We've Already Seen Zemo's New MCU Look For Falcon And The Winter Soldier
Civil War concept art may reveal what Daniel Bruhl's bad guy looks like...
We all know that Marvel are set to double down on their impressive domination of the film world in the next two years by expanding their existing properties and starting entirely new ones. The most important expansion for the company, though, and for Disney as a whole, is the arrival of the Disney+ streaming platform that will rival Netflix (and all those others ones) and house existing and new content for Disney fans.
In order for them to sell subscriptions, Disney need to get as many eyes on the product as they can in the early days and to that end, they're going pretty big with their launch offering, not least by debuting the new Captain America on there in 2020. While the title of the show is The Falcon And The Winter Soldier (which still makes no sense), the first Disney+ streaming event will see Sam Wilson put on his new Captain America suit. Whether he calls himself that before the end of the show remains to be seen, but he'll be walking the walk.
It was never going to be enough for that show to simply have Sam and Bucky lolloping around on special new missions, though, and the real genius of the Comic Con announcement was that they're bringing back Daniel Bruhl's Zemo who clearly has some unfinished business.
From his point of view, he's seen The Winter Soldier somehow exonerated for all of his crimes (and not just the ones Zemo tried to frame him for) while his intention of bringing down the Avengers only really splintered them. The concept of superheroism still exists, they're still not really held accountable for their actions and the Captain America "brand" being passed around as a legacy title will no doubt infuriate him even more. As soon as you remove the importance of who wears the costume, you remove that person's accountability fundamentally. So no wonder he's still pissed.
Interestingly, the Comic Con panel also revealed that Zemo is going to have a more comics accurate look this time, because he seems to be making the step up into fully fledged villain. And now Daniel Bruhl has shown off that look on Instagram in a teasing post...
He may still look slightly more muted than his comics counterpart was initially, but that grainy shot dfefinitely seems to suggest a costume more in line with the abandoned concept art from Civil War...
He even clearly has the same furry collar.
Quite what his plan will be remains to be seen, but it's great to have him back all the same.