Captain Marvel Is Not Appearing In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Captain Marvelhas been the root of a frustrating back-and-forth for the past two years. Namely: will we first seeBrie Larsondon the red, gold, and blue suit inAvengers: Infinity Warbefore she makes her solo feature debut in 2019?Yes, no, probably not, seems to be the answer — especially withInfinity WardirectorsAnthony and Joe Russo’sapparent suggestion that Captain Marvel will be introduced in the thirdAvengersfilm. But Disney has denied that Captain Marvel will appear inAvengers: Infinity War.
The energy photon-shooting superhero was first teasedto debut inAvengers 3in 2016, back whenAvengers 3and4were being billed as a two-part film. But making movies is a long process — especially when a movie is the culmination of an entire cinematic universe. Over the years,Avengers: Infinity War Part 1and2became simplyAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers 4. And the Russo brothers said at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con that Captain Marvelwouldn’t appear inInfinity War.
But a new Anthony and Joe Russo interview withETappears to throw some doubt at that statement. In a response to a question about the female characters in the film, Joe Russo said:
“Yeah, we have some great female characters in this. Captain Marvel is in it, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, we have Wakanda is coming in and there’s a whole group of characters that are coming from the Wakandan universe, from the Black Panther universe. Amazingly strong characters, strong-willed characters, and we have the Guardians, and two of the Guardians are daughters of Thanos so there’s a really strong connection to the main villain of the story and I think you’ll see in the film that they’re very pivotal to the storyline and I think the arcs are fantastic so, we’re really really proud of being able to introduce Captain Marvel in this one.”
However, it seems that the buzz around Captain Marvel’s potentialInfinity Warappearance comes down to simple human error. Like the Russos stated at Comic-Con 2017, Captain Marvel won’t appear inInfinity War.
The video interview with ET was conducted on the set ofAvengers: Infinity Wararound the same time that/Film visited the set. At our set visit, Joe Russo seemed to suggest that Captain Marvel was in the film, stating: “Captain Marvel on set, is that official? If it’s not, it’s official now. I think Captain Marvel had a great outfit.”
However, the set visit took place before that July 27 Comic-Con panel where the brothers confirmed that Captain Marvel would not appear inInfinity War. Disney has confirmed to /Film that this ET interview was conducted last year, before our set visit and before Comic-Con. Nothing has changed. Captain Marvel will not be in the thirdAvengersfilm.
A Simple Mistake or a Slip of the Tongue?
There is a small possibility that the waffling on Captain Marvel’s appearance inInfinity Waris because she doesn’t appear in a technical sense. Considering the time-travel implications ofInfinity War, it’s possible that we’ll see Carol Danvers in avery, verybrief flashback or piece of footage — akin to the Flash’s introduction inBatman v. Superman.
Or we could be talking about a post-credits scene here — again, not technically part of the movie.
We could be making something out of nothing. It’s entirely possible that Larson filmed scenes forInfinity Warthat were cut or pushed back toAvengers 4.
We’ll find out very soon whenAvengers: Infinity Warhits theaters onApril 27, 2018.
