Captain Marvel Trailer #1 - Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson

HOLLYWOOD — (09-19-18) — Captain Marvel is the highly anticipated Sci-Fi American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Captain Marvel is intended to be the twenty-first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

The Captain Marvel (2019) film is written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The screenplay had collaboration from Meg LeFauve, Nicole Perlman, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Liz Flahive, and Carly Mensch.

Marvel Studios casting agents get extra points on the film’s lineup of talent. Brie Larson was tapped to take the title role, alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, Mckenna Grace, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law.

Synopsis:
Set in the 1990s, the story follows Danvers as she becomes Captain Marvel after the Earth is caught in the center of an intergalactic conflict between two alien worlds.”

Production:
Marvel Studios began development on the film as early as May 2013 and officially announced it in October 2014, making it the studio’s first female-led superhero film. Perlman and LeFauve were hired as a writing team the following April after submitting separate takes on the character and Larson was announced as Carol Danvers at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Boden and Fleck were brought on board to direct in April 2017, and Robertson-Dworet soon took over scripting duties, the story of which borrows elements from the 1971 “Kree–Skrull War” comic book storyline. Location filming began in January 2018, with principal photography beginning that March, taking place in California and Louisiana. By the start of filming, the remainder of the cast was filled out as were the additional screenwriters. Filming concluded in July 2018.

According to Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Captain Marvel is scheduled to be released in the United States on March 8, 2019, in IMAX and 3D.