Captain Marvel - Oscar Winner Brie Larson in negotiations to play the lead role

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After winning the best actress Oscar for “Room,” Brie Larson has her sights on another marvelous role.

Sources tell Variety Larson is in early talks to play Captain Marvel, one of Marvel’s most popular female superheroes, in an upcoming standalone film. It’s unknown where negotiations stand, but sources have told Variety that Larson is their first choice, and that she’s leaning toward playing the part.

Marvel had no comment on the story.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/brie-larson-captain-marvel-1201786876/

http://deadline.com/2016/06/captain-marvel-brie-larson-1201765976/

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/brie-larson-circling-captain-marvel-898876

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1. I would like to see this film

[NewJeffCT]

2. Marvel has done a great job overall in casting

Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johannson, Chris Pratt, Benedict Cumberbatch, etc.

[whistler162]

3. She will need to bulk up a tad

Yes, I know it is probably the Danvers, Phyla-Vell, or Rambeau Captain Marvel

[NewJeffCT]

4. I'm pretty sure

it will be the Carol Danvers Captain Marvel.

[NewJeffCT]

5. some background on Captain Marvel

nee Ms Marvel. Depending on how they play it, she could be one of the most powerful heroes in the MCU.

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/carol-danvers/4005-21561/

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6. She's plenty pretty.

[NewJeffCT]

7. she's an attractive woman

and seems like she looks the part (she's above average for height at 5'7&quot , but I don't see her as attractive as ScarJo as the Black Widow. I've heard the name, but can't recall what I've seen her in before (I did not see The Room, nor Scott Pilgrim vs the World)

[LanternWaste]

11. She had some guest spots in the sit-com 'Community.'

She had some guest spots in the sit-com 'Community.' That's all I know her from. I'm seeing a more than a few Marvel tie-ins to that show... both of the Russo brothers directed gobs of its episodes, and three of the main cast members had cameo spots in a couple of the Avenger/Capt. America movies.

For a lark, check out the episode "A Fistful of Paintballs." You'll see two stunts that were directly imported into Winter Solder. As a matter of fact, here's a 13-second spot spoofing the movies...

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[NewJeffCT]

12. I went to look her up

to see if she had anything I knew about available on Netflix or Amazon Prime, but I didn't see anything

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. She was in the film "Room"

Very good, but as far from a super hero flick as you can get. She also played Amy Schumer's sister in Trainwreck.

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16. is it a requirement that super heroes have to be pretty?

[NewJeffCT]

17. In most cases, yes

Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr aren't exactly ugly, either. Most comic book heroes and heroines are portrayed as good looking in the comics. There are a few exceptions. Spider-Man was one of the first exceptions - he was kind of a nerdy and unattractive outcast when he was first portrayed.

[Skittles]

21. I would not know; I have seen none of them

[Orrex]

8. Shazam!

[NewJeffCT]

9. From what I heard

The Rock wants to play Black Adam, Shazam's primary enemy.

[Iggo]

10. LOL.

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13. I am not familiar with the modern Capt. Marvel at all.

This is the only one that holds any level of familiarity, and that's still rather low:

Captain Marvel on Comic Book +





I take it that's not even close to whatever your version is referencing

[NewJeffCT]

14. I used to know what happened

when DC Capt Marvel became Shazam and then Marvel launched their own Captain Marvel. However, I've forgotten what actually happened.

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19. It's....complicated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_%28Marvel_Comics%29#Publication_history

Following a trial in which DC Comics sued Fawcett Comics for breach of copyright, claiming Fawcett's Captain Marvel was too similar to Superman, the latter stopped publishing Captain Marvel. In the late sixties Marvel gained the trademark "Captain Marvel" with their first series, forcing DC to call their Captain Marvel comic book Shazam! when they gained the rights to publish the vintage hero starting in the early 1970s.

To retain their trademark, Marvel has had to publish a Captain Marvel title every year or two since, leading to a number of ongoing series, limited series, and one-shots featuring a range of characters using the Captain Marvel alias

The original (Marvel) version of Captain Marvel, in 1967:



The current version:

[NewJeffCT]

20. Thanks for the summary

I think that jogged my memory.

[Just reading posts]

18. Looking forward to this one. Going to go see Captain America: Civil War this afternoon.