Nia DaCosta reflects on directing The Marvels and the moment it turned into a “learning curve”: “Okay, this isn’t going to be the movie that I pitched”

The Marvels director Nia DaCosta has reflected on her time on the cosmic MCU entry, as well as speaking for the first time about how the Captain Marvel sequel deviated from her original idea.

“They had a date, and they were prepping certain things, and you just have to lean into the process hardcore,” DaCosta said at the Storyhouse festival (via Deadline) of the production of the Marvel Phase 5 entry that brought Brie Larson’s hero into the orbit of Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris).