Brie Larson is defiantly mum on her plans to continue in the Marvel Comic Universe after her last movie, “The Marvels,” fizzled at the box office.
“Extra” asked Larson at Saturday’s 2024 SAG Awards if she had any upcoming MCU projects in the works.
Larson, 34, shook her head.
“I don’t have anything to say about that,” she replied while attending the ceremony in LA.
It wouldn’t be surprising if “The Marvels” was Larson’s swan song in the MCU.
The movie, which opened in November as a sequel to Larson’s hit 2019 movie “Captain Marvel,” made only $47 million in the US over its opening weekend — the worst MCU opening weekend ever.
By comparison, “Captain Marvel” opened to $153 million in 2019.
In November after “The Marvels” was released, Larson was enthusiastic about the prospects for her on-screen alter-ego, Carol Danvers, of whom she said “there is still so much” inside of her to explore.
“I feel like getting to be on this team just cracked her open in a way that she hadn’t been and I really loved her for that,” she told Entertainment Tonight at the time.
But when she was asked about future MCU projects, Larson hedged her bets with a cryptic reply that hinted at the possibility of a movie in the pipeline.
“I don’t want Marvel to come for me,” she said. “But there is something. There is definitely something to your question, that I would want to say, but I am not going to.”
Thus far, Marvel Studios has not announced a sequel to “The Marvels,” and “Deadpool & Wolverine” (starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman) will be the only MCU release this year.
Marvel expects to produce six more movies between 2025 and 2027, including the next “Captain America” movie, two “Avengers” films and the introduction of “The Fantastic Four” to the MCU.
Perhaps Larson’s “The Marvels” co-star, Iman Vellani, had the right idea.
When the movie opened, she said the actors should not be concerned about box-office receipts.
“I don’t want to focus on something that’s not even in my control,” she said, per People. “Because what’s the point?
“That’s for [Walt Disney CEO] Bob Iger.”
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