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AT THE MOVIES
The first Captain Marvel comic book
appeared in 1977. It was written and
drawn by the team of Roy
Thomas and Gene Tolan
(1926-2011). The comic
was unusual because
the title character was a
then-rare female superhero.
Set in 1995, the first
live-action Captain Marvel
film, opening March 8,
follows Carol Danvers (Brie
Larson), a former U.S. Air
Force fighter pilot, as she
turns into one of the galaxy’
s
mightiest heroes and joins
an elite military team called
Starforce. The film’
s climax
comes when Earth is caught
in the middle of a conflict
between two alien worlds.
Co-stars include Samuel L.
Jackson and Jude Law.
The story the movie was
based on was co-written by
Nicole Perlman, 37 (Guard-
ians of the Galaxy). The film
was co-directed by Anna
Boden and Ryan Fleck,
both 42. Boden and Fleck
also wrote the screenplay,
along with two other writers.
This is the first big-budget
film for the pair, who have
long been professional and
romantic partners. Marvel
was reportedly impressed
with their ability to tell char-
acter-driven stories, whether
in their own indie films or in
their TV series work, which
was more commercial.
THE SMALL SCREEN
Whiskey Cavalier pre-
miered on ABC on Feb.
28 (10 p.m.). To quote the
Hollywood Reporter: “[It’
s] a
romantic action-dramedy in
which a pair of pretty people
bicker and flirt and fight
international crime.” Scott
Foley plays FBI agent Will
Chase (code name: Whiskey Cavalier)
who is assigned to work with CIA agent
Francesca Trowbridge (Lauren Cohan,
37). Together, they lead a team of spies
who do heroic things while also dealing
with romance and office politics.
Cohan is best known as Maggie
Green on The Walking Dead. Her par-
ents weren’
t Jewish when she was
born. Her Scottish mother returned to
the U.K. after she split up
with Lauren’
s American
dad. Lauren was then a
toddler. In England, her
mother remarried a Jewish
man converted to Judaism,
and Lauren was converted
to Judaism at age 5. She
became a bat mitzvah.
Hamilton star Lin-
Manuel Miranda will guest-
star on Brooklyn Nine-Nine,
the police sitcom starring
Andy Samberg, 40. His
episode will air on NBC
March 7 at 9 p.m. Show
creator Dan Goor, 43, is
rewarding Mir-anda for
joining other celebs in
protesting the series’
can-
cellation last year by Fox
(picked up by NBC).
Dame Joan Collins, 85,
will guest star on an epi-
sode of Hawaii 5-0 to air
on CBS on Friday, March
8, at 9 p.m. She plays
Amanda, a wildly success-
ful romance novelist who is
the mother of the ex-wife
of star character Danny
(Scott Caan, 42). I guess
Collins, the secular daugh-
ter of a Jewish father and
a non-Jewish mother, will
be channeling her late
sister, Jackie Collins, a
wildy successful romance
novelist.
Both sisters, by the way,
had three kids. All were
fathered by Jewish hus-
bands. Jackie found happi-
ness with her second (and
last) husband, who was
Jewish. Joan has been to
the altar five times. Her
current husband is now
only 54, but it appears to
be working — they have
been married since 2002,
and it’
s her longest marriage. ■
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