{"id":35964,"date":"2015-05-13T18:20:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T22:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=35964"},"modified":"2015-05-13T18:20:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T22:20:37","slug":"marvel-interested-in-selma-director-ava-duvernay-to-helm-black-panther-or-captain-marvel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/13\/marvel-interested-in-selma-director-ava-duvernay-to-helm-black-panther-or-captain-marvel\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Interested In SELMA Director Ava DuVernay To Helm BLACK PANTHER Or CAPTAIN MARVEL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ava<\/a><\/p>\n

We know that Marvel Studios has been planning on diversifying the lead superheroes of their comic book adaptations for some time now, with solo big screen adventures for both Captain Marvel<\/strong> and Black Panther<\/strong> set for 2018. The studio is also looking to diversify the talent behind those films, with The Wrap<\/a> reporting that Ava DuVernay, the director of last year\u2019s Academy Award-nominated Selma<\/strong>, is being sought after by Marvel \u201cto direct one of its diverse superhero movies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wrap further states that multiple sources are suggesting that the film in question could be Black Panther<\/strong> and that while the studio is also talking to other potential directors, the interest in her getting behind the camera for a Marvel movie is mutual. It is interesting, and a more than a bit encouraging, that the director of one of the more acclaimed films of last year who should be fielding a number of offers and projects would want to pursue a big superhero blockbuster as her follow up to a Civil Rights drama. Though I could see how the clout of having directed a Marvel film could translate into greasing the wheels to get financing for smaller, more serious fare that she may want to do.<\/p>\n

Chadwick Boseman has already been signed to play Black Panther\u2019s titular African prince\/superhero, who will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in next year\u2019s Captain America: Civil War.<\/p>\n

Additionally, The Wrap is reporting that insiders are telling them that the studio is definitely looking to hire an African-American director for Black Panther<\/strong> and a woman director for Captain Marvel<\/strong>. Landing DuVernay for either position would certainly be a seen as a win for the studio, not only for the talent she would bring to the job but also as some nice PR for the studio in a week where the ACLU has publically asked for investigations into the hiring practices at Hollywood studios which they claim are discriminatory towards women and minorities.<\/p>\n

Marvel had previously hired Patty Jenkins to direct Thor: The Dark World<\/strong>, though she left the project before production began over creative differences. Jenkins has gone on to be tapped to direct Warner Brothers Wonder Woman<\/strong>, replacing Michelle MacLaren. If it were a race, Warners looks like it will win as Wonder Woman<\/strong> has a release date scheduled 13 months before Marvel will have Black Panther<\/strong> on the big screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will the director of the Academy Award-nominated SELMA take on a Marvel film?<\/div>\n

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