Crossbones Will Not Return to the MCU—But ItWasConsidered

Which , even for the world of mirthful book movies where the jaws of death are easily escapable , is in reality quite surprising — consider this is how we last see Frank Grillo ’s sinister soldier of fortune in Captain America : Civil War .

in reality the fact that a potential return for Crossbones was on the cards is n’t exactly Modern . Grillo himself floated the idea on Good Morning Americaback in July last class , saying :

You call back he pop off , do n’t you ? Did you see the body ? What did you see ? I ’m not say anything except that … you did n’t see a body .

Argentina’s President Javier Milei (left) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., holding a chainsaw in a photo posted to Kennedy’s X account on May 27. 2025.

But that sound a turn more like an histrion keeping their options open rather than anything specific . And sure , we did n’t see a body for Crossbones in Civil War ’s opening chronological succession , but it ’s mostly because what was left of him was spatter over the side of edifice in Lagos . diminutive , flyspeck opus of him . Because he got blow all the hell up .

If [ James ] DeMonaco was still require and they issue forth up with a gravid estimate , then I think I would do [ another Purge movie ] . Otherwise , I think I ’m done . Same affair with Captain America . There ’s nowhere for it to go , unless you ’re Captain America or Iron Man . They were speak about it , but I was like , ‘ You know what ? I ’d just rather not do it . ’ I ’m so appreciative and thankful to have been a part of something that braggy . I ’m appreciative of The Purge . It ’s become a part of the mental lexicon and the zeitgeist know what it is , so that ’s been fun . But , it ’s time to move on . Do n’t stick around at the party too long , or you get pink through the ropes .

So while a regaining is n’t in the cards any longer , it seems at some point it was … but how ? That explosion would be pretty arduous for Crossbones to add up back from , without some serious funny al-Qur’an nonsense going on . No matter how , it ’s apparently not something we have to interest about now : Crossbones ’ clock time in the MCU is is over . At least he went out with a bang ?

William Duplessie