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Ava DuVernay to Direct Superhero Movie

Mar 15, 2018  •  Post A Comment

“Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ may have disappointed at the box office, but she’s already booked another big-budget project,” the AP reports. “Warner Bros. said Thursday that DuVernay will direct ‘The New Gods,’ a DC Comics property created by the famed comic book artist Jack Kirby. It’s an elaborate science fiction work, part of Kirby’s ‘Fourth World Saga,’ about two warring alien planets. It debuted in 1971.”

The report notes that DuVernay became the first African-American woman to direct a live-action movie with a budget of $100 million or more with “A Wrinkle in Time,” released by Disney. The movie bowed last weekend to just $33 million in box office receipts.

“Warner Bros. recently reshuffled its DC film division after critical duds like ‘Justice League’ and ‘Suicide Squad,'” the report notes. “A ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel is in development and an ‘Aquaman’ spinoff is due out in December.”

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  1. If Wrinkle hadn’t gone up against Black Panther it probably would have done much better.

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