This coming March, audiences will finally get to experience one of the most buzzed-about new superhero films in years when Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel arrives in theaters. Following a massive year that saw the release of Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and the recent Ant-Man and the Wasp, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will enter 2019 by going backward on the timeline for an adventure set in the early 1990s—an era left previously-unexplored in the MCU. With the stakes high, the arrival of Academy Award-winner Brie Larson as Carol Danvers signals the formal debut of what Marvel Chief Kevin Feige famously noted as being a hero with powers that “are off the charts.”

The ESPN Monday Night Football debut of the film’s second trailer managed to draw a unique crossover audience to the broadcast, lighting up twitter with discussion of multiple suits, cosmic powers, and the warring races of the Skrulls and the Kree. Just as the full details of the film and how it connects to the forthcoming Avengers 4 are closely-held secrets, I too am keeping a big one…

I spent time on the set of Captain Marvel more than eight months ago.

I saw things. I did things. And right now I’m still not allowed to tell you anything else about it. Simply revealing the fact that I was there was subject to embargo.

What I can say is that you’ll want to keep an eye on The Pop Insider in the weeks and months ahead, because The Rock Father has some treats for you. In the meantime, go check out this look inside Marvel Studios that I shared with you last spring.

Stay tuned…


Set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel sees a galactic war between two alien races reaches Earth, as Danvers finds herself and a small cadre of allies at the center of the maelstrom. The film stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Rune Temte, Algenis Perez Soto, Mckenna Grace, with Annette Bening, with Clark Gregg, and Jude Law. Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN MARVEL is produced by Kevin Feige and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Jonathan Schwartz, Patricia Whitcher and Stan Lee are the executive producers. The story is by Nicole Perlman and Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, and the screenplay is by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and Jac Schaeffer. The film hits theaters on March 8, 2019. The film hits theaters on March 8.

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James Zahn

James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

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