Carol Corps have a new reason to rejoice: Marvel Studios has announced the start of filming on CAPTAIN MARVEL, the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They’ve also given us the first official look at Brie Larson as Carol Danvers. It’s due to hit US cinemas on 8 May 2019.
Principal photography has begun in Los Angeles. The production will also shoot on location in Fresno, California, as well as locations in Louisiana, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
The really interesting bits and pieces come with the official cast list. Marvel lists Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, McKenna Grace, with Clark Gregg, and Jude Law.
A couple of those names stand out as familiar, especially in the case of Clark Gregg, Djimon Hounsou, and Lee Pace, who played Agent Coulson, Korath, and Ronan the Accuser respectively in the MCU. They are all distinct for not faring so well at the end of The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy respectively. This is because CAPTAIN MARVEL has been pegged as a prequel, previously announced to be set in the 1990s.
This looks like it will all come together to form somethnig distinct in the MCU, although we always worry when the writing team is referred to as an “all star collective.” Indeed, there are seven credited writers: Meg LeFauve, Nicole Perlman, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Liz Flahive & Carly Mensch, and directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck.
