Captain America: Brave New World Director Confirms Post-Credits Scene Teases the Illuminati

This post contains spoilers for Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World.

Captain America: Brave New World director Julius Onah has confirmed that the movie’s post-credits scene teases the Illuminati members, who last appeared in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The group was originally set to appear in an early draft of the film but was ultimately scrapped.

Speaking to The Wrap, Onah revealed that the Illuminati were originally set to appear in Captain America: Brave New World at one point, but they are now purposely mentioned “vaguely” in the post-credits scene instead.

Onah said, “Let’s just say things are purposely left vague in that post-credits scene for a reason.”

The Illuminati—last seen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness—are from Earth-838 and consist of Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Reed Richards (John Krasinski), Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell), Black Bolt (Anson Mount), Captain Marvel (Lashana Lynch), and Baron Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor). They try to stop Doctor Strange but are all killed by Wanda Maximoff—the Scarlet Witch—when she attacks them.

In the post-credits scene of Captain America: Brave New World, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) enters the Raft and speaks to The Leader (Tim Blake Nelson), who warns him that multiversal threats are imminent.

Directed by Onah from a screenplay by Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, and Matthew Orton. The film stars Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America, Danny Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres/Falcon, Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns/Leader, Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley, Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross, Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, Haas as Ruth Bat-Seraph/Sabra, Giancarlo Esposito as Sidewinder, Rosa Salazar, and Xosha Roquemore.

Here’s the plot details for Captain America: Brave New World:

In Captain America: Brave New World, after executing a successful mission in Mexico, Sam (Mackie) and his partner Joaquin/Falcon (Ramirez) are invited to the White House to meet with President Ross (Ford). He asks Sam, the new Captain America, to reconstitute the Avengers Initiative. However, they almost immediately square off on opposite sides when an assassination attempt occurs.

The film is produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore under Marvel Studios.

Captain America: Brave New World is now playing in theaters.

Source: The Wrap