It was announced last year that the next Marvel movie, after Ant-Man and the Wasp, would take place in the early 90s. Today, producers enlighten us (slightly) on this choice.
Captain Marvel is interesting in more ways than one. Especially because it is the first project of the MCU entirely centered on a female character (played by Brie Larson), but also because its plot is set during a period still little explored by its predecessors. Indeed, placing the story in this context can be subject to questions, both at the level of the scenario and the characters. Let us recall that, precisely, the director of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) will be back in the game.
As reported by MovieWeb, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige recently explained in an interview why this era was "perfect".
« […] You'll see in the storytelling of the movie. But it allows us to play in an area that we have never played in before and tapping into a 90s action genre was fun for us and being able to see an earlier part of the MCU before Nick Fury knew anything about aliens or anything about super-powered people and also tapping into the Kree-Skrull War, which in the comics was a huge part of the comic mythology, seemed like a fun thing to try and a fun way to give Carol Danvers her own standalone origin story.»
« […] You will see it in the script of the film. But it allows us to play in an area we've never played in before and tapping into the '90s action genre was fun for us. Being able to see an older part of the MCU, before Nick Fury knew anything about aliens or people with superpowers, and exploiting the Kree-Skrull war, which is very important in the mythology of the comic , was something exciting to try as well as a cool way to give Carol Danvers her own independent origin story .»
It seems that Feige is attached to the "novelty" that this period brings, especially about Fury, whose level of importance in the story is questioned. One of the other producers, Nate Moore, also spoke a little about this temporality.
"I think the way the film opens is much different than an origin movie, and because she is a heroine that you haven't seen before, we're able to tell this story structurally in a way that will feel unexpected and hopefully will keep audiences off balance. Still balanced enough that they can enjoy the film, but even just making it a period film is sort of interesting in that it's not just a function of the world as we know it in the MCU today.»
"I think the way the film starts is very different from an origin story, and because she's a heroine you've never seen before, we're able to tell her story in an unexpected way that we hope will carry the audience. A way to appreciate the film, but to set it during this period is interesting because it is not the world as we know it in the MCU currently.»
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Captain Marvel promises to be a kind of counter to the direction followed so far by other feature films, while being part of the MCU cycle.
We are expecting Captain Marvel in French theaters for March 6, 2019.
