Because of that, they’re holding off hiring a director until the writers have a better idea of where Carol Danvers will go in her movie, which makes sense.
This will be the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first female-led superhero movie, so it’s important that all the important story elements are ironed out so they can discuss the important details with whomever ends up leading the charge.
Inside Out’s Meg LeFauve and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Nicole Perlman have been hard at work on the Captain Marvel script for over a year, but as has happened with other major blockbusters in the past, it sounds like the story is taking longer to perfect.