As fans prepare for the upcoming Captain America film starring Anthony Mackie, the Marvel team recently announced that Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah will direct the action-packed movie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Onah was previously attached to The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) and Luce (2019). The 39-year-old also co-wrote the Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic Samo Lives.

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Mackie has played the character of Sam Wilson/Falcon since his first appearance in Captain America: Winter Soldier back in 2014 and has appeared in five Marvel Cinematic Universe films and the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

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Malcolm Spellman, showrunner for the 2021 Disney+ series, will write the untitled Captain America 4 sequel alongside one of the show’s staff writers, Dalan Musson.

Captain America 4 will officially mark the transition of his beloved character as the first Black actor to play the new Captain America.