NEW YORK — Nia 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 — like “Across the Spider-Verse.” “The …
Captain Marvel is no longer the only woman to headline a Marvel movie. Disney on Tuesday released a trailer for “The Marvels,” the highly anticipated follow-up to 2019’s “Captain Marvel,” which starred Brie Larson as the first woman to lead a Marvel feature. This time around, Larson’s Carol Danvers is joined by two other women of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: …
Spoiler alert for the few who still haven’t seen Friday’s episode of “WandaVision”: The Marvel Cinematic Universe just welcomed its newest superhero. On Monday night, actress Teyonah Parris appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to discuss a major development for her character, Captain Monica Rambeau, as revealed in the latest installment of the wildly popular Disney+ series. But in the comics, …
