Ava DuVernay Archives

Ava DuVernay and Arrow writer and co-executive producer Jill Blankenship's Naomi pilot for The CW has found its lead in Kaci Walfall (Army Wives, Power) In addition, Alexander Wraith (Orange Is the New Black, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Cranston Johnson (Filthy Rich, P-Valley), and newcomer Camila Moreno have been cast as series regulars[...]

The network proved that on Tuesday, handing out pilot orders for Ava DuVernay's upcoming Arrowverse drama Naomi, the live-action reboot of The Powerpuff Girls, and a nun dramedy stemming from executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, as well as a straight-to-series order for a reboot of cult classic sci-fi drama The 4400 That said, this does not[...]

Looks like award-winning filmmaker and executive producer Ava DuVernay (When They See Us) is enjoying her time in the DC Universe Along with helming the feature film adaptation of DC's New Gods, and directing the pilot for and executive producing HBO Max's DMZ, you can now add a television series adaptation of the teen superhero Naomi[...]

Earlier this week, fans of the DC Comics series DMZ were on the receiving end of some excellent news, with HBO Max announcing that Ava DuVernay (When They See Us) and Roberto Patino's (Westworld) adaptation was moving forward as a four-part limited series event Patino serves as writer, showrunner, and executive producer, with DuVernay directing the pilot[...]

HBO Max has given an official green light to Roberto Patino (Westworld) and Ava DuVernay's (When They See Us) DMZ, with Rosario Dawson (Briarpatch, Rent, Sin City) and Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order, Traffic) set to lead the cast of the futuristic drama set amid a second American civil war and based on the comic[...]

One person who's supported Kaepernick from the start is award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay (When They See Us, 13th, upcoming DMZ), and now the two are teaming up to bring Kaepernick's early years to the small screen The six-part Colin in Black & White will focus on his early football, basketball, and baseball successes in Turlock,[...]

Ava DuVernay's upcoming adaptation of DC Comics/Vertigo comic book DMZ is one of those series that's been on our radar since it was first announced, and one of the few productions that was lucky enough to finish filming before the COVID-19 pandemic began shutting down television productions around the world But as we all know,[...]

Paramount Pictures has decided to make the Ava DuVernay's Selma free to rent on streaming services through the month of June The film was initially released in 2014, and it is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lewis[...]

Ava DuVernay wasn't kidding when she announced last week that her upcoming series adaptation of DC Comics comic book DMZ had officially started production – and the award-winning writer-director-producer isn't wasting any time going all-in on filming Directing the pilot for HBO Max from a Roberto Patino (Westworld) screenplay and with Matthew Lloyd (Daredevil) serving[...]

Victoria Mahoney and Ava DuVernay, two powerhouses in directing, are joining forces to develop Dawn, a science fiction television series for Amazon Based on Octavia E Butler's 1987 work of the same name, the novel follows an African-American woman working with aliens to resurrect the human race 250 years after a nuclear war. L – Silvia[...]

Ava DuVernay's upcoming series adaptation of Vertigo comic DMZ is climbing up our list of series to keep our eyeballs on if it gets the greenlight, so today's update from DuVernay was exactly the kind of thing we'd been waiting for Taking to Twitter, the writer-director-producer posted an official notification that shooting was underway –[...]

Ava DuVernay's 2020 (and beyond) is going to start getting pretty "super" pretty quickly, with the critically-acclaimed and award-winning director heading behind the camera for a film adaptation of Jack Kirby's New Gods On the "television" side, we're excited for DuVernay's other venture in the DCU: overseeing production and directing the pilot for HBO Max's[...]

Ava DuVernay is having a pretty good run of things creatively heading into the early days of 2020, coming off of her critically-acclaimed and award-winning Netflix limited series When They See Us and heading towards a turn behind the camera that puts her at the helm of a film adaptation of Jack Kirby's New Gods[...]

Ava DuVernay is having a pretty good run of things creatively, including critically-acclaimed Netflix limited series When They See Us scoring big at the Emmy Awards (though getting royally screwed by the Golden Globes) and a turn behind the camera that puts her at the helm of an adaptation of Jack Kirby's New Gods DuVernay[...]

Ava DuVernay is having a pretty good run of things creatively as of late, including her critically-acclaimed Netflix limited series When They See Us scoring big at this year's Emmy Awards and an upcoming directorial turn that puts her at the helm of an adaptation of Jack Kirby's New Gods Now it looks like DuVernay[...]

Pictures planned film adaptation of Jack Kirby's New Gods with Ava DuVernay in the director's seat, it sounds like we may know who'll be handling the script. According to a report over on The Wrap, a source confirmed to them that King would be co writing the script with DuVernay for New Gods. DC Comics characters Big Barda and Mister Miracle from[...]

Ava DuVernay's long-awaited series When They See Us about the so-called "Central Park 5" premieres this week on Netflix, and now the streaming service is sharing the limited series' official trailer It looks soulful, gritty, infuriating, enlightening, and inspiring – and is available for you to check out below. The four-part project examines the lives of Antron[...]

Netflix and Ava DuVernay have announced the official title and release date for their "Central Park 5" limited series, with When They See Us (previously titled The Central Park 5) set to hit the streaming service on May 31, 2019 The four-part project examines the lives of Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana,[...]

Recently-reopened parts of the goverment are threatened with yet another shutdown in only a matter of days – just weeks after the previous White House shutdown stranded some federal workers without pay for over a month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRX1CkuBL8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Leader Nancy Pelosi Makes A Midterm Prediction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRX1CkuBL8) In the midst of all[...]

Pictures planned New Gods film being helmed by Ava DuVernay In fact, the most recent thing we know for sure is that DuVernay just signed a pretty big multi-year deal with Warner Bros Television back in November. This COULD mean that maybe the New Gods film project is shifting to the television realm, but there is no real confirmation[...]

CBS unveiled the Spring 2019 premiere dates and times for two premiering series and one returning for season 3 - and you can find out more about them here!

What makes this move different from past efforts? While most shows use social media to either preview or promote content, O'Brien is looking to integrate social media and digital content directly into each broadcast: "It's still going to be me hosting a very silly show, but I want segments on my half-hour program to link to[...]

What makes this move different from past efforts? While most shows use social media to either preview or promote content, O'Brien is looking to integrate social media and digital content directly into each broadcast: "It's still going to be me hosting a very silly show, but I want segments on my half-hour program to link to[...]

A Wrinkle In Time is officially coming to a home theater near you, and we've got the details on the bonus features and content that'll be available on the digital and physical media release. "A Wrinkle In Time" box art courtesy of Disney Directed by Emmy winner Ava DuVernay, the long-awaited film was lovingly adapted by Oscar winner[...]

is closing a deal with A Wrinkle in Time director Ava DuVernay to direct a big-budget adaptation of Jack Kirby's The New Gods Once the deal is done, Deadline is reporting that a screenwriter will be chosen to craft the narrative and work closely with DuVernay The expected budget should be $100M plus and shows[...]

Netflix continues to have a strong creative relationship with Ava DuVernay (13th), including her upcoming limited series look at the "Central Park Five" case; and recently signed Scandal's Shonda Rhimes — and her reputation for diverse casting — to an exclusive creative contract. But in the boardroom and offices of Netflix, it's a different story[...]

Director Ava DuVernay had the unenviable task of breathing life into this project, and while the star-studded cast does a fine job, the film itself is not without fault. We begin A Wrinkle in Time following young Meg Murray (Storm Reid) and her brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) They are both outcasts in life, seemingly abandoned[...]

Also executive producing are Ava DuVernay, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter Victoria Mahoney will direct the pilot. If picked up, this will be the second drama about a police shooting in the last two years The limited series Shots Fired, which told the story of a black police officer shooting a white man during a traffic[...]

Coming off of the success of the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight and at the time finishing work on Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle In Time, Holland covered a variety of topics, including which King novels he was assigned as "homework"; what he hopes viewers take away from Henry; and why Castle Rock is the best pilot script he's ever read: Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures)[...]

It is an adaptation of the classic novel by Madeleine L'Engle. Summary: A Wrinkle in Time is the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a gifted scientist, from the evil[...]