Anthony Mackie's Falcon and Frank Grillo's Crossbones were two characters that brought a major punch, literally, to the last Captain America movie, but when will the characters be seen again and will their roles be expanded moving forward?

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Captain America 3 directors Anthony and Joe Russo spoke with Collider on Thursday about Falcon compared to the role of Winter Solider in the next movie.

"You know, to be honest with you, it's just - even though there's sort of a grand plan of things, Kevin Feige also has this awesome attitude of one movie at a time, which I think is very healthy, not to get too far ahead of yourself," Anthony said.

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"And I think even though we can see in the distant horizon some contracts coming to an end and whatnot, and sort of wondering about what happens, I think the truth is, we're not close enough to it to really be addressing it on a narrative level yet."

He added that Falcon would be "taking over the mantle" in the next movie.

"Did I just say that? I meant to say Falcon. Falcon takes over the mantle at the end of Cap 3," Joe said. "It's a process that, you know, you have to tell the best story that you can now and the contract issue's not necessarily something that we're worried all that much about."

As for Crossbones, the directors couldn't divulge too much about where the character was headed after taking on some injuries at the end of Winter Soldier.

"That's a tough one. I mean, listen, we didn't - he's not alive at the end of Winter Solider for no reason, so let's just say that. But, you know, strict Marvel policy of nondisclosure," Joe said.

Captain America 3 is set to open in theaters on May 6, 2016.

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