Variety:

Ava DuVernay is stepping into the superhero realm.

The filmmaker has come on board to direct “New Gods" at Warner Bros. as part of the studio’s DC Extended Universe. “New Gods,“ based on DC Comics’ comic book series of the same name, is aimed at creating a new universe of properties for the studio. Created and designed by Jack Kirby, the comic first appeared in 1971.

The movie marks the second major superhero tentpole directed by a woman, following another DC property: Patty Jenkins’s “Wonder Woman.“

Unreal. Absolutely unreal. I never thought that Kirby’s work would come to life, whether as it has in Thor: Ragnarok or as it will with New Gods.

I do wonder - if DuVernay turned down Black Panther and has no interest in Star Wars, what drew her to this? I think we’re about to enter an interesting era for the DCEU.