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Jude Law lands role in Captain Marvel

Jude Law lands role in Captain Marvel

The superhero film also stars Brie Larson, Ben Mendelsohn and Samuel L. Jackson
24 Nov, 2017

He turned down Superman, but it seems like Jude Law is set to star in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie.

The Hollywood actor has reportedly been roped in to play the male lead, Doctor Walter Lawson, who is the human guise of the hero Mar-Vell in Captain Marvel.

He will be starring opposite Brie Larson, who plays Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot whose DNA becomes accidentally fused with an alien’s. Mar-Vell will be a mentor to Carol Danvers.

The superhero film also stars Ben Mendelsohn and Samuel L. Jackson, the former will be playing a villain while Jackson will reprise his role as Nick Fury from the Avengers.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will be directing the film, while the script has been penned by Tomb Raider Geneva Robertson-Dworet, whose previous works include Tomb Raider starring Alicia Vikander.

Captain Marvel is slated to hit theatres March 8, 2019.