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Both the studio and DaCosta face scrutiny. Critics believe that Marvel hired DaCosta, partly motivated by virtue signaling—hiring a Black woman director specifically to serve a diversity narrative. This decision, they argue, compromised the movie's quality, leading to its box office failure. Many feel that this was a risky move driven by optics rather than merit, and now the repercussions are evident.
DaCosta herself has spoken about making a movie she thought her younger self would love, but some see her departure from the project during post-production as a sign of internal discord. Both sides seem eager to distance themselves from the disaster—Marvel allegedly trying to shift blame while DaCosta’s camp emphasizes their innocence.