The Verge - Captain Marvel: all the updates, trailers and commentary for the next big Marvel moviehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2019-04-04T12:27:29-04:00http://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/173044652019-04-04T12:27:29-04:002019-04-04T12:27:29-04:00Netflix’s Unicorn Store is an odd companion piece to Captain Marvel
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<p id="DhYp3T">It’s rare that the stars of the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/3/18294009/captain-marvel-cinematic-universe-billion-dollar-box-office">year’s biggest movie</a> reunite for an entirely separate feature film a month later, but that’s not exactly what happened with <em>Unicorn Store</em>, a new movie hitting Netflix on Friday. It’s the second 2019 film starring Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson; the first, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/5/18251874/captain-marvel-review-marvel-mcu-brie-larson-samuel-l-jackson"><em>Captain Marvel</em></a>, will likely remain the highest-grossing movie of the year until <em>Avengers: Endgame</em> (definitely co-starring Larson, possibly co-starring Jackson) comes out on April 26th. Technically, though, <em>Captain Marvel</em> is a <em>Unicorn Store</em> reunion. Larson directed the film a few years ago, after she won an Oscar for <em>Room </em>but before she suited up as a Marvel superhero. The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017, and now Netflix...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/4/18292279/netflix-unicorn-store-review-captain-marvel-brie-larson-directorial-debut-samuel-l-jackson-marvelJesse Hassenger2019-04-03T14:24:23-04:002019-04-03T14:24:23-04:00Captain Marvel is the latest Marvel movie to cross the billion-dollar mark
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<p id="kPrTDq">Marvel’s latest superhero flick, <em>Captain Marvel</em>, just crossed a big milestone: it’s earned more than $1 billion at the global box office, <a href="https://variety.com/2019/film/news/captain-marvel-1-billion-box-office-1203175093/">according to <em>Variety</em></a>. The film is the seventh in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to hit that mark, joining the likes of <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/11/17106654/black-panther-ryan-coogler-marvel-box-office-1-billion-mark-world-wide"><em>Black Panther</em></a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/5/17322700/avengers-infinity-war-marvel-box-office-1-billion-mark-world-wide"><em>Avengers: Infinity War</em></a>. </p>
<p id="ih2Cpe">After being teased in last year’s <em>Infinity War</em>, fans were eagerly anticipating the film and its titular character to arrive in a standalone spot, given Captain Marvel’s expected role in the forthcoming <em>Avengers: Endgame. </em>The milestone comes as the buildup to <em>Endgame</em> has begun. Marvel released a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18291931/avengers-endgame-thanos-teaser-trailer-iron-man-thor-captain-america">new teaser yesterday</a> in conjunction with advance tickets going on sale, which <a href="https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/3/18293590/avengers-endgame-tickets-preorder-record-fan-response-twitter">broke the record set by <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</em> in 2015</a>. The question...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/3/18294009/captain-marvel-cinematic-universe-billion-dollar-box-officeAndrew Liptak2019-03-08T10:41:00-05:002019-03-08T10:41:00-05:00This weekend, stream a free animated Captain Marvel movie on DisneyNow
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<p id="uhhizJ"><em>There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it’s hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, </em>The Verge<em>’s Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services, and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.</em></p>
<h3 id="fnLGex"><strong>What to watch</strong></h3>
<p id="ZFmypH"><a href="https://disneynow.go.com/shows/marvel-rising-secret-warriors/season-01/episode-01-marvel-rising-secret-warriors/"><em>Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors</em></a>, a 2018 Disney XD animated film, featuring the origin story of a new Marvel super-team. Actor / comedian Milana Vayntrub voices Doreen Green, aka “Squirrel Girl,” an ebullient young woman with a furry prehensile tail and the ability to talk to squirrels. Kathreen Khavari plays Doreen’s best friend Kamala Khan,...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/8/18255288/captain-marvel-free-online-animated-movie-disneynow-secret-warriors-squirrel-girl-kamala-khanNoel Murray2019-03-07T19:34:13-05:002019-03-07T19:34:13-05:00One of Captain Marvel’s post-credits scenes is great news for Avengers: Endgame
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<p id="ZKdEcc"><strong>Spoilers ahead for </strong><em><strong>Captain Marvel</strong></em><strong>’s mid-credits and post-credits scenes, for </strong><em><strong>Avengers: Infinity War</strong></em><strong>, and for one big gag in </strong><em><strong>Captain Marvel</strong></em><strong> itself.</strong></p>
<p id="HVi8ch">Back in 2008, when Nick Fury <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKUsna2yvA">arrived at Tony Stark’s house to invite him to join the Avengers Initiative</a> after the credits rolled, the sequence felt like most post-credit scenes did back then — a little in-joke for dedicated viewers who cared enough to sit all the way through the credits, instead of bolting for the doors the moment the action stopped. But over the past decade, Marvel’s post-credits scenes have become an institution. Occasionally, they’re just visual gags and callbacks to previous story elements, like <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17512918/ant-man-and-the-wasp-review-marvel-cinematic-universe-mcu-paul-rudd-evangeline-lilly"><em>Ant-Man and the Wasp</em></a>’s 20-second view of Ant-Man’s abandoned house, with a...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/7/18255336/captain-marvel-post-credits-scene-avengers-endgame-flerken-alien-cat-goose-tesseractTasha Robinson2019-03-05T13:47:46-05:002019-03-05T13:47:46-05:00Captain Marvel meets some of the highest expectations yet for a Marvel movie
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<p id="RLeSHy">As the first female-led Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, <em>Captain Marvel</em> is arriving in theaters under a heavy burden of expectations. Even after years of fans clamoring for a Black Widow standalone movie, it took a full decade and 20 MCU films for the franchise to produce a single movie with a woman protagonist. And it took the example of rival studio DC Entertainment releasing Patty Jenkins’ <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/2/15728630/wonder-woman-review-gal-gadot-dc-extended-universe-patty-jenkins"><em>Wonder Woman</em></a> to both <a href="https://www.metacritic.com/movie/wonder-woman">critical</a> and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/09/19/box-office-wonder-woman-winds-down-with-411m-domestic-819m-worldwide">monetary</a> success. That gives <em>Captain Marvel</em> the triple challenge of living up to past MCU films, proving a female-led movie can make the company money, and squaring off against one of DC’s biggest hits.</p>
<p id="mdURGx">But even without the challenge of breaking new representational ground for the MCU, <em>Captain Marvel </em>is facing...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/5/18251874/captain-marvel-review-marvel-mcu-brie-larson-samuel-l-jacksonShana O'Neil2019-02-09T14:02:00-05:002019-02-09T14:02:00-05:00Marvel launched a delightful, retro website to promote Captain Marvel
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<p id="e8vRPd">Marvel’s next big superhero movie is <em>Captain Marvel</em>, and unlike most of the franchise’s films, this one’s set in the 1990s. Accordingly, <a href="https://www.marvel.com/captainmarvel">Marvel has launched a website</a> that fits the timeframe, a throwback to web design of the era, complete with awkward animations, fonts, and colors. </p>
<p id="2MimvN">The result is absolutely delightful. The website taps into the nostalgia for the 1990s that we’ve seen <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/18/17866332/captain-marvel-trailer-cinematic-universe-carol-danvers-brie-larson-watch">in the film’s trailers</a>, and features a ton of components that were mainstays of the web almost a quarter of a century ago: random animations, zany photo editing, HTML frames, brightly-colored fonts, and of course, a guestbook and hit counter. There’s even a Skrull you can punch when it pops up. All that’s missing is a front page that you have to click...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/9/18218358/marvel-captain-marvel-retro-90s-websiteAndrew Liptak2019-02-05T17:34:17-05:002019-02-05T17:34:17-05:00After its theatrical run, Captain Marvel will be the first Disney+ exclusive film
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<p id="jsEY2I">Disney is looking to invest heavily in exclusives for its upcoming streaming service, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/8/18077014/disney-plus-streaming-service-marvel-star-wars-loki-tom-hiddleston">Disney+</a>, and that means having movies like <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/3/18209828/captain-marvel-tease-super-bowl-2019-watch-nick-fury-jude-law"><em>Captain Marvel</em></a><em> </em>stream exclusively on the service.</p>
<p id="GzHTtj">In<strong> </strong>an investors call on February 5th, Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors that Disney plans to forgo its current rate of $140 million year over year in licensing revenue, in favor of moving its currently licensed content to Disney+. He noted that <em>Captain Marvel </em>will be the first Disney movie that the company will completely withhold from its licensee partners. The news follows <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16115254/disney-launching-streaming-service-ending-netflix-deal">Disney’s decision in 2017</a> to stop licensing its films to services like Netflix. </p>
<p id="LDKoQe">Iger also noted that creatives across many of Disney’s biggest sub-brands, including Marvel, Pixar, and...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18212693/captain-marvel-disney-plus-netflix-investors-call-bob-iger-streamingJulia Alexander2019-02-03T19:08:48-05:002019-02-03T19:08:48-05:00New Captain Marvel tease from the Super Bowl shows the boys who’s boss
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<p id="pFgqTP">A new teaser for <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/18/17866332/captain-marvel-trailer-cinematic-universe-carol-danvers-brie-larson-watch"><em>Captain Marvel</em>,</a> the next installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, finds Carol Danvers showing the boys who’s boss — including Samuel L. Jackson’s Nicky Fury and Jude Law’s villain, Yon-Rogg. </p>
<p id="XB0RnY">The teaser debuted at the 2019 Super Bowl, which saw the Los Angeles Rams take on the New England Patriots. There isn’t a ton of new information or scenes in the trailer, but it’s a fun 30-second clip. It shouldn’t be too surprising that there isn’t too much new information, though — the movie comes out in just over a month. </p>
<p id="l6Le6V"><em>Captain Marvel </em>marks the first time that we’ll see Carol Danvers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Danvers is <a href="https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/29/17380862/avengers-4-title-release-date-trailer">confirmed to play a role in <em>Avengers: Endgame</em></a>, but the trailers for <em>Captain Marvel</em> have kept...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/3/18209828/captain-marvel-tease-super-bowl-2019-watch-nick-fury-jude-lawJulia Alexander