In case you have been living under a rock and haven't been following the news on Black Panther's record breaking ticket sales:
"The bold superhero film (242 million) passed up Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($241.6 million) to earn more in its first four days than any movie in history at the North American box office, save for Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($288.1 million), not adjusted for inflation.
Black Panther also scored the biggest Monday in history with $40.2 million, besting Force Awakens' $40.1 million..."
Read More: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-black-panther-climbs-historic-242m-bow-record-monday-1086456
WHAT IS AFRO-FUTURISM?
"Marvel's latest superhero flick is the perfect example of the genre and movement known as Afrofuturism. It combines elements of sci-fi, fantasy and African history and culture to create a new world to explore and escape into.
The term Afrofuturism was coined in the early 1990s to refer to an analysis of African-American sci-fi. But it's since become a method for speculative thought, imagining "what if" scenarios in fiction, music and even architecture that reclaim and reinvigorate depictions of the black experience.
By re-examining historical events through an African lens, we can more deeply understand where we are today and, in sci-fi creations like the high-tech culture of Wakanda, imagine possibilities beyond the status quo..."
~CNET.COM
https://www.cnet.com/news/black-panther-afrofuturism-reclaim-black-experience/?ftag=CAD-03-10aaj8j
YEAH YEAH YEAH....
Now that BLACK PANTHER has broken too many ticket sale records to count, the white gatekeepers in Hollywood officially know that Afro-futurism and black sci-fi fiction can make them big bucks in the movie theaters.
After a few sequels of BLACK PANTHER -- especially now that PANTHER is the latest movie to prove audiences in other countries want to see American made movies about black people too -- we will no longer need the white gatekeepers. We will be able to produce our own content.
Money has already started flowing into black hands. I'm not sure what kind of deal Coogler made based on BLACK PANTHER'S success. And the actors salaries may be fixed too for now. But BLACK PANTHER was the first movie ever filmed at OPRAH protoge TYLER PERRY'S new studios in Georgia. Tyler Perry should have made big money off this deal. If he didn't, kept his price on the low side in order to help get this first big black project off the ground, he's on the map now. He's still a major player for good. And the money and power will come.
Before the day arrives when black people can make their own big budget films, I'm thinking BLACK PANTHER has made so many white Hollywood executives so much green money that I'm probably gonna see more sci-fi and Afro-futurism on the big screen.
Somebody might even become interested in putting Octavia Butler book on screen, a series of books might become a series of movies.
After a few sequels of BLACK PANTHER -- especially now that PANTHER is the latest movie to prove audiences in other countries want to see American made movies about black people too -- we will no longer need the white gatekeepers. We will be able to produce our own content.
Money has already started flowing into black hands. I'm not sure what kind of deal Coogler made based on BLACK PANTHER'S success. And the actors salaries may be fixed too for now. But BLACK PANTHER was the first movie ever filmed at OPRAH protoge TYLER PERRY'S new studios in Georgia. Tyler Perry should have made big money off this deal. If he didn't, kept his price on the low side in order to help get this first big black project off the ground, he's on the map now. He's still a major player for good. And the money and power will come.
Somebody might even become interested in putting Octavia Butler book on screen, a series of books might become a series of movies.
I might even get to see the book KINDRED in movie format on the big screen.
Omigawwwd!
Black Nerd Woman Meltdown Imminent!!!
Omigawwwd!
Black Nerd Woman Meltdown Imminent!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment