However, insiders told The Express Tribune that the real reason is an outstanding payment that was to be made to Disney’s partners in South Asia. Whatever it takes: New ‘Avengers’ trailer sparks revs up eager Marvel fansPrior to this, three major distribution companies, including Everready and Distribution Club, were vying to purchase the rights for Captain Marvel, which happens to be Marvel Studio’s first female-led, full-length feature film. “The delay in the release of Captain Marvel here in Pakistan has nothing to do with the political situation between India and Pakistan,” a senior official of the Distribution Club revealed. “The real reason is that a local distribution company is yet to pay the studios for films it had purchased the rights to earlier. Starring Brie Larson as the titular superhero, Captain Marvel has already become one of the highest-earning blockbuster films ever to be led by a woman, with earnings of $179 million in the US alone.

Source: The Express Tribune March 15, 2019 10:41 UTC