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As Captain America 4 wraps production, Anthony Mackie warns studios of disaster if actors strike happens

The new Captain America says that studios have to offer actors a fair deal

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Graeme McMillan
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As Marvel rushes to try and finish initial production on the fourth Captain America movie ahead of a potential Screen Actors Guild strike, the star of the movie says that studios need to prepare to make a fair deal, or face the consequences.

Speaking to Inverse, Anthony Mackie — who’ll play the MCU’s new Captain America on the big screen for the first time in the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World — said “it’s a shit show if we go on strike,” adding that he believes that studios will be forced to offer actors a reasonable deal if they want to prevent disaster. “They’re going to have to,” he said, “Unless they get a bunch of fucking YouTubers to make Avengers 5!”

Mackie, it’s worth noting, has his eyes wide open about the movie industry and its inequities; elsewhere in the interview, he’s quoted as saying, “I’ve never met a fair producer in my life. Ever. No.”

The originally-announced shooting schedule for Brave New World has the final day of production earmarked as June 30 — which also happens to be the cut-off date for the current contract between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, although a one-week extension has been rumored as both sides continue to negotiate to avoid a potential strike.

It’s worth noting that Marvel has recently significantly pushed back every movie following this November’s The Marvels, in part as a result of delays created as a result of the ongoing WGA strike — a strike that has also indefinitely delayed the Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again. It’s possible that the rescheduling was also preparing for any potential delay produced by a possible actors’ strike, as well.

Captain America: Brave New World is currently scheduled to be released August 26, 2024; you can keep track of the release dates of upcoming superhero movies via our calendar of future releases.

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Graeme McMillan

Graeme McMillan: Popverse Editor Graeme McMillan (he/him) has been writing about comics, culture, and comics culture on the internet for close to two decades at this point, which is terrifying to admit. He completely understands if you have problems understanding his accent.

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