Hero Blend #33: How Captain America 3 Can Change The Marvel Cinematic Universe

If you’ve been frequenting Cinema Blend recently, you may have noticed an influx in the number of stories we’ve written about Joe and Anthony Russo’s upcoming Marvel Studios film Captain America 3. Part of this is because Captain America: The Winter Soldier arrived on Blu-ray this week and the directors have been on the press tour promoting it, talking about the franchise’s future. But it’s also because we’re still coming down from the thrill ride that was the last Captain America adventure and can’t wait to see more.

So what have we heard about Captain America 3? There are firm details out there, such as Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes a.k.a. The Winter Soldier returning for another round of comic book movie action, but there are also some pretty big rumors and question marks. With Chris Evans contemplating retirement from acting, does that mean his days as Steve Rogers are numbered? Could Hawkeye or another established Marvel Cinematic Universe character find their way into a major role in the film? What is the latest huge alteration to the MCU that the Russos have been promising?

There’s a lot to sort through, but fortunately this week I have fellow Cinema Blender Sean O’Connell on as co-host to help me go through it (given that he interviewed the Russos himself, I felt he would have some interesting insight!). The latest episode of Hero Blend is live, so don’t delay and hit the play button above!

Eric Eisenberg
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Eric Eisenberg is the Assistant Managing Editor at CinemaBlend. After graduating Boston University and earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism, he took a part-time job as a staff writer for CinemaBlend, and after six months was offered the opportunity to move to Los Angeles and take on a newly created West Coast Editor position. Over a decade later, he's continuing to advance his interests and expertise. In addition to conducting filmmaker interviews and contributing to the news and feature content of the site, Eric also oversees the Movie Reviews section, writes the the weekend box office report (published Sundays), and is the site's resident Stephen King expert. He has two King-related columns.