EXCLUSIVE: In what is sure to be one of the bigger directing jobs to be taken off the table in recent months, we are hearing that Nia DaCosta, who directed the anticipated reboot of Candyman, has been tapped as director on Marvel's sequel to Captain Marvel.
Disney and Marvel Studios had no comment.
DaCosta takes over for Anne Bowden and Ryan Fleck, who directed the first pic to massive box office success. Marvel is known for switching up its directors on its popular franchises like Thor, Iron Man and Captain America to give the next installment a fresh voice, and had been meeting with candidates for the past couple of months.
Although the studio met with several individuals, DaCosta seemed to have the edge for some time even as she and others met with Marvel chief Kevin Feige over the weekend.
Megan McDonnell, a staff writer on the Marvel-based series WandaVision, penned the script for the Captain Marvel sequel, with Brie Larson returning to star.
In the first film, Larson's Carol Danvers was a human who becomes involved in the war between two alien races, the Kree and shape-shifting Skrulls. Surviving an explosion tied to an alien engine imbued her with incredible power, turning her into Captain Marvel and making her one of the most powerful heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The film was released in March 2019 and grossed $1.13 billion worldwide.
DaCosta has been on the rise since directing the indie Little Woods, the critically acclaimed film that put her on every exec and producer's radar including Jordan Peele who hand picked her to direct his Candyman retelling. Though the release has been pushed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's first trailer set social media on fire and has fans of the original super excited with what DaCosta has brought to the table in her version.
She also directed a film with Tessa Thompson in it! Little Woods, from 2019.
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