Will Avengers 2 Feature The Falcon?

Anthony Mackie, the Gangster Squad (written by Justice League scribe Will Beall) star who will co-star with Thor: The Dark World's Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, has a lot of tenuous connections to the world of comic book movies. And one not so tenuous; he's appearing in Captain America: The Winter Soldier--set to begin filming in the spring--as Captain America's partner Sam Wilson, The Falcon. Now, Mackie has given some people the idea that he'll be appearing in The Avengers 2, as well, answering a reporter's question about prep for the mighty Marvel mega-sequel with a fairly straightforward answer. The Root (via CBM) quote Mackie saying in a Q&A that "I've actually become a gym rat again. But instead of getting bigger -- because the Falcon was written as a man who was 6 foot 4 and 230 pounds; he was massive -- mine is a different take on who he is, as opposed to being specific to the comic book, like all of the Marvel movies. You'll definitely get your Falcon fix, and I will look amazing!" Nothing too revealing there, of course, excepting the fact that--and this is where CBM's parsing of the story comes in--the answer came in response to a question asking what his workout regimen was for "the upcoming The Avengers 2 and Captain America sequel." That Mackie didn't correct the asker may not be enough to put him on a cast list, but certainly -- and especially with all the speculation that runs rampant around the Marvel movies -- enough to put the idea into fans's minds.