Captain Marvel Super Bowl Trailer Breakdown: 10 Things You Need To See

The new spot promises to be higher, further AND faster, but was there anything fans missed?

by Ewan Paterson
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The TV spot for Avengers: Endgame may be getting all the headlines after airing on Sunday's Super Bowl, but there was another Marvel teaser that shouldn't be ignored either.

Captain Marvel, set to release in cinemas worldwide March 8, was the other Marvel movie to get a trailer during the 'Big Game', and though the film is only another month away, this latest teaser actually included some really interesting story details. There isn't really much else Marvel could unveil at this stage, but with the trailer having provided a closer look at Carol's origins and the conflict between the Kree and the Skrull, there are still plenty of reasons to pay attention the film's release.

By now, audiences will at least have a decent idea of who Carol Danvers is, and where she comes from. She’s a pilot in the US Air Force, and somewhere along the way she winds up in space with the Kree, without her memories, only to return to Earth and fight alongside a young Nick Fury.

The actual conflict itself is what’s really interesting here, and though the latest teaser doesn’t illuminate it too heavily, there were a few new shots and details that haven’t been shown off before…

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.