Wrinkle In Time director to helm DC Comics superhero film

However, when asked during the Wrinkle in Time premiere in February if a big-budget Marvel Studios movie was something she’d be interested in, DuVernay said, “I don’t think that’s in the cards for me”.

Big Barda is one of the most powerful and lovely women of the New Gods, which was created by comic icon Jack Kirby in 1971 soon after he left Marvel.

With “The New Gods”, DuVernay will be stepping into a rich world, just as she did with “Wrinkle in Time”.

A small selection of characters of note in the New Gods universe includes Orion (the noble main character in the original New Gods comic), Highfather (the ruler of New Genesis) and Granny Goodness (Darkseid’s minion who trains the Female Furies). DuVernay revealed a year ago that her favorite comic book character was DC’s Big Barda, a member of the New Gods and the wife of Mister Miracle. New Gods storyline was set in a world called Fourth World, when the Old Gods died in Ragnarok. In the past, she’s also proven to be a fan of the New Gods, particularly Big Barda. While the hope is that DuVernay stays true to Kirby’s creations, there is also the hope that as a black woman she delivers these concepts with the voice that only her experiences can provide.

One very popular New God in DC Comics right now is Mister Miracle.

Discover the details of the Ava DuVernay New Gods movie below. Both these worlds exist outside of the DC Multiverse. With New Gods, DuVernay has even weirder material to draw from. The story concerns a war between two alien planets that arrives on Earth, where humans hold the key to ending the conflict, for better or worse.

We are excited to see what Ava Duvernay has in store for us with this one! New Gods was a comic series originally conceived by comic book legend, Jack Kirby. The first, of course, was Patty Jenkins, who had great success adapting Wonder Woman to film with Gal Gadot in the lead.