THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER Star Anthony Mackie Compares Disney+ Series To A Six-Hour Movie

THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER Star Anthony Mackie Compares Disney+ Series To A Six-Hour Movie

We still don't really know what to expect from the Marvel Studios TV shows coming to Disney+, but The Falcon and The Winter Soldier star Anthony Mackie has made it clear they will be just like the movies.

By JoshWilding - Jun 29, 2020 06:06 AM EST
Source: Variety

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is (hopefully) still coming our way this August, and with the series establishing a new Captain America for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's definitely going to be unmissable for fans of this shared work. However, based on what we saw from the likes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Runaways, just how different will these TV shows be from the films?

During a recent interview with Variety, The Falcon actor Anthony Mackie made it clear that the first true Marvel Studios TV series will ultimately be indistinguishable from what we see on the big screen.

"We're shooting it exactly like a movie," The Falcon and The Winter Soldier star confirmed. "Everybody who had worked on TV before was like, 'I've never worked on a TV show like this.' The way in which we were shooting, it feels exactly like we were shooting the movie cut up into the show. So instead of a two-hour movie, a six or eight-hour movie."

Production on the series was halted due to COVID-19, but it's thought that work will resume as soon as next month, so there's a strong chance it will premiere as planned on Disney+ this August. 

Mackie's comments about The Falcon and The Winter Soldier definitely bode well for the quality of these TV shows, though the brief sneak peek we got during the Super Bowl looked fantastic. With any luck, a full trailer isn't too far away, and we'll be sure to keep you guys updated on that front. 

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Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 6/29/2020, 6:17 AM
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 6/29/2020, 7:47 AM
@Tonic24k - Agree, I love Marvel Netflix because each season was a 13 hr movie.

Only Defenders and S2 of some series felt like they were made for a weekly format.
JDL
JDL - 6/29/2020, 12:39 PM
@mastakilla39 - I don't. Imo the non episodic format was part of the problem with the later seasons of the Netflix series. If the writing was exceptional you could get away with it but if it wasn't it made things much worse. That said there is a huge difference between a 6 hour movie and a 13 hour one. As always YMMV.
Mando
Mando - 6/29/2020, 6:18 AM
Marvel studio seriously need to hurry up and drop that falcon and winter soldier trailer already


I need some mcu content
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 6/29/2020, 6:19 AM
Daredevil had a budget of like 3 Million per episode
And it was Epic

Now Imagine Moon Knight with 20 Million per episode

WOW
soberchimera
soberchimera - 6/29/2020, 6:50 AM
@WakandaTech - Mooncopter.
NathanielX
NathanielX - 6/29/2020, 7:19 AM
@WakandaTech - I wonder What the Daredevil crew could have done if they got the same budget 🤷🏽‍♂️
PicolasCage
PicolasCage - 6/29/2020, 9:07 AM
@NathanielX - Hallway level fights in every episode
DoubleD
DoubleD - 6/29/2020, 6:21 AM
No SH!T aren't they all ?
Ace101
Ace101 - 6/29/2020, 6:27 AM
Can't wait to get going with season 2 of the MCU. Already one episode down into season two and it's on a lengthy mid-season break.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/29/2020, 6:54 AM
Better be 8.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 6/29/2020, 7:22 AM
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 6/29/2020, 7:44 AM
Just bring it on. Marvel if you delay this I will never watch an mcu anything ever or at the very least I'll watch with a scowl on my face the whole time
rkshuttleworth
rkshuttleworth - 6/29/2020, 6:46 PM
@MyCoolYoung - lol
John456
John456 - 6/29/2020, 8:27 AM
This is the one series I've really been waiting all year for just release this already. While visually these shows will be better than the Marvel Netflix ones and the others like Cloak And Dagger & The Runaways, these Marvel Disney+ shows won't be as good nor have the same story depth as those shows.
diabolik
diabolik - 6/29/2020, 8:36 AM
Im super excited about this, can't wait..my marvel withdrawal symptoms are spiking!
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/29/2020, 8:46 AM
Didn't really expect otherwise with comments made by Feige for example. Still, I'm kinda bummed if it doesn't have an episodic format too
pclark
pclark - 6/29/2020, 9:55 AM
@MalseMarcel - If it is 8 episodes, and the story unfolds across all 8, then it will be episodic by nature. I don't expect that the Marvel series will suffer from the padding that many longer format series suffer from, where an episode feels very much like just a filler to pad the episode count.
bobbo68
bobbo68 - 6/29/2020, 9:23 AM
Hey Mackie how about a trailer?
John456
John456 - 6/29/2020, 10:23 AM
This is the one show I've really been anticipating love these two characters in the comics, but while visually these shows will be spectacular I don't think the Disney+ Marvel show will be as good as the outside Marvel TV stuff Netflix, hulu ect... Nor have the story depth those show had.
KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 6/29/2020, 10:55 AM
They all say that for evert TV show ever.
XMenGiveItToYa
XMenGiveItToYa - 6/29/2020, 5:05 PM
@KingLeonidas - Most TV shows don't have 150 million dollar budgets though.
Simp
Simp - 6/29/2020, 6:51 PM
But is the EU letting Americans into it?
They're contagious.
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