Though Captain Marvel exists in its own relatively isolated point on the MCU timeline, this is still a Marvel Studios film we’re talking about, meaning that the feature holds quite a few connections to fellow franchise entries. And in a new piece from MCU Cosmic, Jeremy Conrad suggests two movies that you might want to revisit before giving Carol Danvers’ solo debut a try.
With a director as famously nostalgic as J.J. Abrams at the the helm, it's strange to think that The Force Awakens essentially denied the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy the opportunity to reunite the three stars of the Original Trilogy when the movie killed off Han Solo, and if you ask actor Mark Hamill, this missed opportunity was a “big mistake.”
Going by a recent Production Weekly listing, the long-awaited Black Widow solo movie is set begin filming in June, suggesting that Marvel Studios and director Cate Shortland still have a few more months to get a cast together. And according to a new report from That Hashtag Show, Emma Watson of Beauty and the Beast and Harry Potter fame is currently a frontrunner for a lead role.
Last August, the news broke that director Danny Boyle departed from Bond 25 due to “creative differences” – an explanation so vague that it’s no wonder the internet has since offered a variety of conflicting reports about what really happened behind the scenes.
It’s now been over four weeks since a TV spot for Avengers: Endgame dropped during the Super Bowl, and given how quickly and thoroughly the fans have been scrutinizing every bit of footage released from the Avengers: Infinity War sequel, you wouldn’t think that there’d be anything left to unpack from the 30-second preview. Nonetheless, a recent Reddit post has managed to shed new light on an issue that many of us assumed had long been put to bed.
It’s long been a popular theory that Avengers: Endgame will see Earth’s Mightiest Heroes journey into the past, and in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published a couple of months ago, Captain Marvel star Samuel L. Jackson seemed to add a lot of credence to the claim when he casually mentioned that Carol Danvers is “one of the few people in the Marvel universe that can time travel.”
While famous figures from both sides of the aisle have often been quick to dismiss the ongoing rivalry between Marvel and DC, that hasn’t stopped the fans from continuing to find new topics to fight about, with a recent tweet from The Atlantic staff writer Jemele Hill inspiring fresh debate on the relative merits of two major villains.
For all the fan art that’s emerged in these last few months showing Zac Efron as the MCU’s Wolverine, the recent hearsay suggests that the Neighbors star may end up landing a part in the DCEU instead, as a character in the upcoming Green Lantern Corps film. And while we’ve yet to see any confirmation that Efron is even being eyed for a role, artist Mizuri has offered their impression of how the actor might look as cinema’s first Kyle Rayner.
Before the passing of Carrie Fisher back in 2016, J.J. Abrams reportedly had big plans lined up for Leia Organa in Star Wars: Episode IX, but while the movie has since undergone rewrites, Leia is still getting some screen time by way of unused footage from the filming of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.
We’re still over nine months away from the release of Star Wars: Episode IX, and so far, official details on the film are in short supply, but for what it’s worth, Oscar Isaac seems very happy with the movie he’s helped make.
