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Captain Marvel
MCU
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Rotten Tomatoes
6.8
IMDb / 10
6.8
TMDB · 16,917 votes
Film series · Captain Marvel · Part 1/2
DE release
07.03.2019
FSK
12+
Budget
152 Mio. $
Box office
1,13 Mrd. $
The story
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Key characters
Trivia & background
- Samuel L. Jackson was digitally de-aged by 25 years for the entire film — a first at the time.
- Goose isn't a cat but a Flerken. That explains the Tesseract in the stomach.
🥚 Easter eggs & references
- The Stan Lee fanfare: every logo built from his cameos — the first film after his death.
- The pager retroactively explains Fury's Infinity War stinger — and Goose explains the eyepatch.
📍 Filming locations
- The 90s Blockbuster backdrop: Los Angeles, including rebuilt Blockbuster stores and Edwards Air Force Base.
Gallery & videos
🎵 Music
Score: Pinar Toprak
- No Doubt – Just a Girl (90s finale fight)
📖 Comic sources
Captain Marvel (Kelly Sue DeConnick) (2012)
Carol's modern definition incl. 'Higher, Further, Faster'.
Kree-Skrull War (1971)
The conflict background.
Post-credit scenes · 2
1
The pager goes silent — Carol suddenly stands in Avengers HQ: 'Where's Fury?'
→ Leads to: Avengers: Endgame2
Goose retches up the Tesseract onto Fury's desk.
🥸 Stan Lee cameo
Reads his own Mallrats script on the train — the first posthumous cameo, with the 'Thank you, Stan' logo.
Why it matters for Doomsday · Optional
Carol's origin; basis for The Marvels.
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