Captain America 4 is reportedly separate from the rumored return of Chris Evans to the MCU. Spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier finale ahead…
According to Deadline, who first broke the news of Evans' rumored return, Captain America 4 could be centered on Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson, and Evans' reported return would be in a different project.
Of course, it's still very early days with Captain America 4, which was recently announced and has yet to be officially confirmed by Marvel. It's very likely the movie will feature Mackie's Sam as Captain America, though. Sam took up the mantle in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's finale (to the internet's delight), and a title card at the end of the episode read "Captain America and the Winter Soldier." With that in mind, it seems unlikely Captain America 4 would pivot to something else entirely.
Deadline also said in their original report that a returning Steve Rogers would have a role in the MCU akin to Tony Stark's post-Iron Man 3, so potentially showing up in other heroes' movies.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier went out with a bang, with plenty of plot threads left tantalizingly unresolved: there's Sharon Carter apparently shaping up to be a new big bad in the MCU, while Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, AKA Val, seems to be setting up an anti-superhero squad of her own.
