Ava DuVernay Directing ‘New Gods’ Creates the Best Opportunity For A DC Comics Cinematic Win

Ava DuVernay will be directing Jack Kirby’s New Gods as a movie and… I don’t know what else to say but “Come and have a good time with G-O-D!” Ava DuVernay let it be known that Big Barda is her #1 draft pick for favorite superhero so this move makes sense. I mean, there’s also the fact that A Wrinkle In Time made DuVernay the first Black Woman/WOC director with a 100 Million Dollar budget (New Gods makes another one). Plus, A Wrinkle In Time and Black Panther got the top two spots in theaters, a first time ever for Black directors. Ava DuVernay (ATCQ rules, gotta say the whole name) out here getting it and now she gets to bring Jack Kirby’s vision of the New Gods to film. If you didn’t know, Jack Kirby created Black Panther along with Stan Lee. Look at Highfather/God coming full circle. Ava not only has a chance to build an entirely new universe for the DC Extended Universe, but provide it with a fresh start (more on this in a bit). “New God Flow, fuck everything else”

If you don’t now about the New Gods then I’ll give you a quick rundown. In a universe not too far away, there’s a war going on outside that no god is safe from. The Gods of planet New Genesis led by Highfather (get that reference from earlier now?) is at war with the Gods of Apokolips led by Darkseid. I think you can tell by the names which planet is the evil one. A truce is made to end centuries of fighting and beef by the exchanging of sons. Darkseid’s son Orion is given to Highfather and High Father’s son…