The filmmaker is closing a deal with Warner Bros. and DC to direct a big-budget adaptation of Jack Kirby’s The New Gods, although this report also claims that The New Gods will have “no connection to the other DC worlds being exploited for film,” including the DCEU.
Deadline broke the news on Ava DuVernay directing The New Gods, and you can take a look at the director’s tweet from December below, where she lists Big Barda as her favorite superhero.
Big Barda is one of The New Gods, and the wife of Mister Miracle, who was also created by Jack Kirby.
It makes sense for The New Gods not to be connected to the DCEU, since Jack Kirby designed part of this Fourth World saga that included numerous DC titles.