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...For Marvel, Ryan Coogler’s 2018 Black Panther was a milestone after a decade of unbroken success....
...(Wakanda, the fictional African kingdom of the movie, was of course the invention of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; but in making the adaptation, director Ryan Coogler and lead actor Chadwick Boseman travelled...
...Black Panther, which starred Chadwick Boseman, who died on Saturday, was released in 2018 and quickly became one of Hollywood’s most successful box office hits of recent years....
...“I like talking to young filmmakers like Ryan Coogler and the late and great Chadwick Boseman [who stars in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which Washington co-produced]....
...A good movie and a great coup, Ryan Coogler’s box-office juggernaut, which stars Chadwick Boseman as the king of the African nation of Wakanda, dismantles the traditional blockbuster and repurposes the parts...
...The brave, handsome hero Prince T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), made Wakanda’s king almost before we’ve ripped open our popcorn, has a family history worthy of the Borgias, California branch....
...Director Ryan Coogler, star Chadwick Boseman and most of the supporting cast, including Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker, are black. Much of the film is set in Africa....
...“I don’t know if we’ve ever been this proud to be African-American,” Chadwick Boseman, who plays the title character, told a sold-out crowd this week at an event at New York’s Apollo theatre....
...Chadwick says the fall in those playing golf should therefore be seen in a broader context....
...Normally, says Ryan, “what comes in the circle stays in the circle”....
...Director Justin Chadwick (TV’s Bleak House) is happy to present the film as an opulent scandal-sheet, pithily scripted, prettily acted and richly designed in those few scenes where we stray beyond the room...
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