Marvel superhero Black Panther is finally coming to the big screen. Marvel have hired Mark Bailey (whose background is in Documentaries) to pen a movie based on the monarch of Wakanda, otherwise known as T’challa. Marvels Kevin Feige will produce.
You may know that a film version of the first black superhero has been in the works before. Back in the ninties, Columbia tried to make it with Wesley Snipes to star, but I can’t see Snipey coming back for this one. If I’m honest, I’ll be very disapointed if they don’t cast Idris Elba. He is a FANTASTIC actor, and has a larger then life screen presence perfect for Black Panther. I know he’s appearing in Thor but, he’s under a big helmet and frankly, I doubt he has too much screen time. If they don’t pick Elba, my second choice is naturally Christopher Mintz-Plasse, cause, yano…. he fits the bill.
As for Mark Bailey, he seems a strange choice. He has previously worked as a writer or story editor on HBO documentaries Pandemic: Facing AIDS and Ghost of Abu Ghraib. Perhaps he’s a Black Panther fan, perhaps he’s already had a fantastic idea for it. I imagine a gritty, realistic version to be honest, perhaps dealing with real life problems in Africa. Time will tell.
