Ava DuVernay Archives

Butler's classic 1987 science fiction novel, as news broke this week that writer/director Ava DuVernay (Selma, 13th) has picked up the rights to the book for a television series adaptation DuVernay will executive produce the series with Charles D King's media company Macro (Fences); with writer-director Victoria Mahoney (American Crime, upcoming Misfits) developing the script. Honored to[...]

Ava DuVernay is returning to Netflix for her next project: a limited series focusing on the "Central Park Five" case that would play-out from the late 1980's until justice was finally served in 2014. Netflix greenlit the five-episode scripted series for an expected 2019 debut, with DuVernay serving not only as the show's creator but also[...]

A Wrinkle in Time, based on the classic novel by Madeline L'Engle and directed by Ava DuVernay, is coming out this March, but we haven't seen anything from it yet aside from a teaser poster that just features the logo We're still waiting on any footage, but according to DuVernay, that's going to change later this[...]

Abrams has got into the dream casting mood. Speaking to Yahoo Movies, Abrams said that he would love to see Selma director Ava DuVernay take on one of the upcoming movies He said specifically: One name that immediately comes to mind is Ava DuVernay, who I thought did just a mind-blowingly great job with Selma[...]

Rumors that Ava DuVernay was going to direct the Black Panther for Marvel were partially true The Selma director had talks with the studio and even went so far as meeting with the writers to discuss the story and sat down with star Chadwick Boseman But after all of that, DuVernay decided to pass. I loved[...]

A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool ran a report that Marvel had chosen Ava DuVernay to direct Black Panther It was well sourced, though reported anonymously I was happy with the piece we ran. Today a newer rumour site MCU Exchange ran the story that she had accepted the offer, sourced to an unnamed people[...]