Nia DaCosta (Universal-MGM) *”Candyman” from Universal/MGM/Monkeypaw not only opened this past weekend at the top of the box office $22.2 million, it’ also made Nia DaCosta the first Black female director to debut a film at number one. That’s quite an an accomplishment of course and it also reminds that an other Black female, […]
Nia DaCosta / ‘The Marvels’ screenshot *“The Marvels” director Nia DaCosta reacted to criticism over her film that centers on diverse female superheroes. DaCosta told the audience at the Urbanworld Film Festival she initially considered passing on the flick, which opened this weekend with the lowest box office ever for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. […]
via Twitter * Nia DaCosta has made Hollywood history as the first Black woman tapped to direct a Marvel film. DaCosta landed the gig for the upcoming “Captain Marvel 2″ starring Brie Larson, according to Variety. She will be the fourth woman to direct a major movie for the studio, after Anna Boden co-directed 2019’s […]
Nia DaCosta attends THE MARVELS Reception and Special Screening at The Westin Las Vegas and AMC Town Square 18 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 07, 2023. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Disney) *Nia DaCosta is the first Black woman to helm a project for the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the upcoming “The […]
Nia DaCosta – director of ‘The Marvels’ *(CNN) — “The Marvels” directed by Nia DaCosta finished No. 1 at the box office on its opening weekend but grossed just $47 million in domestic sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday. According to data from Comscore, the latest Marvel project is also the studio’s lowest-performing […]
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[…] Hill Argues That Dylann Roof Should NOT be Executed | WATCH (from left) Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and Anne-Marie McCoy (Vanessa Williams) in Candyman, directed by Nia DaCosta. EUR correspondent Tifarah Dixon talked to Williams about creating her characters backstory with director Nia DaCosta, the “violence” of gentrification, and her personal relationship to myths […]
[…] Gagnier’s father Mark who discovered her lifeless body on Sunday after he rushed to her home when he couldn’t reach her by phone all weekend. READ MORE: Nia DaCosta (‘Candyman’) Now the First Black Female Film Director to Open #1 At Box Office “I know my daughter and when I got to my daughter’s […]
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[…] And that’s precisely the message Atlanta-based filmmaker Bobby Huntley is trying to make with his “cinematic PSA,” CORONAMAN: STAY HOME, a parody, inspired by Jordan Peele and Nia DaCosta’s remake of CANDYMAN that went viral. CORONAMAN: STAY HOME cleverly re-imagines the trailer of the horror flick – frame by frame — and shows the consequences of […]
[…] Meridian Entertainment and EFC Films. Thompson was most recently seen in the hit Marvel film “Thor: Ragnarok.” Next on her plate is Alex Garland’s drama “Annihilation” and Nia DaCosta’s modern Western “Little Woods,” as well as Boots Riley’s sci-fi comedy “Sorry to Bother You,” premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. (L-R) Tessa Thompson, Whoopi Goldberg, […]
*A new trailer has dropped for the highly anticipated “Candyman” thriller from director Nia DaCosta, co-written and produced by Jordan Peele. Based on the short story “The Forbidden” by Clive Barker, the original film followed a graduate student in Chicago completing a thesis on urban legends, which led her to the legend of “Candyman,” the ghost of an artist and son of a […]
[…] to the legend of “Candyman,” the ghost of an artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century. The sequel, directed by Nia DaCosta, stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen) as Anthony McCoy, a young artist looking to spark renewed interest in the local myth surrounding Chicago’s now gentrified and safe Cabrini Green […]
