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Captain Marvel
UNITED STATES · 2019

Captain Marvel

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
superhero origin story galactic warfare alien conflict female empowerment identity discovery
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Synopsis

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. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Cinema Atlas Connection
We looked at a lot of really beautiful, sort of '70s-infused sci-fi movies like 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' or even some of the more sort of art-house sci-fi films like 'Solaris'. We wanted to have a sense of otherness.
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