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     A Repost from February 2018

Funny how things change. 

Believe it or not, there was a time, not that long ago, when a Black Panther movie was considered an impossibility. [Don't just] take my word for it. That was was the hardcore opinion of Louis D'Esposito, who is the co-president of Marvel, and has been the executive producer of every Marvel film made since Iron Man. Back in 2012, during a panel at the New York Comic Con, he actually said that a Black Panther film was highly unlikely, mainly because trying to visually create on-screen a fictional African nation of Wakanda is "maybe a little more difficult, maybe ... it's always easier basing it here … For instance, Iron Man 3 is rooted right here in Los Angeles and New York. When you bring in other worlds, you're always faced with those difficulties." 

Yeah right. Funny that Marvel didn't seem to have any trouble recreating other fantastic imaginary fantasy worlds in other films, but Wakanda is somehow too difficult. Of course, he was roundly criticized for those comments and people were quick to point out that D'Esposito and Marvel what really saying was that there was no audience for a black superhero film. 

~SHADOW AND ACT

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