First official look at Brie Larson as Captain Marvel is looking marvelous

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Avengers: Infinity War is over and Ant-Man and the Wasp has delivered on its purpose, and so we finally come to Captain Marvel. We’ve had leaks of Brie Larson as the titular character, but EW is in full-on promotion mode and will be dropping the first official looks at the hero throughout the week. The first one is their cover image below, which features Larson in full Captain Marvel getup and some flowing hair that Farrah Fawcett would envy. Then there’s nine more from the set, which feature Jude Law, some familiar faces, and a Nine Inch Nails t-shirt.

Costume-wise I think it looks great. It’s streamlined, but not awkward. I like that it feels a little clunky like an actual uniform and not spandex — something Marvel has done well throughout their films.

EW also has some plot details, some of which were known, but worth repeating. The movie will take place in the ’90s, before any of the MCU went down. Ben Mendelsohn will be playing the Skrull leader Talos. More importantly, it won’t be an origin story. Carol Danvers will already have her powers and already be working for Space Force Starforce when the movie kicks in. Of course, any first film is going to have to establish things, but we’ve already seen the origin story of a military person getting magic space powers and it didn’t go so well so I’m glad they’ll jump right in. 

Brie Larson takes flight as Captain Marvel on this week’s EW cover [EW]
See 10 exclusive images from Captain Marvel [EW]