When Does the Film "Captain America: Brave New World" (2025) Take Place?
"Captain America: Brave New World" is a superhero film written by Rob Edwards with Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, Julius Onah, Peter Glanz, and Matthew Orton [adapting "Hulk" #23 v2 (2010) by Jeph Loeb] that released February 14th, 2025. So when is "Captain America: Brave New World" set?
It takes place on the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline in the year:
We know this because a TV news report specifically describes the time since the public outing of Isaiah Bradley as "2 years", which happens during the TV show "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" (2021), which takes place in late 2023 AD.
2027 AD
We know this because a TV news report specifically describes the time since the public outing of Isaiah Bradley as "2 years", which happens during the TV show "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" (2021), which takes place in late 2023 AD.
2023 + 2 = 2025.
HOWEVER, Samuel Sterns specifically says he’s been imprisoned for "16 years" and he was seen free but in direct danger of being captured at the end of "The Incredible Hulk" (2008), which takes place entirely within 2011 AD.
2011 + 16 = 2027.
Additionally, there's a prologue depicting a United States of America presidential acceptance speech (which usually occurs every four years in November) that ends with a relative time setting title card that reads "FIVE MONTHS LATER" and therefore, as the main action takes place in 2027 AD, we can assume this prologue takes place in November of 2026 AD.
4.2027 - 5 months = 11.2026.
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