We may not live in a beautiful, secluded technological utopia at the moment, but at least some things can still go right: Variety reports that Marvel is quietly moving forward on a sequel to this yearâs superhero delight Black Panther, with Ryan Coogler returning to the directorâs chair, and also its writerâs,âŚ
Apparently determined to overcome the legacy of Michael Jordan at every possible turn, LeBron James has doubled down on his efforts to make a Space Jam movie that might actually be, ya know, objectively good. Today, THR reports that James has partnered up with Ryan Cooglerâthe celebrated director of Fruitvale Station, âŚ
Black Pantherâs Erik Killmonger has quickly emerged as one of the most fascinating entries in the MCUâs rogues gallery, a group of characters whoâwith a few notable exceptionsâhad mostly previously been home to flatly drawn C-listers like Guardians Of The Galaxyâs Ronan The Accuser and whatever Corey Stollâs deal in âŚ
Some Marvel movies, particularly early on, feel like they were constructed by Marvel Studios going down a list of important bullet points from the comics rather than being a personal work directed by an actual human, but the company does seem good at recognizing the benefit of allowing a filmmaker to put their stampâŚ
In the weeks since its release, Black Panther has set or broken all kinds of records. Ryan Cooglerâs epic superhero film is still perched atop the box office, raking in $600 million domestic and more than $1 billion worldwide. So not only is it poised to bust up The Avengersâ record, but by spending five consecutiveâŚ
Thanks to the obsession with blockbusters that has preoccupied major studios for the past 40 years or so, there have been many weekends where two heavily promoted tentpole filmsâsometimes even from the same studioâhave occupied the top two slots at the domestic box office. This past weekend, though, marked the firstâŚ
Black Panther continues to run roughshod over all other films at the box officeâForbes thinks it could clear the $1 billion mark this weekend. Critical and audience reception has been overwhelmingly positive, and people have already started writing sequels and spin-offs across social media. That exuberant clamor for aâŚ
Itâs probably not fair to say that Black Panther, the Marvel blockbuster thatâs already one of the most popular superhero movies of all time, is most interested in its instantly and rightfully praised villain, Killmonger, played by Michael B. Jordan. The exploits of the movieâs title hero (Chadwick Boseman) andâŚ
Time and again, Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler have proved to be a winning duoâthe actor and director are currently celebrating the runaway success of Black Panther, the third film theyâve made together. Thereâs no resting on laurels here, though, as Variety reports Coogler and Jordan are teaming up once more onâŚ
Black Panther trashed the box office over the weekend, setting the record for fifth-biggest opening of all time and the second-biggest total for a four-day weekend with $242 million in the U.S., and earlier this week it beat Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the biggest Monday haul ever with $40.2 million. All of thisâŚ
The Black Panther phenomenon continues to charge through the box office like a legion of weaponized rhinoceroses. Witness this little tidbit, dropped in a glowing THR report about the filmâs $242 million domestic ($426.6 million international) Presidentsâ Day haulâthe second-biggest four-day total of all time after âŚ
A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky return to discuss the latestâand one of the greatestâfrom Marvel Studios, Black Panther. Directed by Creed and Fruitvale Stationâs Ryan Coogler, Black Panther veers from the template established by Marvelâs previous 18 films by introducing aâŚ
Itâs taken a decade and 18 films, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally produced a superhero movie that feels like it was ripped from the pages of a comic book. Ditching the MCUâs familiar roster of heroes (they donât get as much as a mention) along with many of the basics of the Marvel film formula, RyanâŚ
Eagle-eyed viewers lucky enough to have seen Black Panther alreadyâweâre still waiting for a preview screening here in Chicagoâmay have noticed a shout-out to Atlanta multi-hyphenates Donald and Stephen Glover in the end credits of Ryan Cooglerâs soon-to-be-blockbuster film. Colliderâs Steve Weintraub was one of them,âŚ
Black Panther ascends to the throne on February 16, when director Ryan Coogler will make his Afrofuturist-inspired contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Black Panther is the first spin-off for the Marvel character, but as with all things in the MCU, heâs already carrying a lot of baggage. So The A.V. Club âŚ
Marvel pulls back the curtain on some of the mystery surrounding Wakanda, the fictional nation and home to Black Panther, in this new trailer. The first preview effectively teased the conflict between TâChalla (Chadwick Boseman) and Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), as well as gave us glimpses at the magnificentâŚ
A lot of Captain America: Civil War involved laying the groundwork for the Black Panther movie, and during its Comic-Con panel today, Marvel unsurprisingly revealed that Ryan Cooglerâs Black Panther will actually take place just after the events of Civil Warâmeaning TâChallaâs father has just been killed and BuckyâŚ
Ever since Chadwick Boseman first bared his claws in Captain America: Civil War, weâve been dying to see and learn more about TâChalla (not to mention the Dora Milaje). The first Black Panther trailer was a good start, as it featured Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyongâo in bodyguard mode, and the poster (pictured above)âŚ
Evidently, Marvelâs Black Panther is a â90s kid, and Ryan Cooglerâs upcoming movie about him will feature a flashback to his time living in California in the â90s. Thatâs according to the East Bay Times (via /Film), which reports that a retro-style Bay Area AC Transit bus is being built for a sequence in the filmâŚ
Though it seems like itâs been in the works for a long time and should probably be in theaters soon, Marvelâs Black Panther movie is still over a year off. So, with all of that extra time, the studio might as well keep tossing more good actors into this thing until every ancillary character is played by someone youâŚ
