Back in May, we reported that Marvelwas courtingSelmadirectorAva DuVernayto direct eitherBlack PantherorCaptain Marvel.
It turned out that she was interesting inBlack Panther, butultimately decided against signing onto helm the superhero flick.
Itd be three years of not doing other things that are important to me.
So it was a question of, is this important enough for me to do?"
Thats how the conversations continued, because thats what I was interested in.
But everyones interested in different things."
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This is what will live on after Im gone.
So its important to me that that be true to who I was in this moment.
And if theres too much compromise, it really wasnt going to be an Ava DuVernay film."
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The film opens July 6, 2018,
