The Marvels director reveals her X-Men movie pitch – including a Cyclops/Storm MCU team-up
Nia DaCosta𝄹 also included an iconic Fantastic Four villain for good measure

The Marvels di𒁏rector Nia DaCosta has opened up on her initial meeting with Marvel, one which featured her reeling off her big idea for an X-Men movie.
Spe꧙aking to (H/T ), DaCosta recounted her high-energꦯy sitdown with Marvel producer Mary Livanos.
"I just nerded out," DaCosta said. "I was like, here are the movies I think you sꦑhould do! Galactus, Storm, and Scott Summers team-up movi🥃e! Blah blah blah!"
After that onslaught was out of the 🐽way, DaCosta felt༒ thankful for Marvel’s surprisingly hands-off approach.
"She just endured me going in super-deep. And she als🍷o gave me a lot of confidence that I would have the creative latitude to not just basically be a puppet on a string," DaCosta explained.
It’s unclear whether Marvel turned down the X-citing opportunity or merely had other plans already locked-in for the mutants. DaCosta clearly had the confidence – and knowledge – to start pitching ideas that involve Fox’s roster of characters (now at Disney) within the MCU, including an iconic Fantastic Fo💜ur villain.
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Of course, plans can change, and we might even get a cosmic X-Men adventure sooner rather than later. Either way, we can be confident that the Candyman director is set to deliver her own vision for the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain Marvel sequel, which is set to star Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau𝕴, and Iman Vellani as Ms. Marve🉐l.
For more on The Marvels and other exciting MCU projects, check out our complete guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Phase 4.
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