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Captain America: Brave New World provides an unexpected punchline to a Marvel Studios joke Kevin Feige made in 2014
It's taken a decade, but the Serpent Society finally made it into the MCU
When Sidewinder steps onscreen in 2025’s Captain America: Brave New World, it won’t just be the introduction of a new villain into the MCU — and a chance for Giancarlo Esposito to have fun chewing the scenery of a fantastic new playground. It’ll also be an unexpected shoutout to a practical joke Kevin Feige played on fandom all the way back in 2014.
Picture the scene: it’s October 2014, and Marvel Studios has announced a mysterious press conference that no-one outside of the company is entirely sure about. After all, it had only been a handful of months since that year’s Marvel panel at San Diego Comic-Con, where the studio had confirmed release dates and information for Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, while also confirming that Josh Brolin would, in fact, be playing Thanos. (Admit
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