A follow-up to Captain Marvel, featuring Oscar winner Brie Larson in the title role, is finally taking shape at Disney.
According to The Hollywood Reporter , the studio is in final negotiations with Megan McDonnell, a staff-writer on its Disney Plus series WandaVision on the project.
Sources said Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who co-wrote and directed the 2019 hit, will not return to helm the sequel. However, they are in talks to remain in the Marvel Universe and direct a possible Disney Plus series.
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Plot details are under wraps but the new story will move the setting from the 1990s of the original film to the present day.
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Also starring Samuel L Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn and Gemma Chan, the film grossed USD 1.13 billion worldwide.
Larson’s Captain Marvel also appeared in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame .