Chloé Zhao turned down directing Marvel’s Black Widow to pitch her own idea for Eternals.
Speaking to Variety, Marvel president Kevin Feige revealed that Zhao was originally in the running to direct the soon-to-be-released Black Widow film, but took herself off the list.
Instead, Zhao, along with Marvel’s Nate Moore, worked on a “spectacular” pitch for Eternals.
The Nomadland filmmaker, who this week made history as the first woman of colour to win Best Director at the Oscars, will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe later this year directing Eternals.