A few new details for the upcomingCaptain Marvelmovie have emerged today, thanks to a cover story rollout fromEW. It looks like when we first meet the titular hero Carol Danvers (played byBrie Larson), it will not be to uncover her origins. Instead, the movie will begin with Carol fully in command of her powers, having “left her earthly life behind to join an elite Kree military team called Starforce, led byJude Law’s enigmatic commander.” However, “before long, Carol finds herself back on Earth with new questions about her past. And she’s got a formidable enemy in the form of the Skrulls — the notorious Marvel baddies made all the more dangerous by their shape-shifting abilities.Ben Mendelsohnplays their leader Talos, who spearheads a Skrull invasion of Earth.”
Captain Marvelwill be Marvel Studios’ first film centered on a female superhero (and one who has the title to herself –Ant-Man and the Waspmarked the studio’s first female co-lead filmEvangeline Lillyas Wasp). As we wrote recently when Brie Larson revealed somebehind-the-scenes imagesfrom the end of filming,Captain Marvelfollows Carol Danvers as she “finds herself caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races, the Kree and the Skrulls. The film also takes place in the 1990s and will thus be Marvel’s first proper prequel.”
“This is not a superhero who’s perfect or otherworldly or has some godlike connection,” says Anna Boden, who’s the MCU’s first female director. “But what makes her special is just how human she is. She’s funny, but doesn’t always tell good jokes. And she can be headstrong and reckless and doesn’t always make the perfect decisions for herself. But at her core, she has so much heart and so much humanity — and all of its messiness.”
Oscar-winner Larson will be joined bySamuel L. JacksonandClark Greggas S.H.I.E.L.D. members Nick Fury and Phil Coulson, respectively (we learned recently that the filmwill utilize digital de-aging technologythroughout to make Jackson and Gregg appear younger). The film also features a couple of other familiar MCU faces in the form ofLee Paceas Ronan andDjimon Hounsouas Korath, a pair of Kree we first met inGuardians of the Galaxy. The cast also includesLashana Lynch,Gemma Chan,Algenis Perez Soto,Rune Temte, andMcKenna Grace.
Captain Marvelis set for a March 8th, 2019 release. Boden andRyan Fleck(Mississipi Grind) directed from a script byMeg LeFauve(Inside Out),Nicole Perlman(Guardians of the Galaxy),Geneva Robertson-Dworet(Tomb Raider),Liz Flahive&Carly Mensch(GLOW), as well as Boden and Fleck.
