Deadline is reporting that filmmaker Ava DuVernay is teaming up with writer-director Victoria Mahoney to develop a TV adaptation of Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Octavia E. Butler’s classic 1987 sci-fi novel Dawn. The series will mark the first time that Butler’s work has been adapted for TV, and tells the story of an African-American […]
The directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade
Tom Jolliffe on the directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade… There’s a cinematic crossroads on the horizon. As the market gets swallowed up by a core consumer taste leaning toward spandex and radioactive arachnid bites, there’s a need for modern thinking, engaging directors to offer something different. After all, there’s only […]
Ava DuVernay to direct Central Park Five series for Netflix
Netflix has announced that Ava DuVernay is set to write and direct a five-episode series telling the story of The Central Park Five, five teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of brutally assaulting and raping a jogger in central Park in 1989. Each episode will focus on one of the five teenagers, and will […]
Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o to star in Ava DuVernay’s crowd-sourced buddy comedy
It started as a meme based, but now it’s official: Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o are set to star in a buddy comedy movie, which is being directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma) from a script by Issa Rae (Insecure). http://elizabitchtaylor.tumblr.com/post/90856351997/they-look-like-theyre-in-a-heist-movie-with The concept originated with the above Tumblr post of Rihanna and Nyong’o attending a Miu Miu […]
Storm Reid cast as lead in Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time
Having cast Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling as Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, Disney and director Ava DuVernay have now found their lead for the upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. 13-year-old actress Storm Reid (12 Years a Slave) is set to portray the character of Meg Murray, who […]
Oprah Winfrey to reunite with Selma director Ava DuVernay on A Wrinkle in Time
Back in February it was announced that Ava DuVernay has signed on to direct A Wrinkle in Time for Disney, and now Variety is reporting that Oprah Winfrey will reunite with her Selma director for the adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s acclaimed 1962 sci-fi fantasy novel. The film has been scripted by Jennifer Lee (Frozen) and […]
Ava DuVernay to direct A Wrinkle in Time for Disney
Having passed on the opportunity to direct Marvel’s Black Panther, Selma director Ava DuVernay has now found her next project. Entertainment Weekly revealing that the filmmaker is set to adapt Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 time travel novel A Wrinkle in Time, working from a script by Jennifer Lee (Frozen). A Wrinkle in Time “follows the Murry […]
Ava DuVernay explains why she passed on Marvel’s Black Panther
Having been linked to Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther movie for a number of months, Selma director Ava DuVernay revealed earlier this month that she’d pulled out of contention for the Phase Three movie, and now during a chat with The Hollywood Reporter the filmmaker has explained why she passed on the opportunity to join the […]
Ava DuVernay will not direct Black Panther
Last month, it was rumoured that Ava DuVernay had signed on to direct Marvel’s Phase Three franchise launcher Black Panther, but it seems the report jumped the gun as the Selma director has revealed to Essence that she’s no longer in contention for the film. “I’m not signing on to direct Black Panther. I think […]
UPDATE: Ava DuVernay will reportedly direct Black Panther
UPDATE: It looks like DuVernay is yet to sign on the dotted line, with Marvel’s Kevin Feige stating in an interview with THR that: “We’ve met with her for sure. We’ve met with a number of people for a number of movies. She has been one of them.” Selma helmer Ava DuVernay was first rumored for the […]
