‘Marvel Man’ Sequence To Be Helmed by Stella Meghie – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: The {Photograph} helmer Stella Meghie has been set to direct episodes of the Marvel Studios collection Marvel Man starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. It’s unknown what number of episodes she’s going to direct however it’s believed to be a number of episodes for the collection. Daniel Destin Cretton will direct a number of episodes as effectively with Andrew Visitor serving as head author. Cretton will even exec produce together with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige.

Marvel had no remark.

Created by author Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, Marvel Man was launched to Marvel Comics in 1964 through The Avengers #9. The character in any other case often called Simon Williams is the son of the industrialist Sanford Williams and assumes management of his munitions outfit following his passing, seeing its successes restricted when it comes into competitors with Tony Stark’s Stark Industries. The youthful Williams beneficial properties ion-based superpowers, together with tremendous power, whereas working beneath the villainous Baron Zemo and establishing himself as an antagonist to The Avengers, although he later decides to grow to be a part of that superhero crew.

Meghie already had robust ties with Disney as the 2 are creating Tiana, a brand new live-action collection for Disney+ revolving across the character from the basic Disney animated pic The Princess and the Frog. When Meghie determined to solely function exec producer on that collection, Disney nonetheless very a lot wished to work along with her past that present and commenced in search of one thing else. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Marvel got here a calling with the Marvel Man job that has grow to be one of many extra excessive precedence upcoming collection for the streamer.

Meghie acquired her huge break following the 2018 Toronto Movie Pageant premiere of her critically acclaimed pic The Weekend. The movie helped put her on the map of up and coming filmmakers and in the end led to her touchdown the Common pic The {Photograph}, which she wrote, directed and exec produced.

She is repped by CAA, Lighthouse Administration and Media and legal professional Gordon Bobb.