Black Panther The Official News and Speculation Thread - Part 1

[Mike Murdock]

Outside and inside? Looks like T'Challa will have some traitorous members in his kingdom.

It makes sense. It's probably how you could have Klaw (presumably) as well as Michael B. Jordan. I'd hate to have Killmonger and Klaw team up since they're polar opposites, imo, but I'm still interested in whatever they end up doing.

 

[Chesterfield]

Marshall just wrapped yesterday. Now Boseman can prepare for both IW1 and tge BP solo film.

 

[sabetoonth]

It makes sense. It's probably how you could have Klaw (presumably) as well as Michael B. Jordan. I'd hate to have Killmonger and Klaw team up since they're polar opposites, imo, but I'm still interested in whatever they end up doing.

It could be the MCU-ification of their comic backstory. Either Klaw is responsibly for the death of Killmonger's father from last time he was in Wakanda, or theyre giving him that henchman type roll, only to be abandonned either in Wakanda or somewhere else(as Erik was left in Harlem as kid if I recall his origin correctly)

Speaking of Killmonger, I just started reading Jungle Action and damn.

 

[BatsDC]

These been posted? Cool images of Chadwick in the suit from Civil War:

 

[Lencho01]

Ha! I was just about to post those.

Some others...

 

[marcvader]

The attention to detail is astounding. Bravo! The suit is beautiful.

 

[VelcroWallet]

That looks amazing.

 

[Chesterfield]

Sweet images.

 

[Chesterfield]

Figured I'd post this here as it was an interesting read. The article compares the characters of Tarzan with Black Panther...

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/07/the-legend-of-tarzans-hashtag-problem.html

The full article is in the link above. Below is a snippet...

Even in the span of just a few years, comic book movies have evolved more on race than the Tarzan series has in a century. Last May, Marvel released Captain America: Civil War, a.k.a., Black Panther Prequel Movie, ostensibly the third chapter in the life and times of all-American hero Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), but also the big screen debut of mainstream comics’ first black superhero.

If it is by coincidence that T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), prince (and, by the end of Civil War, king) of the fictional African nation Wakanda, shares his MCU inauguration in the same year as a Tarzan reboot, then it’s a wry coincidence: The characters feel like spiritual kin of sorts, both being intelligent men with peerless martial talents who wear cultural mantles of authority. In England, Tarzan lives among the aristocracy as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, while T’Challa is the inheritor of an entire nation and a member of its ancient royal bloodline. But Tarzan’s roots endorse racism where Black Panther’s roots protest it. (T’Challa fought the Ku Klux Klan in a short story arc that ran from January through November in 1976, for crying out loud.)

For all the traits they share in common, though, these characters couldn’t be more different on ideological bases. Whether on the page or on the screen, Tarzan is defined by assumptions of white preeminence. He is better than his rivals and his allies because the text believes in his inherent betterness as a white man the same way that Donald Trump believes in his own: He says he is better, and so it must be true. Neither Marvel’s comic books nor Captain America: Civil War make any such assumptions about Black Panther, though, because they don’t have to. Superheroics probably come naturally when your ancestors are superheroes themselves, but in either medium T’Challa proves his betterness through deeds rather than through fundamentalism.

If Black Panther is the anti-Tarzan, it should logically follow that Captain America: Civil War is the anti-The Legend of Tarzan. But the former isn’t interested in addressing matters of race and racism, whereas the latter at least lectures us on the evils of oppression. That condescending pill is tough to swallow coming from a movie that’s so unaware of its own inequities—the “oopsie” nature of The Legend of Tarzan’s faux pas only makes those faux pas more frustrating. The film shatters its illusions of harmony by mistake as surely as Zootopia, a cartoon with the sharpness of mind necessary for examining race head

 

[Kane52630]

That suit is a thing of beauty.

 

[OnTheAir]

Early Civil War concept design from Andy Park:

 

[BatsDC]

Black Panther is one of the few Marvel characters that ended up looking better than pretty much all of the concept art for that character

 

[InternetPeople]

The suit was really cool, but it was how he fought and moved that made the character stand out to me.

 

[OnTheAir]

Another early design for Civil War from Andy Park:

 

[OnTheAir]

More Civil War concept art from Andy Park:

 

[stormtrooper]

Chadwick will be at Comic Con to do a Black Panther signing. is it possible that some news about the film will drop too? Fingers crossed.

http://mcuexchange.com/marvel-relea...eveal-chadwick-boseman-will-be-in-attendance/

 

[OnTheAir]

Chadwick will be at Comic Con to do a Black Panther signing. is it possible that some news about the film will drop too? Fingers crossed.

http://mcuexchange.com/marvel-relea...eveal-chadwick-boseman-will-be-in-attendance/

My hope for Comic Con has been that in addition to the Dr. Strange and GOTG2 presentations, Marvel Studios would also bring out Coogler and Boseman to not only confirm the casting of MBJ and Lupita, but also reveal who they are playing and introduce additional cast members.

 

[Chesterfield]

I'd lose my **** if that were to happen. Here's hoping it does!

 

[marcvader]

I hope they release more concept art to get a better feel of what to expect. Maybe a featurette of preproduction.

 

[BatsDC]

My hope for Comic Con has been that in addition to the Dr. Strange and GOTG2 presentations, Marvel Studios would also bring out Coogler and Boseman to not only confirm the casting of MBJ and Lupita, but also reveal who they are playing and introduce additional cast members.

There is so much Marvel could potentially do at their SDCC panel. Strange, Guardians, Spidey, Panther, Captain Marvel, Avengers... It's going to be great, whatever happens.

 

[stormtrooper]

My hope for Comic Con has been that in addition to the Dr. Strange and GOTG2 presentations, Marvel Studios would also bring out Coogler and Boseman to not only confirm the casting of MBJ and Lupita, but also reveal who they are playing and introduce additional cast members.

I do expect some casting announcements for Panther and Captain Marvel by the end of Comic-Con.

 

[Chesterfield]

We better get something juicy today.

 

[Chesterfield]

 

[Broseph44]

marvel panel is live blogging now! Director Ryan Coogler is on stage!

 

[Broseph44]

Boseman on stage