Captain Marvel is an upcoming American superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel.
Captain Marvel will be the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise.
The film is written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, with Meg LeFauve, Nicole Perlman, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Liz Flahive, and Carly Mensch also contributing to the screenplay.
Brie Larson stars in 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.
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.