and pretty curious about the Wakanda TV show just announced
and pretty curious about the Wakanda TV show just announced
They should have recast it. James Bond. Captain Kirk. James Rhodes. Daredevil. Batman. Superman. The Flash. Etc.
It is not "disrespect" to an actor or an audience to recast a role, any role, even one the actor originated, if the actor is, for some reason, unable or unwilling to continue.
Also, in my experience, zero decisions in "Hollywood" are made because of respect or sentiment. Zero.
A company has a plan. The plan takes hits from various factors, sometimes including death. The plan adjusts to deal with the hits but, on the whole, unless the BRAND is tarnished in some way (rape allegations for the lead actor/director/producer or some actual criminal conviction) the plan stays the same.
The plan is abandoned when it stops making money.
The end.
Everything contrary to that is spin.
Just like pretending that they care yet barely changed the release date for the sequel despite being "devastated" is very telling of the dishonesty behind their "honoring Chadwick". Honoring him would of been to put the project on hold or push thee release date out further than what they have done.
You can't claim that they are honoring Chadwick and all while removing the literal franchise holder and anchors l for essentially brand new director created characters while also turning around and contradicting what was said prior to Chad's passing and now claiming that Wakanda was always bigger. It's ones own words against their own words. That's the issue. Again greed is driving all of this. Sad enough to not recast bit not sad enough to allow proper grieving and not try and continue the brand without the franchise holder
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Respectfully bro, do you not think your doing the same kind of projecting that you're accusing others of per this statement :
All of these things you're saying are just projected and idealised notions onto people in an industry you're not part of because of what you want. Not every actor is in it for money and fame, and that isn't even guaranteed. If being Chadwick's replacement while honouring was as easy as you paint it out to be then why haven't any of these black actors said anything about it? Why haven't they protested Marvel's decision? Why aren't they putting their names out there? Answer me that.
How do you know actors haven't tried going for the role of T'Challa only to be rebuffed? Furthermore how do we know that Feige is resolute to not have another T'Challa and isn't allowing for people to go for the role. Facts and reality have proven Hollywood is drive by money, not emotion or sentiment.
Is it too much to hope that maybe they have T'Challa in the sequel but he stays in the suit the whole time. When asked a question he can just nod yes or no.
All they had to do was delay the movie by a year or two, then announce the recast. Twitter would be angry for about 12-18 hours, a day tops, I'm sure a politician would say something stupid and take their attention away. People would only get angry again around the time the movie came out, they'd get over it though.
You keep saying no actor wants this job but you don't have any proof the same way that I don't have any proof Of the opposite Period the only proof I have is that actors like to Make money Period just like Disney likes to make money which is why they're pushing the sequel out there to begin with Despite their whole grieving process that they claim to have. You're projecting your feelings onto other actors In fact All actors in Hollywood for some reason. My argument isn't based on feelings It's based on the fact that actors Act And the bigger the role the more people that want it . Nobody in Hollywood doesn't want a big role No matter how they get it Unless they're already high up on the food chain And we can only name about two black actors Who fit that description . You keep saying it's too tragic to move on from Chadwick Boseman While at the same time ignoring the fact That Marvel Is quickly moving on without Chadwick Boseman And his character Inside his own universe . They clearly don't share your level of grief .
If Marvel did a casting call today Do you think nobody would show up to be a lead character in the most lucrative movie franchise they have?
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Disney + TV show main lead ideas (most of these I believe were possible even before Chadwick’s death):
Shuri
Nakia
M’Baku
Casper Kole
Okoye
Ayo and Aneka: Midnight Angels
Queen Divine Justice
Of these, I can see Okoye, M’Baku and Shuri staying in the films.
Of those remaining, I can only see Nakia getting a tv show. With the remaining like Ayo, Casper, Queen Divine, etc being her supporting characters.
But it’s black Black Widow, that’ll get the audiences raving lol. That said, I do think Nakia should take the mantle of BP. A War Dog show doesn’t really make sense if you want to explore the world of Wakanda, they’re spies dispatched to foreign nations. Sure, the HZ could have a division located in Wakanda, but if we’re looking to explore the various tribes, political factions, and religions it makes more sense to focus on the Dora, M’Baku/W’Kabi, and Ramonda.
With guest appearances from the likes of Shuri and Nakia while using obscure characters like Kantu and Hadari to fill in the spaces. A Kingdom of Wakanda show makes the most sense as a Game of Thrones-style series with multiple POVs across several institutions and walks of life. T’Challa will be the Eddard Stark of these next installments assuming he doesn’t come back lol.
This is why I push back against the idea this was motivated by money and not emotion. I can 100% buy Disney would go in your direction because it probably disrupts their plans a lot less than killing off or otherwise sidelining a character that was being positioned as the lead of their new generation. But I can also buy them kowtowing to what Coogler wanted because he was emotionally devastated by Boseman’s passing and wanted to use the sequel to memorialize his friend.
What would they do if the director that got them an Oscar and headlines their biggest solo superhero franchise didn’t want to push forward with someone new? Fire him? After just losing the star of the franchise? Coogler and the cast/creators had all the cards in their hands with this decision, no way Disney is forcing them to do something that they didn’t want to do. The optics alone if that were to ever be leaked would condemn the sequel to eternal controversy. This wasn’t a Disney decision, it was a Coogler and co. decision made in a very emotional state with an undercurrent of greed because Disney wants that BP money ASAP. As long as there’s a black person in that suit by the end of the sequel they’ll be happy given the circumstances.