Finally, the world gets its first look at
Brie Larson as a Marvel superhero, and she's definitely lit – quite literally, since she's crazy powerful.
The first trailer for "
Captain Marvel" (in theaters March 8, 2019) made its debut Tuesday with Larson in all her glory as Carol Danvers, the superhero that comic-book fans and everyone else has been waiting to see since Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury hit the button on a beeper with a familiar red-blue-and-gold star logo at the end of "Avengers: Infinity War." While we're still waiting to see how Carol will factor into Marvel's future – specifically, her role in "Avengers 4" (out May 3, 2019) – the new footage showcases the universe's past, as "Captain Marvel" takes place in the 1990s. (Hello, Blockbuster Video!)
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (the duo behind "Mississippi Grind" and 'Half Nelson"), the new film also features Jackson (with both eyes and sans Fury's usual patch), Jude Law as the as-yet-unnamed leader of Carol's outer-space crew Starforce, and Ben Mendelsohn as shapeshifting Skrull supervillain Talos.