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Nia DaCosta spoke to "a lot of Marvel directors" before agreeing to helm 'The Marvels. The 33-year-old filmmaker wanted some advice and guidance before joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe so turned to the likes of 'Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' Destin Daniel Cretton, and Chloe Zhao, who oversaw 'Eternals', before signing up because she knew working under the banner would be a very different opportunity to anything else she had done. She told The Hollywood Reporter: “I talked to a lot of Marvel directors. “It’s such a specific experience and they ma...
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'The Marvels' director Nia DaCosta turned to her predecessors for advice as she found helming the Marvel movie stressful at times. The 33-year-old filmmaker - who became the first Black woman to helm a Marvel Cinematic Universe flick - has opened up about the challenges of shooting the sequel to 2019's 'Captain Marvel'. Nia would send texts to 'Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings' director Destin Daniel Cretton saying she was "stressed" and "overwhelmed" on set. She also turned to 'Eternals’ helmer Chloé Zhao, 'Thor: Love and Thunder’s Taika Waititi, and 'Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn fo...
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Harry Styles' future with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is in doubt. The 29-year-old megastar made a cameo appearance at the end of the 2021 movie 'Eternals' as Eros/Starfox and was set to pocket up to $10 million for reprising the role in a spin-off titled 'Eros and Pip', but the project has reportedly been shelved amid Disney's plans to scale back the various offshoots of the franchise. A source told the Sunday Mirror newspaper's No Filter column: "Marvel bosses were openly talking about Harry in a lead role but that talk has cooled. "The whole business and Marvel franchise is being re...
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Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are in talks to star in 'Hamnet'. The duo are set to join the cast of Chloe Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's best-selling historical fiction novel. The tale imagines the story of Agnes – the wife of the world's most famous writer, William Shakespeare – as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son Hamnet. The story charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of the loss and brings to life a human and heart-stopping tale as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare's most famous play, 'Hamlet'. Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris an...
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Chloe Zhao is to direct 'Hamnet'. The Oscar-winning director will helm an adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel and is adapting the script alongside the author. The best-selling historical fictional novel imagines the story of Agnes – the wife of the world's most famous writer, William Shakespeare – as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son Hamnet. The story charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of the loss and brings to life a human and heart-stopping tale as the backdrop to the creation of Shakespeare's most famous play, 'Hamlet'. It is not known whe...
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Chloe Zhao is still working on her 'Dracula' film. The 40-year-old director is helming a new movie inspired by the legendary vampire – who first featured in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel – and confirmed that she is in the process of crafting the screenplay. Asked if the movie was still in the works, Chloe told The Hollywood Reporter: "Yes, I'm writing the script right now." The film was previously described as a "sci-fi Western" and Zhao expressed her desire to bring fresh ideas to the vampire. The Oscar-winning director said in 2021: "It's just like looking at Jessica Bruder's book ('Nomadland'), ...
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Harry Styles has a big future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The 28-year-old mega star made a cameo appearance at the end of the 2021 movie 'Eternals' as Eros/Starfox and Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore confirmed that Harry's alter ego is a "fascinating" character with a family connection to the villainous Thanos. During an interview on the Deadline Crew Call podcast, Moore said: "We certainly didn't cast Harry for a tag. I mean, again – And a character (that) maybe I have too much affection for, 'cause he's had some problematic runs in publishing. But there are more stories to be ...
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Chloe Zhao expected 'Eternals' to get mixed reviews. The 39-year-old director helmed the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster last year but it was met with a mixed response by critics and fans – something that didn't take Chloe by surprise. Chloe told Empire magazine: "'Eternals' was planned to be released soon after 'Endgame', and not at a time when everyone is having an existential crisis. "The film itself is about existential crisis, both for humanity and God. So I think we definitely felt it was coming." The Oscar-winning director explained that she will not be put off by criticism ...
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Chloé Zhao pushed for Harry Styles to be cast in 'Eternals'. The 39-year-old director was certain that the former One Direction star would be a perfect fit for the cameo role of Starfox in the Marvel movie and mentioned it to studio president Kevin Feige "every chance" she got. She said: "Long story short, with that depressing ending, at some point he was going to be one of the Eternals on that ship. "And that didn't quite work out. "But I had been wanting to bring Eros into the MCU. "So I kept mentioning [casting Harry Styles] to Kevin [Feige] at every chance I had in the hallway, because I l...
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Kumail Nanjiani wishes he could work with Chloe Zhao “for the rest of [his] career”. The 43-year-old actor was very impressed with all elements of the filmmaker’s direction on ‘Eternals’ and he thinks she has a lot of depths and expertise that many people don’t expect because of her previous work. He told SFX magazine: “If I only worked with Chloe Zhao for the rest of my career, I would be thrilled. “People think of her movies before ‘Eternals’ as being these intimate character pieces. “They are that, but they are also epic in many ways. “I was surprised at how good she was at action as well. ...
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