‘Captain Marvel’ Recruits A New Screenwriter Into The Carol Corps
Captain Marvelisn’t due out in theaters until 2019, but with filming expected to begin early next year, Marvel Studios needs to lock down a screenplay. And because this is a major superhero film being made by a major studio, a new writer has been brought on to help push Carol Danvers' big screen debut across the finish line.Deadlinereports thatGeneva Robertson-Dworethas been invited to the join the Carol Corps and will rewrite theCaptain Marvelscreenplay. Earlier drafts were penned by the duo ofMeg LeFauveandNicole Perlman, with the former’s commitment to Disney’s upcoming animated movieGiganticbeing the cited reason for her stepping away. LeFauve is best known for co-writing Pixar’sInside Out, which scored her an Oscar nomination. Perlman is one of the credited writers onGuardians of the Galaxy, a movie that surely had a hand in landing her the writing duties on Marvel’sGamorasolo comic.
Robertson-Dworet is a relatively new talent and we’ve yet to actually see her first screenplay come to life on the big screen: 2018’sTomb Raiderreboot starring Alicia Vikander. However, her work has been twice featured on the “Black List” of best-unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, and she has found herself attached to a number of high profile projects, includingSherlock Holmes 3andDungeons & Dragons. This won’t even be her first time writing a comic book movie, as she wroteGotham City Sirens, the Harley Quinn-led spin-off movie that Warner Bros. may or may not be making. Lara Croft, Harley Quinn, and now Carol Danvers? Someone is building their career on writing movies about kick-ass ladies.
It’s not clear whether or not Robertson-Dworet is being brought on for extensive rewrites or just to tighten up what the first team already contributed, but in either case, there’s no cause for alarm. Just about every major studio movie undergoes a screenwriter shuffle, especially in the months leading up to the start of production. This is perfectly normal, the result of Hollywood being the bizarre amalgamation of business and art that it is.
What is clear is that Marvel Studios is sticking to its guns about letting women hold the reins on their first female-led superhero movie. AfterWonder Womanand director Patty Jenkins cracked the superhero glass ceiling earlier this year, there was no way Marvel was going to get away with handing Carol Danvers, a character beloved by countless female fans, over to a guy. A new screenwriter being hired this late in development is business-as-usual in Hollywood, but a studio sticking to its guns and keeping women steering the ship of a movie about a woman is nothing to scoff at. Plus, it’s just good press and a good look. Just look a the glowing words I’m using right now!
The directing team ofAnna BodenandRyan Fleckwill helmCaptain Marvel, which is set to open onMarch 8, 2019. Exact story details are under wraps, but we do know that the filmwill be a prequel to the Marvel Cinematic Universethat takes place in the ’90s (and will co-star a pre-eyepatch Nick Fury). And while she’s only appeared as the character in concept art form, Oscar-winner Brie Larsonsure does look awesome in that uniform.
