Ava DuVernay - First Female Director of Color to Direct $100M Movie

[StatUS]

Yall never seen premium cable staple K19 with Harrison Ford and Liam tha Gawd

 

[Jello Biafra]

I hope she can get a stellar cast too. Anything that ups the possiblity of this movie being a critical and financial success need to happen. Because if this doesn't do well then I would guess that it will be used by studios as evidence that not only women or just black women but black directors (period) shouldn't be given shots at blockbuster movies.

 

[NobodyReally]

here is the hollywood black out of black males in hollywood

You're either trolling, or so insecure in your masculinity that you can't see that this is win for the race. Also check Parker, Coogler, Fugua, and McQueen, and then get back to us about how one black female director is taking over.

 

[jackson35]

there is no insecurity. pay attention to whats going on, own network is giving opp to black women directors and actress. also bet centric is a black women channel, that support black female projects. the music industry is promoting more black female artist. the publishing industry is pushing more black female writers. there is a black male shutout in the industry

 

[Jello Biafra]

there is no insecurity. pay attention to whats going on, own network is giving opp to black women directors and actress. also bet centric is a black women channel, that support black female projects. the music industry is promoting more black female artist. the publishing industry is pushing more black female writers. there is a black male shutout in the industry

That would be news to Antoine Fuqua, Ryan Coogler, Nate Parker, Rick Famuyiwa, Tim Story, and F Gary Gray.

 

[mr.africa]

black excellence

 

[jackson35]

That would be news to Antoine Fuqua, Ryan Coogler, Nate Parker, Rick Famuyiwa, Tim Story, and F Gary Gray.

all of them have told the press that they don't get as much work as the women. how many of the men has gotten a100 million dollar film?

 

[TheNatureBoy]

Good for her . I vaguely remember reading A Wrinkle in Time in like 6th grade. Only parts I really remember is something about kids searching for their father in another dimension. I'm sure some of the stuff went over my head back then, will be interesting to see how she approaches the material. It has the potential to appeal to a wide audience and I believe she is casting a black girl (or bi-racial forgot this is The Coli) in the main role .

 

[BXKingPin82]

cutey!

you GO GUUUUUUURL!!!!!

 

[Knights89]

That would be news to Antoine Fuqua, Ryan Coogler, Nate Parker, Rick Famuyiwa, Tim Story, and F Gary Gray.

all of them have told the press that they don't get as much work as the women. how many of the men has gotten a100 million dollar film?

We need more black writers/directors-male and female, but I sincerely hope none of these guy should talk about how they get less work than women

Story did the first two Fantastic four films, both had budgets of 100m plus. His Ride Along 1 and 2, 25 mil and 40 million budgets, are bigger than what DuVernay had on Selma, which was 20.

Fuqua did King Arthur with a 120 million budget. 70 million on Olympus has fallen. His budget of 30million on Southpaw, an I'm pretty sure the upcoming Magnificent Seven is bigger than anything DuVernay has had.

F Gary Gray hasn't had a 100m budget yet but I'm pretty sure Fast 8 will have a budget that big. His other movies like Be Cool and Italian Job budgets, 50 million and 60 million, are far greater than anything DuVernay has had to work with.

Coogler is doing Black Panther for Marvel and Famuyiwa is doing Flash for DC and probably will get budgets that big .
Nate Parker is just beginning his directing career...

 

[Jello Biafra]

all of them have told the press that they don't get as much work as the women. how many of the men has gotten a100 million dollar film?

 

[jackson35]

We need more black writers/directors-male and female, but I sincerely hope none of these guy should talk about how they get less work than women

Story did the first two Fantastic four films, both had budgets of 100m plus. His Ride Along 1 and 2, 25 mil and 40 million budgets, are bigger than what DuVernay had on Selma, which was 20.

Fuqua did King Arthur with a 120 million budget. 70 million on Olympus has fallen. His budget of 30million on Southpaw, an I'm pretty sure the upcoming Magnificent Seven is bigger than anything DuVernay has had.

F Gary Gray hasn't had a 100m budget yet but I'm pretty sure Fast 8 will have a budget that big. His other movies like Be Cool and Italian Job budgets, 50 million and 60 million, are far greater than anything DuVernay has had to work with.

Coogler is doing Black Panther for Marvel and Famuyiwa is doing Flash for DC and probably will get budgets that big .
Nate Parker is just beginning his directing career...

budgets that were approved for white story telling with black faces involved. you want to impress me, let the smallhats give 100 million to do the Marcus Garvey story

 

[Knights89]

budgets that were approved for white story telling with black faces involved. you want to impress me, let the smallhats give 100 million to do the Marcus Garvey story

Yea I would love a Marcus Garvey film but don't change your argument, which was black male directors haven't gotten big budget films. Your argument wasn't the stories being told it was the opportunities. If 100 milllion is the benchmark then DuVernay stands alone as a black women, those men do not. Once given a list of black men that have had 100million dollar budgets your argument goes from they never had the chance of DuVernay because as you piut it

here is the hollywood black out of black males in hollywood

....to all of sudden its the examples aren't credible because they didn't tell stories to your liken to. I'm not a fan of some of those films either, and hope black directors get chances to tell story across all genres, but painting DuVernay as a symbol or exampel of black men being squeezed out of Hollywood is wrong.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

it must have been a tough decision to turn down Black Panther, but good on her for getting there on her terms.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Is she a lesbian?