Director Nia DaCosta certainly made an impression out of the festival circuit in 2018 with her debut feature "Little Woods." The critically acclaimed independent neo-Western was so confidently directed that it would only be a matter of time until her work caught the attention of the industry at large. Like clockwork, DaCosta soon found herself falling into the studio system with the Jordan Peele-produced legacy sequel to "Candyman," but really got her shot at the big time by being hired to direct 2023's "The Marvels." After 2019's "Captain Marvel" became a billion-dollar success for Marvel Studios, a sequel was all but inevitable. "The Marvels," however, was anything but a traditional follow-up, as it had to be a sequel to both the Brie Larson-starring film as well as the Disney+ streami

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