- “Higher. Further. Faster. Together.”
- ―Tagline
The Marvels is an American superhero film that serves as a sequel to the 2019 films Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame, the 2022 Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, and the 2023 Disney+ series Secret Invasion. It was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the thirty-third film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third film of Phase Five. It was released on November 10, 2023.
Synopsis
"Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as The Marvels."[1]
Plot
The new leader of the Kree Dar-Benn, retrieves the one half of the Quantum Bands, which Kamala Khan owns the other half, and harnesses its power with her staff named The Universal Weapon, and uses it to tear apart a jump point in space. The anomaly was discovered by S.W.O.R.D..
Meanwhile, Nick Fury, now residing in the S.A.B.E.R. space station, is hosting peace negotiations between the Kree and Skrulls, when he contacts Carol Danvers to investigate the anomaly. During that time, Monica Rambeau is also noticing a jump point near the station when she reaches out to look. Kamala's quantum band is activated at her home when the three of them switch places through teleportation at the same time. Monica is transported where Carol was, Carol was transported to the Khan Residence in Jersey City leaving the Khans' house destroyed in their wake, and Kamala was transported to where Monica was.
As the three women return to their original places, Nick and Monica go to the Khan Residence to look for Kamala, they explain that their powers are causing a quantum entanglement, which then Kamala demonstrates and switches places with Carol. When she flies away, she switches places with Kamala in mid-air.
The three join up at a Skrull refugee colony in Tarnax, where talks of resettlement have dissolved between Dar-Benn and Emperor Dro'ge. Dar-Benn then rips open another jump point, which drains the atmosphere of Tarnax into Hala to try and restore the air in the planet. After a rapid effort to evacuate the Skrulls from the planet, the trio form a team informally referred to by Kamala as "The Marvels". Carol notices Kamala's bangle and tells her that it's one of the Quantum Bands, which had been used to created the jump point transportation network, the three became entangled due to their mutual contact with its energy when Dar-Benn disrupted it.
Dar-Benn then goes to Aladna, a musical planet ruled by Prince Yan, in which Carol has a history with. She reveals that they consider her as the princess of Aladna as she is informally married to him. They also speak in "singing language". Carol warns Yan and its people that danger is imminent and that they need to prepare for war. Yan understands and prepares an army.
As they battle, Dar-Benn uses the universal weapon and quantum band to open another jump point and draws the ocean water to Hala, with her final plan being to absorb the Earth's Sun. The trio try to subdue her to no avail, and Dar-Benn then steal's the other quantum band from Kamala. She uses both bangles in conjunction to open up another hole in space, but in effort in doing so, she succumbs to its power and dies, leaving behind an opening to the multiverse. After Kamala reclaims her bangle, her and Carol use their combined powers to energize Monica, in which she then attempts to close the jump point. The closing was successful, but Monica was left stranded on the other side of the jump point.
Carol and Kamala then head back to Louisiana, where the Khan family moves to Maria Rambeau's house. They bond in the plane that Carol used to pilot, saying how much they Monica being here.
Kamala later goes to New York City and meets up with Kate Bishop to recruit her for a new team.
In the mid-credit scene, Monica wakes up in a lab, where she finds an alternate version of Maria Rambeau in a parallel universe, in which she was Binary, and then meets Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast.
Cast
- Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
- Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau
- Kenedy McCallam-Martin as Little Monica Rambeau
- Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel
- Zawe Ashton as Dar-Benn
- Gary Lewis as Emperor Dro'ge
- Seo-Jun Park as Prince Yan
- Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan
- Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan
- Saagar Shaikh as Aamir Khan
- Leila Farzad as Talia
- Abraham Popoola as Dag
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
- Lashana Lynch as Maria Rambeau/Binary (mid-credit scene)
- Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie
- Daniel Ings as Ty-Rone
- Alex Hughes as Kree Announcer
- Nemo and Tango as Goose
- Colin Stoneley as Pap-Tonn
- Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop (cameo)
- Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast (mid-credit scene)
- Jude Law as Yon-Rogg (uncredited; archive footage)
- Annette Bening as the Supreme Intelligence (uncredited; archive footage)
Production
Development
On July 20, 2019, Kevin Feige announced that the sequel is in development at San Diego Comic Con.
On August 5, 2020, it was announced that Nia DaCosta is set to direct the film.[2]
On May 3, 2021, it was revealed that the title had been changed from Captain Marvel 2 to The Marvels. The same day, Marvel Studios released a video, which revealed the new logo for the film.[3]
Writing
On January 22, 2020, it was reported that the screenplay would be written by Megan McDonnell, a staff writer for WandaVision, with a tentative 2022 release date.
Casting
On December 10, 2020, it was confirmed that Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani would reprise their roles as Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan, respectively. A new release date of November 11, 2022 was also announced.
On February 12, 2021, Zawe Ashton was reported to be playing the villain.
On June 15, 2021, it was reported that Korean actor Park Seo-Joon had joined the cast of the film in an undisclosed role.
On August 11, 2021, it was reported that Samuel L. Jackson would reprise his role as Nick Fury in the film.[4]
Filming
On August 10, 2021, Larson confirmed that the film had begun production.[5]
On May 12, 2022, it was reported that filming had officially wrapped.[6]
Music
On January 13, 2022, Variety reported that five-time Emmy winner, Laura Karpman, would be the composer for the film. She is the second female composer ever to score a Marvel movie, following Pinar Toprak, who scored Captain Marvel. She previously scored the music for the Disney+ series, What If...? and Ms. Marvel.[7]
Release
On April 3, 2020, the film was given a release date of July 8, 2022.
On October 18, 2021, Deadline reported that the release date for the film had been pushed back to February 17, 2023.[8]
On April 29, 2022, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the film swapped release dates with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and would be released on July 28, 2023.[9]
On February 17, 2023, the film's release date was pushed to November 10, 2023.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 62% of 350 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Funny, refreshingly brief, and elevated by the chemistry of its three leads, The Marvels is easy to enjoy in the moment despite its cluttered story and jumbled tonal shifts." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 50 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore rated the movie a "B", tied with Eternals and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as the site's lowest-rated MCU movies ever.
The Marvels was not received well at the box office, opening below expectations at $46.1 million domestically and $110 million worldwide. It went on to gross $197.7 million worldwide against a reported $275 million budget, becoming the lowest-grossing film ever in the MCU (surpassing The Incredible Hulk) and a massive box-office bomb. Ticket sales dropped 78% on its second weekend, the worst drop ever for a superhero movie as well as the 25th worst overall. By its fourth weekend in theatres, Disney acknowledged the film's underperformance and announced they would stop reporting the film's earnings onward, despite it continuing to play throughout the holiday season.[10]
Videos
Gallery
Trivia
- The logo for the film, features Monica Rambeau and Ms. Marvel's emblems from their costumes.
- This is Iman Vellani's feature film debut.
- This is the last MCU film of 2023.
- It is the shortest MCU film, clocking in at 105 minutes. The record was previously held by The Incredible Hulk and Thor: The Dark World.
- While talking to Monica and Carol, Kamala says, "We have our heading," the same thing Jack Sparrow said in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (and the beginning of WDSHE's "There is only one Disney" promo).
- When Dar-Benn fights Captain Marvel, Dar-Benn says, "You took everything from me", the same thing Scarlet Witch said when she fought Thanos in Avengers: Endgame and Hank Pym in "What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?".
- This is the third MCU work to feature a non-MCU character, the first two being Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and the fourth is Deadpool & Wolverine.
- This is the lowest grossing MCU film, the record previously held by The Incredible Hulk.
- The flashback shows Maria Rambeau informing Carol that her cancer has returned, and asks her to take care of Goose once she passes away. The WandaVision episode "We Interrupt This Program" reveals that the flashback takes place in 2020, three years before 50% of the universe was brought back to life.
- The blip from WandaVision episode from "We Interrupt This Program" is shown in the flashback.
- Kamala says "We have our heading", which is said by Peter Pan in the movie with the same name.
- Vision is mentioned, as is Aamir Khan's wife who he married in the third episode of Ms. Marvel.
- This is the first MCU film to have musical elements.
- Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel was originally going to die during the final battle against Dar-Benn, until the idea was scrapped. Dar-Benn's actress Zawe Ashton, revealed the death was going to feature water.[11]
- Following the announcement of Disney shifting physical media to Sony Pictures Entertainment, this is the last Marvel Studios feature film to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on physical media in the United States and Canada.
References
- ↑ "'The Marvels': New Teaser Trailer Sends Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan on a Cosmic Adventure". Marvel (April 11, 2023).
- ↑ 'Captain Marvel 2': 'Candyman's Nia DaCosta To Direct Sequel
- ↑ "‘The Marvels’ and the Future of ‘Captain Marvel’". The Hollywood Reporter (May 3, 2021).
- ↑ Samuel L. Jackson Confirms He's Shooting The Marvels With New Post
- ↑ The Marvels: Brie Larson Confirms Captain Marvel Sequel Is Currently Filming
- ↑ Captain Marvel's MCU Ensemble Sequel Has Wrapped Shooting
- ↑ "‘The Marvels’ Lands Laura Karpman From ‘What If…?’ as Composer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety (January 13, 2022).
- ↑ "Marvel Movie Shift: ‘Doctor Strange 2’ To Kick Off Summer 2022, ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Heads To July & More". Deadline (October 18, 2021).
- ↑ ‘The Marvels’ and ‘Ant-Man 3’ Swap Release Dates in 2023
- ↑ ‘The Marvels’ Ends Box Office Run as Lowest-Grossing MCU Movie in History
- ↑ The Marvels Star Reveals Alternate Ending With Major Death
External links
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