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Ava DuVernay’s NEW GODS Adds BATMAN Writer Tom King

by Eric Diaz
May 29 2019 • 4:25 PM

Director Ava DuVernay’sOpens in a new tab adaptation of Jack Kirby’s epic DC series The New GodsOpens in a new tab was announced last year, but there has been very little news about it ever since. But now according to the folks at The Wrap,Opens in a new tab the movie has found its writer. And it is a name that is very familiar to fans of DC Comics: Batman writer Tom King.Opens in a new tab The report says that King will be co-writing the screenplay along with DuVernay. She tweeted out the news moments later herself:

King, a former CIA officer, recently wrapped a Mister Miracle limited series that delves deep into the whole New Gods mythology. The Eisner Award-winning series mostly focused on the love story between Mister Miracle and the female warrior from ApokolipsOpens in a new tab known as Big Barda. Rumors abound that the Mister Miracle/Barda romance would also be the main focus of a New Gods film. Recently DC announced that Tom King would depart the Batman comics a bit earlier than expected. This could very well be the reason why.

Jack Kirby introduced what is now called the Fourth World mythologyOpens in a new tab into DC Comics lore in the early seventies, and it has since become an integral part of the DC Multiverse. These stories produced Darkseid, easily DC’s biggest villain of all. Darkseid was originally planned to be the villain in Justice League, but was likely changed due to the similarities to Marvel’s ThanosOpens in a new tab. But maybe it is best to introduce Darkseid in a New Gods film. Fighting Superman and Wonder Woman could seem way too much like Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.

There is no known start date for New Gods, but it seems that Warner Brothers is serious about going forward into a more cosmic direction with their movies. Interestingly, Jack Kirby’s other mythological opus The EternalsOpens in a new tab is also gearing up for production very soon. This could be another situation where both DC and Marvel’s versions of a saga end up on the big screen at roughly the same time.

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