Adding to the growing collective of female directors taking on superhero movies, Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent is ready to throw her hat into the Marvel Cinematic Universe ring.
During a recent IndieWire interview about her controversial new film “The Nightingale,” now out in select theaters, “The Babadook” director spoke about offers she’s received to take on blockbuster movies.
But she has her own ambitions for the Marvel canon, setting her sights on one comic-book character in particular.“The opportunity has been there if I really wanted to pursue that path and it still probably is to some extent.
I am excited by this aboriginal Marvel character, Manifold,” said Kent, referring to the Aboriginal Australian mutant superhero, also known as Eden Fesi, with the power to bend time and space in order to teleport.
“Aboriginal culture is the oldest culture in the earth; it’s so sophisticated and deep.
It
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