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‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Star DeWanda Wise Lands Plum Role Opposite Brie Larson In ‘Captain Marvel’

star DeWanda Wise has landed a co-star role opposite Brie Larson in

, the Anna Boden-Ryan Fleck-directed Marvel superhero pic. She’ll co-star opposite Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law and Ben Mendelsohn. Wise takes the role just as Netflix renewed for a second season

, the series adaptation of Spike Lee’s breakthrough film about a woman balancing a life with three lovers.

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It marks the first major movie role for Wise, who previously starred in the series

. She’s repped by UTA and Bold Management & Production.

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