Back in April it was confirmed that Guardians of the Galaxy screenwriter Nicole Perlman would be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as co-writer on Captain Marvel with Meg LeFauve (Inside Out), and Perlman has been speaking with Wired about penning Marvel’s first female-led superhero movie, and avoiding “Superman with boobs.”
We’ve been talking a lot about archetypes and what we want this movie to be about and just how to write a strong female superhero without making it Superman with boobs. … Meg and I are doing a lot of brainstorming and we’ll catch ourselves and say, ‘Wait a minute, what are we saying [here] about women in power?’ Then we have to say, ‘Why are we getting so hung up on that? We should just tell the best story and build the best character.’ And then we have this constant back-and-forth about how to tell a story that is compelling, entertaining, moving, kick-ass, and fun, and also be aware of what those larger implications might be. It’s a lot more complicated than just writing Guardians.”
Captain Marvel is set for release on November 2nd 2018.
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Originally published July 12, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
