CAPTAIN MARVEL 2 Finds Its Director In CANDYMAN Filmmaker Nia DaCosta

CAPTAIN MARVEL 2 Finds Its Director In CANDYMAN Filmmaker Nia DaCosta

Some major MCU news to get you over the midweek slump here, as reports are coming in that Marvel Studios' upcoming Captain Marvel sequel has enlisted Candyman reboot director Nia DaCosta to helm...

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By MarkCassidy - Aug 05, 2020 05:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Captain Marvel
Source: Deadline

Captain Marvel 2 has found a director!

According to Deadline, Marvel has enlisted Candyman reboot helmer Nia DaCosta to step behind the camera of the highly anticipated sequel, which will see Brie Larson make her return as Carol Danvers. This makes DaCosta the first Black woman to direct a Marvel Studios film.

We were told that the first movie's directors Anne Bowden and Ryan Fleck would not be returning back when the sequel was announced as being officially in development, and Marvel has been searching for a female filmmaker to take over since.

Kevin Feige and co. are said to have been meeting with candidates for the past couple of months (no one else is named in this report), but DaCosta "seemed to have the edge for some time."

WandaVision writer Megan McDonnell penned the script.

Plot details for Captain Marvel 2 remain under wraps for now, but there are rumors that Ms. Marvel will make an appearance. There's also a lot of speculation that the sequel will take influence from the Secret Invasion comic arc, which would make a certain amount of sense following the events of the first film.

What do you guys make of this news? You can check out DaCosta's stunning shadow puppet trailer for Candyman below.

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/5/2020, 5:05 PM
Now this is an interesting choice. Little Woods is great and Candyman looks intriguing and inventive, something CM needs bad. Hope she shakes things up big time. CM is in desperate need of a fresh voice.



DaCosta is a choice that seems hot right now due to Candyman. Movie must be good. Feels like when Marvel grabbed Coogler coming off of Creed and how hot it was.
ThorArms
ThorArms - 8/5/2020, 5:19 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Doesn’t come out for over a year...you think Universal let Feige see it a few months ago? Lol

Honestly don’t know how those things work between studios. Curious
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/5/2020, 5:25 PM
@ThorArms - Idk either but I assume these producers get to see cuts or at least significant footage of these films. Feige knows so and so at universal and ask to see some unedited cut or a few scenes here and there.

I could be wrong but that doesn’t seem to far fetched to me.
Battabing
Battabing - 8/5/2020, 6:00 PM
@BlackBeltJones - On paper, this feels like a massive upgrade.
But, people were praising Fleck and Boden as indie darling geniuses back when they were tapped to do Captain Marvel.

So, we'll see how it goes. DaCosta's style is certainly interesting. I don't know much about the writer, though.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 8/5/2020, 6:07 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Plus her first movie was with Tessa Thompson, and she could've put in a good word for her.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/5/2020, 6:12 PM
@Battabing - yea Boden and Fleck were the quintessential indie darlings. I still don’t know what went wrong there. They’re good directors but it seems just a case of they don’t mesh well with the cbm world. Everyone doesn’t. DaCosta has the creativity aspect behind her. She seems inventive.
Franshu
Franshu - 8/5/2020, 6:27 PM
@Battabing - Well, Fleck and Boden's stuff as indie filmmakers was pretty good, tho. Like, I wouldn't take back my praise for those previous films of theirs. They dropped the ball hard on CM. Maybe the script didn't quite click, they also definitely lacked a sense of visual flair... IDK, it just didn't work.
DaCosta on the other hand, decidedly seems to have a better grasp on visuals at the very least.
Origame
Origame - 8/5/2020, 8:09 PM
@ThorArms - im guessing its a matter of hype/interest others have over the projects that gets the names brought up. And in this case they're specifically looking for female directors, which is a smaller pool than just directors in general (or male directors but no one just looks for them).
Origame
Origame - 8/5/2020, 8:14 PM
@Battabing - i think it all matters with the ultimate goal of this. If its like wonder woman, where they were making a fun war/fish_out_of_water/ superhero movie that happened to star a woman, then they just have to make sure its done fresh. If they try to squeeze in sjw politics to the point the main character can't even have an arc because "women don't have flaws" then its gonna fail.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 8/6/2020, 1:13 AM
@Battabing - "I don't know much about the writer, though"
Surely can't be a worse script than the first film.
Battabing
Battabing - 8/6/2020, 7:21 AM
@nikgrid - Hopefully.
KWilly
KWilly - 8/5/2020, 5:06 PM


Is this a good thing?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/5/2020, 5:08 PM
@KWilly - can’t be any worse than the first Captain Marvel....which was pretty damn bad
KWilly
KWilly - 8/5/2020, 5:11 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Lol you right. Plus, after looking her up, she's BRAND spankin' new. Only 30. So Marvel is giving her a lot of trust here, which must mean she's pretty good.

And she from Brooklyn, so that's a 1+ for me
dracula
dracula - 8/5/2020, 5:11 PM
@BlackBeltJones - hopefully can do for captain marvel what winter soldier did for captain america. Although first avengers was also good
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 8/5/2020, 5:16 PM
@KWilly - she's 30 and already in the MCU bag. I have one year to catch up, no biggie *cries in the corner*
dracula
dracula - 8/5/2020, 5:08 PM
Am interested in Candyman, but never heard of her, so hopefully Candyman is good. Wonder if she will add any horror type stuff to the movie.
Battabing
Battabing - 8/5/2020, 6:02 PM
@dracula - Maybe DaCosta should have been considered for Blade, seeing as how she's kinda steeped in horror right now.
QuietStorm
QuietStorm - 8/5/2020, 5:09 PM
Im really happy for her and i know she's going to kill it. But i also hope this brings Peele to the MCU in some capacity as well. I dont know enough about Marvel comics to know what he should direct but how about Blade? It can give us that good ol "gritty and real" take.
dracula
dracula - 8/5/2020, 5:10 PM
Marvel always goes for unusable picks but you can usually still get an idea of what we are getting based on their work, but yeah candyman isnt out yet and i have no idea who this is
Vigor
Vigor - 8/5/2020, 5:19 PM
@dracula - unusual * lol
dracula
dracula - 8/5/2020, 5:22 PM
@Vigor - damn spell check, writing it on my phone
LordHarryLatts
LordHarryLatts - 8/5/2020, 5:11 PM
Nowhere to go but up for the sequel. First one was a bland, lifeless dud.
IronAvenger3000
IronAvenger3000 - 8/5/2020, 6:34 PM
@LordHarryLatts - the screenplay is lackluster. I was bored the whole entire time; looking for something to catch my eye.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 8/5/2020, 5:11 PM
I dunno what this means, but I'm perpetually excited for more Carol.

...Something something Starjammers something something Phalkon Quest...
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