'The Marvels' director Nia DaCosta makes her mark on Marvel history
The HinduNia DaCosta, director of the upcoming “The Marvels,” has a diagnosis for the recent struggles of superhero movies. For DaCosta, whose two previous films were the Jordan Peele-produced horror remake “Candyman” and the acclaimed 2018 indie crime drama “Little Woods,” it’s imperative that superhero movies aspire to be fresh and daring — films, she says, like “Across the Spider-Verse.” “The more we can do that as an industry, the better,” DaCosta said in a recent interview, praising the originality of that animated Marvel movie released earlier this year. It was cool to see that I wasn’t just stepping into an all-white, all-male world.” “The Marvels” brings together Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau/Photon and Kamala Khan/Ms. I was like, ‘Wow, they’re really going for it.’” DaCosta was drawn to what she calls “a really crazy, sci-fi space opera” that was wacky and tonally different from most MCU films. After making “Candyman,” a Marvel movie was, DaCosta says, “definitely not in my near future.” But it also wasn’t entirely off her radar.
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