Before Monica Rambeau can (hopefully?) take on a role among Marvel's costumed superheroes onscreen, her mother Maria will appear in Captain Marvel, using the name "Photon" and giving fans a sense of where Monica came from.
The film, as has been widely reported, will take place in the 1990s, so there will be plenty of opportunities for unexpected cameos (a two-eyed Nick Fury, and seemingly not-evil versions of Korath and Ronan, for instance) and mythology building.
?Maria?s got a strength that?s undeniable, in that you don?t feel like you need to help her,? Lashana Lynch, who plays the character, told EW. ?She is thrown into many a situation in this movie that she?s never been a part of, never seen, never experienced ? and she just learns it, immediately. She?s very resilient and very strong.?