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Ava DuVernay Confirms Darkseid, Big Barda Will Appear in DC’s New Gods

August 1, 2019 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

It’s taken a bit longer than originally expected, but Darkseid is finally set to appear in a DC film in Ava DuVernay’s New Gods. DuVernay took to Twitter to answer fan questions, and confirmed that w will see both Barda and Darkeid in the film:

DuVernay was set to direct the film in March of last year. Tom King, who wrote Mister Miracle, is writing the script.

Darkseid was initially set to appear in the second part of what was to be a two-part Justice League film. When that film was cut back to one, Darkseid was left behind. His lieutenant, Steppenwolf, was instead the primary villain of the film. When Justice League fell apart at the box office, DC changed their plans for the DCEU and Darkseid’s fate for future films was left uncertain.

New Gods is still in the development stage, with no filming start date yet set.