Brie Larson’s MCU debut looks to have been shelved until 2019.
This past weekend saw another flurry of rumors suggesting that Captain Marvel was a shoo-in for Avengers: Infinity War, leading many to assume that Carol Danvers would receive a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo similar to Flash’s bit part in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Turns out that’s not the case, after Disney (h/t /Film) confirmed today that Captain Marvel won’t be featured in Avengers: Infinity War whatsoever, and that Brie Larson’s first screen appearance as the supercharged heroine will be arriving in 2019 – across both Captain Marvel and the so-far untitled Avengers 4.
Yeah, we have some great female characters in this. Captain Marvel is in it, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, we have Wakanda is coming in and there’s a whole group of characters that are coming from the Wakandan universe, from the Black Panther universe. Amazingly strong characters, strong-willed characters, and we have the Guardians, and two of the Guardians are daughters of Thanos so there’s a really strong connection to the main villain of the story and I think you’ll see in the film that they’re very pivotal to the storyline and I think the arcs are fantastic so, we’re really really proud of being able to introduce Captain Marvel in this one.
Of course, there’s a good chance that Joe Russo simply spoke out of turn – after all, he is juggling one of the biggest casts ever assembled alongside Anthony Russo. But we’ll find out for sure once Avengers: Infinity War bows on April 27th.