As the Oscar nominee is currently at work developing a New Gods film for the comic book publisher’s Extended Universe at Warner Bros., Ava DuVernay is expanding her DC Comics work as she is teaming up with The CW to develop a potential series on the Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker comic Naomi, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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It would also mark the first DC drama to not have Greg Berlanti attached as producer or creator, with the prolific producer currently also wrapping up Black Lightning, though a spin-off is in development and Supergirl, whose spin-off Superman & Lois will premiere in February.
The potential series will be co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and DuVernay’s Array Filmworks, which currently has a rich overall deal, and is expected as the first step in a planned expansion of the network’s DC Comics-verse as they move past the long-running to Arrowverse, especially as its titular series recently came to an end.