Captain Marvel will take place before Nick Fury knew superheroes existed.

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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige revealed Carol Danvers (aka Captain Marvel) is actually the first hero Nick Fury meets in the MCU. According to Feige, Marvel wanted to explore a time period when Nick Fury did not know about this larger universe of superheroes existing."You know, we first met Nick when he told Tony, 'You’re part of a big universe. You just don’t know yet,'" Feige said. "Well, we want to go back to a time when he didn’t know it yet, and really showcase and announce that Carol Danvers was that first hero that Nick came across. That meant she could be the singular hero, but place it within timing of the MCU." Captain Marvel will be set in the early 1990s . As such, Marvel decided to explore making the film feel like a '90s action films and playing homage to some of the best action movies from that decade. "We hadn’t necessarily done anything like that before either, so there are definitely homages to our favorite ‘90s action films within Captain Marvel," Feige sad.According to Captain Marvel screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet, is "more of an action-comedy" as well . Fans will get to find out just how funny the movie actually is when Captain Marvel opens in theaters on March 8, 2019.

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