The Marvels (2023) Trailer Review

It has been 4 years since the last Captain Marvel film and the sequel The Marvels has been set up in both Wandavision & Ms Marvel with the introduction of Monica Rambeau & Kamala Khan, they share bliing with Carol Danvers and hopefully this film will be good. The trailer came out last week and here are my thoughts and what that could mean for the future of the MCU. 

Nick Fury is back

Now I have no idea why Nick Fury was in this trailer when Secret Invasion hadn't finished yet. But yes he survives that show and is back working at Sabre. He is clearly still in contact with Carol Danvers and they seem friendly and we know his work with Monica Rambeau is what gets this whole story going. In the finale of Secret Invasion, Fury mentioned how the Kree and Skrull could be up for peace talks and this story element might be seen in this film. 

Dar-Benn is the villain and has Bengal's like Ms Marvel 

In the trailer, we see the villain Dar-Benn played by Zawe Ashton blame Captain Marvel for the destruction of elements of The Kree. But more importantly it seems like she has Bengal's, the same as Kamala had in Ms Marvel. These helped Kamala get her powers but also connect to higher power, if I remember they said in Ms Marvel that these artefacts are linked so it shows how Kamala is an important part of the film. 

The three main characters are linked together 

When Dar-Benn uses her artefact, it affects the powers of the three protagonists and it seems when they use their powers that they change positions with each other. It is also important that when Ms Marvel changes it is her Bengal that lights up, clearly showing the connection. 

Is the Skrull vs Kree War a major element in this film. 

After Secret Invasion, we have seen that The Skrull are a major part of this universe now and that they aren't all good guys. As I said above, it seems like The MCU are teasing peace between Skrulls & Kree but Dar-Benn is clearly trying to destroy them. Carol even says she is trying to destroy all the planets they call home, this must mean that some skrulls have found home, which does contradict what Fury says in Secret Invasion. 

Monica & Carol are still going to have issues

In Captain Marvel it shows that a young Monica Rambeau and Carol Danvers have a really positive relationship and care about each other. But Carol leaves at the end of the film and doesn't seem to return till the events of Avengers Endgame 25 years later. We saw in Wandavision, that Monica holds a grudge against Carol, especially over the death of her mother Maria Rambeau and I hope that really gets addressed in this film. 

Overall

Overall, this looks like it could be a fun film but I have to be honest this is one of the Marvel Studios projects that I am least excited about and I hope it can surpass expectations.