Update: August 5, 2020
Candyman Sequel Filmmaker Nia DaCosta to Direct CAPTAIN MARVEL 2
Nia DaCosta is already helping revive a '90s property with her take on MGM and Universal's upcoming
Candyman. Now the filmmaker is taking on the sequel to Marvel Studios' '90s-set movie
Captain Marvel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Megan McDonnell, a writer on the upcoming Disney+ Marvel series
WandaVision, is penning the script for the sequel, which will once again star Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, fighter pilot turned superhero.
Captain Marvel 2 has a July 8, 2022 release date.
The first
Captain Marvel opened in March 2019 and went on to earn $1.1 billion globally and helped lead into
Avengers: Endgame. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck directed. The cast also included Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan and Lashana Lynch, whose onscreen daughter Monica Rambeau will appear in
WandaVision (this time as an adult and played by
Candyman actor Teyonah Parris).
DaCosta broke out with her debut feature
Little Woods, which starred Tessa Thompson and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. Her
Candyman film, which she co-wrote with Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, was initially supposed to debut June 12, but has been delayed by COVID-19 to Oct. 16. It has still managed to stir cultural conversation, thanks to a socially relevant teaser that earned praise when it was released in June.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...vel-sequel-lands-director-nia-dacosta-1306179