eternals will also feature heavily in the film. In fact, the trailer seems to imply that Tiamut is where the Adamantium comes from.
New IMAX Trailer for Captain America: Brave New World pic.twitter.com/pmjuZqRNPO
— The Beyond Reporter (@BeyondReporter) January 13, 2025
New IMAX trailer for #CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld and I guess I can reveal now that yes this is the official introduction to Adamantium in the MCU. These movies are all secret X-Men rollouts. Get ready, they’re almost here. pic.twitter.com/dPxCVSZ4rQ
— DEI Friday’s (@UpToTASK) January 13, 2025
Alongside Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America and Harrison Ford as Thunderbolt Ross/Red Hulk, Captain America: Brave New World, directed by The Cloverfield Paradox filmmaker Julius Onah, will star Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tim Blake Nelson.
You can check out the official synopsis and trailer for Captain America: Brave New World, via Marvel Studios, below. Captain America: Brave New World releases in movie theaters on February 14.
“After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.”