Black Panther 2 Set to Film in July, Enters Talks With Potential Antagonist
Black Panther sequel set to film in July, enters talks with potential antagonist
This year saw the world rocked by the sudden loss of Chadwick Boseman and left many wondering how Marvel Studios would move forward with the highly-anticipated Black Panther 2 and now, nearly four months after his death, it appears they’ve found their path as they’re eyeing a July 2021 start date for filming, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Not only did this year see the loss of Boseman, but it also marked the first year that Marvel Studios went without releasing a single film since jumpstarting the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008, and sources report the studio is pushing to get production started on the tentatively-titled Black Panther 2 in Atlanta in July for at least six months. In addition, Narcos: Mexico star Tenoch Huerta is reportedly in talks to join returning cast members Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke and Angela Bassett as an antagonist, while some sources report that Wright’s beloved Shuri may take on a more central role in the sequel.
Since his loss, there’s been little-to-no word regarding how the studio and writer/director Ryan Coogler would handle the absence of Boseman for the story, though Marvel Studios Executive Vice President Victoria Alonso has stated outright they would not use a digital double for the late star.
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Marvel Studios’ Black Panther follows T’Challa (Boseman) who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king – and Black Panther – is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.
The film stars the late Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Oscar winners Lupita Nyong’o and Forest Whitaker, Danai Gurira, Oscar nominees Daniel Kaluuya and Angela Bassett. It also features Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, and Andy Serkis.
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Based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the film was directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole. Kevin Feige and David J. Grant were producers; and Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Jeffrey Chernov, Nate Moore, and Stan Lee served as executive producers. The film was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and is currently available on Disney+.
Black Panther received seven nominations at the 91st Academy Awards including Best Picture, with wins for Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. Black Panther is the first superhero film to receive a Best Picture nomination and the first MCU film to win an Academy Award. It also received three nominations at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, two wins at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three wins at the 24th Critics’ Choice Awards from 12 nominations, among others.
Black Panther 2 is currently slated for a May 6, 2022 release.
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CS: I would say that’s why a documentary such as Fireball is important because it helps us remember just how amazing our planet is.
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Hawkins: Oh no, no. I would bump into Capra at the Academy. I’m a member of the Motion Picture Academy and they were having a director’s choice. And great directors would come and show what they thought was their best movie. Well, he was there, and so, I talked to him while we were out in the foyer, ready to go on. And learned more about him. And Jimmy Stewart, I did Winchester ’73 with him. But I’d met him at parties, and then they brought me in to play his son in law in a TV series that they were putting together at Warner Brothers and NBC or one of the networks. And they brought me in and they tested me to play his son in law in the series. And I was producing movies then. I was doing a picture called Evel Knievel that I raised the money towards and was a producer on with George Hamilton. And I came back from Butte, Montana, where we were shooting up a day earlier to do this test. And they were testing this guy, that guy, and I always thought my career — whatever I did, always thought of Jimmy Stewart when I did things. And because I was just a guy in a situation, always looked at, how would you say that line if he were in that movie? And I wasn’t a great actor, but I was great at doing that. And it never stopped. It never stopped, whether it was the Annie Oakley series or The Ruggles back in 1949; and then I did Petticoat Junction for three or four years, Ozzie and Harriet for three or four years, and just kept working — Leave it to Beaver — just all this stuff. And I never, ever stopped. But you got Evel Knievel, and I said, I like this and I enjoy this. So, very lucky. A great career. I really have a wonderful life.
Karolyn Grimes: What happened was, I started getting people knocking on my door wanting interviews. And they asked me if I was in that movie and I said, well, yeah. And so, they said, “Could we have an interview?” And I said, “Well, sure.” So I dragged all my stuff up from the basement and showed them my memorabilia and over the years the same thing kept happening, and I was pretty shocked. I thought, my goodness, what’s going on here? And then, I started getting fan mail. And so, I thought, well, I better watch this movie. So I sat down and I watched the movie. I was 40, but you know, my life has been very busy. And I was raising seven kids. I lived in the car, in the laundry room and kitchen and all of that. I didn’t have time to really watch the movie, so I never did. I had seen bits and pieces of my part in the movie, but I never really sat down and got the whole content — and oh, what a joy! I mean, it was an experience I’ll never forget my whole life. I cried and cried and cried. And it just touched my life so much that I realized that I had to be a part of the message from this film. So that’s what I made up my mind to do back in 1980. And I was still raising kids, so I didn’t do too much until 1993. The Target Company reunited the Bailey kids and sent us on a tour around the United States. And that’s when I kind of hooked on the road because I really met the people. And they tell me stories of how this movie had affected their lives in such a positive way. Well, I just got hooked. And so, I’ve been on the road ever since.
I mean, everyone — happiness, sadness, maybe a gal’s mother had started her watching the movie years and years ago, when she was a child, and the mother is now gone, but she would never miss out on watching that movie every year at Christmas because it brought her back to that time when she was with her mom. You know, those kind of things you can’t buy, the memories in your heart. And It’s a Wonderful Life just gives you those over and over again.
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