Creed's Ryan Coogler in talks to direct Black Panther

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Here's an article with Black Panther screenwriter Joe Robert Cole:

http://www.motherjones.com/media/20...s-so-white-black-panther-film-joe-robert-cole

MJ: What does it mean to you to be writing a black superhero?

JC: Black Panther is a historic opportunity to be a part of something important and special, particularly at a time when African Americans are affirming their identities while dealing with vilification and dehumanization. The image of a black hero on this scale is just really exciting. When I was a kid, I would change superheroes' names: Instead of James Bond, I was James Black. Instead of Batman, I was Blackman. And I have a three-year-old son. My son will be five when Black Panther comes out. That puts it all into perspective for me.

MJ: Ta-Nehisi writes that he sees T'Challa's blackness as an opportunity to explore some of the history of the African continent and the myths that are unknowns in the Western consciousness—unlike, say, the Greek myths. What kinds of themes do you want to explore in the film?

JC: We're in the process of figuring many of those things out. I think approaching the movie from a perspective that is rooted in the cultures of the continent is important.


MJ: In the comic books, Black Panther fought off a colonizer in Wakanda. He fought the Klan. He fought against apartheid in South Africa. Bringing the Panther into the present day, I'm curious how the recent activism around the treatment of black people by police might inform your story or your development of T'Challa as a character.

JC: Personally—and Ryan [Coogler] and Nate Moore, the executive producer—we all are cognizant of what's going on in the world, in black communities, and in our country. We are aware of the importance of that, and the platform this movie provides us with. But I can't give you the specifics.
 
Here's an article with Black Panther screenwriter Joe Robert Cole:

http://www.motherjones.com/media/20...s-so-white-black-panther-film-joe-robert-cole
Good interview. Part of me wonders that, if the Civil War ending is true to the comics
with Cap dying
, will they use that as an opportunity to include someone like
Bucky on his way to taking the mantle
in this movie. As some kind of outsider perspective on Wakanda that isn't Klaus. Maybe Bucky wants to
reforge the shield that got fucked up
or something.
 
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