Is everybody quick to run across the next big player in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?Captain Marvelis only a month aside , and the movie has the potential to institute big changes to the franchise of over 23 motion-picture show and counting . Yeah , yeah , we fuck that the world is ready forAvengers : Endgame , but the Avengers ca n’t assemble without their latest and most powerful extremity . She ’s already poised to be the leader of the team after her solo motion picture kicks off , be inclined to see a heap more of the mighty Captain Marvel .

Her film is gearing up to be quite the crowd - pleaser . It takes spot in the past , it has scene both on Earth and in space , it boast jr. interpretation of other MCU characters , and it even present an entirely new cosmic menace to the universe . With so much decease on inCaptain Marvel , sports fan have wasted no time speculating and coming up with theories about what this film could mean for the quietus of the series . For this inclination , we ’re going to take a aspect at these fantastic lover hypothesis to see which ones seem unconvincing as well as which I could still be dead on target .

Keep in intellect that the theories see below are n’t exclusive to theCaptain Marvelmovie itself . The theories are about both the flick and the reference , so while we will be discussing her upcoming moving picture , we will be touching onAvengers : Endgameand beyond . With that out of the way , let ’s dig in . Here are15Captain MarvelFan Theories That Could Still Be on-key ( And 10 We Hope Are n’t ) .

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Could Be True — Captain Marvel Has Always Been Around

Ever since Captain Marvel was pose to appear inAvengers : Age of Ultron , fans have wondered how her call off cameo would have been implemented . Redditor Sinnik22makes a great case for this   — he theorizes that she has been active in the enfranchisement since then and has move the films in ways yet to be let out .

Why has Nick Fury kept her a secret for two decades ? Did they reconnect in his reclusive absence seizure afterCaptain America : The Winter Soldier ? The theory states that Captain Marvel has already been defend Earth from space , and that she meet with Fury in between the event ofWinter SoldierandAge of Ultron .

Could Be True — Nick Fury Will Lose An Eye

A young , suspiciously two - eyed Nick Fury will appear inCaptain Marvel . Seeing as he ’s known for his heart - patch , it ’s good to arrogate that fan will finally learn how he lost his left heart .

Fury remarks " The last time I trusted someone , I lost an optic ! " inCaptain America : The Winter Soldier , but fans have never gotten any further details . Fans theorize that a Skrull   — the villainous shape - shifting stranger inCaptain Marvel —   will take his eye out in armed combat . Another popular possibility is that Goose , Carol ’s hombre , might scratch it out .

Even in laggard and marketing material , Nick Fury has bandages above his left eye . That ca n’t be a sound polarity , right ?

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We Hope Not — The Movie Takes Place In An Alternate Timeline

Time travel and substitute dimensions are concepts that the Marvel picture have briefly touched on . Doctor Strangetravels the multiverse andAnt - Manfilms feature the Quantum Realm . The concepts are n’t exactly approachable science fable , but some fans theorize that they might play a huge role inCaptain Marvel .

Rumors betoken thatAvengers : Endgamemight include time travel   — technically dimensional locomotion   — as a key narration constituent . Is it potential that Carol Danvers is from a different universe ? Fans have theorized thatCaptain Marvelwill be overstretch out of her own universe to avail fight Thanos , but it seems like an unnecessary crinkle in an already rarify franchise .

Could Be True — Jude Law Plays A Villain

Actor Jude Law is reportedly playing Carol Danvers ' mentor . In the strip , this is Mar - Vell , the original Captain Marvel . However , Law has been oddly secretive about the role , which has led many fans to believe that he is hiding a major plot kink .

Fans have speculate that he is actually the classicCaptain Marvelvillain namedYon - Rogg . Themovie ’s merchandisesuggests this is the case , although it is potential he is playing both characters   — perhaps Mar - Vell is just an alias . In any shell , the moving-picture show puts both " full " mentor characters on the poster beside Carol herself , evoke that Marvel Studios might be sample to set audiences up for a shock .

Could Be True — Talos Takes Fury’s Eye

Who better to take Nick Fury ’s eye than his shape - stir exotic boss ? Ben Mendelsohn plays Talos , the leader of the Skrulls invading Earth . In his human grade , he plays is S.H.I.E.L.D. broker that act as Nick Fury ’s superior .

Thetheoryis that Fury may trust Talos while unaware of his alien origins — something Fury has alluded to inThe Winter Soldier   — so it would make perfect sentiency for Talos to betray him at some point .

Talos likely reveals his alien chassis and attack Nick Fury , damage or absent his eye in the physical process . Things might turn out differently , but this sounds like a dependable bet .

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We Hope Not — The Movie Will Create Plotholes

Avengers : eternity Warmakes it well-defined that Nick Fury is well cognizant of Captain Marvel . Her solo film shows that they forgather in the mid-’90s . Since then , Earth has live grampus robots , super - powered terrorists , and several alien invasions . The interrogative is , then , why has n’t Fury called her to help with these threat ?

Fans theorize thatCaptain Marvelcould make some glary plotholes in the Marvel universe if this is n’t addressed . She is plausibly on an significant missionary post or something , but there better be a good excuse . If not ,   then Nick Fury has some serious explaining to do .

Could Be True —Captain Marvel Will Lead The Avengers

Avengers : Endgamemarks the end of an era for the MCU . Some Avengers may prick the dust , key thespian will no longer enter , and a raw genesis of heroes will have to take the forefront . Among these candidates are Black Panther , Spider - Man , perhaps Doctor Strange   — but Captain Marvel will almost for sure be their leader .

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed that Captain Marvel will be their most powerful Cuban sandwich to particular date , and that she is set to become thenew face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Fans still have to see whether her glare feels innate or forced , but she will undoubtedly be the one assembling the squad after 2019 .

Could Be True — Starforce Is Evil

call this a fan theory might be give it too much credit rating   — it ’s more like a game point that has n’t been confirmed . Captain Marvel looks like part of Starforce in the film , a team made up of   — other than Carol herself   — amusing book villain . Of course , this is because Starforce is a squad of villains in the cartoon strip .

She appears as one of their member potential at the start of the picture show , but allegiances will probably change . How precisely this happens stay indecipherable , but we suspect that this theory is right on the money . Why would an Avenger side with villain anyway ?

We Hope Not — Two Carols

Thisfan theoryby redditor Zepanda66 is an odd one . It ’s not impossible , but it seems like a stretch . The original bill hypothesize that there will be two dissimilar version of Carol Danvers in the motion-picture show : one human being , and one Skrull .

accord to the theory , Carol Danvers will be hooked up to a automobile that transfers her intellect into a Skrull . The real Captain Marvel will eventually break free and work with the foreigner , who has sided with the human being against her own multitude .

This would be a gravid way to show that not all Skrulls are evil , but it would take valuable screen - time away from Captain Marvel in her launching .

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Could Be True — Captain Marvel Will Set Up Secret Invasion

The Thanos saga has spanned year ' Charles Frederick Worth of Marvel movie , but who will be the cock-a-hoop bad after him ?   Now thatCaptain Marveldeals with the shape - switch Skrulls , it seems like the nextAvengersfilm could be based onSecret Invasion .

Secret Invasionis a comic storyline where the Skrulls have successfully infiltrated the Earth ’s governing infrastructure . Even some of the Avengers could be Skrulls in hiding !

Captain Marvelwill for sure be conversant with them , andrumorsindicate that even Hawkeye will be hunt them down at the outset ofAvengers : Endgame . PerhapsCaptain Marvelis only the first of a big invasion to occur .

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