Destin Daniel Cretton Archives

Destin Daniel Cretton Directing Live-Action Naruto Film

virginiakublawi | Feb 23, 2024 | 0

A Hollywood Reporter exclusive reveals that Lionsgate and Destin Daniel Cretton are bringing Naruto to theaters in live-action. Naruto is a wildly popular anime and manga, and Cretton is best known as the director of the MCU installment Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Cretton will write...

Jonathan Majors Out as Kang After Guilty Verdicts

AlexGherzo | Dec 18, 2023 | 0

Earlier today, Jonathan Majors was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment, two of the four charges filed against him in New York. (He was found not guilty of the two other charges – intentional assault in the third degree and aggravated harassment.) Not long after the ...

RUMOR: Marvel Wants Sam Raimi to Direct Secret Wars and The Kang Dynasty?

AlexGherzo | Nov 25, 2023 | 1

Marvel is thinking about bringing in the big guns. According to scooper Daniel Richtman, Sam Raimi is “a top choice” to direct Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. The Kang Dynasty was going to be directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, but he left the film last week, with rumors t...

Destin Daniel Cretton No Longer Directing The Kang Dynasty

AlexGherzo | Nov 15, 2023 | 1

The Marvel shakeups continue. Deadline exclusively reports that Destin Daniel Cretton has “stepped away” from directing Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to “focus on his other Marvel projects,” which are the Disney+ series Wonder Man and a sequel to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Dea...

RUMOR: Is Marvel Scrapping Wonder Man and Other Shows?

AlexGherzo | Oct 20, 2023 | 0

Is Marvel cutting more of its Disney+ fat? Joanna Robinson seems to think so, and she’s heard it from a few sources. The co-author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios (with Dave Gonzales and Gavin Edwards) appeared on the podcast The Watch (where she also talked about Marvel’s plans to use Ave...

Yahya Adebul-Mateen II Cast as Wonder Man

AlexGherzo | Oct 31, 2022 | 0

Marvel has found its newest hero in the ocean’s depths. Deadline exclusively reports that Yahya Adebul-Mateen II has been cast as Wonder Man in an upcoming Disney+ series, presumably of the same name. Shang-Chi and Avengers: The Kang Dynasty director Destin Daniel Cretton will direct and executive...