'The Marvels' Director Says Movie Was Taken Out Of Her Hands

Whether you loved 2023's "The Marvels," hated it, or fell somewhere in between, the director says it wasn't the movie she wanted to make. Nia DaCosta recently shared at Dublin's annual screenwriting festival Storyhouse (via The Playlist) that what ended up in theaters wasn't the film she was trying to make.

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"It was interesting because there was a certain point when I was like, 'Ok, this isn't going to be the movie that I pitched or even the first version of the movie that I shot,'" DaCosta said. "So, I realized that this is now an experience, and it's a learning curve, and it really makes you stronger as a filmmaker in terms of your ability to navigate."

DaCosta didn't reveal exactly what was different between her vision for "The Marvels" and what ended up in the theater. But she made it clear the way "The Marvels" was made was not the way she preferred to work.

"The way they make those films is very different to the way, ideally, I would make a film," DaCosta said. "So you just have to lean into the process and hope for the best. The best didn't happen this time but you kind of have to trust in the machine."

At the time, DaCosta was reportedly criticized for leaving the editing process to begin making "Hedda" with Tessa Thomspon, but the filmmaker explained "The Marvels" went over their schedule and she had a hard date for her next project.

Sadly, "The Marvels" proved to be Marvel's biggest flop so far, earning only $206 million. That's a huge departure from its predecessor Captain Marvel, which earned $1.3 billion globally.

Interestingly, "The Marvels" has a 60% Rotten Tomatoes critics score and an 80% audience score; suggesting that in spite of its poor ticket sales, the movie didn't come off as all that bad to most of those who actually bothered to see it.

The failure of "The Marvels" could potentially continue to have a large impact on the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forward. For one, the names of Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, and Teyonah Parris were some of the most visibly missing from the "Avengers: Doomsday" cast announcement; this in spite of the fact that Kelsey Grammer's name appeared, and Parris's Monica Rambeau is hanging out with Grammer's The Beast in a post-credits scene for "The Marvels."

"The Marvels" is currently streaming on Disney+.

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