Remember Ms. Marvel‘s end credits scene, where Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel suddenly appears in Kamala Khan’s (Iman Vellani) bedroom, while Kamala finds herself on a spaceship with Goose (the cat that’s really a Flerken)? Judging by a newly released teaser, that scene will lead directly into The Marvels, the sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel. It’s part of Phase Five of the MCU, and the film is directed by Nia DaCosta (Candyman).

Both Larson and Vellani reprise their respective roles for the film, along with Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, daughter of Carol/Captain Marvel’s BFF Maria. Monica grew up to become a SWORD agent, but thanks to the events of WandaVision, she can also absorb and manipulate energy as Spectrum. As for Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, she’s a teenage Pakistani American who lives in Jersey City. She’s a major comic books fan, worships Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, and fantasized about becoming a superhero someday. Her powers stem from the Terrigen Mists, released globally in a crossover storyline, the “Inhumanity.” The mists activated dormant Inhuman cells in several people, Kamala included.

Per the official premise:

Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as The Marvels.

Naturally, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) will be on hand to lend some assistance, along with fan-favorite Goose the cat. Saagar Shaikh, Zenobia Shroff, and Mohan Kapur will reprise their Ms. Marvel roles as Kamala’s older brother Aamir, mom Muneeba, and dad Yusuf, respectively. There’s also a new villain, played by Zawe Ashton, most likely the aforementioned Kree revolutionary. (One rumor is that Ashton will play a gender-swapped version of Kree General Ael-Dan from the comics.) Park Seo-joon (Parasite) has also been cast in an as-yet-undisclosed role.

The TV series Secret Invasion—which had a full trailer released last week—also builds off the events of Captain Marvel, but with a very distinct spy thriller vibe and themes of political paranoia, drawing inspiration from the TV series Homeland and The Americans. Judging by this new teaser, The Marvels feels like more classic MCEU fare: lots of action sprinkled with bits of humor, interpersonal tensions, and some timely self-reflection. In other words, it will be much like 2012’s The Avengers.

The teaser opens with Fury and Rambeau exploring an anomaly in space—looks like a wormhole or “jump point,” as Rambeau calls it. She’s trying to get some scientific data on the anomaly, only to switch places with an understandably panicked Kamala Khan. Khan’s panic is short-lived once she recognizes Fury; she’s an uber-fan, remember. (“Is this an Avengers test?”) Meanwhile, Rambeau finds herself mid-battle on another planet, while Danvers finds herself in Khan’s bedroom, bewildered by all the posters of herself plastered on the walls.

Eventually, Fury and Rambeau figure out the issue and meet up at Khan’s house, where Rambeau explains that their powers have become entangled. Eager to show Rambeau what she can do, Khan ends up switching places with Danvers—whose powers are clearly also entangled—where she meets Goose, who does what a Flerken does to those attacking her. Also, are those Flerken kittens? How deadly cute is that? And however strenuously Rambeau and Danvers deny that the three of them are a team, they totally are—to Khan’s delight.

The Marvels is slated for theatrical release on November 10, 2023.

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