The sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel is poised to photon-blast onto screens imminently. Except it’s not called Captain Marvel 2. Or Captain Marvel: Saviour of the Universe [insert punchy subtitle of your choosing], come to that, unlike fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe heroes Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man and Captain America whose multiple sequels have titles that all begin with their very singular names.
Instead of giving Captain Marvel solo billing in the follow-up to the 1995-set sojourn into Carol Danvers’ history, three characters take centre-stage under the banner The Marvels – Danvers herself, aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson); Danvers superfan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani), and Danvers’ estranged honorary niece and goddaughter, Monica Rambeau, aka Photon (Teyonah Parris). Is this a case of attempting to strengthen the film’s chances out of concern that audiences won’t go and see, or like, a second solo Captain Marvel movie? Indeed, the first was negatively review-bombed by misogynistic haters three weeks before it was even released and star Larson became the target of online trolling.
The answer is a resounding no. Captain Marvel went on to gross more than $1.1bn worldwide – the first woman-led superhero movie to top the billion-dollar mark. But the film’s composer, Laura Karpman, whose work on Disney+ MCU series Ms. Marvel has also just been nominated for a gong, perhaps says it best when describing her work on the score.
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