«The Marvels» is an upcoming American superhero film. It’s a continuation of the television miniseries Ms. Marvel and the 33rd film in the MCU.
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- The Marvels is an upcoming American superhero film.
- The movie is based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel.
- Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
- It is intended to be the sequel to the film Captain Marvel (2019), a continuation of the television miniseries Ms. Marvel (2022).
- It is the 33rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
- The film is directed by Nia DaCosta, who co-wrote the screenplay with Megan McDonnell and Elissa Karasik.
- It stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, and Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, alongside Zawe Ashton, Park Seo-joon, and Samuel L. Jackson.
- In the film, Danvers, Rambeau, and Kamala team up after they begin swapping places with each other every time they use their powers.
- Marvel Studios confirmed plans to make a sequel to Captain Marvel in July 2019.
- Development began in January 2020 with McDonnell hired after working on the television miniseries WandaVision (2021).
- Brie Larson was set to return from the first film as Danvers, and DaCosta was hired to direct that August.
- In December, Parris was revealed to be reprising her role as Rambeau from WandaVision alongside Vellani returning as Kamala from Ms. Marvel.
- Second unit filming began in mid-April 2021 in New Jersey, and the title—referring to the three characters and their similar abilities—was revealed in early May.
- Principal photography began in July 2021 and concluded by mid-May 2022, taking place at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire and Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, as well as in Los Angeles and Tropea, Italy.
- Karasik’s involvement was revealed during post-production.
- The Marvels is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 10, 2023, as part of Phase Five of the MCU.
- Director Nia DaCosta stated in an interview that this film will be more mature and emotional than its predecessor Captain Marvel (2019), and more similar to the motif of WandaVision (2021) and Black Widow (2021).
- The first MCU sequel not to bear the protagonist’s name on its title. Rather, the title refers to the three main superheroes featured: Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) and Spectrum/Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Among them, Spectrum bears the Captain Marvel moniker in the comics.
- Iman Vellani’s first feature film role.
- This film, Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), and Ant-Man και Wasp: Quantomania (2023) were filmed simultaneously.
- Thor: Love and Thunder filmed in Sydney, Australia; The Marvels filmed in Jersey City, New Jersey, Los Angeles, California, and Buckinghamshire, England; Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, London, England, and Turkey.
- Megan McDonnell, a story editor on the Marvel-based series WandaVision (2021), penned the script for the The Marvels.
- This is the shortest Marvel film since Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) and Morbius (2022), which ran for 91 minutes (1 hour 31 minutes) and 104 minutes (1 hour 44 minutes), respectively.
- Artist John Romita Jr. originally modeled Monica Rambeau after Pam Grier.
- Her look though was reworked by other artists before publication.
- Nia DaCosta will be the first black woman to direct a Marvel Studios movie.
- Olivia Wilde and Jamie Babbit were approached to direct the movie before Nia DaCosta was hired.
- Olivia Wilde was previously offered the role of Gamora in Guardians of The Galaxy (2014) and would eventually go on to helm a Spider-Woman film set within Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.
- First MCU film to feature a Muslim superhero.
- Nia DaCosta is the fourth woman to direct an MCU film.
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