The late Chadiwck Boseman’s final credited work as an actor came in four episodes of What If?, the Disney+ animated series exploring various ways that events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe could have unfolded differently. As we look back on the messy past five years of Marvel Studios, we can …
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever may be an effective, harrowing examination of grief, which depicts a nation and a family mourning the significant loss of King T’Challa — but it is still a Marvel Cinematic Universe film, meaning there is a potentially catastrophic global threat that our heroes (in this case, …
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Just days after its much-anticipated debut, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is poised to continueMarvel Studios’ box-office dominance. But the new movie might also signal a major evolutionary shift in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s geopolitical world-building. An inescapable aura of grief distinguishes director Ryan Coogler’s latest work from other MCU movies. …
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You play Ramonda, the Queen Mother of Wakanda, in the Black Panther films. Is there one person or inspiration you keep in your head to play a queen?For me, it’s just the essence of the Black woman. Our strength, resilience, patience, generosity, intellect. That’s what I try to hold onto. …
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Perhaps inescapably, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ryan Coogler’s sequel to 2018’s game-changing hit Black Panther — opens on a somber note. There are heroics to be had here, for sure. This is another globe-spanning, pan-African, multifaceted story like its predecessor, with historical breadth ranging from the invasion of the …
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Once the Black Panther, always the Black Panther. In the first episode of Wakanda Forever, Proximity Media and Marvel‘s official Black Panther podcast, host Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler on how the Marvel film went from potential script to worldwide success. Coogler is returning to direct …
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The death of Chadwick Boseman hit Black Panther director Ryan Coogler harder than most. In a new interview, Coogler told Entertainment Weekly that Boseman’s tragic death in August 2020 caused him to rethink his entire career. “I was at a point when I was like, ‘I’m walking away from this …
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Kingdoms need guidance, but none more so than Wakanda after reeling from the loss of the great T’challa (Chadwick Boseman). In the first official trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a new leading figure steps into the role of protector as conflict rests on the horizon. “Only the most broken …
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe officially enters the Multiverse with What If…?, a Disney+ animated series that radically reimagines the events of the MCU through an infinite number of possibilities. What If…? arrives on Disney+ on August 11th. As seen in the first trailer for the 10-episode series, among the plotlines …
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