Selma Star Thinks Director Ava DuVernay Could "Elevate" A Marvel Film

A couple weeks ago, The Wrap claimed that Marvel has been courting Selma director Ava DuVernay for either Black Panther or Captain Marvel.  David Oyelowo, who previously worked with DuVernay on Selma and Middle of Nowhere, thinks the director could raise Marvel films to a higher position.

"The thing about Ava is everything she touches she elevates," Oyelowo told The Wrap pertaining to reports Ava is being eyed by Marvel. "She bakes into it who she is. So, if Marvel is as smart and as brave to go on that journey with Ava, I'm personally the first in line to see what she does with that."

"I think she's going to take it in directions that are both exciting and provocative, and different to what you've seen thus far," he added. "It's always going to be a Marvel movie, but she is so singular as a director that I think her, plus that brand is an exciting idea."

As for Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, he expressed "caution" about taking on a superhero role. "Depending on which one of them you're playing, there's always a danger you're going to get so identified with this larger than life character, that it could become tougher for audiences to believe you in other roles," he said.