Disney+ - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier : Event in streaming today

By Mulder, 18 march 2021

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is an American television miniseries created by Malcolm Spellman for the Disney+ streaming service, based on the Marvel Comics characters Sam Wilson, Falcon and Bucky Barnes (Winter Soldier). It takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the franchise's films. The events of the series take place after the film Avengers: Endgame (2019). The series was produced by Marvel Studios, with Spellman as head writer and Kari Skogland as director. Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprise their respective roles as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes in the film series.

To celebrate the arrival of "Falcon and the Winter Soldier," meet the cast (Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Emily VanCamp and Daniel Brühl), Marvel Studios representatives and executive producers Kevin Feige, Nate Moore and Zoie Nagelhout at a virtual launch, followed by a Q&A session. Hosted by Angelique Roché for Marvel.com and Chanelle Berlin Johnson of Entertainment Weekly, it will air live today, Thursday, March 18 at 9am PDT, 12pm EDT.

The event will take place at the Los Angeles Military Base in El Segundo, California, with members of the Space and Missile Systems Center, the U.S. Space Force's center of excellence for space weapons acquisition and development. The actors and producers of the series will attend the virtual operation, and answer questions from military personnel and guardsmen at Los Angeles Air Force Base, as well as members of the 94th Squadron in Dobbins, Georgia, and the 908th Squadron in Maxwell, Alabama, who participated in the filming of the series. This meeting will be punctuated with surprise messages from other members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and a clip from the first episode.

Synopsis:
After receiving the mantle of Captain America at the end of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Sam Wilson teams up with Bucky Barnes in a global adventure that tests their abilities as they battle the anarchist group the Flag-Smashers.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
A series created by Malcolm Spellman
Based on the characters Falcon by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, Bucky Barnes by Joe Simon Jack Kirby, Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting
Directed by Kari Skogland
With Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Daniel Brühl, Emily VanCamp, Wyatt Russell
Composer: Henry Jackman
Executive Producers: Kevin Feige, Malcolm Spellman
Cinematography : P.J. Dillon
Production: Marvel Studios
Distribution : Disney Platform Distribution
Budget : 150 million dollars
Running time: 40-50 minutes

(Source : press release)