Despite building up some anticipation for what’s to come, “Captain America: Brave New World’s” post-credits scene plays its cards close to the vest. The sole scene, which arrives after the full credits roll, sees Wilson visit Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson) at the Raft, a maximum-security prison for superpowered beings.

That's because Captain America: Brave New World brings adamantium into the fold. The substance shows up in the body of the Celestial that emerged from the Indian Ocean in Eternals. Now, it's the cause of international conflict, as major world powers try to control the world's only known adamantium supply.

James Gunn went off to helm Superman as the new co-CEO of DC Studios. Deadpool & Wolverine was Marvel’s only movie in 2024, a massive success that grossed $1.338 billion worldwide. But it was also an outlier that had two popular stars,