Movie News: Marvel Reportedly Wants Ava DuVernay To Direct Superhero Movie

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Ava DuVernay opens up about why she passed on directing Black Panther

For months, rumors swirled about Ava DuVernay potentially being on board to direct Marvel’s Black Panther — the first Marvel superhero movie to star a black character. And although DuVernay ultimately passed on the gig, she’s been open about her reasons for her decision.

During the recent 2015 BlogHer conference in New York, DuVernay delivered the closing keynote where she shared advice about how to get ahead in the industry when you’re a minority. Unsurprisingly, the conversation about her Marvel meetings came up and DuVernay went into detail about why she decided to not take the project.

“For me, it was a process of trying to figure out, are these people I want to go to bed with? Because it’s really a marriage, and for this it would be three years,” DuVernay said of the intense commitment Marvel films tend to put on their creative teams. “It’d be three years of not doing other things that are important to me. So it was a question of, is this important enough for me to do?”​

And while she was intrigued by the cultural impact the film would have, especially with a black superhero at the helm, she also went on to explain that “everyone is interested in different things.”

These kinds of talks aren’t uncommon — Alan Taylor recently shared his frustration about working with a big studio like Marvel, and DuVernay has openly admitted that the film she would have wanted to make would have been different than what the studio wanted. But for DuVernay, the most important thing was being able to stay true to the work she wanted to create (she also said she plans to see Black Panther when it’s released).

“This is my art. This is what will live on after I’m gone,” she said. “So it’s important to me that that be true to who I was in this moment. And if there’s too much compromise, it really wasn’t going to be an Ava DuVernay film.”

prolly wanted to do a romantic drama type movie. said that this wouldnt work from the start

 

[playahaitian]

prolly wanted to do a romantic drama type movie. said that this wouldnt work from the start

I will never really know though...

and it wouldn't be a horrible idea to but a love story in the movie of all the action...

if they can do a straight up comedy with Ant-Man why not?

 

[keone]

I will never really know though...

and it wouldn't be a horrible idea to but a love story in the movie of all the action...

if they can do a straight up comedy with Ant-Man why not?

it can be in it just dont let it dominate the story. the action is more important to me. let someone handle it who can do that.

or maybe marvel didnt want to focus on africaa too mch and she was. if thats the cas fuck marvel

 

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it can be in it just dont let it dominate the story. the action is more important to me. let someone handle it who can do that.

or maybe marvel didnt want to focus on africaa too mch and she was. if thats the cas fuck marvel

see I could see THAT being more of the problem

a radioactive green monster possible

a Norse god umm OK

a man frozen in ice for decades and revived because of some supped up steroids...why not!!!

but showing Wakanda as a Utopia with only black people?

WTF??? You gonna believe that???

 

[keone]

see I could see THAT being more of the problem

a radioactive green monster possible

a Norse god umm OK

a man frozen in ice for decades and revived because of some supped up steroids...why not!!!

but showing Wakanda as a Utopia with only black people?

WTF??? You gonna believe that???

yeah man. im thinking its that. if thats the case would you still watch?

 

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yeah man. im thinking its that. if thats the case would you still watch?

difficult question.

I want to support Black Panther no matter what just so they don't have the ready excuse of we don;t support our own.

BUT I don't want them to think they can release sub par material and get support either.

I gotta think on it.

 

[keone]

difficult question.

I want to support Black Panther no matter what just so they don't have the ready excuse of we don;t support our own.

BUT I don't want them to think they can release sub par material and get support either.

I gotta think on it.

they are going to show this nigga in poland. we gone see wakanda for 2min

 

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they are going to show this nigga in poland. we gone see wakanda for 2min

my worst fear that they just have the consulate in NY and show scenes there and in the UN.

Wakanda in a flashback scene or the last scene of the first film.

 

[keone]

my worst fear that they just have the consulate in NY and show scenes there and in the UN.

Wakanda in a flashback scene or the last scene of the first film.

 

[playahaitian]

wouldn't be surprised at all fam

 

[raze]

Good interview. At the 3:32 mark, he's talks about the Black Panther rumors.

 

[grownazzblakman]

^^^ good drop.

 

[tical]

They better not fuck up BP man. That movie and Dr.Strange and oh yeah and Cap is all I really care about from the Studio. They can keep everything else...

 

[BlackGoku]

it can be in it just dont let it dominate the story. the action is more important to me. let someone handle it who can do that.

or maybe marvel didnt want to focus on africaa too mch and she was. if thats the cas fuck marvel

This is what happened to the first Thor. It was more of a love story than anything.

 

[playahaitian]

Good interview. At the 3:32 mark, he's talks about the Black Panther rumors.

 

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Creed’s Ryan Coogler Will Direct Black Panther

That was fast: A week after Creed made him the hottest up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood, Variety reported that Ryan Coogler is in talks to direct Marvel's Black Panther movie. Now it's official: Accordingto Polygon, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed to Empire that Coogler would helm the film featuring a "mostly black cast." "This one is important," Feige said. "Not only do you get an unbelievable lead character, but you also get all of Wakanda which is a whole new setting and culture to explore." Before Coogler's name was in the mix, Marvel was reportedly courting Selma's Ava DuVernay for the job of bringing Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa to the screen, but she declined the offer because it "wasn't going to be an Ava DuVernay film." Coogler will be only the second Marvel director not to be a white guy, after Thor: Ragnarok's Taika Waititi. Either way, it's been an impressive rise for the 29-year-old director, whose previous film, Fruitvale Station, won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 2014.

Happy New Year!!!!!

 

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Netflix and Ava DuVernay Respond to When They See Us Lawsuit
By Charu Sinha
Photo: Theo Wargo/WireImage

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Netflix and Ava DuVernay have formally responded to a lawsuit over DuVernay’s series When They See Us. The lawsuit, filed by firm John E. Reid and Associates, claimed that a scene in When They See Us defamed an interrogation technique developed by the firm. In a Chicago district court filing, Netflix said the lawsuit is both unconstitutional and dangerous. “The dialogue at issue is fully protected speech under the First Amendment and is not actionable as a matter of law,” reads the filing. “Permitting this case to go forward would not only be contrary to law, it would have a profoundly chilling effect on core First Amendment speech.”

The dialogue in question is one line in a When They See Us scene, which depicts an investigator confronting a detective over the potentially coercive interrogation of a suspect. The investigator suspects that the detective has used the Reid Technique, and goes on to say that the technique has been “universally rejected.” John E. Reid and Associates specifically takes issue with the characterization of the technique as universally rejected. In the filing, Netflix notes that the dialogue was both a protected opinion under the First Amendment, as well as literary hyperbole. When They See Us centers around the case of the Central Park Five. The full suit against Netflix and DuVernay can be read here.

 

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Ta-Nehisi Coates to Guest-Edit the September Issue of Vanity Fair

Eve L. Ewing, Bomani Jones, Ava DuVernay, Josie Duffy Rice, Jesmyn Ward, and others will contribute to the special issue. Byline: By Vanity Fair

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Ta-Nehisi Coates to Guest-Edit the September Issue of Vanity Fair
Eve L. Ewing, Bomani Jones, Ava DuVernay, Josie Duffy Rice, Jesmyn Ward, and others will contribute to the special issue.
BY VANITY FAIR
AUGUST 4, 2020

Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones announced today that Ta-Nehisi Coates is serving as guest editor for the September issue, a special edition exploring art, activism, and power in 21st-century America.
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“There’s no one better suited than Ta-Nehisi to illuminate this urgent moment in American history—to answer the question, why is this time different?” said Jones. “We are honored to collaborate with him on this project, bringing together the writers, artists, and icons whose work pushes us toward a more just world.”

Coates, a renowned journalist and writer, is an essential voice on subjects of history and American culture. He is the best-selling author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, Between the World and Me, and The Water Dancer. He is also the current author of the Marvel comics Black Panther and Captain America.

“I’m honored to be partnering with Radhika and the entire Vanity Fair staff on this project,” said Coates. “Equally, I’m humbled that so many of this country’s best writers and artists have agreed to participate. The moment is too big for any one of us to address alone.”
Working closely with the editorial and creative teams, Coates is helping oversee almost every aspect of the magazine’s production, including story assigning and editing, writer and photographer selection, art direction, design, display, and multimedia projects.
In addition to Coates, the September issue features more than 40 prominent writers, artists, and photographers, including Eve L. Ewing, Bomani Jones, Ava DuVernay, Josie Duffy Rice, Jesmyn Ward, Danez Smith, Deana Lawson, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Kiese Makeba Laymon, Jacqueline Woodson, Franklin Leonard, Kimberly Drew, Hank Willis Thomas, Diana Ejaita, Marjon Carlos, Zerina Akers, Ruth Ossai, Shawn Martinbrough, Ola Ebiti, Calida Rawles, Renell Medrano, Lynsey Weatherspoon, Jason Bolden, Dana Scruggs, Phylicia J. L. Munn, Levi Walton, Lawrence Agyei, Braylen Dion, Bruce Bennett, Paul Octavious, Shan Wallace, Djeneba Aduayom, Wulf Bradley, Miranda Barnes, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Sophia Wilson, Erik Carter, Kennedi Carter, Myles Loftin, Quil Lemons, Adrienne Raquel, Andrea Ellen Reed, John Edmonds, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, and Monica Ahanonu.
The September issue of Vanity Fair hits newsstands September 1. For at-home delivery of Vanity Fair, starting with this special edition, subscribe at this link no later than September 9.

 

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Ava DuVernay is making an animated Netflix series based on the Wings of Fire kids books

This marks the filmmaker's first animated project.
By Nick Romano
April 20, 2021 at 11:00 AM EDT

Now that her New Gods movie for Warner Bros. has fallen through, Ava DuVernay is focusing on her first animated project.
The Wrinkle in Time director and When They See Us creator is turning the popular Wings of Fire fantasy kids books into a 10-episode event series for Netflix.
Series author Tui T. Sutherland announced the news in a blog post for the streaming service. "'Will there ever be a TV show?' has been the No. 1 question I've gotten at events almost from the beginning, and the answer is finally yes!" she wrote.
"Not just 'yes,' but 'yes, AND I cannot believe the amazing team who are going to make this so great.' I am so immensely thrilled and grateful that Ava DuVernay is our Queen of Dragons (I'm pretty sure that's the official title)," Sutherland continued. "Ava is someone who saves the world every day without waiting for any prophecy to tell her what to do. I hope some of my dragons grow up to be just like her!"

Wings of Fire is set in the world of Pyrrhia where a bitter war between dragon tribes has waged for generations. Five young dragons are prophesied to bring peace to the land — Clay, Tsunami, Glory, Starflight, and Sunny — otherwise known as the Dragonets of destiny.
Ava DuVernay to adapt 'Wings of Fire' books.

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"Within this epic book series from the mind of Tui Sutherland is an elegant saga filled with wisdom and wonder, exploring ideas of belonging and bias, camaraderie and community," DuVernay said in a statement. "On behalf of my colleagues Sarah Bremner and Paul Garnes of ARRAY Filmworks, we're thrilled to partner with Netflix and Warner Bros. Animation for this dynamic adaptation where five young dragonets fulfill their destiny and show viewers how to fulfill their own."
Dan Milano (Glitch Techs) and Christa Starr (Mystery Science Theater 3000) are adapting the books for the screen, and they'll serve as showrunners on the show with Justin Ridge (Star Wars Resistance). DuVernay will executive produce alongside Sutherland, Sam Register, and Bremner.
DuVernay was previously set to adapt the New Gods DC comics into a feature film with comic book writer Tom King, but the project was canceled at Warner Bros.

"Tom, I loved writing NEW GODS with you. I'm upset that the saga of Barda, Scott, Granny, Highfather and The Furies ends this way," she tweeted at the time. "Diving into Kirby's Fourth World was the adventure of a lifetime. That can't be taken away. Thank you for your friendship. And remember… #DarkseidIs."



She's still sticking with the WB — well, WB Animation — for Wings of Fire as Netflix continues to develop a massive slate of animated projects. The streamer is adding at least 40 new anime titles alone in 2021, but they have a number of other animated titles in the works, including big plans for the Redwall children's books.