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Why Marvel wants 'Selma' director

Marvel Comics wants award-winning Director of Selma, DuVernay, to be on board for their upcoming films.

 

Fresh off the awards cycle for her Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, DuVernay is allegedly entertaining a very interesting future project. The Wrap reported Tuesday evening that Marvel was interested in bringing DuVernay on to helm one of its two upcoming films, either Captain Marvel or Black Panther, both of which feature minority heroes (a woman and black man respectively).

The Wrap's report is based on insider talk, but the site says "there is mutual interest in having her" take over the director's chair. If she decides to come aboard for either project — probably Black Panther, The Wrap noted — she'd bring diversity to a lineup of directors that is entirely white and male.

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