retro-the-best....: [New post] Will Ms. Marvel feature in the Avengers film?

Thursday, February 10, 2011

[New post] Will Ms. Marvel feature in the Avengers film?

Will Ms. Marvel feature in the Avengers film?

dailypop | February 10, 2011 at 4:13 pm | Tags: Avengers, chris claremont marvel comics, ms marvel, Yvonne Strahovski | Categories: Avengers | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-2jJ

Star of the hit series Chuck, Yvonne Strahovski, is rumored to be in the running for the role of Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel in the 2012 Avengers movie.

This film is a major gamble for Marvel Entertainment as it will be the culmination of several efforts in the movie arena. Gone are the days of struggling to get a comic book movie into production thanks to the success of Iron Man, Batman and more as big budget feature films. However, no one has ever attempted to knit together several movies into a single ensemble movie based on a similar effort in comics when Stan Lee decided to put all of his top ranking heroes in one book.

The Avengers 2012 movie will star Chris Evans as Captain America, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Helmsworth as Thor, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Sam Jackson as Nick Fury. The script is by Zak Penn and Joss Wheldon (who is also directing).

The Avengers is a massive team in the Marvel Universe. Nearly everyone who has ever worn tights has been a member at one point or another, but Ms. Marvel is a special case. One of the few female super powered heroes, she has starred not only in several versions of the Avengers, but also in two solo series that have enjoyed cult followings.

US Air Force pilot Carol Danvers is every bit tough as she is glamorous. Originally introduced as a supporting character in the Captain Marvel series, Danvers life was changed after she was caught in the explosion of a Kree device. The explosion granted her enhanced strength, endurance, flight and the ability to channel energy. Greatly admiring Mar-Vell, she took on a similar moniker.

Writer Gerry Conway may have created Ms. Marvel, but credit for her unique identity and mannerisms has to go to Chris Claremont who took over writing duties of her solo series early on. Part of a broader editorial decision to introduce strong female heroes such as She-Hulk, Spider-Woman and others, Ms. Marvel was every bit the strong-willed female with a chip on her shoulder, yet she was also a fully developed character in her own right as her series explored relatively sophisticated story lines for the time.

In recent years, Ms. Marvel has become a mixture of eye candy and power house. One of the few 'full figured' women in comics, I have high hopes that they will retain her physical stature as well as her persona. Like Wonder Man, the Vision and the Beast, Ms. Marvel is a key component of the Avengers that my generation grew up with and a hero that I closely associate with the comic book superhero team.

There is a very real danger of over-populating the Avengers film but if Ms. Marvel is included, I'm right behind that decision.

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