Last we heard George Miller was possibly looking to direct a New Gods movie at Warners/Dc, however it looks like someone else has stepped into the frame for the gig.
Breaking tonight it seems that A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay is now looking likely to get the gig.
After making history as the first woman of color to helm a $100 million-plus live-action film in A Wrinkle In Time, Ava DuVernay will continue to play in the event film sandbox. She’s closing a deal with Warner Bros and DC to direct a big-budget screen adaptation of The New Gods, the creation of revered comic book impresario Jack Kirby. The studio will quickly set a screenwriter who’ll craft the narrative and work closely with DuVernay.
It looks like Warners were impressed with DuVernay’s work on AWIT and, following on from the success of Patty Jenkins on Wonder Woman (and soon the sequel) it looks like they are putting a lady front and centre with a movie that could take comic book movies to a whole new level of epic.
The New Gods was the Genesis of the uber-villain Darkseid. Also called “Fourth World,” the Kirby creation debuted in a trilogy of related comics written and drawn by Kirby that were published in the very early 1970s: New Gods, Forever People and Mister Miracle. The New Gods came into existence after the world of the gods of classic mythology were destroyed during Ragnarok. The deities inhabit two planets: one is New Genesis, a lush paradise, and the other Apokolips, which sounds like Dante’s version of hell.
Given the events we’ve seen in Wonder Woman and Batman V Superman we can definitely see how The New Gods could tie a lot of things together.
Thoughts?
Source: Deadline
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