Since her breakout film in 2018, Little Woods , Nia DaCosta has been a star on the rise. She directed two episodes of Netflix’s Top Boy as well as the Yahya Abdul-Mateen II-led Candyman to further her career before joining the Disney family with The Marvels . The New York native co-wrote the screenplay with Megan McDonnell and Elissa Karasik, marking another Black female voice seeking to bring inclusive stories to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In November 2023, DaCosta’s directorial debut for the company hit theatres; since then, there’s been a lot of talk about what The Marvels ending revealed about future plot lines. DaCosta’s project serves as a sequel to Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel , in which Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) venture off on a chaotic journey across numerous planets. As is tradition in the MCU, The Marvels ending continues after the credits start rolling, hinting at how the original comic books...
