During an appearance on the Any Time with Vin Forte Podcast, Guardians of the Galaxy screenwriter Nicole Perlman has been chatting about her next foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Brie Larson-headlined Captain Marvel (which she’s co-writing with Inside Out’s Meg LeFauve). Although she wasn’t giving much away, Perlman did reveal that the 2019 release will revamp Carol Danvers’ traditional origin, in order to avoid comparisons with DC’s Green Lantern.
“She’s such an incredibly kick-ass character and Kelly Sue DeConnick did a great run with her story arc recently,” states Perlman. “But here’s the thing, if you were just going to do a straight adaptation of the comics, her origin story is very similar to Green Lantern. And obviously, that’s not what we want to do. There’s a lot of reinvention that needs to happen. And also, she’s her own person and she’s a great character. We have to be aware of what’s happened in other Marvel films and make sure that her particular storyline is unique and fun and also fits in within this world that’s going on at the same time. It’s a little bit of an interesting story gauntlet. It’s been good to have a partner. It’s been an incredible experience. If we can pull it off it could be an incredibly important but also really fun and kick-ass superhero film.”
For those unaware, Carol Danvers is an official in the Air Force, who is caught in an explosion from a Kree device, with Captain Marvel – a.k.a. the Kree warrior Mar-Vell – saving her life, only for the explosion for cause her genetic make-up to meld with Mar-Vell’s, granting her his powers. This does have some similarities to Hal Jordan, a test pilot who stumbles across a dying alien and is given his power ring, transforming him into a Green Lantern.
Do you think Marvel need to revamp Carol Danvers’ origin? And if so, how should she get her powers? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…
Ash Simp says
By the time Captain Marvel comes out Green Lantern will be 8 years old, and most people have already chosen to forget what happened in Green Lantern. Also do we know if Cap M will be introduced before her own film? If she’s introduced in Infinity War I imagine she’ll already be more popular than Hal Jordan
Gary@FlickeringMyth says
The Russos said she would be in Infinity War, but things might have changed.
I assume it will be like Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman – go back and detail her origin in the solo movie.
Ash Simp says
Same as Black Panther, Spider-Man and pretty much the entire Justice League. I’m a fan of the approach, it stops all Superhero films being origin stories.
Timo Qvintus says
I really don’t see the supposed similarity.. an alien is involved, and that’s it? And even if it was similar, so what, who cares about Green Lantern anyway?
Hell, I’d love for Marvel to do Richard Rider version of Nova with the comics origin which actually is almost a direct rip-off from Green Lantern!
Wayne Ralph says
Wouldn’t it be cool if marvel could do a deal for x men have rogue suck her brains out.