Is Nia DaCosta headed back to the horror genre? Deadline reports that the “Candyman” director is in talks with Sony Pictures to direct the second film in the upcoming “28 Years Later” trilogy. If DaCosta does signs on, she’ll shoot her installment immediately after Danny Boyle wraps the first one later this year.  

READ MORE: ’28 Years Later’: Cillian Murphy Says “Watch This Space” About Whether He’ll Star

And that means Sony, Boyle, and writer Alex Garland are working fast to make this new trilogy a reality.

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There’s no other way to put it. It’s not a good day for Marvel Studios as their third film of 2023, “The Marvels,” opened to just $47 million at the U.S. box office—the lowest-grossing opening weekend of any Marvel movie ever (yes, even lower than 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” and lower than all of the 2021 pandemic-affected films like the poorly-received “Eternals”).

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Filmmaker Nia DaCosta isn’t a stranger to stories about the power of vengefulness or forgiveness. Her directorial debut “Little Woods” sees its protagonist (Tessa Thompson) trying to create a life when local vengeance gets in the way, while “Candyman” sees artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) get ever closer to folklore’s Candyman, the vengeful spirit of a wrongly murdered man who can overtake your life if you whisper enough times into a mirror.

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There was a time—not that long ago, in fact—where a new Marvel Studios release fell into a bit of a routine. The film would get marketed all over the place, box office analysts would try to figure out which records it would break, and early reactions would praise the studio and the characters as invincible. Well, that time has come and gone, and now, box office projections are low, the SAG strike prevents the type of marketing we expect, and early reactions are, well, muted.

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In one of the recent big articles that aimed to show the disarray behind the scenes at Marvel Studios, there was a quick note about the upcoming film, “The Marvels.” This is a film that has been delayed numerous times, been the subject of many reports about reshoots and changes, and is expected to debut with a fairly low box office total (not helped by the SAG strikes preventing A-listers from promoting work).

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Is the “Marvel Wobble”—the terms the MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios book writers have coined for Marvel’s very mixed 2023—turning into the Marvel Buckle? Is this week the make-or-break week for Marvel in 2023? Because some reports suggest that the upcoming “The Marvels” is tracking to less than DC’s disastrous “The Flash” and “Black Adam.” This would be a devastating narrative for Marvel and would be their lowest-opening film in years, even worse than the figures posted by movies like “Eternals” in the heart of the pandemic.

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Marvel Studios, over the course of its decade-plus history, has become a premier place for newer/indie directing talent looking to break into big-budget studio filmmaking. We saw this with folks like the Russo Brothers, James Gunn, Destin Daniel Cretton, and many more. Most recently, we’re about to see the Marvel debut from director Nia DaCosta, the filmmaker behind “The Marvels.” And according to the helmer, there were moments during the making of her blockbuster when she had to reach out to some Marvel directing alums to get some words of encouragement as she ventured into the unknown of big-budget filmmaking.

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Has it been a good year for movies at the box office or a terrible one? Depends on who you ask, and arguably, it would be a bad one if it were for “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” rescuing the year with great box office success. How has the usually-dependable Marvel fared at the box office? So far, one big underwhelming disappointment, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which only grossed $476 million worldwide, the lowest-grossing Marvel movie since 2011’s “Thor” (not counting the pandemic releases of “Black Widow,” “Shang Chi” and “Eternals” which were all lower, but those were different circumstances).

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Are superhero films in trouble? It’s an argument that everyone’s been having in the last few years, and the pandemic hasn’t helped, given that it’s affected the bottom line of all moviegoing that’s in decline. DC doesn’t help the super narrative; they’re in freefall. And Marvel? Well, “Ant-Man Quantumania” grossly underperformed earlier this year, but “Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 3” made nearly $850 million worldwide and evened out the narrative.

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Marvel’s “Captain Marvel” made $1.13 billion back in 2019 before the pandemic. That’s a figure that Marvel is unlikely going to replicate these days, but they took a unique and interesting tact for the sequel. Instead of a straight-up “Captain Marvel 2” film, the comic book studio pivoted to an all-girls team-up film, teaming up Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) with Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) from her own “Ms.

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As we approach the release date of Marvel Studios’ next big film, “The Marvels,” there will likely be a lot written about how actor Iman Vellani is a big comic book fan. (Hell, she’s even writing a “Ms. Marvel” comic book series this fall.) But according to director Nia DaCosta, Vellani isn’t the only person on set who is a big nerd.

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Coming off the box office success of “Creed III,” actress Tessa Thompson is already putting together new projects, such as the sci-fi film “Ash” from Flying Lotus and more “Creed-related film/television spinoffs that could involve her character, Bianca. But there’s more. The Hollywood Reporter is adding one more to the mix, “Hedda,” that will see Thompson reunite with director Nia DaCosta.

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The ongoing Marvel storytelling continues. And “The Marvels” is a super fascinating hybrid of Marvel’s efforts. Originally supposed to be a “Captain Marvel” sequel, a continuation of the Brie Larson-starring film with her as the super-powered hero Carol Danvers, the movie morphed into a kind of convergence sequel of three different stories: 1. “Captain Marvel,” 2. Monica Rambeau’s story from “WandaVision” and Kamala Khan’s narrative from the Disney+ show “Ms.

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Marvel Studios is well known for being an incredibly secretive studio. However, not only do they keep secrets from fans before a film is released, the studio also keeps secrets from filmmakers while they’re making a project. Case in point—the post-credits scene from “Ms. Marvel” was kept a secret from the directors of the episode until they were deep into the editing process and were putting the finishing touches on the finale.

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In 2020, the rights to the New York Times best-selling novel, “The Water Dancer” were sold to MGM, Plan B, Maceo-Lyn, and Harpo Films with the intention of making a big-screen adaptation. Now we’ve learned that Nia DaCosta, known for the indie “Little Woods” and the “Candyman” remake, has been named the director for the project.

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In a year where Chloe Zhao won the Best Director Oscar for “Nomadland” and went on to release one of the biggest box office successes of 2021 with Marvel Studios’ “Eternals,” it appears the year, as a whole, was fairly disappointing when it comes to the gender gap in filmmaking. After 2020 saw reasonable gains in parity amongst female and male filmmakers, 2021 has taken a step back, according to a new survey.

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With “Candyman” arriving this week, and already receiving critical acclaim (including from us), all eyes are on filmmaker Nia DaCosta. After breaking out with her festival standout drama, “Little Woods,” the new horror film marks DaCosta’s first major studio work. And she’s already following “Candyman” up with an absolutely massive blockbuster, “The Marvels” for Marvel Studios. And it’s that superhero film that really has DaCosta excited because she sees it as an important opportunity for a Black filmmaker in Hollywood.

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Director Bernard Rose’s 1992 horror, “Candyman,” still feels somewhat like an oddity of its era. A grim poetic tome that feels neither at home with the schlocky ’80s slashers before it or post-modern “Scream” appearing several years later. A ghost story cum slasher, it sits like a misbehaving child in a family picture. The mixture of gore and intelligent social commentary did its job, however.

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While many film fans probably didn’t hear Nia DaCosta’s name until it was announced that she is going to direct “The Marvels” (aka “Captain Marvel 2”) for Marvel Studios, the filmmaker was already an exciting up-and-coming filmmaker thanks to her indie breakout, “Little Woods.” And speaking to EW about her career, up to now, and how her first features compare to her upcoming superhero blockbuster, DaCosta might surprise you with why she’s so excited to work with Marvel Studios.

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Say his name five times in a mirror, and you’re going to have a bad time.  Nia DaCosta‘s “Candyman,” the sequel/update to Bernard Rose‘s 1992 modern horror classic, finally hits theaters at the end of the summer after being delayed three times thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. With a script co-written by horror maestro Jordan Peele and frequent Peele collaborator Win Rosenfeld, DaCosta’s film may end up being the summer’s big horror film over the likes of “Old” and “A Quiet Place: Part II.”

READ MORE: Director Nia DaCosta cites ‘The Fly’ & ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ As Her ‘Candyman’ Influences 

Based on the short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker, Rose’s “Candyman” followed a graduate student as her research on urban legends unearthed the violent and tragic secret history of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood.

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The follow-up to the hugely successful “Captain Marvel“ got a massive update today as well as “Candyman” director Nina DaCosta was confirmed by Kevin Feige along with the main cast of “Captain Marvel 2.”

READ MORE: Marvel Reveals New Animated ‘What If’ Trailer & A Sneak Peek Look At ‘Ms. Marvel’ Series

Joining Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers will be Iman Vellani, who plays Kamala Khan in Disney+’s upcoming series, “Ms.

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Nia DaCosta is one of the most exciting new filmmakers working today. Not only is she coming up under Jordan Peele, who has given her his ringing endorsement as he handed over the reins to the new “Candyman” film, but she’s also recently signed on to helm “Captain Marvel 2,” which is going to give her the chance to helm a billion-dollar franchise film.

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If you were hoping to see what happens when dumb people say “Candyman” in front of a mirror a bunch of times this Halloween, you’re going to have to wait a little longer or say it on your own to see what happens. Universal and MGM have pushed back the “Candyman” remake to some unspecified time in 2021.

READ MORE: ‘Candyman’ Director Nia DaCosta To Helm ‘Captain Marvel 2’

The news comes just as “Tenet” is performing relatively below expectations with many multiplexes still closed across the U.S., and following the news that Warner Bros.

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The future of “Star Wars” is pretty uncertain, at this point. No, Disney isn’t canceling the franchise or anything like that. But literally, what the future holds for the film franchise is not known right now, at least not for fans. However, according to Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, this uncertainty has forced her to talk to a variety of new filmmakers, which means “Star Wars” could be getting a lot more inclusive and diverse behind the camera.

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One of the most coveted Marvel Studios jobs has been filled and it appears that Nia DaCosta has been picked to helm the upcoming “Captain Marvel 2.”

According to Deadline, DaCosta has been chosen to helm the “Captain Marvel” sequel, which was written by “WandaVision” writer Megan McDonnell. The filmmaker takes over the franchise which began with 2019’s $1.13 billion-grossing first film directed by Anne Bowden and Ryan Fleck.

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