Apart from Captain America: The First Avenger, all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies are set in the present day.
But now Captain Marvel is the second period piece for the franchise, this time being set in the early 1990s.
Larson’s Carol Danvers was briefly teased at the end of Avengers Infinity War, so setting up the character seemed crucial before heading into Avengers 4.
And now Marvel boss Feige has revealed why Captain Marvel is set almost two decades before the first Iron Man.
Speaking with the Toronto Sun, he said: “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 and 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.”
Meanwhile Captain Marvel producer Nate Moore has expanded on this.
The producer said: “I think the way the film opens is much different than an origin movie.
“And because she is a heroine that you haven’t seen before, we’re able to tell this story structurally in a way that will feel unexpected and hopefully will keep audiences off balance.
“Still balanced enough that they can enjoy the film, but even just making it a period film is sort of interesting in that it’s not just a function of the world as we know it in the MCU today.”
Meanwhile at CineEurope last month Feige revealed that Captain Marvel will “lead the entire MCU.”
While a behind-the-scenes featurette was shown Feige is said to have said: “Captain Marvel is about to take the lead in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe”.
This would imply that she is replacing Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man moving forward.
Captain Marvel is released in UK cinemas on March 8, 2019 and will be followed by Avengers 4 on April 26, 2019.