With The New Gods being one of the multitude of DC-driven movies currently in various stages of development over at Warner Brothers, now comes word on who’ll be penning that particular picture.
Courtesy of The Wrap, it’s being reported that Tom King and Ava DuVernay are the duo tasked with writing The New Gods. King is an Eisner Award winner who’s most recently be seen writing some hugely impressive Batman tales, whilst DuVernay is an Oscar-nommed filmmaker best known for efforts such as Selma and A Wrinkle in Time. So yeah, quite the impressive pairing, for sure.
DuVernay has long been attached to also direct The New Gods, and the addition of Tom King on co-writing duties is a smart decision given how he made such a mark with his New Gods-centric Mister Miracle comic book series.
For those not familiar with the New Gods, the legendary Jack Kirby created those otherworldly sorts back in 1971. The general crux of the New Gods title revolves around New Genesis and Apokolips. These twin planets were formerly joined together as Urgrund, but a cataclysmic split saw two very different worlds created. Initially, New Genesis was full of fresh forests, rivers, and stunning territory. Then there was Apokolips, a horrendous, polluted planet ruled by the nefarious Darkseid. A trade of sons between leaders Highfather and Darkseid led to an initial peace treaty of sorts between the pair, but, as ever in comics, trouble was around the corner. Being the no-good megalomaniac that he was and still is, Darkseid eventually got fed up of all this peace and so got to work on his Anti-Life Equation. What’s that, you say? Why, it’s a weapon that could destroy the entire universe.
Given the current uncertainly of the DC Extended Universe, right now it’s not known for sure whether The New Gods will exist within the confines of the DCEU. That said, Justice League’s use of Steppenwolf and the Motherboxes are all tied to the realms of the New Gods, so who knows.
At this early juncture, The New Gods has yet to be given an official release date, but expect more on the movie as we get it.
