Collider claims that Angelina Jolie, who most recently directed biopic "Unbroken," is being considered for the Marvel Studios project.

Captain Marvel aka Carol Danvers is one of the highest-profile female superheroes in the Marvel comic-book canon and so the studio has already signed up two of Hollywood's top female screenwriters -- Nicole Perlman (who co-wrote "Guardians of the Galaxy") and Meg LeFauve -- to ensure a faithful transition from page to screen.

Signing up Jolie to the project would ensure that excitement and interest in "Captain Marvel" goes up a notch as well as bringing the character's strong feminist outlook to the screen.

Although other publications have questioned the validity of the story -- Jolie has also been linked with the vacant "Wonder Woman" director's chair -- Collider is standing by its studio sources.