Captain Marvel (film)

"I know a renegade soldier when I see one. Never occured to me one might come from above."

- Nick Fury to Carol Danvers

Captain Marvel is a 2019 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superheroine of the same name. It is the twenty-first installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the ninth installment of Phase Three. The movie was released on March 8, 2019.

It is directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, and stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, Djimon Hounsou as Korath, Lee Pace as Ronan, Lashana Lynch as Maria Rambeau, Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva, Annette Bening as the Supreme Intelligence, Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, and Jude Law as Yon-Rogg.

Synopsis
Set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that follows the journey of Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. While a galactic war between two alien races reaches Earth, Danvers finds herself and a small cadre of allies at the center of the maelstrom.

Plot
For a long period of time, the Kree and the Skrulls have been in constant war with each other. Since the Kree is the ultimately superior species due to their technological advancements, the Skrulls have been numbered down significantly.

In 1995, in the height of the war, Vers resides on Hala, the homeworld of the Kree. Vers has constant nightmares that haunt her, mainly consisting of an aircraft crash on a foreign peninsula, and watching a woman being murdered in front of her by an unknown assailant. She also remembers this as the earliest memory of when she gained her powers. Vers now trains tirelessly with Starforce commander Yon-Rogg, aiming to become a member of the team. Although Yon-Rogg believes she is ready, the Supreme Intelligence of the Kree Imperial figures otherwise but nonetheless allows Vers on the team, which consists of trained sniper Minn-Erva, and operatives Korath, Bron-Char and Att-Lass.

Yon-Rogg gives the Starforce a briefing, to rescue Kree spy Soh-Larr from Torfa. Yon-Rogg instructs the team to perform an incursion on the planet, but the team quickly realize it is an ambush by the Skrulls, commanded by General Talos. Vers finds Soh-Larr, but realize he has been compromised by Talos, who kidnaps her to a Skrull spacecraft, while the rest of the Starforce retreat. On the spacecraft, Talos gains access to Vers' memories from various points in her life. Vers awakens just as Talos unlocks her memories, revealing that he wants information from her pertaining to a Light-Speed Engine. She orchestrates an escape, with Talos, Norex and two other Skrulls in pursuit, crash-landing to Planet C-53 in escape pods.

Vers and the Skrulls crash in Los Angeles. While Talos and the Skrulls assume the role of surfers on a beach the next day, Vers crashes into a small shopping center. After a brief communication with Yon-Rogg, learning she will be stranded on Earth for the next 22 hours, she attracts the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. after a night-shift security guard reports her in. Vers is interrogated by Agents Nick Fury and Phil Coulson, who dismiss her Kree authority and her claims that the Skrulls have arrived on Earth.

The interrogation is interrupted by one of the Skrulls: Vers give chase to the Skrull on a subway train, but the Skrull evades her and escapes amid a crowd at a. Fury and Coulson give chase to Vers, but Fury realizes that Coulson was actually abandoned at the shopping complex, and the Coulson sitting passenger-side next to him is a second Skrull impostor. The two have a scuffle, and the Skrull is killed when their car crashes into oncoming traffic.

Vers utilizes a Skrull crystal containing her lost memories and begins recollecting them. She dresses in a civilian outfit and steals a motorcycle to Pancho's Beer. Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. director Keller take possession of the deceased Skrull and while performing an autopsy, Keller authorizes Fury to work with Vers, and eventually hand her in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. Fury finds Vers at the bar, and now fully convinced that the Skrulls are a threat, the two question each other to ensure that they are not Skrull impostors.

Fury takes her to the Joint USAFA Facility in Nevada to confirm Vers' claims of her origins on Earth. She learns that she was a fighter pilot for the U.S. Air Force alongside a fellow comrade, Maria Rambeau, both under the tutelage of a woman named Dr. Wendy Lawson for the Pegasus Project. Vers recognizes Lawson as the woman murdered in her dreams.

Fury reports to Director Keller of their location, and a posse of agents led by Keller arrive, including Coulson. Upon realizing that Keller had been compromised by Talos, Fury goes rogue with Vers; Coulson allows the two to escape. Motivated to seek answers from Rambeau, Fury and Vers, accompanied by Goose, a cat who they encountered at the facility, hijack a Quadjet to the Rambeau Residence in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both Rambeau and her daughter Monica are surprised to see Vers still alive.

The two identify Vers as Carol Danvers, a fighter pilot who was seemingly killed with Lawson in a test flight gone awry. They also identify Goose as Lawson and Danvers' pet.

Talos and Norex arrive at the Rambeau Residence, only to negotiate a temporary alliance. Talos reveals that Danvers has been deceived by the Kree and that the Skrulls are simply homeless refugees constantly on the run from the Starforce on the brink of extinction. He also confides in Danvers that Lawson was actually a Kree double-agent named Mar-Vell who was attempting to help the Skrulls by testing the light-speed engine, which can help them flee Kree occupation forever. Talos reveals that there is a cloaked ship in Earth's orbit, a former laboratory that Mar-Vell had used, containing the last of the Skrull refugees.

At this revelation, and after Talos activates a recorded message confirming Danvers' role in the crash, she finally recollects the memory of what happened: The assassination was orchestrated by none other than Yon-Rogg and the Starforce, who had uncovered Mar-Vell's deception. Mar-Vell instructed Danvers to destroy the energy core powering the light-speed engine, but in an attempt to destroy it, Danvers gained cosmic abilities after absorbing the energy from the exploding engine. With no recollection of her memories, Yon-Rogg was authorized by the Supreme Intelligence to train her into becoming a Kree operative after performing a blood transfusion on her.

Meanwhile, Yon-Rogg arrives on Earth to confront Danvers. He quickly realizes that the Danvers he was communicating with was Norex, and swiftly executes him upon learning of the laboratory orbiting Earth. Danvers, Fury, Talos, Maria, and Goose take the Quadjet to the laboratory, and Talos is reunited with his family. Danvers finds the source of the energy core - the Tesseract - but they are suddenly confronted by the Starforce. In a final conversation with the Supreme Intelligence, Danvers removes the inhibitor that has been limiting her full power potential.

A battle ensues; Fury realizes that Goose is not a cat, but a Flerken, and witnesses his abilities firsthand after she swallows the Tesseract and several Kree soldiers. In a battle for the Tesseract, supposedly hidden in a lunchbox, Danvers quickly overpowers the Starforce, while the Skrulls escape on the Quadjet with Rambeau and Fury. Yon-Rogg instructs Minn-Erva, the last operable Starforce member, to take down the Quadjet, but Rambeau shoots down her spacecraft and kills her.

As an emergency resort, Yon-Rogg authorizes Ronan the Accuser, a Kree warlord who he has been in contact with throughout, to dispatch Kree Ballistic Missiles at Earth to kill Danvers and the Skrulls. Danvers quickly destroys the missiles, prompting Ronan to retreat. Yon-Rogg arrives on Earth, and fully determined, he challenges Danvers to a duel, much like her previous training exercises on Hala. Instead, Danvers stuns Yon-Rogg with a photon blast and reroutes his craft back to Hala with a warning for the Supreme Intelligence that she will be coming.

In the aftermath, Goose claws Fury's left eye while his guard is down, blinding him. The Skrulls seek temporary shelter at the Rambeau Residence, where Danvers vows to find them a new home. Before Danvers departs Earth with the Skrulls, she hands Fury a modified Transmitter Pager in the event of an emergency. Coulson meets with Fury back in Los Angeles about starting a new Protector Initiative. Upon learning that Danvers' call sign was "Avenger" during her time in the Air Force, Fury renames it to the Avengers Initiative in her honor.

In a mid-credits scene set in 2018, Danvers arrives at the New Avengers Facility in search for Fury after the pager was activated, only to be met by Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and James Rhodes, all dismayed by the events of the Decimation. A final post-credits shows Goose in Fury's office, vomiting the Tesseract onto his desk.

Cast

 * Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Vers/Captain Marvel / Norex
 * London Fuller and Mckenna Grace as Young Carol Danvers
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Nick Fury
 * Ben Mendelsohn as Talos / Keller
 * Djimon Hounsou as Korath the Pursuer
 * Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser
 * Lashana Lynch as Maria Rambeau / Norex
 * Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva
 * Annette Bening as Mar-Vell/Wendy Lawson / Supreme Intelligence
 * Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson / Skrull
 * Jude Law as Yon-Rogg
 * Colin Ford as Steve Danvers
 * Kenneth Mitchell as Joseph Danvers
 * Algenis Perez Soto as Att-Lass / Skrull
 * Rune Temte as Bron-Char
 * Robert Kazinsky as Don
 * Vik Sahay as a Hero Torfan
 * Ana Ayora as Agent Whitcher
 * Chuku Modu as Soh-Larr / Talos
 * Akira Akbar as Monica Rambeau
 * Azari Akbar as Young Monica Rambeau
 * Gonzo, Rizzo, Archie and Reggie as Goose
 * Stan Lee as Stan Lee
 * Matthew Maher as Norex
 * Sharon Blynn as Soren
 * Pete Ploszek as Bret Johnson
 * Richard Zeringue as Tom
 * Matthew Kimmel as Spider
 * Stephen Del Bagno as Cajun
 * Connor Ryan as Cadet Livanson (uncredited)
 * Kelly Sue DeConnick as a cameo
 * Chris Evans as Steve Rogers (mid-credits scene)
 * Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff (mid-credits scene)
 * Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner (mid-credits scene)
 * Don Cheadle as James Rhodes (mid-credits scene)

Locations

 * Hala
 * Torfa
 * Earth
 * Los Angeles, California
 * Atlanta, Georgia
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Field Office
 * Rosamund, California
 * Pancho's Beer
 * Nevada
 * Joint USAFA Facility
 * New Orleans, Louisiana
 * Rambeau Residence
 * New York
 * New Avengers Facility
 * Lancaster, California (flashback)
 * Edwards Air Force Base (flashback)
 * Belfast, Northern Ireland (mentioned)
 * Belgrade, Serbia (mentioned)
 * Budapest, Hungary (mentioned)
 * Bucharest, Romania (mentioned)
 * Huntsville, Alabama (mentioned)
 * Memphis, Tennessee (mentioned)
 * Havana, Cuba (mentioned)
 * Norway (screen)
 * Japan (screen)
 * Indonesia (screen)
 * Kenya (screen)
 * Skrullos (mentioned)
 * Skrullos (mentioned)

Events

 * Kree-Skrull War
 * Ambush on Torfa
 * Escape from Skrulls' Ship
 * Chase of the Skrulls
 * Ambush at Joint USAFA Facility
 * Battle at Mar-Vell's Laboratory
 * Assassination of Mar-Vell (flashback)
 * Cold War (mentioned)
 * Decimation (mentioned)

Items

 * Photon Inhibitor
 * Starforce Uniform
 * Kree Helmet
 * Kree Pistol
 * Skrull Blaster
 * Magnitron Gauntlets
 * Kree Energy Swords
 * Kree Sniper Rifle
 * Accusers Uniform
 * Cosmi-Rod
 * Transmitter Pager
 * Tesseract
 * Space Stone
 * Kree Balistic Missiles
 * Light-Speed Engine (flashback)

Vehicles

 * Helion
 * Accuser Warships
 * Mar-Vell's Laboratory
 * Skrulls' Space Pods
 * F-22 Raptor
 * Quadjet
 * Kree Space Pods
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Sentient Species

 * Humans
 * Kree
 * Skrulls
 * Torfans

Creatures

 * Flerken
 * Goose
 * Cats (mentioned)
 * Dogs (mentioned)

Organizations

 * Kree Empire
 * Starforce
 * Accusers
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Avengers Initiative (mentioned)
 * United States Air Force
 * Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
 * Los Angeles Police Department
 * Avengers
 * NASA (mentioned)
 * NASA (mentioned)
 * NASA (mentioned)

Mentioned

 * Yon-Rogg's Father
 * Yon-Rogg's Brother
 * Nick Fury's Mother
 * Marie Danvers
 * Maria Rambeau's Father
 * Maria Rambeau's Mother
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Production
In May 2012, there were conflicting reports about a Ms. Marvel script in development at Marvel Studios.

In March 2014, Kevin Feige confirmed "[they had] talked a lot" about the character headlining their first film with a female protagonist while acknowledging she had taken on the mantle of Captain Marvel in the comics. Later he mentioned Captain Marvel as one of the films he is asked the most about from fans.

On June 1, 2016, Brie Larson was confirmed to be in talks for the main role in the film, with and  as contenders to direct.

On July 23, 2016, at San Diego Comic-Con, Larson was confirmed as having the role of Captain Marvel.

The film started production in Atlanta on January 8, 2018, and used as it's home base.

On April 19, 2017, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck were confirmed to be the directors of the film.

On July 22, 2017, at San Diego Comic-Con 2017, the first details of the film were unveiled, with Marvel Studios confirming will be set in the 1990s featuring Nick Fury in a co-starring role and that the Skrulls will be the main antagonists. Concept art of Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel in costume and battling Skrulls was also unveiled.

On August 2, 2017, new details of the script for Captain Marvel were reported by various media outlets which included the appearance of Mar-Vell, a version of the Psychic-Magnitron accident that changes DNA and genetic makeup of Carol Danvers to half-human, half-Kree that made her immortal by stopping the aging process, as well as Carol's former identity of Ms. Marvel and costume appearing.

On August 15, 2017, it was announced that Geneva Robertson-Dworet would take over writing for the script that was originally written by Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve.

On October 23, 2017, Kevin Feige stated in an interview with IndieWire that Captain Marvel will tie-in to Avengers: Endgame stating "We're really focusing on Captain Marvel and the work that Anna and Ryan are doing. It's going to be a big part of heading toward this epic conclusion and epic finale of 22 movies over the course of 10 years." He also said, "Really, the focus is on delivering Captain Marvel and then bringing Captain Marvel's story into the final of everything we've started thus far".

On October 25, 2017, Variety reported that Ben Mendelsohn was in talks with directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to portray a major antagonist in the film.

On November 22, 2017, Variety reported that Jude Law joined the film as Yon-Rogg. The role was previously offered to, but he refused it.

On January 4, 2018, Deadline reported that joined the film as a co-star in an unspecified role.

On January 19, 2018, it was reported that principal photography started at.

On March 13, 2018, it was reported that DeWanda Wise was no longer attached to the film due to scheduling conflicts with her Netflix series .

On March 26, 2018, the full cast and synopsis of the film was revealed, with Clark Gregg, Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou reprising their roles respectively as Phil Coulson, Ronan the Accuser and Korath the Pursuer. Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte and Mckenna Grace also joined the cast.

Maj. Stephen Del Bagno of the served as a consultant on the film. He was tragically killed when his jet crashed at  in Nevada on April 5, 2018, with Marvel Studios and Brie Larson both paying tribute to him on Twitter.

On July 6, 2018, principal photography on the film concluded.

Music

 * Captain Marvel - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack