People seemed to like Hunger Games. Plus the first writer hired on a Marvel thing is rarely the only one. Marvels hired a lot of director-writers in the past so I'm sure whoever they tap to direct will also take their own crack at it.
If this is in any way true its almost certainly her producing as well. Possibly directing since she has a deal with Disney for a feature to direct as well.
It could work if they just absolutely stack the rest of the cast
Yep. And Reynolds has made clear that when Jackman initially wasn't coming back, Wolverine was not in the movie at all. All the versions with Wolverine were written to be with Jackman.
Apparently Dan Snyder financed this thinking it was going to be a positive depiction of Trump and is FURIOUS and trying to get the movie changed
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-trump-movie-the-apprentice-dan-snyder-feud-1236010060/