Why Captain Marvel Is Going To Be A Very Different MCU Movie

7. We're Finally Getting A Women-Led Project

Since 2008, Marvel have been no strangers to criticism of their approach to establishing their universe. Five of the initial six Avengers were all white dudes, and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow - one of the most popular characters of the franchise - not only went missing in merchandise for the film, but is still yet to anchor a production of her own.

Given how often Marvel has been ahead of the curve when it's come to representation on and off the page, it was a big surprise to see DC beat them to the punch and release their own women-led film this year, barely three years into their own cinematic universe, and a further nine since Marvel started theirs.

It's safe to say that the company have fallen behind in this instance, and, while we're still waiting on that Black Widow movie (or an Agent 13 film, for that matter), it's great to see that the studio are moving ahead with a film that, not only has a woman in the lead role, but also has one co-directing and writing it.

If it wasn't made obvious by the resounding success of projects like Wonder Woman, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage that representation matters, then Captain Marvel should surely hit home that fact even harder, especially when Black Panther inevitably owns the box office when it releases next year.