November 23, 2017
Actor Jude Law is reportedly in negotiations to play
the male lead opposite Brie Larson in "Captain Marvel".
Actor Ben
Mendelsohn is on board to play the villain with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
directing the film. Kevin Feige is the producer, reports variety.com.
The
script is based on character Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot whose DNA is
fused with that of an alien during an accident. The resulting alteration imbues
her with superpower, energy projection and flight.
Law will be playing
Doctor Walter Lawson aka Mar-Vell, who becomes a mentor to Danvers as she tries
to figure out her new powers.
At the San Diego Comic-Con, Feige had
announced that the superhero film will be set in the 1990s, before the Avengers
ever thought of assembling, and actor Samuel L. Jackson is expected to reprise
his role as Nick Fury.
The film is expected to release on March 8, 2019.
Law will also be seen as young Albus Dumbledore in "Fantastic Beasts: The
Crimes of Grindelwald", and the third instalment of film "Sherlock Holmes".