According to Marvel boss Kevin Feige, setting the '
The 45-year-old studio boss has revealed the reasons behind the studio's decision to set the much-anticipated superhero film in that particular decade, revealing it helps Marvel to explore some previously untouched stories.
Asked to explain Marvel's approach to the ' Captain Marvel' film, he told the Toronto Sun newspaper: "The answer is, you'll see in the storytelling of the movie.
"But it allows us to play in an area that we have never played in before and tapping into a '90s action genre was fun for us ... and being able to see an earlier part of the MCU before Nick Fury knew anything about aliens or anything about super-powered people.
"Also, tapping into the Kree-Skrull War, which in the comics was a huge part of the comic mythology, seemed like a fun thing to try and a fun way to give Carol Danvers her own standalone origin story."
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Earlier this month, Kevin revealed Samuel L. Jackson will look 25 years younger for the duration of ' Captain Marvel'.
He explained that the veteran performer and his co-star Clark Gregg will both look distinctly different from their real-life selves in the upcoming superhero movie, which stars Brie Larson as the central character.
Kevin said: "Sam Jackson is shooting a movie for us right now where he's entirely 25 years younger the whole movie.
"And Coulson. So that'll be the first one where it's a character for the whole movie, as opposed to a glimpse at a certain period of time. It's the whole movie."