"Everything begins with a (her)o" in Captain Marvel. This superhero film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, written by Boden, Fleck and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, based on the Marvel Comics character, and produced by Marvel Studios. It is the twenty-first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Captain Marvel is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrulls. Living on Earth in 1995, she keeps having recurring memories of another life as U.S. Air Force pilot Carol Danvers. With help from Nick Fury, Captain Marvel tries to uncover the secrets of her past while harnessing her special superpowers to end the war with the evil Skrulls.
As early as May 2013, development on the film began. In October 2014, the film was officially announced with a July 6, 2018 release date as part of their slate of films for Phase Three. The film marks Marvel Studios' first female-led superhero film. Executive producer Louis D'Esposito said the studio was interested in a female-driven superhero film and had plenty of "strong female characters." In February 2015, Marvel pushed the release date back to November 2, 2018. In April, Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve were hired to pen the script, submitting separate takes on the character. The story would centre on the Carol Danvers iteration, and would borrow elements from Roy Thomas's 1971 Kree–Skrull War comic book storyline. In October, Marvel changed the release date once again, moving it back to March 8, 2019. In April 2016, several were rumored for the title role before Brie Larson was confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. In the same month, Boden and Fleck were hired to helm the film after several prominent female directors were on the short list. In mid August, Robertson-Dworet was hired to take over scripting duties after LeFauve left the project. By late January 2018, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law rounded the cast. In mid March, principal photography began, and wrapped in early July. Locations included Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, and throughout California. In May, Pinar Toprak signed on to compose the film's score, making her the first woman to score an MCU film. Several visual effects houses created the film's visual effects, including Lola VFX who worked on the de-aging of Jackson and Gregg. Lola VFX used several of Jackson's films in the 90s as references for Jackson's de-aging. In September, the first trailer was released and received more than one hundred nine million global views in just twenty-four hours, making it the eleventh most viewed trailer ever.
Larson stars in the title role, with Jackson, Mendelsohn, Hounsou, Pace, Lynch, Chan, Bening, Gregg, and Law. The cast gave terrific performances with Larson gave a commanding performance as the titular heroine, despite moments of imperatives to eradicate any hint of bossiness or anger from her character.
Captain Marvel isn't groundbreaking in its execution, but its exhibition of strong female heroism makes another solid entry in the MCU.
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