The Marvels: Who Is The Villain of MCU Movie? And The Future Of Captain Marvel
The Marvels: At Disney’s D23 Expo event, several new features were shown on some of the most anticipated Marvel titles. However, some content was not shared online and consequently, only the press was able to access it; but to the delight of the fans, after the event the various newspapers reported all the information collected. Among these, we find SlashFilm which has published details on the first trailer for The Marvels, a Marvel Studios film due out next year.
The Marvels: New Enemy For Captain Marvel Sequel?
In the trailer for The Marvels, a woman appears for a few seconds holding a hammer very similar to that of Ronan the Accuser, a character in the saga of The Guardians of the Galaxy, played by Lee Pace. What we have known for some time is that the woman in question is an antagonist played by Zawe Ashton, a current partner of Tom Hiddleston who plays Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What remains shrouded in mystery is the identity that Ashton goes to cover in the MCU.
After the revelation of his entry into the cast, the first theories had begun to circulate among the fans; but with the appearance of this particular weapon shown in The Marvels trailer, some hypotheses have become more targeted. As reported for example by The Direct, Zawe Ashton could play Hala: a character from the Marvel Comics comic and the last survivor of the Accusers who has as a weapon a stick capable of projecting energy and being summoned from afar. Or Ashton could be another comic book character, the terrible general Kree Ael-Dan, or even a fusion between the latter and Hala, created especially for the movie The Marvels.
The Marvels Trailer
The trailer for The Marvels shown at the D23 Expo, in addition to dedicating a short frame to the potential new enemy of Captain Marvel, showed other scenes involving the latter and the other main protagonists. At the beginning of the trailer, we see Monica Rambeau who while in space, receives an unexpected visit from Nick Fury, who is preparing to investigate a strange rift similar to the one that gave the woman the powers. When Monica touches this crack, she swaps places with Kamala Khan.
Hence the story ties into the post-credit scene of the Ms. Marvel series finale, where the protagonist Kamala had swapped places with Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel. Monica, Kamala and Carol unwittingly continue to swap places, until the three of them finally reunite and find themselves having to fight some Kree. The trailer closes with a comic curtain, in which the three superheroines try to understand why they had previously continued to be teleported from one side to the other.
The Marvels and The Future of Captain Marvel
The Marvels is the sequel to the 2019 Captain Marvel movie. Brie Larson returns to play the role of Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel alongside Teyonah Parris reprising the role of Monica Rambeau, as well as Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Iman Vellani in the guise of Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel and Zawe Ashton as the villain. The plot of The Marvels is linked to that of the Ms. Marvel TV series starring Iman Vellani and to the upcoming series Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson. The Marvels will be released in cinemas on July 28, 2023.
Brie Larson left several interviews during and after the D23 Expo event, in which she talked about her character’s future and what to expect in the Captain Marvel sequel. When she was asked by The Direct how long she will still be playing Carol Danvers, Brie was very vague and she replied:
I do not know. Does anyone want me to come back again? I don’t know. I don’t know the answer to this question.
Speaking instead to the microphones of Good Morning America, the actress revealed something more about her role in the film The Marvels:
The first film told the story of her origins, explaining who Carol Danvers is. Now with The Marvels, we will delve deeper into its complexity. There is much more to explore than that about her. There are parts of her that are not very beautiful, we will see that a heroine is not a person who makes the right decision every time.
