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The palace is built atop a pyramid inspired by early ones in the country of Mali. "A lot of the [...]
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Ryan Coogler drew influence from the political scenes in Lincoln (2012) for M'Baku's challenge [...]
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Dorothy Steel was treated with great respect when she was on set filming her scenes. At 91 year [...]
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Amandla Stenberg auditioned for Shuri but dropped out because she felt that she wasn't the righ [...]
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The stripe across T'Challa's forehead is a shout-out to Il Re Leone (1994).
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Hannah Beachler asked Ryan Coogler if he'd describe M'Baku as an antihero. "I try not to look a [...]
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The filmmakers always saw W'Kabi as having run Killmonger's DNA perhaps in some hut before he b [...]
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Chadwick Boseman [T'Challa / Black Panther] and Michael B. Jordan [Erik Killmonger] both appear [...]
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Ludwig Göransson utilized specific West African instruments for the rivalry between T'Challa [...]
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The leader of the convoy is played by Bambadjan Bamba; he's a Dreamer who came forward and spok [...]
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The film is the 33rd film to pass the $1 billion mark at the global box office. It took just 24 [...]
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Featured in "The A to Z of Superhero Movies: From Abar to ZsaZsa via the MCU," written by Rob H [...]
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The Warrior Falls set piece sequence, filmed in Atlanta, became quite problematic in that the 1 [...]
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John Singleton was at one point attached to direct a film version of the character, envisioning [...]
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Rondavels (modern buildings that resemble African huts) are seen at the tops of Wakanda's skysc [...]
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Animal shelters have reported adoption rates for black cats increasing following the release of [...]
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The opening sequence showing the history of Wakanda via CG was in and out of the script several [...]
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Harriet Tubman was a big inspiration for the character of Nakia.
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They had to manipulate the Marvel logo music to get it to sync up with the cut.
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This location in South Africa is called Three Rondovals-the World's End viewpoint. The crew sto [...]
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Was number one at the U.S. box office for five consecutive weeks until the debut of Pacific Rim [...]
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The big car chase through Busan consists of elements filmed in Atlanta and South Korea.
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No other Avengers appear in the movie, although Bucky Barnes pops up in the post-credits scene. [...]
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The movie opens with a scene of kids playing basketball in Oakland in the year 1992. In 1992, s [...]
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Michael B. Jordan initially auditioned for the role of Sam Wilson/The Falcon back in 2013 befor [...]
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Killmonger's scarification was created through prosthetic makeup. Makeup designer Joel Harlow a [...]
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Ryan Coogler describes the film's central theme as responsibility and identity: "What do the po [...]
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In the 2015 London production of the 2009 play Eclipsed, written by Danai Gurira, Letitia Wrigh [...]
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One of the inspirations behind the challenge scene between M'Baku and T'Challa was Steven Spiel [...]
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While in London (UK) promoting the film, Martin Freeman introduced his young son Joseph to his [...]
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This film marked chapter six of phase three in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Ryan Coogler wanted the film to feature the supervillain Kraven the Hunter, who has been a riva [...]
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While scouting in South Africa, the filmmakers came across a rhinoceros named M-20 at a game re [...]
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The Sambisa Forest scene was filmed on a set the size of a football field in Atlanta, with over [...]
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(at around 9 mins) When we first meet Nakia, played by Lupita Nyong'o, she's hiding in plain si [...]
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Earlier drafts featured Okoye and W'Kabi actually come to blows on the battlefield, but they wh [...]
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Ryan Coogler says T'Chaka will have a major impact on the Marvel Universe: "T'Challa wants to d [...]
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Composer Ludwig Göransson spent a month in Senegal researching and making music with musicia [...]
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(at around 1h 45 mins) The continuous shot shows the expansiveness of the mine and the symbolis [...]
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(at around 2h 10 mins) Bucky is given the title of the White Wolf. In the comics, the White Wol [...]
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In the comics, Shuri takes over as the Black Panther from T'Challa. This is referenced in the f [...]
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To get the scarification off, Michael B. Jordan had to sit in a sauna for two hours.
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Comic book writer Jonathan Maberry, author of the DOOMWAR arc, first learned about apartheid as [...]
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Black Panther was the first Marvel characters whose movie rights reverted back to Marvel. Artis [...]
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Nabiyah Be initially announced that she was playing criminal Tilda Johnson, but her character w [...]
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(at around 1h 14 mins) Erik Killmonger's ideologies closely compare to those of Malcolm X and t [...]
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N'Jadaka plans for Wakanda to send weapons to London, New York and Hong Kong, the site of attac [...]
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In the comics, T'Challa's uncle was called S'Yan. In the film, his uncle is called N'Jobu.
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(at around 1h 2 mins) The abandoned airfield was a location in Atlanta that Hannah Beachler had [...]
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For her role as Queen Ramonda, Angela Bassett underwent training with Corey Calliet on a specia [...]
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The Dora Milaje wears neck rings. In real life these rings were made of rubber, as wearing actu [...]
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Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett previously starred together in Un Natale speciale a New York [...]
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First acting collaboration between Andy Serkis and Martin Freeman since Lo Hobbit - Un viaggio [...]
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Screenings at the Alamo Drafthouse included a PSA in which Chadwick Boseman stares straight at [...]
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Costume designer Ruth E. Carter dispatched shoppers to Ghana and South Africa to find real arti [...]
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In the comics, Nakia went rogue and became the supervillain Malice. Lupita Nyong'o has said tha [...]
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The attack on the African kidnappers in their column of cars/trucks was filmed on a set in Atla [...]
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Killmonger is partially inspired by a veteran Ryan Coogler once met in New York City who shared [...]
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It was important to director Ryan Coogler to see people of all ages and walks of life, his thin [...]
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Michael B. Jordan was allowed to keep his Panther costume.
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Ryan Coogler suggests Shuri might someday be a warrior queen, but he doesn't go as far as sayin [...]
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Michael B. Jordan and Chadwick Boseman both played Reggie Montgomery in La valle dei pini (1970 [...]
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The podcast Quantum Recast (2020) took Black Panther out of 2018 and recast it in the year 1994 [...]
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During an interview with Michel Martin on the radio program "All Things Considered," Danai Guri [...]
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The cities with War Dogs loyal to Killmonger are the same ones with Sanctum Sanctorums in Docto [...]
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The name "Wakanda" comes from the Wakamba tribe of Kenya, also known as the Kamba.
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Andy Serkis impressed director Ryan Coogler with his ability to take dives, do falls and throw [...]
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The first comic book/superhero film in 40 years-- since the original Superman (1978)-- to be no [...]
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Part of the film is set in Oakland, California, where Ryan Coogler grew up. It was also the set [...]
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The highest-grossing film directed by an African-American (Ryan Coogler), surpassing F. Gary Gr [...]
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Sterling K. Brown claimed that security around script leaks were such that his script pages had [...]
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When N'Jobu and James/Young Zuri talk over the paperwork in the beginning of the film, they're [...]
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Samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth, was a big inspiration for City of the Dead.
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II auditioned for the role of M'Baku. He would later play Black Manta in Aqu [...]
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Erik Killmonger is based on his version in the comics, a Wakandan exile who seeks to overthrow [...]
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Now Playing Podcast reviewed Black Panther. This film received three "recommends."
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The Black Panther uniforms seen in the film come from several designs in the character's comic [...]
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Ryan Coogler doesn't address why the world's most advanced country/society determines their rul [...]
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In real life, a few places in Africa get regular snow, including Mount Kenya in Kenya and Mount [...]
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At the end of the chase scene in Busan, Klaue repeatedly uses his arm-cannon to cause impressiv [...]
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The Dora Milaje (female warriors guarding the king) were cast from a pool of actresses, stunt w [...]
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For her role as Queen Ramonda, Angela Bassett wore a special wig, made up of 120 pieces of hair [...]
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There was a deleted scene where Black Panther got all of the devices back, but it was cut for m [...]
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(at around 2 mins) In the opening scene, one of the young children playing basketball calls ano [...]
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(at around 43 mins) In the casino at the craps table, Ross bets the "Pass" line and T'Challa be [...]
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Production designer Hannah Beachler created a 515-page bible on the history of Wakanda.
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One of the inspirations for Nakia's character was Harriet Tubman. A lot of people don't know th [...]
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Black Panther (2018) is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to gross $1 billion wor [...]
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Wakanda's script is primarily based on a Nigerian hieroglyphic writing system called Nsibidi. H [...]
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According to the script, Erik originally had one more line before dies which he says, "It's bea [...]
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(at around 45 mins) Klaue says he uses SoundCloud, an online service that provides music. This [...]
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The filmmakers had braai, South African barbequed meat, prepared by people who understood how t [...]
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The gold design harkens back to the herringbone necklace we saw N'Jobu wearing earlier in the f [...]
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This was Chadwick Boseman and Sterling K. Brown's first collaboration since Marcia per la liber [...]
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(at around 53 mins) T'Challa tells Klaue "Every breath you take is mercy from me." This is a li [...]
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There are many remarkable similarities between the characters T'Challa and Paul Atreides from t [...]
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In one of the areas where Wakandan glyphs move on translucent walls, one wall is blue and has " [...]
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Atlanta artist Brandon Sadler designed and painted the piece on the core in Shuri's lab.
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Ryan Coogler sees the challenge's end T'Challa being tossed to his death over the waterfall as [...]
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Ayo, played by Florence Kasumba, is second in command of the Dora Milaje and is also seen in Ca [...]
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While M'Baku has been described as an antihero, director Ryan Coogler sees him as a political l [...]
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This was the 18th film released by "Marvel Studios" for the "Marvel Cinematic Universe."
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The younger version of Forest Whitaker's character, Zuri, is played by Denzel Whitaker. Althoug [...]
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider.
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With Michael B. Jordan joining the cast, all three top billed actors for Creed - Nato per comba [...]
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T'Chaka and T'Challa are speaking in Xhosa, which is the South African dialect that was used fo [...]
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The Wakandan warriors have their tattoos on the inside of their lower lip. This is reminiscent [...]
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T'Challa's new Black Panther suit has the ability to dematerialize and contain itself inside of [...]
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(at around 44 mins) Everett Ross tells T'Challa that vibranium linked to the Sokovia attack led [...]
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According to designer Till Nowak, beneath the council room's glass floor is an ancient temple; [...]
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Chadwick Boseman was two years into his four year battle with colon cancer when this film came [...]
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(at around 1h 26 mins) When Killmonger returns to his childhood apartment and goes through his [...]
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Everything except the ceiling in the casino was practical.
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On the columns in the throne room are engraved script from an old Nigerian language, which was [...]
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"Wakanda" was not a Marvel invention. In the first Tarzan film to star Johnny Weissmuller, Tarz [...]
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They used costumes and production design to tell a "color story" for the characters. Zuri for e [...]
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The movie's cast features three Oscar winners- Daniel Kaluuya, Forest Whitaker, and Lupita Nyon [...]
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(at around 29 mins) The filmmakers refer to this as a Jesse James warping effect, almost a tilt [...]
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At one point, F. Gary Gray was in talks to direct but had to withdraw from negotiations when he [...]
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This is the second solo movie for a character introduced in Captain America: Civil War (2016). [...]
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When T'Challa wakes from the Ancestral Plain after seeing his father for the first time since h [...]
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Black Panther is the highest grossing non-Avengers film in the MCU and 9th highest-grossing fil [...]
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The film majorly uses the colors of black, red and green, the traditional colors in African cul [...]
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(at around 1h 30 mins) Although there were some VFX added, this shot was done practical in a qu [...]
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Director Ryan Coogler described Zuri as the Wakandan Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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(at around 1h 4 mins) Ryan Coogler considers this one of the most important scenes in the film. [...]
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People in Indonesia use the word 'wakanda' to replace 'Indonesia' to describe or criticize thei [...]
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The silver shoulder armor worn by Lupita Nyong'o (Nakia) was referred to on set as "The Armadil [...]
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This film uses a number of African languages mixed together; not just Xhosa. This includes a fa [...]
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In Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America and Iron Man say Howard Stark, Tony Stark's [...]
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(at around 15 mins) The museum that appears in the early part of the movie, that is supposed to [...]
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Composer Ludwig Göransson traveled to South Africa and visited the International Library of [...]
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First film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to win an Academy Award.
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The filmmakers referred to T'Challa's personal aircraft as the RTF (Royal Talon Fighter). Direc [...]
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Martin Freeman is one of the many who have played Sherlock Holmes characters to appear in an MC [...]
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Daniel Kaluuya's second role in a comic book film. His first was Kick-Ass 2 (2013).
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When Chadwick Boseman won Best Hero at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards, he invited James Shaw Jr [...]
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Shooting locations for these plate shots included South Africa, Winterton (in northern KwaZulu- [...]
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Three out of every five people in Wakanda go barefoot, a deliberate decision by the costuming d [...]
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Winston Duke improvised the gorilla chant during the scene where Everett Ross attempts to talk [...]
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Djimon Hounsou and Anthony Mackie were considered for the role of T'C [...]
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N'Jadaka uses the alias Erik Stevens throughout the film. This is an appropriate name choice, a [...]
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(at around 39 mins) Shuri cites the self-lacing shoes from the Ritorno al futuro - Parte II (19 [...]
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To create the film's score, Ludwig Göransson had a 92-piece live orchestra, a 40-person choi [...]
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Director Ryan Coogler grew up in Oakland, which is also the birthplace of the Black Panther Par [...]
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The handwriting in the Wakanda book Killmonger pulls from the wall is Beachler's.
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Black Panther is the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to have its opening weekend d [...]
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Raw Leiba was considered for the role of Erik Killmonger.
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Daniel Kaluuya actually fed an apple to a horse during filming. In post-production, the VFX tea [...]
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According to Hannah Beachler, the circular designs featured throughout Wakanda (suns, rings, et [...]
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This movie features two actors who have appeared in two different episodes of Black Mirror (201 [...]
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The Black Panther was created in July 1966, two months before the founding of the Black Panther [...]
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John Kani and Florence Kasumba, who play allies T'Chaka and Ayo in this film, appear in Il re L [...]
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Hannah Beachler became the first black person to be nominated for and to win the Academy Award [...]
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The Royal Talon Remote Pilot System is voiced by South African comedian Trevor Noah.
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Mount Bashenga is where the vibranium reserves are stored and the location of Shuri's lab, Waka [...]
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To prepare for his role, Michael B. Jordan kept to himself while he was on set, reasoning that [...]
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When Agent Ross gets shot and taken back to Wakanda, Shuri talks about another white boy to hea [...]
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Co-stars Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke, who play adversaries Nakia and M'Baku, were students [...]
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Killmonger wears a golden version of T'Challa's Black Panther suit, which makes him resemble a [...]
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Despite being released 2 years after Captain America: Civil War (2016) (which marked Black Pant [...]
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There were drafts of the script where W'Kabi and Okoye fought, but we see here that W'Kabi stil [...]
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In one of director Ryan Coogler's favorite musical moments from Ludwig Göransson's score, we [...]
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(at around 2h 5 mins) The mid-credit scene appears to show Wales as an independent member of th [...]
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The first mention of the metal Vibranium in the MCU was in Captain America - Il primo Vendicato [...]
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Angela Bassett previously starred in Panther (1995), about the Black Panther movement in the 19 [...]
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Stan Lee: (at around 44 mins) a casino guest.
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One of the most powerful moments and perhaps something you wouldn't normally expect to hear in [...]
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(at around 1h 13 mins) For the scene when Killmonger barges into the Wakanda throne room and ch [...]
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The location for the Oakland apartment building was shot in Atlanta, near the church where Mart [...]
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The rhino battle scene is a callback to the comics where Black Panther takes down a rhino in Do [...]
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Shuri's corset is inspired by the beaded corsets of the Dinka people, one of the largest tribes [...]
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The ancestral plane is known in the comics as the DJalia (named for the djali, a West African a [...]
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In May 2018, it was one of three Marvel superhero movies in theaters at the same time: "Black P [...]
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The character of Everett K Ross is inspired by Casa Keaton (1982) Alex P Keaton and Friends (19 [...]
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Before his speech at the UN, there is an extended scene where Everett Ross expresses misgivings [...]
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During post-production, editor Debbie Berman told Ryan Coogler that the female Dora Milaje's re [...]
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Lupita Nyong'o and Forest Whitaker are the seventh and eighth cast members from the Star Wars f [...]
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This is one of two 2018 films in which Michael B. Jordan plays a character fighting the son of [...]
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When Erik is in the Ancestral Plane, he finds himself in a version of his father's apartment lo [...]
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Forest Whitaker served as a producer for Ryan Coogler's first film Prossima fermata Fruitvale S [...]
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The Dora Milaje translates to The Adored Ones, a group of female soldiers who protect Wakanda. [...]
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While he partakes in a lot of action, it could be said that T'Challa kills only one man in the [...]
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Michael B. Jordan is the second actor who had previously played Johnny Storm/the Human Torch to [...]
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Director Ryan Coogler has described Zuri as Black Panther's Obi-Wan Kenobi. In the comics, Zuri [...]
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Hannah Beachler based the Jabari Land's architecture on pointed angular designs, in contrast to [...]
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Director Ryan Coogler compared the Wakanda vibranium mines to the real-life situation of the Co [...]
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The filmmakers studied a lot of third-act battle sequences, including the Battle of Endor from [...]
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In the scene in the R&D lab the filmmakers hint at there being two black panthers with the new [...]
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Even though they share no scenes in this film Chadwick Boseman and Sterling K. Brown starred to [...]
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Controversial filmmaker Gaspar Noé was invited to the premiere of the film, but walked out a [...]
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(at around 24 mins) In the film, Black Panther's rival M'Baku says "Glory to Hanuman." Hanuman [...]
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This film marked director Ryan Coogler's third collaboration with Michael B. Jordan, after Pros [...]
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(at around 1h 55 mins) After the climactic battle scene, there is a quick shot of the elders' r [...]
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It's not made explicitly clear in the film, but the early scene of Killmonger's father N'Jobu s [...]
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There were a lot of "reunions" per se on this film with actors who had worked with each other i [...]
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First film in four years (the last being Selma - La strada per la libertà (2014)) to be nomi [...]
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The movie makes reference to the kidnapped girls in the Sambisa forest of Nigeria.
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The filmmakers designed the mask that Killmonger is "feeling" with a combination of different A [...]
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The movie has achieved multiple records since achieving the billion-dollar mark. The first of 2 [...]
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The Black Panther suit is upgraded in this film to bear mystic runes. This is based on the "Doo [...]
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Wakanda was seen as a location on a S.H.I.E.L.D. monitor in Iron Man 2 (2010). The location of [...]
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David S. Lee plays named Limbani. One of John Kani's early movie roles was in I 4 dell'oca selv [...]
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Killmonger's appearance was based in part on Tupac's look.
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Director Ryan Coogler brought in consultants who are experts on African history and politics to [...]
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(at around 1h 29 mins) One of director Ryan Coogler's favorite shots in the film is of Killmong [...]
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The filmmakers cite the crime drama Il profeta (2009), the 1970s films of Francis Ford Coppola [...]
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The chase scenes with the cars lifting off the ground feel a bit like Bullitt (1968), in that t [...]
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The Dora Milaje wear neck rings. These are known as dzilla, and come from the Ndebele people of [...]
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While they were scouting landscapes and locales in South Africa, Ryan Coogler was introduced to [...]
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The Oakland-set scene was actually filmed in Atlanta across from the park where Martin Luther K [...]
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Black Panther is the only MCU film to use a younger actor for the beginning of the film, castin [...]
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The film was nominated for seven awards for the 2018 MTV & TV Movie Awards which includes Movie [...]
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Zuri, played by Forest Whitaker, wears face paint was inspired by shamans and warriors in Papua [...]
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The filmmakers cite the work and art of "Black Panther" writers Stan Lee, Christopher Priest, J [...]
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(at around 38 mins) While Shuri may not leave Wakanda often, she reminds us that she is young a [...]
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During a trip to South Africa, the filmmakers decided that some of the skyscrapers in Wakanda s [...]
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First film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be finished at a 4K digital intermediate, althou [...]
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Ava DuVernay was approached to direct and actually met with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and [...]
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Co-stars Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke, who play adversaries Nakia and M'Baku, star together [...]
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The first appearance of Black Panther in a film was almost 30 years prior to this movie, in Fa' [...]
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Daniel Kaluuya described the movie as "Marvel's Il trono di spade (2011)."
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Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed the film's title character of Black Panther / T'Challa, became [...]
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Noel Clarke was turned down by Marvel for the role of Black Panther and writing the film.
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Costume designer Ruth E. Carter drew inspiration for the costumes of the Jabari tribe from the [...]
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(at around 1h 45 mins) The crew built about 60 feet of the train set, along with the 14-foot-ta [...]
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John Kani and his son Atandwa Kani play T'Chaka in his old age and youth, respectively.
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Shuri's fake-out in pretending to challenge T'Challa was suggested by Donald Glover.
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Between this film and Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther is the first superhero t [...]
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This was the first live-action film to be shown in Saudi Arabia in 35 years. The first film was [...]
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Danai Gurira is the fifth cast member from The Walking Dead (2010) to join the Marvel Cinematic [...]
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Lupita Nyong'o has been in movies for Disney, Marvel, and Lucasfilm. She starred in Il libro de [...]
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Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Sterling K. Brown, and Chadwick Boseman have all appeared on E [...]
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Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman died on August 28th 2020 at 43 years old after 4-year figh [...]
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Sterling K. Brown is the third actor from This Is Us (2016) who has joined the Marvel Universe. [...]
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Wakanda's Warrior Falls are visually based on Iguazu Falls, on the border of Brazil and Argenti [...]
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This film, about an African superhero, was released in the month of February. February is "Blac [...]
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This is Kendrick Lamar's first time curating a soundtrack for a blockbuster film, which he did [...]
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Ryan Coogler's wife suggested Killmonger express his fear of being locked away behind bars at t [...]
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The big car crash is practical, as is much of the stuff through the streets of Busan, South Kor [...]
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Erik is an ancient Norse name which can mean either "eternal ruler" or "honorable king." Ironic [...]
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Agent Everett Ross, played by Martin Freeman, first appeared in Captain America: Civil War (201 [...]
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The fighting in this film is based on African martial arts. The filmmakers also cited the actio [...]
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Ryan Coogler doesn't address why Killmonger is allowed to kill Zuri during the challenge with T [...]
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Angela Bassett, who plays T'Challa's mother Queen Ramonda, had previously been considered for t [...]
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The tense talk between Nakia and Okoye after Killmonger "kills" T'Challa was partially improvis [...]
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The filmmakers originally intended to use Wakanda designs based on the art of Marvel artist Jac [...]
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M'Baku is known in the comics as the Man-Ape. The filmmakers decided to leave that title out of [...]
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Black Panther is director Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Göransson's fourth collaboration. [...]
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The Wakandan computer that Ross converses with is named Griot, after a West African historian/s [...]
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Ryan Coogler insisted on bringing in collaborators from his previous films to put his own stamp [...]
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Technically, the name "Black Panther" is redundant; all panthers are, by definition, black. Onc [...]
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The opening prologue was in and out of the script, before it was decided to keep it in the film [...]
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Uber-producer Kevin Feige told Ryan Coogler while they were in the editing room that M'Baku's d [...]
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On 30 August 2020, ABC showed the film commercial-free along with a tribute to Chadwick Boseman [...]
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The Wakandan font was designed by production designer Hannah Beachler and graphic designer Zach [...]
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The Wakanda amphitheater was built on a backlot in Atlanta. It was about 120 feet wide and 40 f [...]
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T'Challa's "ancestral plain" where he goes in his mind while beneath the sand is the open and v [...]
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One of very few recent roles for Andy Serkis in which his real face and most of his real body a [...]
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Winston Duke and Sterling K. Brown have each been in several episodes of Person of Interest (20 [...]
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This was Angela Bassett's second comic-book feature, after Lanterna Verde (2011).
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As of its win, the soundtrack by Ludwig Göransson becomes the first Academy Award-winning Or [...]
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The Wakandans use displays of nanites (millions of microscopic machines that form different sha [...]
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Forest Whitaker and Isaach De Bankolé previously co-starred in Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog - Il [...]
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(at around 16 mins) In the museum scene the curator mentioned that the artifact was from Edo, B [...]
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(at around 1h 55 mins) This scene reminded Ryan Coogler of being a kid and fighting with his si [...]
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Originally in the comics, Klaw loses his right hand and it's later outfitted with a sonic emitt [...]
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First Marvel production to show a land of the dead. Eventually another afterlife realms were sh [...]
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With the film premiering in February 2018, this is the earliest release ever for a Marvel Cinem [...]
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The actresses who played the Dora Milaje had to agree to shave their heads.
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Gorilla City, home to the Jabari Tribe, was originally set in a rain forest. Ryan Coogler felt [...]
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Between takes Letitia Wright amused her co-stars by rapping in Shuri costume and was nicknamed [...]
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There was a deleted scene after the UN that showed Wakanda sharing their tech with the world.
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Ryan Coogler was 31 at the time of this film's release, making him the youngest person to direc [...]
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T'Challa is buried in a pose similar to a lot of poses seen in Africa and West African sculptur [...]
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On the commentary, Ryan Coogler praises almost every cast member who appears on the screen, but [...]
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(at around 1h 40 mins) The crew built this set with poured concrete. They sliced the top off a [...]
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Maxwell Highsmith (River Tribe Elder), cried like a newborn baby for three hours after his last [...]
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The horse used for the rhino shots was a Clydesdale. They have the same gait as a rhino, so the [...]
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First comic book/superhero film to be nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - [...]
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The movie became the top-grossing film in history to be directed and written by African-Americans, a [...]
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Production Designer Hannah Beachler's "bible" detailing every nook and cranny of Black Panther's wor [...]
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