New ‘Captain Marvel’ Synopsis Has Our Hero Caught In A Maelstrom

Captain Marvel is going full speed ahead and is the next big superhero flick hitting the big screen.

Disney has released a press kit for its 2019 slate and in it the studio reveals a ton of new and old information. In the press kit, we received a new synopsis for the first female-led Marvel Studios film and it appears that the stakes are high for Captain Marvel. In the new synopsis, Carol Danvers and her allies are caught in the center of a maelstrom with a huge galactic war waging on.

Captain Marvel marks the big screen debut of Carol Danvers, played in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Academy Award winner Brie Larson. In the comics, Danvers was a test pilot who gained super strength and the ability to fly after being caught in an explosion with a Kree device.

Not much is known about the plot of Captain Marvel. The film takes place in the ’90s and introduces the Skrulls to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Larson is set to reprise the role of Carol Danvers in Avengers: Endgame, which opens in theaters just over a month after Captain Marvel.

Mississipi Grind helmers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are directing from a script written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve. Here’s the new official synopsis for the film:

Set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that follows the journey of Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. While a galactic war between two alien races reaches Earth, Danvers finds herself and a small cadre of allies at the center of the maelstrom.

Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, McKenna Grace, Clark Gregg and Jude Law. 

The film is slated to hit theaters on March 8, 2019.