Captain Marvel 2 is officially in the works with WandaVision writer

Brie Larson's Captain Marvel is officially getting a sequel – and a huge timeshift to the present day.

The team behind last year's original – co-writers and directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – won't be back for the follow-up, but WandaVision writer Megan McDonnell is in final talks to work on its script, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Marvel is also apparently looking to hire a female director for the sequel, which will change the 1990s setting of the first movie to today.

Captain Marvel 2 is reportedly being planned for release in 2022.

The first movie was a huge hit and grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the first female-led superhero film to pass the billion-dollar mark.

It starred Larson as Carol Danvers, who becomes Captain Marvel after Earth is caught in the centre of a galactic war between two alien races, the Kree and shape-shifting Skrulls.

The actress later took on the role again in Avengers: Endgame.

Marvel has been pretty quiet on the Captain Marvel sequel, and when studio boss Kevin Feige announced the slate of Phase 4 movies last year, it was nowhere to be seen.

But interestingly, writer McDonnell's new Disney+ series WandaVision will feature a grown-up Monica Rambeau (who was an iteration of Captain Marvel in comics lore), so the show, arriving in 2021, could well set up the sequel.

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