Tag: The Black Panther

San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Marvel Studios Officially Announces Panel

by Shawn Madden

Not that we didn’t know it was coming already but now we have times for the Marvel Studios and Walk Disney Studios panels at SDCC 2012. Marvel will most likely be presenting footage from ‘Iron Man 3’ as well as giving updates such as casting on ‘Thor 2’, ‘Captain America 2’ and a sequel to ‘The Avengers’. We should also expect information about their other projects which are currently rumored to be ‘Ant-Man‘, ‘The Black Panther’ and ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy‘.

Marvel Studios: Saturday, July 14th 6:00pm – 7:00pm (Hall H) – Marvel Studios presents Iron Man 3. Join Producer Kevin Feige and special guests as they provide an inside look at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: Thursday, July 12th 2:05pm – 3:05pm (Hall H) – A Q&A panel featuring the imaginative director of Frankenweenie, Tim Burton; A special look at the world of Oz The Great and Powerful with director Sam Raimi; the illustrious voice cast of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wreck-It Ralph, including John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and director Rich Moore.

Aldis Hodge Would Love To Play ‘The Black Panther’

by Shawn Madden

Numerous actors have recently begun expressing their interest to to play the lead role in Marvels ‘The Black Panther’. No doubt due to the recent news that Marvel Studios 2014 sequel to ‘Captain America’ may be followed by a big-screen adaptation of the character.

The most recent of these being Aldis Hodge (‘Die Hard With A Vengeance’, ‘Leverage’, ‘Supernatural’) stating his interest in playing the king of Wakanda.

“Growing up I was a fan of Black Panther and X-Men comic books. I was also a huge Batman fan. There’s recently been a little buzz online about Marvel pushing for Black Panther, and I’ve been in love with the idea for years. I want the fans to know that the one role I really want to play is Black Panther. I grew up loving the Marvel world, and grew up on martial arts. I still train. When Black Panther came around, he was almost like an African American Batman.”

He does have many things going for him as far as the role is concerned. He is in the right age range where he could continue on playing the character for many years, he has the right looks, he already knows the source material and he does have a background with martial arts. However he may not be a big enough name to carry this franchise…but then again no one knew who Chris Hemsworth as prior to ‘Thor’. Thoughts? Opinions? Complete outrage that I could even consider seeing him in the role?

Source: Examiner

‘Black Panther’ Coming To Theatres 2014?

by Shawn Madden

So, there’s big news coming at this years Comic-Con regarding their next standalone movie. News site Latino Review is apparently reporting this news early:

“THE BLACK PANTHER is going to headline his own film! How do I know? Let’s say I got it from FOUR different trusted sources. Last year, it was reported that Marvel hired Mark Bailey to pen the script and I hear the script is fantastic.”

For those unfamiliar with the character:

The title “Black Panther” is a rank of office, chieftain of the Wakandan Panther Clan. As chieftain, the Panther is entitled to eat a special heart-shaped herb, as well as his mystical connection with the Wakandan Panther god, that grants him superhumanly acute senses and increases his strength, speed, stamina, and agility to the peak of human development. He has since lost this connection and forged a new one with another unknown Panther deity, granting him augmented physical attributes as well as a resistance to magic.

His senses are so powerful that he can pick up a prey’s scent and memorize tens of thousands of individual ones. T’Challa is a rigorously trained gymnast and acrobat, showing mastery in various African martial arts as well as contemporary ones and fighting styles that belong to no known disciplines.

Lation Review does have a history of being reliable with their scoops. And earlier today one of their staff tweeted BIG CLUE: This unseen Marvel character has been alluded to in the phase one Marvel films! Let speculation begin!”

The Black Panther would definitely make sense as far as this statement being that we have vibranium (Cap’s shield) and the map from ‘Iron Man 2’ which had a marking above Wakanda.

Many actors have already expressed interest in the role including including Michael Jai White, Djimon Hounsou & Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

Whats your thoughts on ‘The Black Panther’ coming to the big screen? Personally I was hoping it to be ‘Iron Fist’ or ‘Ant-man’ (though we still COULD get those) Fingers crossed!