Locked CAPTAIN MARVEL Movie (First Official Look)

[Strange King]

Brie Larson seems like an "it" girl choice.

Maybe she has the acting chops, but I don't see the stature or presence.

You got to get the right actress first.

Send her through a 300 movie type boot camp, she will have the presence.

As long as she's not 5'2 this won't be hard to pull off.

 

[Strange King]

Seriously, the first Avengers made no goddamn sense, and most people never even realized it because it was just so cool to see all of those heroes together in the same movie.

Some of the delivered lines were cringe-worthy, too. Loki's "something something.... THE WAR!" made me recoil, and Black Widow somehow pulling one over on the literal/figurative god of mischief with some horrific acting left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

You have to look deeper. Loki got the best of everyone. Remember his goal

 

[Seriously-Dead]

Brie Larson seems like an "it" girl choice.

Maybe she has the acting chops, but I don't see the stature or presence.

She's got good enough range to have presence - just compare her characters in Room and Scott Pilgrim and they are pretty much night and day.

 

[GSP_37]

Brie Larson had nice private parts in Fappening and did g-string scene, so I approve.

 

[MaveDeltzer]

I don't know what the motivation behind the change , they could have been more corny and made it Major Marvel since Carol Danvers was an airforce major , any ways she doesn't even wear the hotter Ms Marvel Get up anymore .

I wonder if Mar-Vell will even be in this.

 

[anthony stark]

Shazam!



Damn I'm old

 

[Xion385]

Internet's initial reaction: "I HATE HER! WHERE'S EMILY BLUNT?!?!"

When the movie comes out: "OMG! I'M NEVER DOUBTING MARVEL STUDIOS AGAIN! SHE WAS PERFECT!"

@Dragonlordxxxxx


I know who you really wanted


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If it's any consulation, DL, she finally got nude in that Manhattan Night movie. It was great, but you're going to want to murder Adrien Brody out of jealousy.

 

[heavyarms21]

I wonder if Mar-Vell will even be in this.

Nice leave it to Cap to be the one Blunt enough to give her the pep talk to Embrace the Moniker

 

[Organic Damage]

She's got good enough range to have presence - just compare her characters in Room and Scott Pilgrim and they are pretty much night and day.

Yeah they could definitely do much worse.

 

[Tobago Jones]

I was confused , somewhat excited them suddenly relieved. I was thinking Allison Brie , then did a double take and saw it was Brie Larson, still love me some allison brie though.

I did the exact same thing lol.

I'm definitely in favour of casting Brie Larson.

 

[Kiddo716]

needing some Katheryn Winnick up in this role.

 

[leto1776]

I wonder if Mar-Vell will even be in this.

Lamest character ever. An alien who dies of cancer. Drives me nuts that Marvel holds the rights to the Captain Marvel name, and DC had to change their (real, true) Captain Marvel to Shazam.

 

[streets ahead]

Envy Adams is Captain Marvel? I would think Dazzler. Are they're any pro wrestler ladies that can pull this off?

 

[GSP_37]

Needs to be Ms. Marvel with thong buns costume or it'll surely be a huge financial flop.

 

[scorpipede]

Lamest character ever. An alien who dies of cancer. Drives me nuts that Marvel holds the rights to the Captain Marvel name, and DC had to change their (real, true) Captain Marvel to Shazam.

is that a true story? Shazam came long before Captain Marvel.


Really just popped in to say that Brie has a gigantic face. It's everywhere. I always thought she was a good actress and she could probably do well in this role but her fucking face is ever where. I like Strahovsky for this. Of course, I like her for a lot of things.

 

[Hyperglide]

@Dragonlordxxxxx


I know who you really wanted


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She was my top.choice. Awesome poster.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

is that a true story? Shazam came long before Captain Marvel.

Update: June 3, 2016

How the CAPTAIN MARVEL Name Ended Up With Marvel Comics

Marvel has officially published stories featuring seven — count ’em, seven — versions of Captain Marvel, and that’s not even counting any of the various alternate-universe incarnations. Why so many iterations? Well, basically, Marvel will lose its trademark on the name “Captain Marvel” if the company doesn’t publish a comic with that title every few years. But even then, why couldn’t they trot out the same version of the character every odd-numbered year or something? Because since the death of the original Captain Marvel in 1982, Marvel hasn’t had a Captain Marvel with staying power.

Until now. Carol Danvers has been a part of the Marvel Universe for nearly as long as the original Mar-Vell. She debuted in 1968, just a few months after Mar-Vell’s first appearance in late 1967. Though she’s had a few other names over the years (Binary and Warbird), Danvers has spent most of the past 35 years with the name “Ms. Marvel.”

Her DNA melded with with the original Captain Marvel’s after the accidental overloading of a Kree matter-shaping weapon, and she ended up with Kree-like powers. You can’t get powers in a more Marvel-like way, really.

But let’s talk about the weird story of how Marvel ended up with a character named Captain Marvel to begin with. Oddly enough, it’s because of DC Comics. In 1941, DC sued Fawcett Comics over that company’s Captain Marvel character (the one who said, “SHAZAM!”) claiming that he infringed on DC’s Superman copyright. The case dragged on for years, with Fawcett continuing to publish their Captain Marvel comics throughout. Finally, in 1952, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Captain Marvel was indeed a Superman rip-off. It also found DC hadn’t done the due diligence to uphold its Superman copyright, which meant the court couldn’t actually stop Fawcett from publishing the comics.

Even so, sales of superhero comics were taking a nosedive in the early 1950s, and Fawcett wasn’t interested in paying for further court proceedings. The company settled out of court with DC and opted to cease publication of not just Captain Marvel, but all of its superhero books.

The name Captain Marvel was available, and by the time Marvel Comics was really taking off in the mid-1960s, it was in the company’s interest to snatch up any name with “Marvel” in it. So they trademarked it. Marvel didn’t actually publish a Captain Marvel comic, however, until DC made some noise about bringing back the Fawcett character, which they’d licensed. DC just couldn’t call the book Captain Marvel or advertise the name, hence the Shazam! title.

That’s how both companies could have characters named Captain Marvel, and it put Marvel in a peculiar predicament: Copyrights last for decades upon decades, but trademarks lapse if their owners don’t use them, which meant Marvel had to keep putting out a book with the title Captain Marvel every once in a while or risk the mark expiring, which would surely result in DC publishing a Captain Marvel comic (as opposed to a Shazam! comic).

The Messed-Up History Of Marvel’s ‘Captain Marvel’ And Why It Doesn’t Matter

 

[scorpipede]

Update: June 3, 2016

How the CAPTAIN MARVEL Name Ended Up With Marvel Comics

Marvel has officially published stories featuring seven — count ’em, seven — versions of Captain Marvel, and that’s not even counting any of the various alternate-universe incarnations. Why so many iterations? Well, basically, Marvel will lose its trademark on the name “Captain Marvel” if the company doesn’t publish a comic with that title every few years. But even then, why couldn’t they trot out the same version of the character every odd-numbered year or something? Because since the death of the original Captain Marvel in 1982, Marvel hasn’t had a Captain Marvel with staying power.

Until now. Carol Danvers has been a part of the Marvel Universe for nearly as long as the original Mar-Vell. She debuted in 1968, just a few months after Mar-Vell’s first appearance in late 1967. Though she’s had a few other names over the years (Binary and Warbird), Danvers has spent most of the past 35 years with the name “Ms. Marvel.”

Her DNA melded with with the original Captain Marvel’s after the accidental overloading of a Kree matter-shaping weapon, and she ended up with Kree-like powers. You can’t get powers in a more Marvel-like way, really.

But let’s talk about the weird story of how Marvel ended up with a character named Captain Marvel to begin with. Oddly enough, it’s because of DC Comics. In 1941, DC sued Fawcett Comics over that company’s Captain Marvel character (the one who said, “SHAZAM!”) claiming that he infringed on DC’s Superman copyright. The case dragged on for years, with Fawcett continuing to publish their Captain Marvel comics throughout. Finally, in 1952, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Captain Marvel was indeed a Superman rip-off. It also found DC hadn’t done the due diligence to uphold its Superman copyright, which meant the court couldn’t actually stop Fawcett from publishing the comics.

Even so, sales of superhero comics were taking a nosedive in the early 1950s, and Fawcett wasn’t interested in paying for further court proceedings. The company settled out of court with DC and opted to cease publication of not just Captain Marvel, but all of its superhero books.

The name Captain Marvel was available, and by the time Marvel Comics was really taking off in the mid-1960s, it was in the company’s interest to snatch up any name with “Marvel” in it. So they trademarked it. Marvel didn’t actually publish a Captain Marvel comic, however, until DC made some noise about bringing back the Fawcett character, which they’d licensed. DC just couldn’t call the book Captain Marvel or advertise the name, hence the Shazam! title.

That’s how both companies could have characters named Captain Marvel, and it put Marvel in a peculiar predicament: Copyrights last for decades upon decades, but trademarks lapse if their owners don’t use them, which meant Marvel had to keep putting out a book with the title Captain Marvel every once in a while or risk the mark expiring, which would surely result in DC publishing a Captain Marvel comic (as opposed to a Shazam! comic).

The Messed-Up History Of Marvel’s ‘Captain Marvel’ And Why It Doesn’t Matter

that is interesting indeed. I alwasy thought there was enough of a difference between Shazam and Superman to warrant having both characters.

 

[streets ahead]

@Dragonlordxxxxx

Can we get a score for Brie here?

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

@Dragonlordxxxxx

Can we get a score for Brie here?

Ok. I'll try to work on it later but I surmise she is in the high 80s if we're using my 'Marvelous Measurements' scale.