According to Deadline, Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming Candyman reboot, has come on board to helm the 2022 sequel to Captain Marvel.
The report indicates that while DaCosta has been the front runner for a while now, she landed the job after meeting with Marvel Studios The-One-Above-All this past weekend.
The sequel, written by WandaVision writing room grad Megan McDonnell, is expected to adapt the Marvel Comics event Secret Invasion.