A Geeky Viewpoint

Brie Larson

According to Variety Brie Larson is in negotiations to play Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel in the upcoming film.

Brie Larson is the Oscar winning actress whose credits include Room (2015), King Kong: Skull Island (2016), 21 Jump Street (2012) amongst a many others.

A two more names has also been dropped for director's chair; Jennifer Kent and Niki Caro.   Jennifer Kent best known for her indie film Babadook (2014) .  Niki Caro whose films include Whale Rider (2002) and McFarland USA (2015).

Rumors running around the web this afternoon is suggesting that Emily Carmichael has landed the coveted position as Director of the forthcoming Captain Marvel film.

Emily Carmichael is an indie director known for making shorts rather than feature length films but supposedly a film named Arrow caught Marvel's eye and is the reason for bringing her in for interviews.  

Emily Carmichael

A few weeks ago Jeff Sneider from the Wrap had this to say.

There was a rumour about an actress being up for it; an already existing rumour, that’s not new. I’ve definitely heard there’s some truth to that rumour, and that there’s a director with the same first name who has also been eyed. I don’t think that [an announcement] is too far off. If they can make it to Comic Con, they will.

Does that mean Emily Blunt will be Captain Marvel?

OFFICIAL: Nicole Perlman & Meg LeFauve to co-write @CaptainMarvel, coming November 2, 2018! http://t.co/EExXZ0qstv pic.twitter.com/SOrZW9XrQZ
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) April 20, 2015

Captain Marvel - Carol Danvers

From the official Marvel Twitter Account.

Nicole Perlman is a co-writer of the Guardians of the Galaxy and was originally hired by Marvel Studios to write a treatment (pre-script) for a stand alone Black Widow movie that has not gone anywhere.

Meg LeFauve wrote the screenplay for the forthcoming Pixar Animation release Inside Out. 

Gigi Edgley

A rumor making its was across the interweb over the last couple of days has suggested that Australian born actress Gigi Edgley has either signed on to play Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, or in final negotiations for the part.  

Gigi Edgley is best known for portraying Chiana in the Sci-Fi Adventure TV show Farscape from 1999 to 2003.   Lately she has been the host of SyFy channel's Jim Hensen's Creature Shop Challenge and making the round to numerous America Sci-Fi and Comic shows.  



Chiana

With as many names being floated out there for the part of Carol Danvers it is not surprising that some unusual or out of the box names also get floated by.

The rumors cite several insiders and point to the fact that Gigi Edgley has been extremely active in the past year increasing her American and European name recognition by appearing at nearly two dozen Sci-Fi and Comic over the past 18 months or so.  The number of appearances is highly unusual for a actor/character in her position of being nearly 10 years removed from her role as Chiana.  

On a personal note when I first saw these rumors on March 19th I thought it was sort of suspicious that on the 16th Anniversary of Farscape that an actor from the show would be linked to a major part.  However as I thought about it over the weekend several parts of the rumors seem to ring true.

Marvel Studios has long history of hiring the actor that bests fits the role rather than a known quantity, so choosing Gigi over Katheryn Winnick or Katee Sackhoff isn't out of the question.   Gigi Edgley's roles have given her at least on the public side the look and attitude that I feel could make her a great Carol Danvers 

Joss Whedon on Sunday confirmed in a Marvel Interview that Avengers: Age of Ultron will introduce us to characters we haven't glimpsed yet.   The trailer has given us Moondragon and either Hela or the Enchantress, so does the inclusion of Carol Danvers suddenly make sense?  
As an aside I strongly believe that it is Hela in the Marvel Trailer as Marvel has been increasing her name recognition in the past six months.  

In the end the more I thought about it, the more I grew to like the idea that Gigi Edgley could indeed be Captain Marvel.     Only time will tell if this rumor has any legs.




 
 

This morning I shared what I am sure will be the first of many rumors on Captain Marvel Casting.   Not even 24 hours later and we have more rumor and innuendos.

Jessica Chastain spoke with MTV while promoting her latest film, Intersteller.

“We’ve [Marvel] talked about aligning our forces in the future. And here’s the thing with me… If you’re going to be in a superhero movie, you only get one chance. You’re that character forever. So why do a superhero movie and play the boring civilian?”

Originally cast as Maya Hansen in Iron Man 3 Jessica had to drop out due to scheduling conflict.   She has kept on solid terms with Marvel if she is talking to them about another part.   When pressed during the interview she added:

“There was one thing. I don’t want to say too much – but there was one thing, there was a possibility in the future of the character becoming… And I was like, ‘I understand that, but I want to do it now.’ ”

IMHO - She is not the actor I would cast for Carol Danvers, even if she went blonde she doesn't have the look.  

So if not Captain Marvel than who?
Corystlia Amaqulin Maximoff, The Inhuman Princess who spends time with the Fantastic Four before marrying Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver).

We have heard rumors that we will be introduced to the Inhumans sooner rather than later.   There is potential that if Jessica were to sign a contract she could appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron.  

Canadian-born Katheryn Winnick stars in The History Channel's breakout cable TV series, Vikings (2013), now in its second season. Her role as "Lagertha" garnered her a nomination in the "Best Performance by a Lead Dramatic Actress" category at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards.

Katheryn is an accomplished martial artist, she received her first Black Belt at the ripe old age of 13. After competing in the Canadian Nationals, she proceeded to open several highly-successful Tae Kwon Do schools in and around Toronto. She later trained to become a licensed bodyguard and currently holds a third-degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, along with a second-degree Black Belt in Karate.

Vikings