Nia DaCosta Looks at The Marvels as a Learning Experience

Looking back at The Marvels, very few things went right. Production was difficult, the movie was a financial disappointment, and many fans found the story lacking, too. It was a bummer considering what was being attempted: a sequel to one of Marvel’s biggest surprise hits, Captain Marvel, as well as its most ambitious attempt to date of tying the Disney+ streaming shows into the Cinematic Universe, by weaving in Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau. And, in the end, lots of people laid the blame on director Nia DaCosta. She was an easy target. A young, Black, female filmmaker given the reins to such big, complicated project. Of course, this was all largely unwarranted and borderline offensive because DaCosta was only a small part of a big, corporate machine she had little control over. Looking back on the experience, though, she now has a very healthy point of view on it. Speaking at the Storyhouse screenwriting festival in Dublin, reported on by Deadline, DaCosta explained that the Marvel ... Read full article.