The Marvels director reveals they used the Final Fantasy 7 spin-off movie to land their MCU gig

Nov. 8, 2023

Nia DaCosta says she used Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children as a reference

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Director Nia DaCosta says she referenced Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children when pitching The Marvels.

“One of my references when I was pitching for the film was from Advent Children. A couple of scenes from that, because it’s just amazing. Amazing movie and has really great fight scenes and has a really great ending sequence with the main character being thrown into the sky by all the other characters,” DaCosta toldIGN. “I actually didn’t want [The Marvels] to look like a video game, in the sense of what you think of when you think video game.”

Continued DaCosta: “[The Marvels] is more linear, but, obviously, [video games] are so cinematic now as well – like, think about The Last of Us cutscenes, or Horizon Zero Dawn cutscenes. But it’s a very different style. So, for me, it was from the best kinds of games, the best stories that you get, that’s sort of what inspires me to play and I think inspires people to watch movies like this.”

The Marvels hits theaters on November 10. In the meantime, check out our guide to all theupcoming Marvel movies and TV showsfor everything else the MCU has in the works.

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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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