Marvel Studios is looking to get filming going in February 2018 for the Captain Marvel film that’s due out on March 8th, 2019 and we’ve had some decent little tidbits so far with who all is involved and the recent addition of Samuel L. Jackson to the project. SDCC 2017 revealed a bit more as the film is one that’s going to step out of continuity a bit, landing amid the two Avengers movies, as the studio revealed that it’ll take place int he 1990’s. With that being a key piece to it that means it’ll be either in secret, since Iron Man was the first big public stepping out for the most part, and it will be tied to SHIELD similar to how Ant-Man was with its flashback elements and the inclusion of Jackson. Who, amusingly, won’t have his eye patch as both eyes are in place during this period.
Of even more interest for fans like myself is that the villains of the film will be Skrulls. They’ve not been a part of the film universe so far other than some potential oblique nods, but that’ll make for some interesting CG material to take place and a potentially interesting visual upgrade from the old days in terms of costuming.
“There’s an entire section of our comics that deal with the Kree/Skrull War and we haven’t tapped into that at all,” said Marvel’s Kevin Feige. “And we thought that would be an amazing, huge portion of mythology to belong to Captain Marvel.”
Captain Marvel will see Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck tackling this project as co-directors, which is being written by Inside Out co-writer Meg LaFauve with Guardians of the Galaxy writer Nicole Perlman.
Boden and Fleck have worked together on multiple projects over the years, including the 2015 film Mississipi Grind, and have dabbled in both film and TV with work recently on The Affair and Billions. That blend of mediums is something that Marvel Studios has been attracted to in their talent as there are things that you can bring across from both to make for an engaging film, especially when it comes to character work.
