The new trailer for Captain Marvel – the 21st entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – arrived overnight, giving us a closer look at what to expect from the origin story of one of the galaxy’s most powerful heroes.
Kicking off with an extended version of the old lady fight glimpsed in the first trailer, this new look pretty quickly establishes the shape-shifting, pointy-eared Skrulls as “the bad guys”. Captain Marvel, aka Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), meanwhile, identifies herself as a Kree – a race of “noble warrior heroes” and sworn enemies of the Skrulls.
Only, she’s not a Kree; she’s simply been “reborn” by them to “live longer, stronger, superior”, as Annette Bening’s mysterious scientist informs us in a crucial bit of exposition. Danvers is actually an Earthling. And so, along with fledgling SHIELD agent Nick Fury (an impressively de-aged Samuel L Jackson), she sets out to unravel the mystery of her past on her way to becoming the (hopefully) Thanos-beating hero we need right now. You can watch the trailer below…
So, there you have it. Mohawk Marvel! Space battles! Jude Law! And who knew Nick Fury was such a cat person?
Captain Marvel hits UK cinemas on 8 March 2019