My gut tells me they are not skipping Mar-Vell. In fact he may be entering shooting any day now and will appear before Carol Danvers. I think they are just skipping Mar-Vell's Kree heritage, and making him a Titan Eternal instead. More or less merging Mar-Vell with Starfox. And putting in a direct tie to Thanos. That would let them tie everything together for the Infinity Gauntlet stuff. I think we will find that Mar-Vell is the father of one of our already known characters. Remember we don't know exactly who Kurt Russel is playing yet. My money is on either Mar-Vell or Eros/Starfox. Either way Starlord is half Eternal. That's why he was able to wield the gem.votemarvel said:Not completely out of left field for a black actress to be cast. The second Captain Marvel was Monica Rambeau a lieutenant in the New Orleans Harbour Patrol.Silentpony said:I'm gonna go completely out of left field! Diamond Jackson! Not only older, but African American. And stupid hot.
I can understand them wanting to skip Mar-Vell as Captain Marvel, as the MCU is already guy heavy, but why skip straight to the last person to use the code name?
Why not use Phylla-Vell if they absolutely need to skip to a white blonde woman. As Mar-Vell's daughter she would make the name a legacy more than just a code name. Plus she'd let them show that the MCU is gay friendly.
I can't really offer any suggestions of who to cast as Carol Danvers, as I don't want to see her as Captain Marvel in the movies, at least not at this time.
There are also hints that Monica Rambeau is planned at some point to be brought into the Avengers mix. They will probably use her more modern code name of Spectrum if they name her anything other than Monica at all. She also opens the door for Aaron Stack / Machine Man to come in. Which would be a trip.
If Phylla-Vell shows up anywhere it will be in Guardians as she is/was a member in the comics. I don't see them throwing her or Genus-Vell into the mix anytime soon. Maybe down the road if they keep making Guardians movies.