New comic book movie news! The handsome Anthony Mackie is set to play Falcon in the next Captain America film.
Here's the scoop:
THR reports that Anthony Mackie is gearing up to play Falcon in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." So who's Falcon? Raised by two loving parents in Harlem, and a respected community member, after they are both killed, Sam Wilson becomes a criminal and pimp, renames himself Snap, and decamps to Los Angeles. While working on a job for the mob in Rio De Janeiro, his plane crash lands on Exile Island where he comes under the wing of Red Skull and his followers who are in hiding. Using the Cosmic Cube, Red Skull gives Wilson a range of powers, including a mental link with his beloved trained falcon Redwing (and other birds), and the ability to fly. Eventually he becomes pals with Captain American and they fight crime together (there are a couple of different version of how this happens, depending on the storyline you use), with Black Panther developing a harness for him to help him fly.This is not set in stone, but it seems to be complete on point.
