With Avengers: Inifity War finally wrapped up and blowing everyone’s tiny little minds in cinemas across the world we can now look to the future, more specifically the upcoming Captain Marvel film.

While Ant-Man & The Wasp should keep MCU fans satisfied in August, it looks like 2019 will be the year of Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, as the character is gearing up for her first solo film and a pivotal role in the follow up to Inifity War.

With Academy-award-winning actress Brie Larson set to star as the main character in Marvel‘s first female-led superhero film, expectations are high.

According to Marvel Studios head honcho, Kevin Feige, she’s the most powerful Avenger yet – yup, she can even go toe-to-toe with the Hulk.

In an interview with Vulture back 2016, Feige gave a teaser of what fans can expect from Captain Marvel, saying:

It’s very important to us that all of our heroes do not become silhouette-perfect cutout icons. All of the Marvel characters have flaws to them, all of them have a deep humanity to them.

With Captain Marvel, she is as powerful a character as we’ve ever put in a movie. Her powers are off the charts, and when she’s introduced, she will be by far the strongest character we’ve ever had.

It’s important, then, to counterbalance that with someone who feels real. She needs to have a humanity to tap into, and Brie can do that.

While it seems well overdue for Marvel to introduce their first female-led superhero film (Warner Bros. and DC Comics beat them on that front with the seminal Wonder Woman), Feige pointed out the scheduling of their movies have a purpose.

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