Disney+’s New Marvel Series 'The Falcon And The Winter Soldier' To Feature S’pore-inspired Outlaw Island

Singapore has a part to play in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well, kinda sorta.

Okay, let us rephrase: A Singapore-inspired island has a part to play in the upcoming Marvel/Disney+ mini-series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan.

Observant (read: hardcore) fans — like Luke Hatcher — came to this conclusion after they spotted something familiar in recently leaked pictures from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier set in Atlanta, Georgia.

Definitely Madripoor's flag from the comics pic.twitter.com/BKKyYymjiW
— Jayden Marvel (@GemBiscuits) December 29, 2019

See the red insignia on the wall the left of the ladder? It's the flag of the fictional island of Madripoor. (Noticed the similarities it has with ours?) And if you know your Marvel lore: Madripoor is inspired by Singapore and its past as a sanctuary for pirates.

madripoor flag — Double take: The flag of fictional island city of Madripoor

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Birth of a nation: Madripoor made its first appearance in 'The New Mutants' #32 in 1985.

Created by Chris Laremont and Steve Leialoha, Madripoor debuted in 1985’s New Mutants #32. Located in the south of the Malacca Straits, the island-city is likened to — Star Wars reference alert — the Mos Eisley Cantina of the X-Men universe, a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
So what’s the significance of this piece of intel? Cheap thrills perhaps? It means that Disney/Marvel Studios is gradually integrating the once Fox-owned X-Men properties into the larger MCU sandbox.
Are the X-Men making an appearance on the six-part show? (In the comics, Wolverine is known to hang out there a lot.) More importantly, how will Madripoor’s multi-cultural society — just like ours — be reflected in its casting?
Madripoor isn’t the first Singapore-inspired city in the MCU. Xandar, the Nova Corps’ HQ planet in Guardians of the Galaxy was based on Gardens by the Bay. (In other Singapore-related MCU trivia, don't forget Chin Han was in Captain America: The Winter Solder.)
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Space design: Planet Xandar in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' is inspired by Gardens by the Bay.

Set after the events of Avengers: Endgame (after Captain America handed his shield over to Falcon), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier also stars Emily VanCamp, reprising her Winter Soldier role as ex-S.H.I.E.L.D agent Sharon Carter; Daniel Brühl, back as Civil War baddie Helmut Zemo; and franchise newbie Wyatt Russell.
The show, slated to drop later this year, is one of eight MCU-adjacent spin-offs currently being made exclusively for the Disney+ streaming service. The others include Loki, WandaVision, Hawkeye, and the alt-reality-themed animated series What If…?
Disney+ was launched in the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand last year. It will be introduced across Europe in March. No news on when it will arrive in SE Asia.