Hiring independent filmmakers to
helm big superhero movies can bring a fresh take to a familiar story — and Coogler's recent success isn't hurting his chances one bit.
Not exact matches
Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female
superhero movie
helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach
big - budget stories about characters of color.
Valiant Entertainment has found a director for its
big screen supernatural
superhero project Shadowman, with THR reporting that Reginald Hudlin (Marshall) has signed on to
helm the adaptation, while Adam Simon (showrunner on WGN America's Salem) is set to rewrite the original script by J. Michael Straczynski.
Our neighborhood Spider - Man returns to the
big screen (only 5 years after Raimi's trilogy) in a fresh new take on the Marvel
superhero, this time with Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) at the
helm, directing Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.