“It’s a story of the past,” Ridley says of the Marvel comics storyline he’ll pursue. “I want to do as much as I’ve done with Needle, which is to take this extraordinary character in this amazing space and say, ‘
What makes him human?’ If heavy is the head that wears the crown,
what makes T’Challa’s head heavy?”
“I want to build on those stories. You can look forward to a
very human, very grounded take on what it’s like to be Black Panther. It’s the story of regret, in many ways.”
I read this, and I am not enthused. The highlighted sections just scream that this will be
another introspective take on the character. All about his doubts and regrets. Looking backward, not moving forward. In brief: