Back in November during the
Vanity Fair photoshoot for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's 10 Year Anniversary Craig Kyle, a producer on the
Thor movies as well as the creator of X-23 put a behind the scenes photo up on his
Twitter account hashtagged #BadassLadiesOfMarvel showing Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Evangeline Lilly (Wasp), and Pom Klementieff (Mantis)
The above garnered a lot of attention, quite rightly and the conversation turned to the role of women within the MCU. While Johansson has been a staple of the franchise since
Iron Man 2 way back in 2010 we've yet to see an MCU film headed by a female character, now that will change with the 2019 release of
Captain Marvel and many are excited to see the
the Dora Milaje in Ryan Coogler's upcoming Black Panther.
Also around this time Tessa Thompson of Thor: Ragnarok spoke about herself and a number of her fellow MCU actresses pitching an all-female team up film to Kevin Feige. While promoting
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle Karen Gillan who plays Nebula in the
Guardians of the Galaxy films spoke again about the pitch in an interview with
IndieWire.com:
“I had no idea when we were taking that picture that it would sort of break the internet a little bit,” Gillan said when asked about the now-infamous photo, which also includes Thompson, Zoe Saldana, Brie Larson, Scarlett Johansson, Danai Gurira, Evangeline Lilly, and Pom Klementeiff. It was taken the same day they pitched their idea to Feige at a Marvel event.
“Brie Larson was like, ‘We should go up to Kevin Feige and tell him to make an all-female Marvel movie,’ so we all marched up there in a group, a whole herd of us, and said that to him,” Gillan said. “He was like, ‘Yeah, that would be amazing!’ but he didn’t really commit to it, but he thought it would be a great idea.”
Karen continued: “Now is the time, more than ever - look at the success of ‘Wonder Woman.’ It’s clear that we all want that.”
Do you all want that? Do you feel like this is something that will actually come to fruition and if so who would you like to see in the team? And if you're not in favour of this, what would you like the next phase of the MCU to look like?