Gina Prince-Bythewood to Direct “Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger” Pilot for Freeform
Gina Prince-Bythewood just made the Marvel Cinematic Universe a bit more palatable to women.
After reports from Season Zero and Geeks of Color mentioned her involvement in the upcoming Freeform series “Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger,” Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball,” “Beyond the Lights”) confirmed via Twitter that she will direct the series’ pilot.
“Cloak and Dagger” will reportedly begin shooting in February. According to Variety, the series is a “live-action interracial romance” following “the duo [Cloak and Dagger], two teenagers from very different backgrounds, who find themselves burdened and awakened to newly acquired superpowers while falling in love — Tandy can emit light daggers and Tyrone has the ability to engulf others in darkness.”
Other than that, we don’t know too much about the project. We do know that Prince-Bythewood is one of the best directors working and we would follow her anywhere.
If “Cloak and Dagger” does begin filming in the next few weeks, the filmmaker will have quite the busy schedule. “Shots Fired,” the event series she created with her husband, Reggie Bythewood, will premiere in March.
Featuring an equal number of male and female directors, “Shots Fired” centers on a police killing — in which a black cop shot a young white man — and its the aftermath, which involves a special investigation. The investigation provokes fury in the community, as the frequent killing of black men by white cops rarely faces such scrutiny.
Discussing the “Shots Fired” directors, Prince-Bythewood commented on the passion of everyone involved on the series. “Everybody came in, wanted to do research, wanted to read the whole bible, wanted to read all the character work, and really dig in and get great performances,” she said at TCA Winter Press Tour.
“Shots Fired” premieres March 22 on Fox. Its first episode is also directed by Prince-Bythewood.
