‘Captain Marvel’ Origin Story Will Be Changed A Bit Thanks To Another Superhero Origin Story
Now thatBrie Larsonhas been officially announcedto take the lead role in the forthcoming cosmic superhero flickCaptain Marvel, we can start talking about the finer details of the movie. The good news is we’ll get to seeCaptain Marvelin action inThe Avengers: Infinity War, something that wasaccidentally revealed by Anthony & Joe Russoawhile back. But what about the hero’s own film? What can we expect from her first solo adventure? Well, for one thing, she’ll have a different origin story.
Find out why we’re getting a newCaptain Marvelorigin story after the jump.
Captain Marvelco-writerNicole Perlmanrecently appeared on theAny TimeWith Vin Fortepodcast (viaCBM), and she revealed that the origin being crafted with fellow writerMeg LaFauvewill be different from how the character came to power when she debuted in the 1960s. And while she wouldn’t explain how the origin would differ from the original incarnation ofCaptain Marvel, Perlman did explain why this change is being made for the Marvel cinematic universe:
For those who don’t know, in the comics, the character of Carol Danvers was actually the love interest of a character who was already known as Captain Marvel. He was a Kree warrior called Mar-Vell who was in disguise on Earth. However, Carol’s life changed when she was caught in an explosive blast caused by a Kree superweapon called the Psyche-Magnetron, causing her DNA to merge with Mar-Vell’s and giving her the powers of Captain Marvel.
More recently, the origin story was tweaked to make the character a little more active in her acquisition of these powers. After all, it’s a little passive for a strong female character to be a love interest who simply inherits her powers from a male alien superhero. So the newer origin from Sue DeConnick’s run on the character created a time paradox where the future Carol Danvers ensured that her past self would be caught in the explosive blast, essentially making her responsible for obtaining those powers. That doesn’t make much sense, but that’s time travel for you.
However, the way Perlman talks is that the concept of Carol getting her powers from an alien source will be tossed out because of the similarities toGreen Lantern, the last movie any new superhero flick wants to be compared to. So the question now is how will she get her powers? SinceCaptain Marvelwon’t get released untilMarch 8, 2019, and we’re stillwaiting to get a director on board, we’ll be waiting awhile before we get that answer.
