Is Bucky Going to be the New Captain America in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe?

Many hints suggest that at some point Bucky Barnes will replace Steve Rogers as Captain America in some upcoming movie. Such hints include comic book story, possible subtle hints and the contracts of the actors.

First of all it is a pretty well-known fact, at least amongst comic book fans, that Steve Rogers dies and Bucky Barnes- the Winter Soldier, takes his place as the new captain America. Now Marvel Studios could be doing something different, they are not always following exactly what is going on in the comic books, such as in Iron Man 3 making the Mandarin a stupid actor. But the Winter Soldier becoming Captain America is a pretty big deal and a shocker, so could this be happening? Will we see Steve Rogers die? We must wait and see.

If you watched the movie closely as I did because of my pure excitement, you will notice that during the first fight scene between Captain America and the Winter Soldier, the Winter Soldier gets a hold of the shield of Captain America and there was a significant pause on that image- the Winter Soldier with Cap’s shield. The image is below. Some say that this significant pause is an Easter-egg showing how Marvel Studios want to continue the Winter Soldier’s tale. I think this is stupid. One pause does not determine the outcome of a whole franchise and the whole of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. So I call bullshit on that ‘prophesy’, but I might be wrong. This might have been put for that exact reason, to foreshadow the future.

The final reason I have discovered is the one making the most sense out of all of them. I think Steve Rogers is going to die, because Chris Evans is signed up for six marvel movies, while Sebastian Stan, the actor who portrays Bucky is signed up for nine movies. Also Chris Evans has already played in three of his six movies (Captain America 1 &2, The Avengers) and Sebastian Stan has eight more to go. So it is more likely that Steve Rogers will die, as I do not think that Marvel Studios can just keep on making Winter Soldier character centered eight more movies. They will probably do one or two more. But I might be wrong. He might get his own franchise, or become and Avenger, or start his own detective company for all I know.

We must wait and see. I do think Steve Rogers will die; there are enough reasons that agree with me. But I might be wrong and I do actually hope I am wrong. Chris Evan’s Captain America is really good.