Marvel Studios has the amazing ability to conjure magnificent casting choices out of the ether, perhaps suggesting Stephen Strange himself is on staff. Now THR reports that four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening is joining the cast of CAPTAIN MARVEL.
Details of Bening’s character are under the same veil of secrecy that hides the title for the fourth Avengers film, but sources are indicating that she is some kind of “scientist.” The question remains: evil or benign?
It’s a sharp left turn from Bening’s more recent roles, which have includes smaller outings such as Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool and the Anton Chekov adaptation, The Seagull.
Bening joins Brie Larson as the titular hero, alongside 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.
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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.
It’s due to hit US cinemas ahead of the next Avengers film on 8 May 2019 from Disney.
