An Xbox ad for Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier reveals Thor's mysterious rival from Avengers: Endgame -- Noobmaster69.
The promo, which is for Xbox's Game Pass subscription service, features Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) talking with an Xbox store employee named Aaron (D.C. Pierson). At the end of the promo, Aaron reveals his gamertag is Noobmaster69, before quickly adding "My cousin made it," in response to the look Sam gives him.
Noobmaster69 was briefly mentioned as the video game player who killed Korg in Fortnite in Endgame, much to Thor's outrage. Pierson previously made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Aaron in 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier. There, the character -- who was credited in that film as "Apple Employee" -- was working at an Apple Store when he came across Steve Rogers/Captain America and Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, who were on the run from HYDRA at the time.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will pick up after the conclusion to Endgame, in which an elderly Steve passed the Captain America shield on to Sam. From there, the show will follow Sam and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) as they undertake a globe-trotting adventure that brings them face to face with Batroc the Leaper (Georges St-Pierre) and Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl), the latter of whom has only grown more dangerous in the post-Blip MCU. Sam and Bucky will also have to deal with new enemies in the forms of the Flag-Smashers, along with a potential threat in John Walker/U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell). The latter is rumored to be the U.S. government's newly-appointed Captain America, following Rogers' retirement.
While WandaVision isn't expected to return for Season 2, that might not be the case with the MCU's second Disney+ series. Marvel Studios President and Marvel Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige recently addressed the possibility of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Season 2, saying "It's a funny question and one we get asked much more in television because people expect it to be like we know [beforehand]. We really did approach it like we do the movies which is 'We better make this great or we won't be able to do another one.'" That said, Feige confirmed "there's certainly ideas" for another season.
Directed by Kari Skogland, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier stars Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Emily VanCamp, Wyatt Russell, Noah Mills, Carl Lumbly and Daniel Brühl. The series premieres March 19 on Disney+.
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