Is Ava DuVernay A Lock To Direct Marvel's BLACK PANTHER?

I've never seen any of her films but just looking at her and she looks like a good fit with Black Panther.

She's a great director. i'm really interested in her ability to shoot action shots. But BP will still be a good movie.

Y'all already know who'd I'd get...



I just know that John likes to do things "his" way and that would probably cause a problem for Marvel similar to how Edgar Wright had to be let go.

I just hope that whoever gets it, has a complete compassion for the character and truly wants to make him an instant favorite for fans everywhere.

YES!!!!!



PS. Get Antoine Fuqua away from this property

This is a bold choice very exciting. So we could end up with two female directors in phase 3.

@DrDoom I caught a glimpse bummer.

Not sure why people are upset over this news. Marvel usually gets underdogs or unappreciated cult artists, but this chick already has an "oscar worthy" film under her belt(not necessarily my opinion on the film, just a general consensus, so correct me if I'm wrong), so they must really like her considering they got someone who is really out there at the moment rather than someone who has a bad track record but can do wonders for a certain project. My point being they didn't get her simply because she was black and made one good movie, they obviously talked to her and probably liked what she had to say. As long as the Russo's build a strong foundation for Black Panther in Civil War, we shouldn't have to worry about her, I guess, removing certain comic book eccentric qualities that are consistent with the Marvel brand(examples being talking raccoons, shrinking thief jokesters, alien Gods, etc).

LOL!!! Ban @Gusto!!

Haven't seen anything from her, but she doesn't sound like a bad choice. Any reason to be confident that she can do action?

She handles character drama so well. Give her the stunt guys and choreography guys from TWS and Daredevil and this movie will be amazing. I've also heard that the Russos will produce so that's good. Antoine Fuqua and Ryan Coogler were my other choices

@Jeight "She certainly is talented. The thing is, is she willing to dwleve into the more comic book aspects of the lore? Dora Milaje, Klaw with the sonic arm, Bast, mystic aspects of the mantle? If she is, then it's a good match."

I think she is more than willing, as I imagine she would want to respect the culture that is set in Wakanda, even if it is fictional. I think the question we should all be asking is if she will try to give it a sci-fi, supernatural or superhero vibe, because she could attempt to portray the culture in a realistic fashion, which is what I'm worried about, if she is going to do a comic book movie, she should embrace the foundation of the material. But look at Kenneth Branagh, he did mostly shakespeare stuff and he really only changed Thor to be more of a cosmic hero, which is fine considering he is surrounded by cosmic threats, so I don't think we should worry too much, I guess. The screenwriter is where it really counts in source material here, so hopefully they grab up Reginal Hudlin who did that Black Panther cartoon mini series, it was comic-booky and it was very much a social-political drama which works well with Ava and won't let her out of her comfort zone in terms of material.