Malcolm Spellman On ‘Falcon & The Winter Soldier,’ Pushing Back On The “No Showrunner” Narrative & Marvel Never Flinching [Interview]

Jon Burlingame Marvel’s move into streaming with this year’s “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” conclusively demonstrated two things: that they didn’t skimp on the music budgets, and that theme songs could generate as much buzz as the unfolding mysteries surrounding the characters.Both series turned to Marvel vets for their lavish scores: Christophe Beck (the “Ant-Man” movies) for “WandaVision” and Henry Jackman (two “Captain America” films) for “The Falcon and the Winter

Paul Walter Hauser and Sebastian Stan became close friends after working together in Margot Robbie's 2017 Oscar-nominated movie I, Tonya. As an ode to his good pal, Sebastian made Paul an Easter egg in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Demi Jones has revealed she felt "scared and angry" after she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this month.The Love Island star, 22, had noticed the lump in her neck in 2019 – before she stepped into the villa. After coming out of Love Island, Demi had decided to get the lump checked once again by doctors.

While the U.S. Capitol January 6 riots shocked the world, they were equally jarring for the creative team behind Disney+/Marvel’s political action series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. 

Sebastian Stan ran into a little mishap on the very first day of filming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

John Boyega is commending Marvel for elevating Black characters on screen. 

Sebastian Stan who plays the role of the Winter Soldier revealed to the podcast Just For Variety how he injured his foot while filming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. It was a huge undertaking to help kick off the fourth phase for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the titular duo (Sebastian and Anthony Mackie) were up for the task.

Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier dipped to the No. 2 spot on Nielsen’s streaming chart for the week its season finale arrived on Disney+.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOn this week’s Just for Variety, I invited Variety senior entertainment writer Adam B. Vary as my first guest co-host for my interview with Sebastian Stan.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“NCIS: Hawai’i” has added Noah Mills to the cast, Variety has learned exclusively.Mills joins previously announced series lead Vanessa Lachey and fellow cast members Yasmine Al-Bustami and Jason Antoon.

Anthony Mackie who recently starred in Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier became the beloved new Captain America in the series. The actor's character of Sam Wilson was termed as the 'deserving' successor to Steve Roger's Captain by fans but it seems Mackie's kids haven't been far too thrilled about the same.

“We knew from the beginning we wanted to position this as a very, very modern superhero show,” said Malcolm Spellman, creator, executive producer and writer of the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which sees Sam Wilson/Falcon and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier team up on a global adventure.

The Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier took the top spot in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of April 12-18, the week the Marvel stand-alone series debuted the fifth of its six-episode Season 1. The No. 1 finish was the first for Disney+ on the typically Netflix-dominated charts since Disney/Pixar’s Soul pulled off the feat back in December.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, to promote his upcoming series Solos, Anthony Mackie spoke candidly about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. *SPOILERS ALERT* The Falcon and the Winter Soldier featured Dora Milaje in a few sequences, especially Ayo (Florence Kasumba) along with a flashback Wakanda scene featuring Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan).

Marvel series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier wrapped up its first season recently and it has been receiving a lot of praises from fans. The show unveiled Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson as the new Captain America and it turned out to be an emotional moment for many to see a Black character take on the Cap's mantle.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier shed major spotlight on two underrated yet fan-favourite characters - Sam Wilson aka Falcon aka the new Captain America (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan).

Many of us enjoyed “Falcon & Winter Soldier,” but according to head writer Malcolm Spellman, a major superhero cameo was nixed by Marvel brass. The series had many things going on between social commentary of being black in America and exploring the exploitation of black citizens at the hands of the American government, highlighted directly with Isaiah Bradley, the black Captain America that the government hid from the public.