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Brie Larson Will Play Marvel’s First Female Superhero

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As if seeing the first trailer for Wonder Woman wasn’t enough to get you fired up about female superheroes, we’ve got some big news for you. 

According to Cosmopolitan, Marvel has recently announced that Oscar winner Brie Larson will play Captain Marvel, also known as Carol Danvers, in Captain Marvel, ​aka the first female-led superhero movie for Marvel, ever. Hell yeah.

Marvel announced the news at Comic-Con with Brie confirming it via her Instagram on the same day. 


 

Call me Captain Marvel.

A photo posted by Brie (@brielarson) on


Basically, this is incredible news for superhero fans because tbh, there are not enough female heroes in the world, especially on the big screen. Women have been overlooked for too long in this sphere (I mean, Black Widow STILL hasn’t gotten her own movie) but finally, our prayers have been answered. 

Captain Marvel will be hitting a theatre near you in March 2019. It’ll be worth the wait.

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Isabel is a currently the Evening & Weekend Editor at Her Campus and a student at New York University in the Global Liberal Studies program with a concentration in Contemporary Culture and Creative Production. When she is not watching Gilmore Girls or playing with puppies at the local pet store, she spends her time freelancing for numerous publications about celebrities and life. You can find her work on the websites of Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Elle, and Buzzfeed. Follow her on Instagram at @isabelcalkins.