First Female-Led MCU Movie 'Captain Marvel' Finds Its Director Duo

Captain Marvel has found its directors in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The team has given us powerful dramas like Half Nelson, Sugar and Mississippi Grind, plus the mental health rom-com It's Kind of a Funny Story. They've also done episodes of The Affair and Billions.

"Execs met with the duo many times before the studio decided to go with them and time and time agan the pair impressed the studio with what they wanted to do with this character," writes Variety's Justin Kroll. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige previously said having a female perspective was "super important."