Greta Gerwig is one of those directors who everyone is looking at right now. The Ladybird and Little Women director was already highly regarded but her upcoming film will be a litmus test in many ways. Her and Margot Robbie’s Barbie is releasing right with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible 7. It’s the battle of the biggest films.
Yet as per predictions looks like the frilly movie that apparently exhausted the world’s stock of one particular shade of pink will take the opening weekend at the box office. If those predictions come true, will the director take the plunge and jump into superhero films next? She’s definitely interested.
Is Greta Gerwig Interested In Directing A Superhero Or Action Film?
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Greta Gerwig answered the question everyone has been thinking about- will she direct superhero films? The director has answered affirmatively to that question. She said:
“Yes, of course. It would have to be something I had a feeling for and a relationship to. A well-shot, well-executed action movie is just incredible. It’s a dance. I’ve never done anything like that. But even in a small way, working with the stunt coordinator who did fight choreography on Barbie, he was just fascinating. It was so fun to talk to him.”
Gerwig hasn’t directed any action or superhero films till now. But it’s clear that she’s interested in taking on such a project. In fact, when the interviewer said that Barbie was like a superhero film already, she agreed. The director said, “It’s iconic in the same way. And it’s sort of mythic in the same way.” So which superhero films would she be ideal for? MCU and DCU fans have some ideas.
Marvel And DC Fans Want Greta Gerwig To Jump Into Their Superhero Universe
It has been announced that Greta Gerwig will direct and write at least two Chronicles of Narnia films for Netflix. It’s clear that these projects will take up a chunk of her time. However, superhero fans aren’t happy that her time is going to be locked up in this. They want her to direct one of the big superheroines of their respective franchises.
Marvel fans want her to direct a Scarlet Witch solo film while DC fans want her to direct Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which has already been announced as one of the films in James Gunn’s DCU. While it will be interesting to see which franchise Gerwig chooses, everything rests on the upcoming Margot Robbie’s Barbie film.
It will have to be a box office as well as critical success for Gerwig’s directing future to take flight with a big-budget superhero film. Otherwise, all of the hype and chatter around her can die down in an instant.
Barbie will be released on July 21, 2023.
Source: Rolling Stone
