The Marvels director Nia DaCosta recently confirmed that the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe installment will return to the Kree homeworld, Hala.
According to The Direct, in the official production brief for The Marvels, DaCosta discussed making sure every planet featured in the MCU sequel felt unique. "A big thing with the production design was that I wanted each planet to feel distinct. I wanted to make sure there was no overlap of the designs," she explained. "So, when we’re in Tarnax, the buildings are shaped with a beautiful flow to them. [...] When we got to the planet Aladna I wanted it to be sun and color and bright and warm and happy feeling, like Positano." DaCosta then confirmed that Hala will be revisited after first appearing in Captain Marvel (2019), noting that it will be presented as "a technological city."
Nia DaCosta Reveals New Details About The Marvels' Villain
DaCosta also mentioned that The Marvels' villain Dar-Benn, a warrior-scientist turned politician, will be "hellbent on saving the Kree home planet of Hala and exalting her people to their rightful place in the universe." Zawe Ashton, who is engaged to MCU mainstay Tom Hiddleston (Thor's Loki), will portray Dar-Benn in the upcoming movie. Dar-Benn, a gender-swapped version of a relatively unknown Marvel character, has been spotted in marketing materials for The Marvels wielding an Accuser's war-hammer, a weapon that first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) through the character Ronan (Lee Pace).
In The Marvels, Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) are assembled by S.A.B.E.R. agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) after the former three's powers become entangled with one another. Trailers for The Marvels have suggested that Dar-Benn may be responsible for linking the female superheroes' powers together, with the Kree villain also sporting an identical bangle to the one Kamala Khan found in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel.
The Marvels Runtime Confirmed
Following conflicting reports, AMC Theaters recently confirmed The Marvels has an official runtime of 105 minutes. That's shorter than what Odeon and Cineworld listed on their websites, but longer than the one insider Cryptic HD Quality shared back in August, who stated the latest MCU entry was a brisk 93 minutes long. However, even at 105 minutes, The Marvels is now the shortest installment in the MCU, beating the previous record held by The Incredible Hulk and Thor: The Dark World (112 minutes).
The Marvels opens in theaters on Nov. 10.
Source: The Direct