
Nia DaCosta wants everyone to know there’s no bad blood between her and Marvel Studios.
The Marvels director had spoken candidly about the grueling process of directing a Marvel movie, admitting that “the best didn’t happen this time, but you kind of have to trust in the machine.” DaCosta’s comments at the April 2025 Dublin screenwriting festival Storyhouse sparked a wave of discourse over the “Marvel machine” and how it can stifle the talents of indie filmmakers like DaCosta that Marvel loves to poach for their features. But DaCosta assures us that she’s still on good terms with Marvel and Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige.