I don't know what's going on over at Disney, and from the reports i have been reading, neither do they. It's being reported that Disney is losing confidence in Captain Marvel actor Brie Larson. She was to be the "New Face of the MCU," yet they never mentioned Captain Marvel 2 at this year's D23.
It is being said that after they lost Spider-Man to Sony, their plans for her went all wonky. Polling on the actor and her character told them that she was stiff, and unlikeable. It was first reported by the YouTuber Doomcock (sorry, I don't come up with the names, i just report them) who said:
"According to this source, Disney has lost confidence in Captain Marvel. Disney is having Brie Larsen fatigue and they have lost confidence in her and the direction they are moving with Captain Marvel. According to my source, and again you must treat this as rumor, Marvel had plans for Captain Marvel. But those plans were utterly derailed by the loss of Spider-Man to Sony. Allegedly, Marvel realized that Captain Marvel was a little stiff, a little unlikeable, and so they were counting on pairing her up with Spider-Man in order to humanize and balance her out a bit."
This comes on the heals of a report that the Captain Marvel DVD and BluRay sales are lagging. They have made around $40 million less than Black Panther and Infinity War. To be fair, Endgame, which broke the record for being the highest grossing movie of all time, has only made around $4 million more than Captain Marvel. Read into that what you want.
Disney has also replaced Larsen's Captain Marvel from the banner promoting the new Disney+ streaming service that they are about to launch and replaced her with Iron Man. So maybe there are some truths to these rumors.
On the other hand...It has been reported that Kevin Feige is going to be teaming up with Kathleen Kennedy over at their Lucasfilm division to help produce a new Star Wars movie, and guess who is rumored to be one of the leading stars rumored to be in it? Yup. Brie Larsen. So it's really kind of hard to tell what is going on over at Disney regarding Brie Larsen.
It's also being reported that Richard Rider and Nova will be making their debut in the MCU in Captain Marvel 2, so whatever is going on over at Disney, they are still moving forward with their plans for the sequel, even though it wasn't mentioned at D23. I'm guessing that this just means we won't get the sequel until after 2022.
So what is your take on all of the Captain Marvel rumors? Do you think that there is any merit to them, or that this is a big old nothing burger? Let me know your thoughts on this in the comments section below, or you can leave them over on my Facebook page.
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