DC's New Gods Movie: Ava DuVernay Continues Teasing Her Film

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One of DC’s most intriguing projects is an adaptation of Jack Kirby’s New Gods, which Ava DuVernay (Selma) will direct. New Gods tells the story of beings dubbed ‘Gods’ who hail from two different planets: a paradise named New Genesis and a hellscape known as Apokolips. Justice League’s villain Steppenwolf also hailed from Apokolips, but DuVernay’s adaptation will reportedly be separate from most of DC’s other projects.

Fans are very excited to see what DuVernay will do with Kirby’s saga, which should allow for some epic world building. Now DuVernay has released a tease for New Gods on Twitter, which is a comic still potentially featuring the movie’s main characters. The features New Genesis’ leader Highfather, his sons Lightray, Orion and Mister Miracle, Miracle’s wife Big Barda and Highfather’s advisor Metron.

In the comics, Highfather is locked in eternal battle with Apokolips’ own leader Darkseid, so it would make sense for the movie to focus around New Genesis’ royal family. Darkseid was originally set to appear at New Gods, but he’s a likely choice for villain duties.

A lot of DC’s movies appear to be moving away from the shared universe set up by Justice League, and there are Suicide Squad sequel is said to be a soft reboot.

DuVernay revealed it was actually her A Wrinkle In Time, but while that movie wasn’t much of a success, it proved she has a distinct vision. However New Gods turns out, it definitely won’t be a standard superhero movie.