Superhero Larson

    OSCAR winner Brie Larson has a new title to add to her resume: Superhero. Disney and Marvel announced Saturday at Comic-Con that Larson will star in “Captain Marvel” as the butt-kicking air force pilot Carol Danvers who gets special powers after an alien encounter.

    “Captain Marvel” will be the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to center on a female character. The film is scheduled for release in March of 2019. “Guardians of the Galaxy” writer Nicole Perlman and “Inside Out” writer Meg LeFauve are co-writing the screenplay. No director has been announced.

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    THE eighth season of “The Vampire Diaries” will be the supernatural series’ final entry.

    The cast and crew of the CW show announced Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con International that the forthcoming season will be its last. “The Vampire Diaries” executive producer Julie Plec called the ending “bittersweet and emotional.”

    The adaptation of the book series debuted in 2009 and centered on the spooky happenings in the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. The eighth and final season will premiere Oct. 21.

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    RIHANNA is checking into the final season of “Bates Motel” as Marion Crane. The cast and crew of the A&E drama announced Friday at San Diego Comic-Con International that the singer-actress will join them to portray the role originated by Janet Leigh in the original film version of “Psycho.” The modern-day “Psycho” prequel debuted in 2013 and features Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga as Norma and Norman Bates operating the motel in the coastal town of White Pine Bay, Oregon.

    Rihanna’s previous acting credits include the board game adaptation “Battleship” and the apocalypse comedy “This Is the End.”

    (SD-Agencies)