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EXCLUSIVE: 'BLACK PANTHER' DIRECTOR RYAN COOGLER TALKS 'JAMES BOND' INFLUENCES AND THAT KENDRICK LAMAR ALBUM
https://www.fandango.com/movie-news...that-kendrick-lamar-album-752910?preview=true
Even though Black Panther is the 18th movie since 2008’s Iron Man to be part of Marvel’s ever-growing cinematic universe, there is an excitement circling it that’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen for a Marvel Studios movie before.
Chadwick Boseman leads the character’s first solo film (following an appearance in Captain America: Civil War) with one of the year’s most anticipated ensemble casts at his side. It’s the last film before the MCU’s massive Avengers: Infinity War drops in May, and it’s the first MCU film to feature a predominantly black cast, story and setting. Its trailers have electrified the internet, and the feeling is that we’re on the verge of a whole new universe of characters and storytelling that will begin to shape the future of the medium.
To celebrate the news that advance tickets are now on sale for Black Panther here at Fandango, we managed to snag just a small slice of time with a man a lot of folks are itching to hear from right now: Black Panther director Ryan Coogler.
“I’m just grinding, trying to finish the movie, man,” Coogler told Fandango 24 hours after it was announced that Kendrick Lamar was spearheading a Black Panther album full of original music – a first for Marvel Studios. “It feels a little bit surreal that we’re this close. I was actually just starting to think about [the fact that] in a few weeks time, we'll be sharing the film with folks.”
Fandango: So let’s start out with this Kendrick Lamar album. He and Top Dawg are curating it and there’s a bunch of original music. We’ve never seen this from a Marvel Studios movie before, so how did it come about? Was this your idea?
Ryan Coogler: Yeah, it was initially my idea, but hats off to the Disney marketing team and the music team here for being completely open to it. I think that I was fortunate that I had a relationship with Top and Kendrick before signing on to do this film, but it was working with doing something that I really thought would be right for this project, specifically, and also happy that Disney was open to it and Marvel was open to it and seemed supportive of the idea. I can't wait for the world to hear some of the art that they've been working on. I think that folks will be really excited to hear that stuff, man.
Fandango: If Thor: Ragnarok is like a buddy road-trip movie and Captain America: Civil War is like a political thriller, what would you say Black Panther is?
Coogler: I think it's got a lot of elements, man. I think it's a bit of an espionage thriller. I think it's a little bit of a family drama. It involves T'Challa working with his family, so I think there's a family-drawn element to it. He works with his sister, he works with his mother. He's dealing with the loss of his father, so similar to any film that deals with royalty, you have a family element and you have a political side, too. It works as a political drama as well.
Fandango: We’ve heard comparisons to James Bond and The Godfather – is that accurate? What would you say were this film’s biggest influences?
Coogler: Yeah, definitely with James Bond. I think similar to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we're definitely influenced by the films of the '70s and influenced by crime fiction.
Fandango: Do you watch a lot of movies before you make one? I know some directors don’t watch anything, but some host marathons of films. Where do you fall?
Coogler: Yeah. No, absolutely, man. For me, I try to pull from a wide variety of films. I love watching movies, man. I've been a fan of watching movies way before I even knew I would ever make them. I'm definitely from the school of studying films. My favorite film is a film called A Prophet, a French film that was released almost a decade ago now, which seems a bit crazy. Any time I'm making a movie, I'm always leaning on inspiration from that one.
A Prophet deals with secret societies and cultural ties, so that was a big influence [on Black Panther]. I also watched a lot of Coppola's work from the '70s. We were looking at all of that stuff and also watched a lot of the James Bond films, but not the new ones. I wanted to watch the ones that were made in the '60s and '70s. I watched Goldfinger for the first time, and I just thought it was really interesting in terms of how James Bond was handy.
Fandango: There's a certain buzz around this film that's unlike any other Marvel movie I’ve seen. People are saying it's maybe the most important movie of 2018 – that it’s groundbreaking. That it’s a game changer. Why do you think this film is so important to people?
Coogler: To be honest, I try not to think about that too much because it could be a bit daunting as a filmmaker.
Fandango: For sure…
Coogler: But I can answer it from a personal perspective, and as a film fan. As technology has advanced, you get to the point that you feel like you've seen everything, you know what I mean? When you get the opportunity to see something different or something new or to see something that's through a different lens, I think that can be incredibly exciting.
There have been a lot of superhero movies made. As a comic book and superhero film fan myself, I feel like we've seen a lot at this point. I think that the cultural element of [Black Panther] -- and how cultural specificity takes such a big role in the film – that’s what makes it quite unique. I'm excited to see more [superhero movies], but there hasn't really been a film about a character like T'Challa before. Hopefully we can pull it off, but it has the potential to be something that's really unique in a lot of different ways. I think that you can't ignore the idea of representation and also the excitement around Marvel Studios and the work that they've been able to pull off when telling original and unique stories. I think that folks are excited to see what the studio is able to cook up.
Fandango: Speaking of T’Challa, how would you say he evolves as a character from the version we met in Civil War?
Coogler: Well, the film will take place basically immediately after Civil War. In many ways, he's the same guy. What I think is more important, and I was talking to my brother Keenan about it, who works with me, you get to see T'Challa at almost from a ground level. You get to see him and how he is around the people who he loves, how he is when he's comfortable.
In Civil War, he was outside of Wakanda. He was in a place that he didn't want to be and his father gets killed. The whole film, he's on a mission. He's a man on a mission. He's tortured; he's of few words. I think that that was something that made him appealing in that film. In this film, it's the same guy, but you're seeing all of the layers pulled back. The film's from his perspective and he's surrounded by people who he loves and cares for. It's just a much more personal perspective on him. You see him go through the journey of taking on the greatest responsibility that a person can have, the responsibility of leading a country. You see him go through the full weight of that in the film.
Fandango: What about his nemesis, Erik Killmonger? First of all, a lot of fans are asking what it is on his skin in the new image that dropped recently.
Coogler: Yeah, he has ritual scarification marks, which are a thing that you will see in [the film]. It's a type of body modification, not dissimilar to tattoos or piercings.
Fandango: How would you say he differs from other MCU villains?
Coogler: I will say what makes him different -- not from all Marvel villains, but I think a lot of Marvel villains -- is that he has a real world sensibility to him. I think it's a benefit of having Mike as an actor, but he's a character that I think will feel very familiar to audiences. I think Marvel has had villains who you can relate to, but I think even more than that, you feel like he's of this world. He's very grounded, I would say.
Fandango: It’s a Marvel movie, so should people stay through the end credits?
Coogler: I think that would be a smart move, yeah.
Black Panther hits theaters on February 16. You can snag your tickets right here on Fandango.
https://www.fandango.com/movie-news...that-kendrick-lamar-album-752910?preview=true
Even though Black Panther is the 18th movie since 2008’s Iron Man to be part of Marvel’s ever-growing cinematic universe, there is an excitement circling it that’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen for a Marvel Studios movie before.
Chadwick Boseman leads the character’s first solo film (following an appearance in Captain America: Civil War) with one of the year’s most anticipated ensemble casts at his side. It’s the last film before the MCU’s massive Avengers: Infinity War drops in May, and it’s the first MCU film to feature a predominantly black cast, story and setting. Its trailers have electrified the internet, and the feeling is that we’re on the verge of a whole new universe of characters and storytelling that will begin to shape the future of the medium.
To celebrate the news that advance tickets are now on sale for Black Panther here at Fandango, we managed to snag just a small slice of time with a man a lot of folks are itching to hear from right now: Black Panther director Ryan Coogler.
“I’m just grinding, trying to finish the movie, man,” Coogler told Fandango 24 hours after it was announced that Kendrick Lamar was spearheading a Black Panther album full of original music – a first for Marvel Studios. “It feels a little bit surreal that we’re this close. I was actually just starting to think about [the fact that] in a few weeks time, we'll be sharing the film with folks.”
Fandango: So let’s start out with this Kendrick Lamar album. He and Top Dawg are curating it and there’s a bunch of original music. We’ve never seen this from a Marvel Studios movie before, so how did it come about? Was this your idea?
Ryan Coogler: Yeah, it was initially my idea, but hats off to the Disney marketing team and the music team here for being completely open to it. I think that I was fortunate that I had a relationship with Top and Kendrick before signing on to do this film, but it was working with doing something that I really thought would be right for this project, specifically, and also happy that Disney was open to it and Marvel was open to it and seemed supportive of the idea. I can't wait for the world to hear some of the art that they've been working on. I think that folks will be really excited to hear that stuff, man.
Fandango: If Thor: Ragnarok is like a buddy road-trip movie and Captain America: Civil War is like a political thriller, what would you say Black Panther is?
Coogler: I think it's got a lot of elements, man. I think it's a bit of an espionage thriller. I think it's a little bit of a family drama. It involves T'Challa working with his family, so I think there's a family-drawn element to it. He works with his sister, he works with his mother. He's dealing with the loss of his father, so similar to any film that deals with royalty, you have a family element and you have a political side, too. It works as a political drama as well.
Fandango: We’ve heard comparisons to James Bond and The Godfather – is that accurate? What would you say were this film’s biggest influences?
Coogler: Yeah, definitely with James Bond. I think similar to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we're definitely influenced by the films of the '70s and influenced by crime fiction.
Fandango: Do you watch a lot of movies before you make one? I know some directors don’t watch anything, but some host marathons of films. Where do you fall?
Coogler: Yeah. No, absolutely, man. For me, I try to pull from a wide variety of films. I love watching movies, man. I've been a fan of watching movies way before I even knew I would ever make them. I'm definitely from the school of studying films. My favorite film is a film called A Prophet, a French film that was released almost a decade ago now, which seems a bit crazy. Any time I'm making a movie, I'm always leaning on inspiration from that one.
A Prophet deals with secret societies and cultural ties, so that was a big influence [on Black Panther]. I also watched a lot of Coppola's work from the '70s. We were looking at all of that stuff and also watched a lot of the James Bond films, but not the new ones. I wanted to watch the ones that were made in the '60s and '70s. I watched Goldfinger for the first time, and I just thought it was really interesting in terms of how James Bond was handy.
Fandango: There's a certain buzz around this film that's unlike any other Marvel movie I’ve seen. People are saying it's maybe the most important movie of 2018 – that it’s groundbreaking. That it’s a game changer. Why do you think this film is so important to people?
Coogler: To be honest, I try not to think about that too much because it could be a bit daunting as a filmmaker.
Fandango: For sure…
Coogler: But I can answer it from a personal perspective, and as a film fan. As technology has advanced, you get to the point that you feel like you've seen everything, you know what I mean? When you get the opportunity to see something different or something new or to see something that's through a different lens, I think that can be incredibly exciting.
There have been a lot of superhero movies made. As a comic book and superhero film fan myself, I feel like we've seen a lot at this point. I think that the cultural element of [Black Panther] -- and how cultural specificity takes such a big role in the film – that’s what makes it quite unique. I'm excited to see more [superhero movies], but there hasn't really been a film about a character like T'Challa before. Hopefully we can pull it off, but it has the potential to be something that's really unique in a lot of different ways. I think that you can't ignore the idea of representation and also the excitement around Marvel Studios and the work that they've been able to pull off when telling original and unique stories. I think that folks are excited to see what the studio is able to cook up.
Fandango: Speaking of T’Challa, how would you say he evolves as a character from the version we met in Civil War?
Coogler: Well, the film will take place basically immediately after Civil War. In many ways, he's the same guy. What I think is more important, and I was talking to my brother Keenan about it, who works with me, you get to see T'Challa at almost from a ground level. You get to see him and how he is around the people who he loves, how he is when he's comfortable.
In Civil War, he was outside of Wakanda. He was in a place that he didn't want to be and his father gets killed. The whole film, he's on a mission. He's a man on a mission. He's tortured; he's of few words. I think that that was something that made him appealing in that film. In this film, it's the same guy, but you're seeing all of the layers pulled back. The film's from his perspective and he's surrounded by people who he loves and cares for. It's just a much more personal perspective on him. You see him go through the journey of taking on the greatest responsibility that a person can have, the responsibility of leading a country. You see him go through the full weight of that in the film.
Fandango: What about his nemesis, Erik Killmonger? First of all, a lot of fans are asking what it is on his skin in the new image that dropped recently.
Coogler: Yeah, he has ritual scarification marks, which are a thing that you will see in [the film]. It's a type of body modification, not dissimilar to tattoos or piercings.
Fandango: How would you say he differs from other MCU villains?
Coogler: I will say what makes him different -- not from all Marvel villains, but I think a lot of Marvel villains -- is that he has a real world sensibility to him. I think it's a benefit of having Mike as an actor, but he's a character that I think will feel very familiar to audiences. I think Marvel has had villains who you can relate to, but I think even more than that, you feel like he's of this world. He's very grounded, I would say.
Fandango: It’s a Marvel movie, so should people stay through the end credits?
Coogler: I think that would be a smart move, yeah.
Black Panther hits theaters on February 16. You can snag your tickets right here on Fandango.
EXCLUSIVE: 'BLACK PANTHER' DIRECTOR RYAN COOGLER TALKS 'JAMES BOND' INFLUENCES AND THAT KENDRICK LAMAR ALBUM
https://www.fandango.com/movie-news...that-kendrick-lamar-album-752910?preview=true
Even though Black Panther is the 18th movie since 2008’s Iron Man to be part of Marvel’s ever-growing cinematic universe, there is an excitement circling it that’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen for a Marvel Studios movie before.
Chadwick Boseman leads the character’s first solo film (following an appearance in Captain America: Civil War) with one of the year’s most anticipated ensemble casts at his side. It’s the last film before the MCU’s massive Avengers: Infinity War drops in May, and it’s the first MCU film to feature a predominantly black cast, story and setting. Its trailers have electrified the internet, and the feeling is that we’re on the verge of a whole new universe of characters and storytelling that will begin to shape the future of the medium.
To celebrate the news that advance tickets are now on sale for Black Panther here at Fandango, we managed to snag just a small slice of time with a man a lot of folks are itching to hear from right now: Black Panther director Ryan Coogler.
“I’m just grinding, trying to finish the movie, man,” Coogler told Fandango 24 hours after it was announced that Kendrick Lamar was spearheading a Black Panther album full of original music – a first for Marvel Studios. “It feels a little bit surreal that we’re this close. I was actually just starting to think about [the fact that] in a few weeks time, we'll be sharing the film with folks.”
Fandango: So let’s start out with this Kendrick Lamar album. He and Top Dawg are curating it and there’s a bunch of original music. We’ve never seen this from a Marvel Studios movie before, so how did it come about? Was this your idea?
Ryan Coogler: Yeah, it was initially my idea, but hats off to the Disney marketing team and the music team here for being completely open to it. I think that I was fortunate that I had a relationship with Top and Kendrick before signing on to do this film, but it was working with doing something that I really thought would be right for this project, specifically, and also happy that Disney was open to it and Marvel was open to it and seemed supportive of the idea. I can't wait for the world to hear some of the art that they've been working on. I think that folks will be really excited to hear that stuff, man.
Fandango: If Thor: Ragnarok is like a buddy road-trip movie and Captain America: Civil War is like a political thriller, what would you say Black Panther is?
Coogler: I think it's got a lot of elements, man. I think it's a bit of an espionage thriller. I think it's a little bit of a family drama. It involves T'Challa working with his family, so I think there's a family-drawn element to it. He works with his sister, he works with his mother. He's dealing with the loss of his father, so similar to any film that deals with royalty, you have a family element and you have a political side, too. It works as a political drama as well.
Fandango: We’ve heard comparisons to James Bond and The Godfather – is that accurate? What would you say were this film’s biggest influences?
Coogler: Yeah, definitely with James Bond. I think similar to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we're definitely influenced by the films of the '70s and influenced by crime fiction.
Fandango: Do you watch a lot of movies before you make one? I know some directors don’t watch anything, but some host marathons of films. Where do you fall?
Coogler: Yeah. No, absolutely, man. For me, I try to pull from a wide variety of films. I love watching movies, man. I've been a fan of watching movies way before I even knew I would ever make them. I'm definitely from the school of studying films. My favorite film is a film called A Prophet, a French film that was released almost a decade ago now, which seems a bit crazy. Any time I'm making a movie, I'm always leaning on inspiration from that one.
A Prophet deals with secret societies and cultural ties, so that was a big influence [on Black Panther]. I also watched a lot of Coppola's work from the '70s. We were looking at all of that stuff and also watched a lot of the James Bond films, but not the new ones. I wanted to watch the ones that were made in the '60s and '70s. I watched Goldfinger for the first time, and I just thought it was really interesting in terms of how James Bond was handy.
Fandango: There's a certain buzz around this film that's unlike any other Marvel movie I’ve seen. People are saying it's maybe the most important movie of 2018 – that it’s groundbreaking. That it’s a game changer. Why do you think this film is so important to people?
Coogler: To be honest, I try not to think about that too much because it could be a bit daunting as a filmmaker.
Fandango: For sure…
Coogler: But I can answer it from a personal perspective, and as a film fan. As technology has advanced, you get to the point that you feel like you've seen everything, you know what I mean? When you get the opportunity to see something different or something new or to see something that's through a different lens, I think that can be incredibly exciting.
There have been a lot of superhero movies made. As a comic book and superhero film fan myself, I feel like we've seen a lot at this point. I think that the cultural element of [Black Panther] -- and how cultural specificity takes such a big role in the film – that’s what makes it quite unique. I'm excited to see more [superhero movies], but there hasn't really been a film about a character like T'Challa before. Hopefully we can pull it off, but it has the potential to be something that's really unique in a lot of different ways. I think that you can't ignore the idea of representation and also the excitement around Marvel Studios and the work that they've been able to pull off when telling original and unique stories. I think that folks are excited to see what the studio is able to cook up.
Fandango: Speaking of T’Challa, how would you say he evolves as a character from the version we met in Civil War?
Coogler: Well, the film will take place basically immediately after Civil War. In many ways, he's the same guy. What I think is more important, and I was talking to my brother Keenan about it, who works with me, you get to see T'Challa at almost from a ground level. You get to see him and how he is around the people who he loves, how he is when he's comfortable.
In Civil War, he was outside of Wakanda. He was in a place that he didn't want to be and his father gets killed. The whole film, he's on a mission. He's a man on a mission. He's tortured; he's of few words. I think that that was something that made him appealing in that film. In this film, it's the same guy, but you're seeing all of the layers pulled back. The film's from his perspective and he's surrounded by people who he loves and cares for. It's just a much more personal perspective on him. You see him go through the journey of taking on the greatest responsibility that a person can have, the responsibility of leading a country. You see him go through the full weight of that in the film.
Fandango: What about his nemesis, Erik Killmonger? First of all, a lot of fans are asking what it is on his skin in the new image that dropped recently.
Coogler: Yeah, he has ritual scarification marks, which are a thing that you will see in [the film]. It's a type of body modification, not dissimilar to tattoos or piercings.
Fandango: How would you say he differs from other MCU villains?
Coogler: I will say what makes him different -- not from all Marvel villains, but I think a lot of Marvel villains -- is that he has a real world sensibility to him. I think it's a benefit of having Mike as an actor, but he's a character that I think will feel very familiar to audiences. I think Marvel has had villains who you can relate to, but I think even more than that, you feel like he's of this world. He's very grounded, I would say.
Fandango: It’s a Marvel movie, so should people stay through the end credits?
Coogler: I think that would be a smart move, yeah.
Black Panther hits theaters on February 16. You can snag your tickets right here on Fandango.
I was about to complain that they aren't showing footage that hasn't already been seen... But then I thought about it and was ok with this... Keep rehashing the same footage in different order... Don't show SHIT new...I want to go in knowing that I've seen nothing of importance in the commercials
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Locations used?
Anywhere in Africa?
Anywhere in Africa?
Who told you Kilmonger was brainwashed?
It was shot in Atlanta and a little bit of South Korea.
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Got my tickets already
Only thing that I question I’m this movie Is Mike B Jordan acting looks a little forced in the clips.
Only thing that I question I’m this movie Is Mike B Jordan acting looks a little forced in the clips.
Cannot wait.
He said he's drew inspiration from Heath Ledger's Joker
To go against your own people cause of the acts of a cracker is brainwash.
He blames bp, does he expect bp to allow what his dad did to go unpunished?
Even if bp didn’t have or know the facts.
It’s a lose lose.
Brainwashed cause of the cac.
I wanna see the origins of how Wakanda came to be.
You know rock hits earth, black man finds land full of powerful plants. That shit.
That scene where he sees the panthers in the tree.
Soul gem has to be in Wakanda.
Who knows. Maybe the presence Joker carried is what he's aiming for. Kilmonger is a significant villain for Black Panther.
I can't wait
a movie is only as good as its antagonist/villain.
check out any really good movie and you will see that it is usually the antagonist that carries the movie and forces the protagonist to overcome and provide a great climax. that is why most DC movies suffer. the villains are terrible.
Assist.
As Kilmonger, MBJ is trying to have the same level of IMPACT as the Joker did in TDK movie.
That's what he 'says' he is aiming for.
He's not trying to "act like the Joker, literally"
... he was just 'inspired by the Joker'... basically he just wants the audience to consider him "as much of a THREAT" 
as the Joker was for the Dark Knight.If he gets anywhere close to a performance like that... then he will have done a great job.
And if you fast forward to 'this same time' next year.... if you are discussing the "Best Superhero Villains of All-Time"... Michael B Jordan wants you to INCLUDE his name in the conversation along with Heath Ledger and everyone else.
That's what he wants.
That's what he is chasing with this role.
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All Marvel viewings have to be IMAX/3D for me. Anything else is uncivilized.
The trailer from the Marvel twitter account has 4.5 million views. 4.7 million views on Facebook.
Still trending at #5 on youtube. Somebody in the comments said it was trending at #2 in Russia.
There might be shipping charges tho.
Fan Art
New Official Banner
Still trending at #5 on youtube. Somebody in the comments said it was trending at #2 in Russia.
There might be shipping charges tho.
Fan Art
New Official Banner
Behind the scenes photo.
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I ll likely see this in DBOX
‘Black Panther’ Poised To Pounce On B.O.: Advance Ticket Sales Beating ‘Captain America: Civil War’
https://deadline.com/2018/01/black-...dango-advance-ticket-sales-marvel-1202239707/
He hasn’t even hit tracking yet, but Black Panther from Disney/Marvel is already a hot ticket out of the gate. After tickets went on sale Monday night, Black Panther is already outstripping Captain America: Civil War as Fandango’s best-selling MCU title in the first 24 hours of presales. Captain America: Civil War kicked off the opening of summer 2016 during the first weekend of May with $179M.
Now there’s never a direct correlation between great advance ticket sales and anticipated weekend box office, however, we’re talking about a Marvel release here and presales are part of the barometer for determining opening weekends. Black Panther opens on Feb. 16, which is part of the four-day President’s Day holiday weekend and adjacent to Valentine’s Day which falls on a Wednesday this year. Should Black Panther even emulate Civil War‘s opening, it will be the highest opening of all-time for a February release, besting Fox/Marvel’s R-rated Deadpool ($132.4M), which further proved after Fifty Shades of Grey($85.1M) that it’s truly possible to blow the doors off of multiplexes throughout U.S./Canada.
In a recent Fandango survey of more than 8K moviegoers, Black Panther was voted as one of the year’s top two most anticipated movies, ranking second only to Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War which opens on May 4. Panther star Chadwick Boseman was also voted by the fans as the most anticipated comic book hero in a standalone movie, while co-stars Danai Gurira & Winston Duke were picked among the rising stars of 2018, and Michael B. Jordan as one of 2018’s most anticipated screen villains. Creed director Ryan Coogler directed and co-wrote Black Panther.
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Looks like a cave and the great mound in the back. Man I can’t wait
Lupita couldn't get tickets.
I got those limited Black Carpet tix Lupi...
holla at a Playa
Movie about Africa and Africans
Not a single scene was shot in Africa
Koreans made money off this film but not Africans in Motherland
Not a single scene was shot in Africa
Koreans made money off this film but not Africans in Motherland