Marvel movies will stop coming to Netflix starting with ‘Captain Marvel’

The days of Marvel movies on Netflix are numbered. When Captain Marvel gets released next year, that will be the first Marvel Studios film to be offered exclusively through Disney’s upcoming streaming service. Ant-Man and the Wasp will be the last Marvel Cinematic Universe film to come to the service. As for the Marvel Netfix shows, these don’t seem to be going anywhere just yet. A Disney spokeswoman told The New York Times that there are “no current plans” to move these shows off Netflix.

This move is not surprising at all since Disney has long wanted to contend with Netflix and has even pulled out key Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar movies from the streaming network. Netflix is hoping that its huge investment in original content can counteract the loss of marquee content from big studios.

‘Captain Marvel’ is done filming

With Ant-Man and the Wasp in theatres, the next Marvel film gearing up for its release has finally finished filming. Captain Marvel directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck celebrated the occasion with a post on Fleck’s Instagram. It shows the shooting schedule and highlights the date. It reads Friday, July 6^th, 2018 and has the text Day 75 of 75 underneath. The caption of the post has the words “We got next…”

Captain Marvel is set in the ‘90s, an era not yet explored by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. She tries to save the planet as we’re caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Captain Marvel is set to hit theatres starting March 8, 2019, which is also International Women’s Day. Something we’re thinking Marvel has done intentionally.

Source: Comicbook.com

‘Captain Marvel’ brings back three major MCU characters

With Captain Marvel kicking off production, there’s some news coming out of that Marvel production that might excite fans of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. Three major MCU characters are making a comeback in this film: Clark Gregg’s Agent Coulson, Lee Pace’s Ronan the Accuser, and Djimon Hounsou’s Korath the Pursuer. With Captain Marvel set in the ‘90s, it doesn’t surprise us that Coulson is coming back. It also means we’re getting a glimpse at an earlier version of S.H.I.E.L.D. It was previously announced that Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury is coming back for the movie. MCU head Kevin Feige has told Entertainment Weekly recently that Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel is the first superhero Fury ever meets.

The official synopsis for the movie describes it as: “Based on the Marvel comic character first appearing in 1968, the story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.” Captain Marvel is coming to cinemas on March 8, 2019. It’s directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck with the screenplay penned by Boden and Fleck, Meg LeFauve, Nicole Perlman, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Liz Flahive, and Carly Mensch. The cast also includes Ben Mendelsohn, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, McKenna Grace, and Jude Law. 

Source: The Independent