The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Trivia | 75 facts about the new series

“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” is a new series airing on Disney+ and taking place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame”.

It is the second streaming series aftet “WandaVision”. Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new series.

1. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is an American television miniseries
2. It is created by Malcolm Spellman for the streaming service Disney+
3. The series is based on the Marvel Comics characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
4. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
5. Sharing continuity with the films of the franchise
6. The events of the series take place after the film Avengers: Endgame (2019)
7. The series was produced by Marvel Studios
8. Spellman serves as head writer
9. Kari Skogland is directing the whole series
10. Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie reprise their respective roles as Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson from the film series
11. Wyatt Russell, Erin Kellyman, Danny Ramirez, Georges St-Pierre, Adepero Oduye, Don Cheadle, Emily VanCamp, and Daniel Brühl also star
12. By September 2018, Marvel Studios was developing a number of limited series for Disney+, centered on supporting characters from the MCU films such as Wilson and Barnes
13. Spellman was hired in October
14. He chose to focus on the racial issues raised by Wilson being handed Captain America’s shield at the end of Endgame
15. The series was confirmed in April 2019
16. Skogland was hired the next month
17. Filming began in October 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to the Czech Republic in March 2020
18. Production was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic
19. It resumed in Atlanta in September
20. Production wrapped up in the Czech Republic in October
21. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiered on March 19, 2021
22. It will run for six episodes until April 23
23. It is part of Phase Four of the MCU
24. The series takes place six months after Sam Wilson is being handed the mantle of Captain America at the end of Avengers: Endgame (2019)
25. Sam Wilson teams up with Bucky Barnes in a worldwide adventure that tests their abilities and their patience
26. Spellman used his general knowledge of Marvel Comics and the MCU, along with that of Moore and Nagelhout, to create the series, rather than basing it on specific comic books
27. Though he did name Truth: Red, White & Black as a large influence on the series
28. Kolstad felt it was interesting to take secondary characters from the films and put them in primary roles for the series
29. He added that other characters from earlier MCU films are layered into the series and shift the storytelling in new ways
30. With the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney allowing Marvel Studios to regain the film rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four properties, Marvel Studios was able to include elements from those properties in the series
31. This includes a location from the comics, Madripoor
32. Feige said was “more of an Easter egg in and of itself”
33. Ahead of the series premiere, Spellman said there were three projects from Marvel Studios he knew of that would tie-in to the series
34. With the official announcement of the series in April 2019 came confirmation that Mackie and Stan would reprise their roles of Wilson and Barnes, respectively, in the series
35. The next month, Daniel Brühl and Emily VanCamp entered negotiations to reprise their respective film roles of Helmut Zemo and Sharon Carter
36. Brühl was confirmed for the series in July 2019
37. VanCamp was confirmed a month later
38. Then, Wyatt Russell was announced as cast in the role of John Walker
39. Set photos in November 2019 revealed Adepero Oduye would appear in the series
40. She is portraying Sam’s sister Sarah Wilson
41. While Desmond Chiam and Miki Ishikawa joined the cast a month later
42. Noah Mills was cast in January 2020
43. The following month, Carl Lumbly joined the cast
44. Additional set photos in September 2020 revealed Georges St-Pierre would be reprising his role as Georges Batroc from Captain America: The Winter Soldier
45. And that Erin Kellyman had joined the cast, portraying Karli Morgenthau
46. The following month, Danny Ramirez was cast in the “pivotal role” of Joaquin Torres
47. Kellyman’s involvement was confirmed in December
48. In February 2021, Don Cheadle revealed that he appears in the series in his MCU role of James “Rhodey” Rhodes / War Machine
49. Also in the month, the series’ trailer revealed Amy Aquino had been cast in the series, portraying Barnes’ therapist
50. Skogland said the series’ crew used their time wisely when the production shut down due to the pandemic
51. Allowing them to continue with post-production work on the series and make decisions that they usually would not have time to make
52. Jeffrey Ford, Kelley Dixon, Todd Desrosiers, and Rosanne Tan edited different episodes of the series
53. Visual effects were provided by Cantina Creative, Crafty Apes, Digital Frontier, Industrial Light & Magic, QPPE, Rodeo FX, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Stereo D, Technicolor VFX, Tippett Studio, Trixter, and Weta Digital
54. Henry Jackman, who scored Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, began scoring the series by December 2020
55. A short teaser for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was shown at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, featuring Brühl as Zemo
56. The character wears his traditional purple mask from the comics in the teaser
57. Skogland traveled to Budapest, where Brühl was filming The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, to capture the footage
58. Concept art for the series featuring designs for the characters’ costumes are included in Expanding the Universe, a Marvel Studios special that debuted on Disney+ on November 12, 2019
59. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier debuted on March 19, 2021, on Disney+
60. The series was originally scheduled for release in August 2020
61. This was pushed back after filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
62. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 93% approval rating
63. With an average rating of 7.55/10
64. This is based on 106 reviews
65. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 74 out of 100
66. Based on 26 critics
67. Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
68. Before the series premiere, Mackie said there had been no discussions regarding a second season of the series
69. He was not sure when he would next appear in an MCU film especially due to the pandemic’s impact on cinemas
70. Skogland said she was unsure if there would be a second season of the series and felt that she had been able to do everything that she wanted in the first six episodes
71. But she did say that there were more stories and characters to explore if a second season was made
72. Feige said there were ideas for what “another one” could be if a second season was made
73. But Marvel intended for the series to lead into future MCU films first like they did with WandaVision
74. He added that confirmation of a second season could be a spoiler
75. He said there was a “future charted” for the series’ characters that he also did not want to discuss before it was released