This will be a fun one to follow.ĭuVernay is repped by CAA, Nina Shaw and Gordon Bobb. There is a rich universe of extraordinary characters for DuVernay to play with here. The deities inhabit two planets: one is New Genesis, a lush paradise, and the other Apokolips, which sounds like Dante’s version of hell. The New Gods came into existence after the world of the gods of classic mythology were destroyed during Ragnarok. Also called “Fourth World,” the Kirby creation debuted in a trilogy of related comics written and drawn by Kirby that were published in the very early 1970s: New Gods, Forever People and Mister Miracle. The New Gods was the Genesis of the uber-villain Darkseid. There is no connection to the other DC worlds being exploited for film right now by Warner Bros, where studio boss Toby Emmerich and his newly installed DC production president Walter Hamada are moving forward with new approach to filmmakers on their DC-based fare. Unlike recent DC fare, this is a freestanding world created and designed by Kirby back in 1971, not long after the prolific comic legend had exited Marvel. This is a bold move for Warner Bros/DC and not just because this is the second superhero franchise they’ve handed to a female director after Patty Jenkins turned Wonder Woman into a crowd-pleasing blockbuster and is working on the sequel with Gal Gadot. One of the earliest pieces of work he did for Marvel’s predecessor, Timely, was Mercury in the.

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