Over three years after it came to be, The Marvels director Nia DaCosta reveals a humorous reaction to a famous Avengers: Endgame scene. The Marvels is the sequel to 2019's Captain Marvel and will serve as a team-up film between Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), who developed powers in WandaVision, and Ms. Marvel's Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani). Stepping into direct the epic team-up film is Nia DaCosta, whose previous film Candyman was a box office hit in 2021 and made her the first African American woman to have the No. 1 film at the box office.
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The Marvels is positioned as an epic team-up between three iconic female superheroes, but it is not the first for the studio. Avengers: Endgame gained a large amount of attention for its sequence that showed many of its female superheroes including Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Wasp, Valkyrie, Okoye, Shuri, Pepper Potts, Gamora, Nebula, and Mantis teaming up. The scene was praised by some for being empowering and showing how far the Marvel Cinematic Universe had come, while others mocked it despite the scene being reshot to not be perceived as pandering. The Avengers: Endgame moment was even recently riffed on in The Boys season 2 with the "Girls Get It Done" scene, and now one creative in the MCU is sharing their own thoughts on the matter.
Even The Marvels director Nia DaCosta felt humorously conflicted about the Avengers: Endgame scene. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, DaCosta opened about seeing the scene and being both happy but also annoyed with just how short it was. She is happy to now be able to direct a full length feature team-up film for female superheroes. Read DaCosta's full quote below:
“I, like many women around the world, watched Avengers: Endgame, and had that six seconds of all the Marvel women together. I once had chills, but I was also very annoyed. I was like, 'Two hours of this, please.’ So it was really nice that they decided to do a team-up movie with three of my favorite heroes, so that’s what was most exciting.”
Marvel is Embracing More Female-Centric Projects
While the early days of the MCU were very male-centric, Marvel Studios has been making strives to be more inclusive and put an emphasis on female-led projects. Such shows as Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and upcoming series like Echo, Ironheart, and Agatha Harkness: Coven of Chaos show Marvel's commitment to featuring female-led superhero projects. The roster forThunderbolts notably features more women than men, while the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer highlighted all the strong women that make up the titular company, including Shuri, Romanda, Nakia, Okoye, and the rest of the Dora Milaje.
With multiple release dates on the MCU schedule still with unidentified projects, it is entirely possible The Marvels is just the beginning and laying the groundwork for an A-Force film. In the comics, The A-Force was introduced during the Secret Wars comic and was an all-female Avengers team. Many MCU stars have expressed interest in an A-Force film and with Avengers: Secret Wars on the horizon, the team might be joining the MCU soon.